Sports quiz of the week: Afcon, Ashes and Anthony Joshua v Jake Paul

1. Tarryn Allarakhia plays for Rochdale in the National League. But why will he not be available over the festive season?

   2. He has gone to Australia to watch the Ashes (and accepted a club fine)

   3. He is playing for Tanzania at the Africa Cup of Nations

   4. 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?

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?

   1. He hit a century against England

   2. He bought his mum a house for £2.1m

   3. He was dismissed for a duck against England

   4. 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?

5. Which New York sports team won their first trophy since 1973 this week?

6. 

   Cameron Menzies had blood pouring out of his hand at the end of his first-round match at the World Darts Championship. What happened?

   1. His opponent threw a dart at him

   2. He tripped on the stage, dropped his darts and fell on them

   3. He sank a pint to celebrate winning the match and the glass smashed in his hand

   4. He punched a table in frustration after losing

7. Which record did Paul Lim break at the World Darts Championship this week?

   1. The first player to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match at the world championship

   2. The oldest player to win a match at the world championship

   3. The first player to hit a “no look” nine-dart finish

   4. The first player to throw multiple 180s with his left and right hand in a world championship match

8. 

   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 …

9. 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?

   2. Manchester City v West Ham

10. 

    Three English clubs have reached the knockout stages of the Women’s Champions League. Arsenal, Chelsea and …

11. 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?

12. 

    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?

13. Which team are currently bottom of Serie A with no wins in their first 15 games this season?

14. 

    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?

Solutions

1:C – Allarakhia, who was born in London, is eligible to represent Tanzania through his father., 2:D – In 2022, when Senegal beat Egypt in the final. Salah was on the losing team., 3:C – Green has become the third most expensive player in IPL history after Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer., 4:A – Crawford won all 42 of his fights, 31 by knockout. , 5:C – They beat the San Antonio Spurs 124-113 to win the NBA Cup. , 6:D – He apologised afterwards., 7:B – “A moment like this has kept me going for all these years,” said the 71-year-old. “The standard of play nowadays is not like how it was before. This tournament is the Super Bowl of darts so I would say this is a good moment.”, 8:C – The competition ran in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Five English clubs won it: Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City, Burnley and Chesterfield., 9:D – Their two games last season produced 15 goals. Liverpool won both matches: 6-3 and 5-1., 10:A – Arsenal and Chelsea are likely to meet in the quarter-finals. , 11:D – The PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov saved four penalties in a row in the shootout, 12:D – When asked about the Joshua v Paul fight, Fury said: “If it goes past two minutes of the opening round, I will take that in AJ has been paid off. If I can beat Jake Paul, then what is Anthony Joshua going to do to Jake Paul?” , 13:B – Fiorentina finished sixth in Serie A last season but are adrift at the bottom. They sacked Stefano Pioli in November but his successor, Paolo Vanioli, has been unable to improve the team’s form. , 14:A – Lunde helped Norway defeat Germany 23-20 in the final to win her third World Cup, adding to three Olympic golds and seven European titles.

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Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

6. 6 and above.

   That’s a decent score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

7. 7 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

8. 8 and above.

   That’s a fine score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

9. 9 and above.

   That’s a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

10. 10 and above.

    That’s a great score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

11. 11 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

12. 12 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played. Have a good weekend.

13. 13 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

14. 14 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    That’s a sensational score. Well played. Have a great weekend.