SPORTS TRIVIA

ON THIS DAY 2013: India batsman Sachin Tendulkar announced he would retire from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test in November. BIRTHDAYS

Football’s Tony Adams – former Arsenal and England captain, most recently manager of Granada, 1966, Dean Kiely – former Charlton and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper, 1970, Xherdan Shaqiri – Liverpool and Switzerland midfielder, 1991, and Ryan Fredericks – West Ham defender, 1992; American Football’s Brett

Favre – former Green Bay Packers quarterback, 1969; and Rowing’s Sir Matthew Pinsent – winner of four consecutive gold medals at different Olympics, 1970.

QUIZ

1 At which Olympic Games did Ireland’s Katie Taylor win boxing gold?

2 When was the last time that Scotland reached the finals of a major football tournament?

3 Where will rugby union’s British & Irish Lions tour next?

4 Who is the captain of the South Africa men’s cricket team?

5 Which Formula One constructor competed between 1985 and 2005 with drivers including Pierluigi Martini, Christian Fittipaldi and, for his debut season in F1, Fernando Alonso?

Answers: 1 London 2012; 2 1998 World Cup; 3 South Africa; 4 Quinton de

Kock; 5 Minardi.

■ CYCLING: The prestigious Paris-Roubaix race will not take place in 2020 as a rise in coronavirus cases has forced its postponement for the second time this year. The 118th running of the popular men’s race and an inaugural women’s edition of the ‘Hell of the North’ had been set for October 25, rearranged from its original date of April 12, but organisers have now announced that the race would not return before 2021.