Sports quiz of the week: Ashes centuries, Ballon d'Or records and a quick finish
Who has declared himself "the proudest man in Proudsville"?
Pep Guardiola
Steve Smith
Dawid Malan
Sean Dyche
Why will Aljaz Bedene, Britain’s No2 tennis player, not represent Team GB at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo?
He won’t travel to Tokyo as he says it is a “jumped-up dump”
He will be representing Slovenia from 1 January 2018
He says the "Olympics are for track and field not tennis"
He has joined the professional squash circuit and it is not an Olympic sport
Complete the sequence: Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Dawid Malan…
Jonny Bairstow
Alastair Cook
Stuart Broad
Nathan Lyon
How did Bairstow celebrate after hitting a century for England in the Ashes?
He poured a cup of water over James Anderson's head
He headbutted his helmet
He walked up to Cameron Bancroft and kissed him on the forehead
He mimicked someone downing a pint of beer
Manchester City have won 16 of their 17 games in the Premier League this season. Which team has taken points off them?
Chelsea
Everton
Liverpool
Burnley
Pep Guardiola has become only the second manager to have won the Premier League's manager of the month award three times in a row. Who was the first?
Kevin Keegan
David O'Leary
Paul Jewell
Antonio Conte
What new nickname has Vasyl Lomachenko given himself?
" Vasyl Loma-Jedi"
"No más Chenko"
"Verily, verily Vasyl"
"Vasyl Jonah Lomu-chenko"
Anthony Joshua is the favourite to win the Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday night. Who was the last boxer to pick up the prize?
Tyson Fury
Henry Cooper
Carl Frampton
Joe Calzaghe
Lennox Lewis
What did Arsène Wenger say when asked about the differences between his Invincibles team at Arsenal and Manchester City’s unbeaten team this season?
"We face a Manchester United team that attacked"
"Referees didn’t favour us"
“We had no petrol”
"My team could defend"
Cristiano Ronaldo won the fifth Ballon d'Or this week, meaning he and Lionel Messi have on five each in the last decade. Who won the award in 2007?
Pavel Nedved
Fabio Cannavaro
Michael Owen
Kaká
Solutions
1:D - After Burnley jumped into the top four of the Premier League, Dyche said: "I'm very proud, I'm super proud, I'm the proudest man in Proudsville.", 2:B - Bedene, who lives in London and became a British citizen in March 2015, wanted to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup and Olympics but the authorities ruled him ineligible so he has returned to competing for Slovenia., 3:A - The centurions in the current Ashes series., 4:B - It wasn't his first headbutt of the tour., 5:B - And that was before Sam Allardyce showed up. , 6:D - Conte won it in October, November and December 2016., 7:B - Lomachenko was speaking after his victory against Guillermo Rigondeaux, his fourth consecutive opponent who has retired in the corner between rounds. The joke is a reference to the famous "No Más" fight between Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980., 8:D - Calzaghe won the award in 2007, when Ricky Hatton also finished in the top three., 9:C - Wenger said: “We had no petrol but ideas. They have petrol and ideas, so that makes it more efficient. Everything goes for them inside the games. They have quality to turn it in their favour. They have plenty of resources and quality”, 10:D - Kaká said this week: "It's great for me when Cristiano or Messi win a Ballon d'Or, because then everybody remembers mine."
Scores
10 and above.
Incredible
9 and above.
Amazing
8 and above.
Superb
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Impressive
6 and above.
Pretty good
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Decent
4 and above.
Not bad
3 and above.
Poor show
2 and above.
Poor show
1 and above.
Oh dear
0 and above.
Oh dear