SPORTS TRIVIA

ON THIS DAY

2004: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was fined £15,000 and ‘severely reprimanded’ by the Football Association after being found guilty of improper conduct. He accused Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy of cheating in a television interview.

BIRTHDAYS

Bobby George - former darts World Championship finalist, born 1945. Joel Garner - former West Indies fast bowler, born 1952. William Perry - former Chicago Bears defensive lineman nicknamed ‘The Refrigerator’, born 1962. Heike Drechsler - double Olympic long jump champion, born 1964. Dennis Wise - former Chelsea, Wimbledon and England midfielder, born 1966. Donovan Bailey - Canada’s 1996 Olympic 100 metres champion, born 1967. Craig White - former England and Yorkshire all-rounder, born 1969. Sylvain Distin - former Everton, Manchester City, Portsmouth and Bournemouth defender, born 1977. Trevor Immelman - South African golfer who won the 2008 Masters, born 1979. Tom Rogic - former Celtic and Australia international midfielder, born 1992. Wilfred Ndidi - Leicester’s Nigeria international midfielder, born 1996.

QUIZ

1: NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders have been previously based in which two American cities?

2: In which year did Fallon Sherrock become the first female player to win a match at the World Darts Championship?

3:How many times has Scotland’s John Higgins won the World Snooker Championship?

4:Which football club head into the weekend on the bottom of the Women’s Super League?

5:Britain’s Aaliyah Powell is a three-time World Championship bronze medallist in which Olympic sport?

6: Women’s tennis world number one Iga Swiatek has won how many grand slam titles?

7: Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola was previously in charge of which LaLiga club?

8: Ipswich Witches were 2023 Premiership runners-up in which sport?

9: Name the American 800m runner who has twice denied Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson a gold medal at a major championships?

10: Which British boxer will complete in a world flyweight title unification bout in Arizona this weekend?

Answers: 1. Oakland and Los Angeles; 2. 2019; 3. four; 4. West Ham; 5. taekwondo; 6. four; 7. Rayo Vallecano; 8. speedway; 9. Athing Mu; 10. Sunny Edwards.