Sport BIRTHDAYS
Dick Advocaat (football): Former Rangers and Sunderland boss, now in charge of the Iraq national side, born 1947.
Claudio Gentile (football): Former Juventus defender, part of Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning squad, born 1953.
Steve Archibald (football): Former Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Scotland striker, born 1956.
Neil Adams (judo): Former world champion, born 1958.
Marcus Gayle (football): Former Wimbledon and Jamaica striker, born 1970.
Francesco Totti (football):
Former Roma and Italy forward, born 1976.
Brendon McCullum (cricket):
Former New Zealand captain, born 1981.
Adam Bogdan (football):
Hungary’s former Liverpool goalkeeper, born 1987.
Simona Halep (tennis):
Romanian who won the 2018 French Open and Wimbledon in 2019, born 1991.
QUIZ
1. What is football manager Dick Advocaat’s nickname?
2. Which national side did he manage immediately after leaving Rangers?
3. Former England and India cricket coach Duncan Fletcher expressed a desire to switch to which code in 2007?
4. Name one of the Olympics in which Neil Adams won silver for Great Britain in judo.
5. Which is the only tennis major at which Simona Halep has failed to reach the final?
6. Granit Xhaka’s older brother Taulant plays for which national football side?
7. What year did Premiership Rugby begin?
8. Who were the league’s inaugural champions?
9. Who did tennis player Monica Puig defeat in the women’s singles final of the 2016 Rio Olympics?
10. The 2000 Guineas takes place at which racecourse?