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PSG wrapped up a treble on Saturday evening after they hammered Inter within the Champions League remaining. Who had been the primary European crew to win a treble?

Désiré Doué was substituted a couple of minutes after he scored his second objective for PSG of their 5-0 win, so didn’t have an opportunity to finish his hat-trick. There have solely been 4 hat-tricks in European Cup finals. Who scored two of them?

Iga Swiatek’s run of 26 wins in a row on the French Open got here to an finish this week when she was crushed by Aryna Sabalenka within the semi-finals. If Swiatek is the queen of clay, Rafa Nadal was the king. He performed 116 matches on the French Open. What number of did he lose?

Loïs Boisson additionally reached the semi-finals, an unimaginable achievement given it was the primary grand slam of her profession. Which different participant reached the French Open semi-finals in her first slam, doing so at 14 years outdated? Clue: she would later win the French Open (in addition to two Australian Open titles and an Olympic gold medal).

England are taking part in Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday. The sport shouldn’t be being held in Andorra however on the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat – the house of which membership?

How has Thomas Tuchel tailored England coaching so his gamers shall be prepared for the World Cup within the US, Canada and Mexico subsequent yr?

The workers at St George’s Park have been advised to talk to gamers in American accents

Tuchel has insisted his gamers should tip resort workers by at the very least 20%

Gamers must drive to coaching on the correct facet of the highway to imitate US situations

They’re coaching in heated tents

Australia and South Africa are getting ready to fulfill within the World Take a look at Championship remaining this coming week. Which nation is internet hosting the ultimate (having additionally hosted the 2021 and 2023 finals)?

With regards to cricket, England gamers received caught in visitors and had been practically late for his or her match in opposition to West Indies on the Oval. How did the captain, Harry Brook, and some others get to the bottom?

Native police took them by horseback

They jumped off the crew bus and into black cabs

They got a helicopter experience by the ambulance service

Which two international locations have certified for the World Cup subsequent summer time, having by no means performed within the event earlier than?

Simon Yates gained the Giro d’Italia on Sunday. There are 21 levels within the race. What number of of them did he win?

Which rugby league crew had been crushed finalists within the Problem Cup final yr however have one other probability to win the trophy at Wembley on Saturday?

Epsom hosts the Derby on Saturday afternoon. Which piece of kit did the organisers borrow from one other sport this week for the race?

The chequered flag used for F1 races at Silverstone

The beginning blocks from Romford Greyhound Stadium

The balls from the FA Cup draw

The hooter used on the London Olympics in 2012

Why is the race known as the Derby?

When the race started in 1780, it was held in Derbyshire somewhat than Surrey

It began out as a race between two horses that shared the identical area

The race was sponsored by the twelfth Earl of Derby

Epsom took the concept from the Kentucky Derby within the US

Vasiliy Lomachenko has retired from boxing on the age of 37. The Ukrainian gained two Olympic gold medals and world titles at three weights. Within the novice ranks, he had 397 fights. What number of of them did he lose?

Max Verstappen crashed right into a Mercedes automotive on the Spanish Grand Prix, which led the boss of the Mercedes crew, Toto Wolff, to check his driving to …

“… a child taking part in mariokart”

“… taxi drivers in Naples and Rome”

“… an adolescent with L plates ”

“… a System Three driver”

Options

1:B – There have been 11 treble successful groups: Celtic in 1967, Ajax in 1972, PSV Eindhoven in 1988, Manchester United in 1999, Barcelona in 2009 and 2015, Inter in 2010, Bayern Munich in 2013 and 2020, Manchester Metropolis in 2023 and PSG in 2025., 2:D – Nobody has scored a hat-trick in a European Cup remaining for the reason that Sixties., 3:B – Nadal gained the occasion 14 occasions and his win-loss document went from 31–0 to 70–1, 105–2 and 112–3, earlier than ending at 112–4. , 4:A – Capriati’s profession was up and right down to say the least. She reached the French Open semi-finals at 14, was arrested on shoplifting and marijuana expenses later in her teenagers, and returned to tennis and gained three grand slams. , 5:D – England are taking part in twice within the subsequent week: in opposition to Andorra in Spain and in opposition to Senegal in a pleasant on the Metropolis Floor in Nottingham., 6:D – “I’ve finished pre-season in Orlando and I shall be very stunned if we don’t undergo,” stated Tuchel. “Struggling is without doubt one of the headlines for this World Cup.” Sounds enjoyable., 7:B – The 2021 remaining was on the Rose Bowl, the 2023 remaining was on the Oval and the 2025 remaining shall be at Lord’s. Regardless of the lure of taking part in at house, England have by no means reached the ultimate. , 8:D – The West Indies gamers stayed on their coach and had been late, which means they didn’t have a correct warm-up. “It was very powerful,” stated Gudakesh Motie. “It was an extended drive to the bottom with plenty of visitors – it took about two hours on the bus. Once we received to the bottom we had only some minutes earlier than play.” , 9:B – It’s a 48-team event so count on to see a number of new faces – and some extra pages – within the sticker album., 10:A – Yates didn’t win any of the levels however he accomplished the two,140-mile course faster than anybody else. , 11:B – Warrington are up in opposition to it. They misplaced to Wigan in final yr’s remaining and are underdogs in opposition to Hull KR this time round. , 12:C – The draw for the race occurred at a Picturehouse cinema in Epsom and featured the balls and velvet bag utilized in FA Cup attracts. It was a step up from final yr, after they used hand-scrawled ping-pong balls and held the draw exterior the native Wetherspoons. , 13:C – The Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury each helped set up the race. They supposedly flipped a coin to find out whether or not it could be named “Derby Stakes” or “Bunbury Stakes.” Though Bunbury misplaced the coin toss, Newmarket later featured his title within the “Bunbury Cup”., 14:B – Boxing has misplaced certainly one of its greats. , 15:B – Taxi drivers in Rome didn’t welcome the comparability. “We’re the perfect at not having accidents, in any other case we’d lose our working day,” stated one irritated driver. “I wish to see System One drivers manoeuvring round building websites, scooters and golf carts the way in which we do. Rome is now a jungle, not a System One monitor.”

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1 and above.

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7 and above.

Not dangerous. Not dangerous in any respect.

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Not dangerous. Not dangerous in any respect.

9 and above.

That is an amazing rating. Nicely performed

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0 and above.

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15 and above.

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