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Have you been following the big stories in football, boxing, cricket, darts, basketball and handball?
- 1.Tarryn Allarakhia plays for Rochdale in the National League. But why will he not be available over the festive season?
He is on Love Island
He has gone to Australia to watch the Ashes (and accepted a club fine)
He is playing for Tanzania at the Africa Cup of Nations
He drives a gritter lorry and has to be available 24/7 at this time of year
- 2.All of these players have won the African Footballer of the Year award but only one of them has won the Africa Cup of Nations. Which one?
Didier Drogba
Mohamed Salah
George Weah
Sadio Mané
- 3.The Australian cricketer Cameron Green signed a £2.1m deal to play in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. What did he do the next day in the Ashes?
He hit a century against England
He bought his mum a house for £2.1m
He was dismissed for a duck against England
He cancelled the deal to play for his hometown club
- 4.Terence Crawford is retiring from boxing with an undefeated record. Who did he beat in his last fight?
Canelo Álvarez
Errol Spence
Kell Brook
Amir Khan
- 5.Cameron Menzies had blood pouring out of his hand at the end of his first-round match at the World Darts Championship. What happened?
His opponent threw a dart at him
He tripped on the stage, dropped his darts and fell on them
He sank a pint to celebrate winning the match and the glass smashed in his hand
He punched a table in frustration after losing
- 6.Which record did Paul Lim break at the World Darts Championship this week?
The first player to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match at the world championship
The oldest player to win a match at the world championship
The first player to hit a "no look" nine-dart finish
The first player to throw multiple 180s with his left and right hand in a world championship match
- 7.St Mirren beat Celtic in the Scottish League Cup final. They have not won many major trophies but they are the only Scottish club to have won the …
Cup Winners’ Cup
Europa Conference League
Anglo-Scottish Cup
Europa League
- 8.Which New York sports team won their first trophy since 1973 this week?
New York Mets
New York Rangers
New York Knicks
New York Cosmos
- 9.Three English clubs have reached the knockout stages of the Women’s Champions League. Arsenal, Chelsea and …
Manchester United
Tottenham
Liverpool
West Ham
- 10.Which of this weekend’s Premier League matches is the top-scoring fixture in league’s history, having given us 206 goals over the years?
Newcastle v Chelsea
Manchester City v West Ham
Everton v Arsenal
Tottenham v Liverpool
- 11.Anthony Joshua, the Olympic champion and two-time heavyweight champion of the world is fighting Jake Paul this weekend. Paul is smaller than Joshua and less experienced but he has only lost one of his 13 fights. Who beat him?
Anderson Silva
Mike Tyson
Nate Diaz
Tommy Fury
- 12.Paris Saint-Germain beat Flamengo on penalties to win the Intercontinental Cup – the match between the Champions League and Copa Libertadores winners. What was the score in the shootout?
21-20
9-8
5-3
2-1
- 13.Handball player Katrine Lunde has retired at the age of 45 after winning the world championships in her final game. Which country does she play for?
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
United States
- 14.Which team are currently bottom of Serie A with no wins in their first 15 games this season?
Cagliari
Fiorentina
Parma
Verona
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