Sports quiz of the week: Lions, Le Mans, Royal Ascot, Euros and Club World Cup

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Have you been paying attention to the football, athletics, golf, rugby union, horse racing, darts and ice hockey?

  1. 1.How many golfers finished under par at the US Open?
  2. 2.Armand Duplantis has set a new world record in the pole vault, clearing 6.28 metres. How many times has he broken the world record?
  3. 3.The Atlético Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is celebrating after the birth of his fourth child. Griezmann’s first three children were all …
  4. 4.Maro Itoje will captain the Lions against Argentina in Dublin on Friday night. Rugby union is not Itoje’s only sport. When he was a teenager he was ranked No 2 in the UK in …
  5. 5.Which country has won the World Cup of Darts for the first time, beating Wales in the final?
  6. 6.Trawlerman won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, setting a new course record. What time did he set over the two-and-a-half-mile track?
  7. 7.Racing at Ascot dates back to the early 1700s. Who suggested the land would make a good racecourse?
  8. 8.Which car manufacturer won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race at the weekend (having also won it last year and the year before)?
  9. 9.Bayern Munich had a solid start at the Club World Cup. In their first match they won 10-0 against a team from which country?
  10. 10.Gennaro Gattuso has taken over as Italy manager. He played for Italy 73 times, scoring once. What was notable about his only goal for his country?
  11. 11.During the Club World Cup match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Ulson, the goalkeeper Ronwen Williams held on to the ball for 13 seconds in an attempt to waste time late in the game. How did the referee react?
  12. 12.Which team won the Stanley Cup this year (having also won it last year)?
  13. 13.What went wrong during their celebrations?
  14. 14.Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson named her squad for Euro 2025 this week. Where did she make the announcement?
  15. 15.Who was the Juventus player Timothy Weah talking about when he said: “It was weird. When he started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it was kind of like,​ ​’I just want to play football, man​’”?

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