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Jermaine Defoe, Derek Chisora and Sandro Tonali. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock
Have you been following the big stories in football, cricket, rugby league, boxing, golf, F1, athletics, rowing and chess?
- 1.Jermain Defoe has been given his first permanent job as a football manager – at which non-league club?
Woking
Senrab FC
York City
Maidenhead United
- 2.Roy Hodgson has been given his 25th job in management at Bristol City. What is his history with the club?
He played for them 300 times
His grandson plays for them
They are the first English club he managed
He was born in Bristol and supported them as a boy
- 3.After a number of impressive victories, Bodhana Sivanandan has become the top-ranked female chess player in England. Why is that remarkable?
Her brother is the top male player in the country
She is also top of the rankings in Scrabble and Monopoly
She is 11 years old
She is blind
- 4.Super League celebrated its 30th birthday this week. Which capital city hosted the first match of the first season of the competition on 29 March 1996?
Paris
London
Cardiff
Dublin
- 5.The new County Championship season begins this weekend. Which teams are back in the top flight for the first time in decades?
Glamorgan and Leicestershire
Sussex and Lancashire
Worcestershire and Gloucestershire
Middlesex and Durham
- 6.Port Vale play Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend. They are one of the few clubs in English football not named after a town or city. Where are they based?
Stoke-on-Trent
Sheffield
Hull
Carlisle
- 7.The non-league club Shottery United have a new shirt sponsor. Who or what is it?
Arne Slot
The Formula One driver Pierre Gasly
Elton John
Augusta National Golf Club
- 8.Italy have failed to qualify for the World Cup this summer. What happened in the last match they played at a World Cup?
They won the trophy
They beat England on penalties (when Andrea Pirlo chipped Joe Hart)
Luis Suárez bit one of their players
They were beaten by Slovakia and had three men sent off
- 9.Italy did not qualify, but which two teams qualified with Italian managers?
Cape Verde and Haiti
Panama and New Zealand
Jordan and Qatar
Turkey and Uzbekistan
- 10.England qualified for the World Cup with a foreign manager. Which two teams qualified with English managers?
Sweden and New Zealand
Iraq and Australia
Curaçao and Congo DR
Iran and Ghana
- 11.In which sporting event are the sisters Mia and Lilli Freischem competing against each other this weekend?
They are rowing in the Women’s Boat Race
They are fighting on the undercard of the Lauren Price v Stephanie Piñeiro bout
They will play on opposite teams at the Women’s Six Nations
They are both playing in the Women's Masters at Augusta
- 12.Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder are fighting in London on Saturday night. They’ve had the same number of professional fights. How many?
29
37
49
71
- 13.Arsenal beat Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Champions League and still have a chance to retain the title they won last year. Which club once won the competition five years in a row?
Barcelona
Wolfsburg
Lyon
Frankfurt
- 14.Arsenal are also in great form in the Women’s Super League. They beat Spurs 5-2 on Saturday, a week after they had beaten West Ham 5-0. Which players scored hat-tricks in those games?
Stina Blackstenius and Beth Mead
Alessia Russo and Chloe Kelly
Olivia Smith and Smilla Holmberg
Frida Maanum and Caitlin Foord
- 15.The Masters begins this week. Broadcasters covering the event are given very strict guidelines about which words to use and which words to avoid. Which of these terms is allowed?
"Fans"
"Golf clubs"
"Rough"
"Back nine"
- 16.Adam Gemili has retired from athletics after 14 years at the top of the sport. He has started a new job, where his speed will be important. What is he doing?
He is helping Nike design "the fastest running shoe in history"
He is a postman
He is working as a test driver for the Ferrari F1 team
He has been appointed a speed coach at Chelsea
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