Xabi Alonso is to retire at the end of the season, having won league titles in Spain and Germany, the Champions League with Liverpool and Real Madrid and the World Cup and European Championship with Spain. Where did he start his career?
Real Betis
Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
Valencia
Novak Djokovic won’t be wining the Australian Open this year. How many times has he won it?
Two
Four
Six
Eight
Non-league Lincoln City have made it into the FA Cup fourth round for the first time since 1976. Who was their manager that season?
Don Revie
Bill Shankly
Bobby Robson
Graham Taylor
Real Madrid went unbeaten for 40 matches then lost two in a row to which clubs?
Valencia and Barcelona
Sevilla and Celta Vigo
Atlético Madrid and Granada
Deportivo La Coruña and Málaga
Why did Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown apologise to his coach and team-mates?
For posting a video from the dressing room in which his coach called the Steelers’ opponents ‘assholes’
For missing training and then being caught tweeting from the golf course
For taking his coach's daughter out for a nice seafood dinner and never calling her again
For posting a quote on Instagram that suggested a referee was biased
Which record did Ivo Karlovic break in the first round of the Australian Open?
At 37, he became the oldest player to compete in the men’s singles
He hit 75 aces, the most in a match in the tournament’s history
He lost three sets in 28 minutes, making it the shortest defeat in the open era
He lost in the first round for a record 23rd year running
What happened to referee Carl Cheffers after his officiating was called ‘horseshit’ by Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs?
He retired from the NFL and was offered a deal by the NBA
He was appointed to referee next month’s Super Bowl
He was backed by his fellow referees, who threatened to strike unless the Chiefs apologised
He offered Kelce an arm wrestling contest in the post-match press conference
Who stepped in to caddie for Lee Westwood at the Abu Dhabi Championship this week when his regular bagman had to travel home?
Westwood’s girlfriend, Helen Storey
His old mate, Darren Clarke
Sheikh Mansour, the Manchester City owner
Rory McIlroy, who had pulled out with a rib injury
Marco van Basten, who is now working for Fifa, has suggested some changes to the laws of football. Which of these ideas did he not put forward?
Scrapping the offside rule
Introducing sin bins and orange cards
Restricting players to '55 or 60' games a year
Requiring that referees have 'played the game'
Why is Tokyo’s governor unhappy about the golf course that will host the Olympic tournament in 2020?
No one has played on it since October due to waterlogging
The club does not admit women as full members
The governor is disappointed that every hole does not have a bunker
It is a par 72 and the governor believes that is an unlucky number
Solutions
1:B - He also won the FA Cup, Uefa Super Cup, Copa del Rey and German Cup., 2:C - In 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Roy Emerson also won it six times – in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967., 3:D - Taylor also made it to the Cup final in 1984 with Watford, who lost 2-0 to Everton to Wembley., 4:B - Real Madrid have lost as many games in 2017 as they did in 2016., 5:A - Not only did Steelers coach Mike Tomlin call the Patriots ‘assholes’ but he also said his team would ‘ready for their ass’., 6:B - Karlovic won the match 6-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 22-20., 7:B - Kelce said the referee ‘shouldn’t even be able to wear a zebra jersey ever again – he shouldn’t even be able to work at fucking Foot Locker.’, 8:A - Westwood is in 10th place going into the weekend after a solid score of -7., 9:D - Rennes manager Christian Gourcuff was unimpressed by Van Basten's ideas, saying: 'This is the worst crap I have read a long time. It's immeasurable bullshit.', 10:B - 'I feel very uncomfortable that women cannot become full members in this day and age,' said Yuriko Koike. 'It should be a venue open to everyone.'
