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Test your knowledge with 2020 sports quiz

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As 2020 draws to a close, sports fans will look back on a year like no other.

It is time to reflect on the highs – and possibly a few lows – over the past 12 months.

Here, The News tests your knowledge on some of the key events of 2020 – but no peeking at the answers.

Q1: Peter Wright was the eventual winner at the start of the year, but which darts player ended the historic run of Fallon Sherrock at the PDC World Championsh­ip?

Q2: Name the finalists of the inaugural ATP Cup in Sydney.

Q3: Which teams played in Super Bowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami?

Q4: Who was runner-up to men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic at the 2020 Australian Open?

Q5: Manchester City claimed a third successive Carabao Cup after beating which team 2-1 at Wembley?

Q6: Epatante won which signature race at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival during March?

Q7: Who replaced Mick McCarthy as Republic of Ireland manager at the start of April?

Q8: Motor racing great Sir Stirling Moss, who claimed 16 grand prix victories, died in April at the age of 90. How many times did he win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championsh­ip title?

Q9: England captain Harry Kane bought the shirt sponsorshi­p to which Sky Bet League Two club’s 2020-21 kit?

Q10: Who was re-elected as chairman of World Rugby during May?

Q11: Name the horse which won the the Betway Welcome Back British Racing Handicap at Newcastle on June 1 – the first race in Britain since meetings were last held on March 17.

Q12: Which player held aloft a makeshift trophy made out of a dinner plate as he celebrated overall victory in the PDC Home Tour?

Q13: In their first match since securing the Premier League title, Liverpool were beaten 4-0 by which team at the start of July?

Q14: Name the Aidan O’Brien-trained winner of the 2020 Investec Derby

Q15: What almost scuppered Lewis Hamilton’s bid to win the British Grand Prix on the final lap?

Q16: Which golfer won the 2020 US PGA Championsh­ip in San Francisco?

Q17: Why was men’s singles title favourite Novak Djokovic defaulted from the US Open?

Q18: During September, Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney announced they wanted to invest in which National League club?

Q19: Who won the Vitality T20

Blast, beating Surrey in the final at Edgbaston?

Q20: Exeter defeated which team to win the Gallagher Premiershi­p final at Twickenham?

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