SPORTS TRIVIA

ON THIS DAY

2021: Steven Gerrard was appointed head coach at Aston Villa having left Rangers just months after winning the Scottish Premiership title. He was sacked by Villa within a year.

BIRTHDAYS

Golf’s Fuzzy Zoeller – American former

Masters and US Open champion, 1951; Football’s Philipp Lahm – former Bayern Munich and Germany full-back, 1983, and Georginio Wijnaldum – Netherlands midfielder, 1990; Swimming’s Ellie Simmonds – retired five-time Paralympic champion who won a total of eight medals across four Games, 1994; and Cricket’s Tom Banton – England and Somerset batsman, 1998.

QUIZ

1 In which year did Lewis Hamilton win his first Formula One world drivers’ championship?

2 Who was the last British player to win a men’s golf major?

3 Who won Great Britain’s only gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships?

4 The Chiefs and the Royals are sports teams in which US city?

5 Which Scottish football club play home matches at Rugby Park?