Sports quiz of the week: world records, wrong turns and wild scenes

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Have you followed the big stories in football, winter sports, cricket, rugby, horse racing, athletics, basketball and F1?

  1. 1.India won the T20 World Cup in style, beating New Zealand in the final with a record score. Which of these statements about India’s performance at the tournament is not true?
  2. 2.After 32 straight defeats, Italy have finally beaten England. Which team in the Six Nations have they not beaten?
  3. 3.It has been a big week for Italy. They beat England in the Six Nations and they beat …
  4. 4.The Ukrainian biathlete Maksym Murashkovskyi won a silver medal at the Paralympics. Who – or what – did he credit for his success, saying he has used it/them as a “psychologist, coach and, sometimes, as a doctor”?
  5. 5.There was an unusual incident in the Preußen Münster v Hertha Berlin match in the German second tier over the weekend. Towards the end of the first half, the referee was asked to check the VAR monitor to see if Hertha should be awarded a penalty. What happened next?
  6. 6.Port Vale have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954. Which famous musician has invested £250,000 in the club and was appointed their president two years ago?
  7. 7.Why was the Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad match in La Liga on Saturday paused briefly?
  8. 8.George Russell won the first race of the new F1 season in Melbourne. Why did the Australian driver Oscar Piastri not even start the race?
  9. 9.Cruzeiro beat Atlético Mineiro 1-0 in their state cup final in Brazil on Sunday. What did the referee do after the match?
  10. 10.Which of these is not a race at the Cheltenham Festival?
  11. 11.Nathan Martin won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday. What made his victory remarkable?
  12. 12.Staying on the subject of athletics, Jacob Kiplimo set a new world record in the half marathon in Lisbon on Sunday. What was his time?
  13. 13.If it was Vicarage Road in 2021, Plough Lane in 2022, Selhurst Park in 2023, Molineux in 2024 and Pride Park in 2025, where is it on Sunday afternoon?
  14. 14.Bam Adebayo scored 83 points for the Miami Heat in their 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. Who is the one player to have scored more points in an NBA game?
  15. 15.A Barcelona fan missed their match against Newcastle on Tuesday night after he travelled to the wrong stadium. Rather than going to St James’ Park in Newcastle, he travelled 366 miles in the wrong direction and turned up at the similarly named St James Park. Which team plays there?

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