Sports quiz of the week: England v Spain, Tour, Tests and transfer deals

Andy Farrell, Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly, and Rishabh Pant. Composite: Fotosport/Shutterstock; The FA/Getty Images; PA

1. England beat Sweden on penalties in the Euro 2025 quarter-finals. Fourteen players took penalties in the shootout. How many of them scored?

   1. Three

   2. Five

   3. Seven

   4. Nine

2. 

   England’s goalscorers in their 2-1 win against Italy in the semi-finals both play for which club?

   1. Chelsea

   2. Barcelona

   3. Arsenal

   4. Manchester United

3. Spain, the favourites to win the final on Sunday, have only lost one of their last 16 games. Who beat them?

   1. South Korea

   2. Japan

   3. England

   4. Nigeria

4. 

   Daniel Dubois’ last two fights have both finished in which round?

   1. Third

   2. Fifth

   3. Seventh

   4. Ninth

5. Dubois arrived at Wembley later than expected for his fight against Usyk. What had he been doing earlier that day?

   1. Watching England v Sweden at Euro 2025

   2. Following the Open

   3. Trying to find a new set of boots

   4. Hosting a large gathering of friends at his house

6. 

   It feels like a matter of time before Scottie Scheffler completes the career grand slam in golf. Which of the four majors has he not won?

   1. Masters

   2. PGA Championship

   3. US Open

   4. The Open

7. Who was 144th (out of 156 players) after the first day of the Open, but finished the tournament in the top 10?

   1. Rory McIlroy

   2. Bryson DeChambeau

   3. Chris Gotterup

   4. Brian Harman

8. 

   Venus Williams was back on the tennis court and back to winning ways this week. The 45-year-old has become the second oldest player to win a match on the WTA Tour. Who is the oldest?

   1. Steffi Graf

   2. Martina Navratilova

   3. Jana Novotna

   4. Jennifer Capriati

9. Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting. Which club did Sporting sign him from in 2023?

   1. Coventry City

   2. Bristol Rovers

   3. Plymouth Argyle

   4. Leyton Orient

10. 

    Rishabh Pant scored a half-century for India against England on Thursday. Why is that surprising?

    1. His contact lenses had fallen out and he “could barely see the ball”

    2. He had a broken foot at the time

    3. He is a bowler who had never scored more than five runs in an innings before

    4. His bat broke early in the innings but he had to continue as he had forgotten to pack a replacement

11. Marcus Rashford is the first Englishman to join Barcelona since …

    1. Laurie Cunningham

    2. Steve McManaman

    3. Jonathan Woodgate

    4. Gary Lineker

12. 

    Roger Black, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson and Mark Hylton were presented with gold medals this week for winning the 4x400m race at the World Championships in Greece. When was the race?

    1. 1997

    2. 2001

    3. 2005

    4. 2011

13. A mural of Sam Allardyce appeared in his home town of Dudley this week. What was he doing in the mural?

    1. Drinking a pint of wine

    2. Complaining a referee

    3. Eating a packet of chips

    4. Out-tacticing José Mourinho

14. 

    Andy Farrell has picked his Lions team to face Australia on Saturday. Nine of the 15 players …

    1. … were born outside of the British Isles

    2. … represent Ireland

    3. … are aged 21 or younger

    4. … play for the same club

15. The Tour de France Femmes begins this weekend in Brittany. How many stages are there in race?

    1. Five

    2. Nine

    3. Twenty-one

    4. Thirty

Solutions

1:B - Five were scored, six were saved and three missed the target. England have had a little bit of luck with penalties at the tournament – and not just in the quarter-finals … , 2:C - Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly both began their careers at Arsenal. They have not played together that often at club level given their various loan spells and Kelly’s move to Everton, but they will be lining up in the same side this coming season. , 3:C - England have a winning record against the world champions., 4:B - Dubois knocked out Anthony Joshua in the fifth round last year; and he was knocked out by Oleksandr Usyk in the fifth round on Saturday night. , 5:D - His trainer, Don Charles, denies that Dubois was affected by the get-together. “It was a gathering, a cultural gathering,” said Charles. “We were still able to do everything with 10 minutes to spare.”, 6:C - He came closest in 2022, when he finished joint-second behind Matt Fitzpatrick. , 7:B - He scored 78 on the first day before putting together rounds of 65, 68 and 64 – a better performance in the final three days than runaway winner Scottie Scheffler. , 8:B - Navratilova was 47 when she beat Catalina Castaño at Wimbledon in 2004., 9:A - Sporting CP signed him two years ago for €20m; they have sold him for €73.5m. , 10:B - Pant has fractured his metatarsal, an injury that will sound very familiar to football fans of a certain age., 11:D - The other three played in Spain, but for Real Madrid. , 12:A - Better late than never. Great Britain were elevated from silver to gold after the USA runner Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping. The belated award ceremony took place at a Diamond League meeting in London, where the athletes were given a rousing welcome by the 60,000 sellout crowd., 13:C - Dion Kitson, who painted the mural, said it is “Dudley’s answer to the Sistine Chapel”. Allardyce is very pleased with it. “I thought it was a very good likeness," he said. "It's 10ft tall – that’s some piece of work, isn’t it.”, 14:B - There would have been 10 Ireland players in the starting XV had Garry Ringrose not withdrawn with injury., 15:B - The tour is longer than in previous years. In fact, the organisers had to receive special permission to run it over nine days as cycling’s governing body limits women’s stage races to just eight days.

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 3 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.

   Pretty, pretty, pretty good

7. 7 and above.

   Pretty, pretty, pretty good

8. 8 and above.

   Pretty, pretty, pretty good

9. 9 and above.

   Pretty, pretty, pretty good

10. 10 and above.

    Pretty, pretty, pretty good

11. 11 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

12. 12 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

13. 13 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

14. 14 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 15 and above.

    That's a sensational score. Well played