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Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, gymnastics, boxing, cricket and motor sport?
- 1.Arsenal have only conceded three goals so far this season, which puts them on course to break the Premier League record 15 in a season. Which club set that record?
Blackburn in 1994-95
Arsenal in 1997-98
Manchester United in 1998-99
Chelsea in 2004-05
- 2.The Saracens winger Noah Caluori has been invited to train with the England team before the upcoming autumn internationals. Why is that remarkable?
He made his Wales debut last month – but only in a friendly
He has only played one league game for his club
He is also in the England rugby league squad for their series against Australia
He was playing for the Arsenal youth team just three months ago
- 3.La Liga has scrapped the idea of playing Villarreal v Barcelona in Miami after players, fans and managers protested against the idea of moving a league match abroad. How did the players protest during their matches last weekend?
They wore black armbands that said: “Let’s not enter Miami”
They refused to move for the first 15 seconds of matches
No one celebrated a goal all weekend
Their 20 captains in the league shaved their heads
- 4.Marco Bezzecchi won the Australian MotoGP sprint race on Saturday after recovering from which setback?
One of his contact lenses fell out mid-race
He hit a seagull
He fell off his bike on the last lap but got up and made it over the line first
One of his boots slipped off with three laps to go
- 5.Ange Postecoglou was sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days in charge, a new Premier League record but not an all-time record for the English top flight. Which manager was sacked by Queens Park Rangers after just 29 days in the 1960s? Clue: he went on to win the FA Cup a decade later.
Bill Nicholson
Tommy Docherty
Alf Ramsey
Brian Clough
- 6.Sean Dyche has returned to Nottingham Forest, where he started his playing career but never made a first-team appearance. Where did he spend most of his playing career, famously captaining the club and scoring for them in an FA Cup semi-final?
Watford
Chesterfield
Derby County
Millwall
- 7.Hearts are unbeaten and have a five-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Who were the last team other than Rangers or Celtic to win the league?
Aberdeen
Hearts
Dundee United
Motherwell
- 8.The rugby league Ashes returns this weekend. The three-Test series between England and Australia begins at Wembley on Saturday. It will be the first time the teams have met since the World Cup final in 2017. What was the score in that match?
England 0-6 Australia
England 23-17 Australia
England 30-26 Australia
England 10-50 Australia
- 9.When did England last win a match against Australia (it was at Wembley in the opening game of a World Cup)?
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
- 10.Mjällby won the Swedish league title this week. Why is that a surprise?
The club is based in Hällevik, a village with a population of 1,500
The club was only formed this season
They sacked two managers this season
They lost their first five games of the season
- 11.Australia, South Africa and England breezed into the Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-finals. Which team will join them in the last four – despite losing three games in a row in the group?
New Zealand
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
- 12.Where was this photo taken?
Jakarta
Johannesburg
Jeddah
Jerusalem
- 13.The Women’s Premiership season begins this weekend. Which team has won the league for the last three seasons?
Saracens
Gloucester-Hartpury
Harlequins
Sale Sharks
- 14.The British heavyweight boxer Fabio Wardley is fighting Joseph Parker at the O2 on Saturday night. Boxing was not Wardley’s first sport. How did he begin his career?
He was a youth footballer at Ipswich Town
He was a sprinter and still holds the British schoolboy record for the 100 metres
He was a world champion shot putter as a teenager
He played chess for England as a 14-year-old
