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Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, golf, athletics, boxing, cricket and horse racing?
- 1.Which footballer delivered a pep talk to the France rugby union team as they prepare to face Ireland in the Six Nations?
- 2.The new Wales coach, Matt Sherratt, will be hoping to end his team’s run of 15 straight defeats when they play Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday. Sherratt did not play professional rugby; what was his job before he took up coaching?
- 3.Which team took the most shots in the Champions League this week?
- 4.Armand Duplantis set a new pole vault world record this week. How many times has he broken the world record in his career?
- 5.What song was playing in the arena when Duplantis broke the record?
- 6.India have reached the final of the Champions Trophy, which means the game will be moved from Lahore to …
- 7.Football is introducing a new law to discourage goalkeepers from time-wasting. What will happen if keepers hold on to the ball for more than eight seconds?
- 8.Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price are headlining an all-female bill at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night. Which boxer fought at the venue 15 times, winning all 15 fights inside the distance?
- 9.Staying with boxing, the fight between Paddy Donovan and Lewis Crocker in Belfast at the weekend proved extremely controversial. It looked like Donovan had won the fight when he knocked Crocker down at the end of the eighth round. But why was Crocker given the victory?
- 10.The Gervonta Davis v Lamont Roach fight was equally contentious. Davis retained his world title thanks to a questionable refereeing decision in the ninth round. Davis took a knee but was not deducted a point. He says he wasn't hurt and only stopped fighting because ...
- 11.Which of this year’s FA Cup quarter-finals features two clubs who won the competition in the 1880s?
- 12.Ryan Peake won the New Zealand Open this week, booking his spot at this year’s Open Championship. Peake was a promising golfer in his youth but did not play the sport for most of his 20s. Why?
- 13.What happened after just 13 seconds in the League One match between Shrewsbury and Peterborough?
- 14.The Cheltenham Festival begins on Tuesday. What percentage of the 28 races at last year's festival were won by pre-race favourites?
- 15.The new Rangers manager Barry Ferguson will be delighted after his team's 3-1 win at Fenerbahce in the Europa League. Ferguson was the Rangers when they reached the Uefa Cup final in 2008. Who beat them in the final?
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