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Friday, October 2, 2026

Sports quiz of the week: winners, losers, prodigies, heroes, villains and rivals

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Jurgen Klopp, Ffion Lewis and Trevor Zegras.

Jurgen Klopp, Ffion Lewis and Trevor Zegras. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

Jurgen Klopp, Ffion Lewis and Trevor Zegras. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

Have you been watching football, chess, cricket, rugby, motor racing, hockey, boxing, table tennis and horse racing?

  1. 1.Antigua and Barbuda had two players sent off in their match against Anguilla in the Concacaf Nations League. Keon Greene and Shalon Knight were shown red cards 20 minutes apart for the same offence. What did they do?
  2. 2.England are preparing to play in the Women’s Blind Football Euros. What is notable about the England captain?
  3. 3.Bodhana Sivanandan has done something remarkable at the age of 11. What is it?
  4. 4.Jürgen Klopp, Zinedine Zidane, Xavi Hernández and Roberto Mancini were back in the dugout this week, taking charge of Germany, France, Spain and Italy, respectively. Which of the four managers won his first game in charge?
  5. 5.Which Women’s Super League club have sacked their manager just four games into the season?
  6. 6.Which of the 18 teams in the County Championship did not lose a match this season?
  7. 7.Who said: “I mostly find myself defending my arch rival to fans I meet in the street, saying: ‘If you could achieve 10% of what this man has achieved, you’d be doing well’”?
  8. 8.Lionel Messi will play his last game for Argentina next week when they host Benin in Buenos Aires. What happened in Messi’s first game for Argentina?
  9. 9.Which team is playing in the Super League Grand Final this weekend for the first time in their history?
  10. 10.Where is the “Bahrain Grand Prix” taking place this weekend?
  11. 11.Ffion Lewis is in the Wales squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Why is that a remarkable achievement?
  12. 12.Trevor Zegras has been at the centre of a strange story in the NHL. Why was the Philadelphia Flyers player given a two-minute penalty by a referee?
  13. 13.Where are Bay City Roller, Thundering On, Friendly Soul, Chestnut Rocket, Bright Light and Diamond Necklace competing this week for a prize pot worth €5m?
  14. 14.For the first time in 32 years, China have not won the gold medal at the Asian Games in men’s table tennis. Which team beat them in the final?
  15. 15.Why were the writer Stephen King and businessman Mark Zuckerberg in the sports news this week?
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