1. New Manchester City signing Abdukodir Khusanov is the first Premier League player from which country?

   1. Albania

   2. Armenia

   3. Kazakhstan

   4. Uzbekistan

2. Who said the following? 'It is my job to say something that needs to be better and I did. The way I have been treated since has been totally unfair.'

   1. Andy Murray

   2. Alex Hartley

   3. Paul Scholes

   4. Tim Henman

3. Luke Littler turned 18 this week. Which of these major PDC titles has the darting superstar yet to win?

   1. Grand Slam of Darts

   2. World Matchplay

   3. Premier League Darts

   4. World Darts Championship

4. Why did Novak Djokovic briefly boycott his on-court interviews at the Australian Open this week?

   1. Andy Murray, Djokovic's new coach, was hounded by fans outside of their hotel

   2. The tournament director, Craig Tiley, did not allow Djokovic's family to take their usual seats before one of his matches

   3. A reporter from Channel Nine, an Australian TV network, 'made a mockery' of Serbian fans and 'made insulting and offensive comments'

   4. One of his sponsors raised concerns that a rival company's logo featured prominently during the on-court interviews

5. How much are Ferrari paying 40-year-old Lewis Hamilton, a childhood fan of the Italian team, to drive for them in the next two F1 seasons?

   1. Nothing

   2. £10m

   3. £100m

   4. £500m

6. How did Buffalo Bills fans respond after Baltimore's Mark Andrews dropped a crucial late catch in their NFL playoff game?

   1. They unofficially renamed their stand after him

   2. They built a giant snow statue of him outside the stadium

   3. They raised $80,000 for charity on his behalf

   4. They offered him free chicken wings for life

7. Who is currently the top scorer in the EFL Championship?

   1. Borja Sainz (Norwich)

   2. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Middlesbrough)

   3. Josh Maja (West Brom)

   4. Joel Piroe (Leeds)

8. Where in the world was this picture taken?

   1. Beijing

   2. Budapest

   3. Seoul

   4. Turin

9. In the NHL, what did Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson blame after conceding a goal to Edmonton?

   1. A new custom visor that stopped him seeing the puck clearly

   2. A tray of nachos that were thrown onto the ice by fans

   3. The Oilers' official mascot, Hunter, dancing behind his goal

   4. A distracting McDonalds advert on the arena's big screen

10. Aryna Sabalenka faces Madison Keys in the Australian Open final, aiming to become the first woman to win three titles in a row in Melbourne since ... ?

    1. Martina Hingis

    2. Monica Seles

    3. Serena Williams

    4. Steffi Graf

11. Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir has announced which BBC athletics pundit as her new coach?

    1. Denise Lewis

    2. Jessica Ennis-Hill

    3. Michael Johnson

    4. Steve Cram

12. Manchester City host Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday evening. Which result is the most common in the clubs' 179 previous meetings?

    1. Manchester City win

    2. Draw

    3. Chelsea win

13. India's men beat England by seven wickets with 43 balls to spare in their first T20 cricket international, England’s heaviest T20 defeat in terms of balls remaining. What else was notable about the match?

    1. It was Brendon McCullum's first match as England white-ball coach

    2. It was Brendon McCullum’s last match as England's white-ball coach

    3. The match was played in 42°C heat

    4. England's Phil Salt, Ben Duckett and Jos Buttler were all out for golden ducks

14. Randal Kolo Muani has joined Juventus this week on loan from PSG. How many league goals did he score for the French club since his €80m move from Eintracht Frankfurt in September 2023?

    1. Zero

    2. Eight

    3. 15

    4. 33

15. Finally, which non-league football team became the first club in England to wear sponsored shirts on this day in 1976?

    1. Bath City

    2. Hereford United

    3. Kettering Town

    4. Yeovil Town

Solutions

1:D - The arrival of the Lens defender means 126 different countries have been represented in the Premier League., 2:B - The former England cricketer and BBC pundit says she received 'the cold shoulder' from former teammates after raising concerns over their fitness., 3:B - Littler has won the other three titles in the last 12 months, but went out of July's Matchplay event in the first round, losing to Michael van Gerwen., 4:C - Tony Jones, a veteran reporter for Channel Nine, later apologised after singing towards fans in the stands: 'Novak, he’s overrated. Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out. Boy, I’m glad they can’t hear me'. Unfortunately for him, Djokovic could., 5:C - Hamilton will be paid around £100m across his new two-year deal, similar to the £50m he earned in his last year with Mercedes. Nice work if you can get it., 6:C - Andrews has type 1 diabetes and has previously raised money for research into the condition; a Bills fan page aimed to raise $5,000 as a gesture of support, but has already raised 16 times that amount, 7:A - Sainz has scored 15 goals for the Canaries, who sit 12th in the table. Maja has 12, Latte Lath 11; Piroe is the only player at one of the league's top four clubs to reach double figures., 8:D - The Italian city is hosting the Fisu World University Winter Games this month; next year, the Winter Olympics will be held in Milan., 9:B - 'I’ve never seen that before. Obviously, I’ve got to play to the whistle. That one’s on me,' said Thompson, who made 30 saves without snacks involved as Washington won 3-2., 10:A - Hingis won the title in 1997, 1998 and 1999; Seles completed her hat-trick in 1993, with Graf three-peating in 1990. Serena Williams won seven Australian Open titles, but never three in a row., 11:D - The Team GB runner will work with Cram – 'someone who has commentated on practically every major race of my career and ran pretty well himself over 1500m' – and her former competitor Laura Weightman., 12:C - Chelsea have won 71 games to City's 67, with 41 ending all-square., 13:A - 'I'm desperate for us to play a really watchable brand of cricket,' McCullum said at the weekend. 'With the talent we have, there's no reason why we can't.' Clearly, there is work to do., 14:B - The forward has fallen out of favour with Luis Enrique but is likely to return to PSG in the summer, as Juventus do not have a buy clause in the deal., 15:C - The club's chief executive, Derek Dougan, agreed a deal with Kettering Tyres, who first featured on the Poppies' shirts against Bath in a Southern League match. They were fined by the FA, but a decade later, almost every top-flight team had a shirt sponsor.

Scores

1. 0 and above.

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