Sports quiz of the week: Lions, Le Mans, Royal Ascot, Euros and Club World Cup
How many golfers finished under par at the US Open?
None
One
Three
Five
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?
Six
Eight
Ten
Twelve
The Atlético Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is celebrating after the birth of his fourth child. Griezmann's first three children were all …
… named after his strike partners at Atlético
… born on the same date
… born while he was playing in finals (World Cup, Euros and Champions League)
... signed by Atlético on their first birthdays
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 …
Judo
Shot put
Wrestling
Trampolining
Which country has won the World Cup of Darts for the first time, beating Wales in the final?
Northern Ireland
England
China
The Netherlands
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?
One minute and 59 seconds
Two minutes and 42 seconds
Four minutes and 15 seconds
Five minutes and 54 second
Racing at Ascot dates back to the early 1700s. Who suggested the land would make a good racecourse?
Jonathan Swift
King Louis XIV
Christopher Wren
Queen Anne
Which car manufacturer won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race at the weekend (having also won it last year and the year before)?
Ferrari
Renault
Kia
Rolls-Royce
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?
Australia
New Zealand
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
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?
He scored it in his first start
It was in a World Cup final
He scored with his hand, Diego Maradona-style, and the referee did not notice
He took off his shirt to celebrate and picked up a second yellow card
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?
He sent off the goalkeeper
He added 13 minutes of injury time
He awarded the opposition a corner
He forced the goalkeeper's manager to substitute him off
Stanley Cup Oilers Panthers Hockey
The Florida Panthers raise the Stanley Cup after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Which team won the Stanley Cup this year (having also won it last year)?
Florida Panthers
Carolina Hurricanes
Edmonton Oilers
Tampa Bay Lightning
What went wrong during their celebrations?
Their open-top bus parade was called off due to a lightning storm
They dropped the cup, cracking and denting it
It was cancelled so Donald Trump could hold a military parade
The cup was stolen by rival fans
Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson named her squad for Euro 2025 this week. Where did she make the announcement?
On the roof of Cardiff Castle
The summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales
In a hot-air balloon above the Brecon Beacons
England
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''?
Gennaro Gattuso
Donald Trump
George Weah
Gary Lineker
Solutions
1:B - Just JJ Spaun, the winner, who finished one under par., 2:D - It was a special one for Duplantis as he did it in Sweden. "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here at Stadion," he said. "I really wanted to do it. I had my whole family here, from both sides. It's magic." , 3:B - Griezmann's first three kids were born on 8 April – Mia in 2016, Alba in 2021 and Amaro in 2019. His fourth, Shai, was born on 15 June. , 4:B - 'I was pretty good and, to be honest, I think I could have made a career out of it,' he says. 'But rugby is so much more fun than shot put.' , 5:A - Luke Littler and Luke Humphries were expected to win the cup for England, but Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney led Northern Ireland to glory., 6:C - 'I was just a passenger,' said the winning jockey William Buick. 'I didn't have to touch the brakes once. It's an extreme distance, two and a half miles, so you need an extraordinary horse with an extraordinary set of skills. He's got that lung capacity and stamina. He got in a great rhythm, but he's so genuine.', 7:D - That's why the week's racing begins with the Queen Anne Stakes. , 8:A - Robert Kubica, the former F1 driver, crossed the chequered flag for Ferrari., 9:B - Bayern beat Auckland City, a team of part-timers who are not even the best club in Auckland, let alone New Zealand. Their goalkeeper Conor Tracey had to take unpaid leave from his job in a hardware store to attend the tournament. 'I've always had to combine annual leave with unpaid days,' said Tracey. 'I'm going to struggle a bit with rent and bills, but playing against Bayern, Benfica and Boca is 100% worth it.', 10:A - Gattuso scored his only goal for Italy in a 1-0 win against England in November 2000. , 11:C - Referees are now penalising goalkeepers who hold on to the ball for more than eight seconds. , 12:A - They beat the Edmonton Oilers (having also beaten them in the finals last year)., 13:B - The 131-year-old cup, which is made of silver and a nickel alloy, is relatively malleable. It's likely to be fixed in time for their trophy parade on Sunday. , 14:B - 'We've used the mountain as a theme and an image throughout this campaign,' said Wilkinson. 'Qualifying was always going to be an uphill battle with little setbacks. As we've moved towards the Euros we've talked about the summit, the Everest part of it; that something is impossible until it isn't.', 15:B - The Juventus players called into the White House to see Trump after one of their matches at the Club World Cup. Weah says they were not given a choice and 'had to go'.
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