Sports quiz of the week: French Open, Champions League and McTominay

Emma Raducanu, Lia Walti, Scott McTominay Composite: Getty Images, Reuters

1. Paris Saint-Germain face Inter in the Champions League final on Saturday night. When was the last time a French team met an Italian team in the final?

   1. The 2010s

   2. The 1990s

   3. The 1970s

   4. It has never happened before

2. 

   Isaac del Toro is leading the Giro d’Italia. If he wins the race, he will become the first cyclist from which country to win a Grand Tour?

   1. Mexico

   2. Colombia

   3. Argentina

   4. Ecuador

3. Robbie Keane, who is now managing Ferencvaros in Hungary, picked up an unusual injury this week. What happened?

   1. He dropped an iron on his big toe and had to go to hospital, missing their last game of the season

   2. Ferencvaros won the title and he banged his head off the trophy while lifting it up for fans

   3. He fell off his son's mini scooter and broke his ankle

   4. He injured his back while sneezing at a press conference

4. 

   Stina Blackstenius scored the winner as Arsenal beat Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final in Lisbon. For which country has she won more than 100 caps?

   1. Germany

   2. Sweden

   3. USA

   4. Norway

5. Which of these football teams is the odd one out?

   1. Sunderland

   2. Charlton

   3. AFC Wimbledon

   4. Leyton Orient

6. 

   Coco Gauff won her first-round match at the French Open – after what hiccup?

   1. Her match was delayed by an hour after she got stuck in traffic in Paris

   2. She forgot to pack her rackets for the match

   3. She conceded two point penalties in her first game as her laces kept coming undone

   4. She played the last few games with one contact lens after the other one fell out

7. Emma Raducanu’s coach Mark Petchey came to her defence after she lost to Iga Swiatek at the French Open. He said that tennis has changed a lot since Raducanu won the US Open, adding that …

   1. “… the balls are four times heavier than in 2021”

   2. “… the courts are now much bigger”

   3. “… players are hitting twice as hard”

   4. “… matches are three times longer”

8. 

   Scott McTominay had an audience with the Pope this week after winning the Serie A title and being voted the best player in the league this season. Which other Scottish player has starred alongside him in the Napoli midfield?

   1. Lewis Ferguson

   2. Liam Henderson

   3. Billy Gilmour

   4. Josh Doig

9. Pepe Reina, the 42-year-old former Liverpool and Barcelona goalkeeper, played the final game of his career last weekend for Como against Juventus in Serie A. What happened?

   1. He scored a 90th-minute winner to help Como avoid relegation

   2. He pulled a hamstring in the first minute and had to be subbed off

   3. He was sent off

   4. He was substituted in the 26th minute as he wears the No 26 shirt for Como

10. 

    The British canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has been banned from competing and may miss out on the next Olympic Games. According to Rozentals, why has he been excluded by the sport’s authorities?

    1. He shared his political opinion on social media

    2. He started an OnlyFans account

    3. He has been writing a “tell all” column in Canoeing Monthly

    4. He posed topless for Men’s Health magazine

11. In cricket, which two neighbouring counties are top of Division One and Division Two in the County Championship?

    1. Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire

    2. Surrey and Middlesex

    3. Yorkshire and Durham

    4. Essex and Kent

12. 

    Chelsea’s win against Real Betis means they are the only club to have won the European Cup/Champions League, Uefa Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners’ Cup and Conference League. Which team have been beaten finalists in all four competitions?

    1. Atlético Madrid

    2. Sampdoria

    3. Borussia Dortmund

    4. Fiorentina

13. Chelsea are the first English team to beat a Spanish team in a men’s European final since …

    1. 2008

    2. 2001

    3. 1994

    4. 1985

14. 

    Moses Itauma – who has won his first 12 professional fights – has given up his ambition of becoming the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history. Who holds that record, having won a world title at the age of 20?

    1. Muhammad Ali

    2. Joe Frazier

    3. Anthony Joshua

    4. Mike Tyson

15. Lamine Yamal has signed a new contract with a €1bn buyout clause. Why did the 17-year-old decide to delay the photoshoot for the new deal?

    1. He is writing a song with Eminem that he wants to perform at the photoshoot

    2. He is waiting to get his braces out next week

    3. He is waiting for a day when his grandmother can make it

    4. He is a Pisces and said the “stars and fish were not aligned in the night sky”

Solutions

1:B - In 1993, when Marseille beat Milan. They remain the only French club to have won the competition., 2:A - When it comes to wins in the three Grand Tours, Italian riders lead the way with 85. France (51), Spain (48), Belgium (33) and Great Britain (11) make up the top five. , 3:B - He needed three stitches on his forehead. Keane is on something of a hot streak, having also won the Israeli league last year with Maccabi Tel Aviv., 4:B - Blackstenius was due a good result in a final – she has lost two Olympic finals with Sweden., 5:D - The other three won playoff finals this season., 6:B - A ball boy fetched them from the dressing rooms. “It probably relaxed me going into the match because it was such a funny thing,” she said. “I’m just happy to get through. I’ll remember my rackets next time.” , 7:A - “It’s tough on Emma as I still feel everyone is living in 2021,” said Petchey. “The games have changed massively. The balls are four times heavier than back in 2021 and Emma isn’t the biggest hitter. If you can’t put the ball through the court on a windy, heavy clay court day against someone like Iga, you’re going to get into all sorts of trouble.” , 8:C - Gilmour and McTominay joined Napoli on the same day., 9:C - Reina was given a standing ovation as he left the pitch., 10:B - Rozentals says he started posting “spicy content” to fund his “ultimate dream of going to the Olympics”. He has made more than £100,000 this year on the site – a lot more than the £16,000 funding available from Paddle UK – but his dream may be drifting down the drain. , 11:A - The East Midlands is leading the way. , 12:D - Fiorentina lost the European Cup final in 1957, the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1962, the Uefa Cup final in 1990 and the Conference League final in 2023 and 2024. , 13:B - Spanish teams were on a run of 27 straight wins against teams from other countries – dating back to Liverpool beating Alavés 5-4 in the Uefa Cup final in 2001. , 14:D - Tyson was 20 years and four months old when he became world champion in 1986; Itauma passed that age on Saturday., 15:C - The 17-year-old says his grandmother, Fatima, keeps his feet on the ground. When he offered to buy her a house she refused, saying she preferred to stay in Rocafonda, the working-class neighbourhood in Mataró, a coastal town north of Barcelona. True to his origins, Lamine Yamal celebrates his goals with his hands forming the numbers 304, the Rocafonda postal code. By the way, he is a big fan of Eminem.

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

2. 3 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

3. 4 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

4. 5 and above.

   Ah well. Better luck next week.

5. 6 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

6. 7 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

7. 8 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

8. 9 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

9. 10 and above.

   Not bad. Not bad at all.

10. 11 and above.

    Not bad. Not bad at all.

11. 12 and above.

    A sensational score. Well played!

12. 13 and above.

    A sensational score. Well played!

13. 14 and above.

    A sensational score. Well played!

14. 15 and above.

    A sensational score. Well played!

15. 0 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.

16. 1 and above.

    Ah well. Better luck next week.