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Have you followed the big stories in football, rugby union, golf, cricket, boxing, cycling and horse racing?
- 1.The Women’s Six Nations begins on Saturday. England are clear favourites, having won the last seven tournaments in a row without losing a single game. Who were the last team to beat them in the Six Nations?
France
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
- 2.Southampton have reached the FA Cup semi-finals while playing in the second tier. They have only won the competition once in their history, in 1976, when they were also in the second tier. Who did they beat in the final?
West Ham
Manchester United
Tottenham
Everton
- 3.Which two clubs have reached the men’s and women’s FA Cup semi-finals this season?
Leeds and Southampton
Chelsea and Manchester City
Brighton and Arsenal
Liverpool and Tottenham
- 4.Rory McIlroy is returning to Augusta as the reigning Masters champion. Who did he beat in a playoff last year?
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Scottie Scheffler
Bryson DeChambeau
- 5.Bryson DeChambeau has won the US Open twice but he has never conquered the Masters. What unusual step has he taken to change that?
He is making his own golf clubs
He is eating a lot of elk (which McIlroy did last year)
He has ditched his smartphone and stopped posting on social media
He is not using a caddie this year
- 6.La Liga matches will look a little different this weekend. Why?
Fans are skipping the first 15 minutes of games to protest against expensive ticket prices
Games will last 100 minutes to mark the league's centenary
Teams will be wearing retro shirts
It is "no-VAR weekend" in Spain
- 7.Sticking to football, Nike has a problem with some of its shirts for the World Cup. What is the issue?
The matchday kits for the 48 teams are in a boat that is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz
Players have complained that the shirts make them “sweat excessively”
They bulge up at the shoulder
The shirts say “Hosted by US and Canada” on the collar, missing out co-hosts Mexico
- 8.Tyson Fury returns to the ring on Saturday night in London to take on Arslanbek Makhmudov. The Russian heavyweight has a good professional record – 21 wins in 23 fights – but how else did he grab attention earlier in his career?
He starred in the film Creed
He knocked Fury out in a sparring session
He won an Olympic gold medal ... in the discus
He wrestled a bear
- 9.Staying with boxing: Josh Taylor did it in 2021, Chantelle Cameron did it in 2022 and Savannah Marshall did it in 2023. Who did it last weekend?
Conor Benn
Moses Itauma
Ellie Scotney
Caroline Dubois
- 10.The Paris-Roubaix cycling road race takes place on Sunday. The race will finish in Roubaix; where will it begin?
Strasbourg
Paris
Compiègne
Brussels
- 11.Which of these men’s football teams has not lost a league game this season?
Lens
Paris Saint-Germain
Benfica
Barcelona
- 12.The county cricket season began last weekend. Which team finished the first round of fixtures on minus points?
Glamorgan
Somerset
Sussex
Gloucestershire
- 13.Where will sports fans see Nick Rockett, Gerri Colombe and Lecky Watson this weekend?
New York
Paris
Ascot
Aintree
- 14.Aaron Ramsey retired from football this week. Which of these remarkable things did he do in his career?
He was the first Wales player to score at an international tournament
He became the first Welshman to win the Italian league with Juventus
He scored winning goals in two FA Cup finals
He became Wales’ youngest ever player … and then their oldest ever player
- 15.Why will Panic Attack stand out from the field at the Grand National on Saturday?
The 14-year-old will become the oldest horse to race in a Grand National
He is an Appaloosa horse, so has spots all over (like a Dalmatian dog)
He will be ridden by the youngest jockey in Grand National history
She is the only female horse in the race
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