Sports quiz of the week: Paralympics glory, US Open and pleasing with names

1. Dame Sarah Storey collected her 18th Paralympics gold on Wednesday. From which sleepy Cheshire metropolis does she hail?

   1. Congleton

   2. Poynton

   3. Knutsford

   4. Wilmslow

2. What time (in BST) did Celtic kick off their Women’s Champions League qualifier with Finland’s KuPS, carried out at a neutral venue in Lithuania?

   1. 10am

   2. Noon

   3. 3.36pm

   4. 10pm

3. Which of these golf gear has Steve Bruce not managed?

   1. Sheffield United

   2. Sheffield Wednesday

   3. West Brom

   4. Middlesbrough

4. Which of these was not the earlier occupation of latest British tennis star Jack Draper’s father?

   1. CEO of the Lawn Tennis Association

   2. Grass-court coach to Ivan Lendl

   3. CEO of Warrington Wolves Super League membership

   4. CEO of Sport England

5. Dave Bassett, the earlier soccer supervisor, celebrated his eightieth birthday this week. What is his nickname all by means of the game?

   1. Bertie

   2. Harry

   3. DB

   4. Breathless

6. New England fast-bowler Josh Hull performs for which crew throughout the Hundred?

   1. Trent Rockets

   2. Manchester Originals

   3. Welsh Fire

   4. Oval Invincibles

7. Raheem Sterling joined Arsenal on mortgage from Chelsea? Name one different participant to have carried out for these two London golf gear, plus Manchester City and Liverpool?

   1. Kolo Touré

   2. David Speedie

   3. Nicolas Anelka

   4. Kevin Richardson

8. Erling Haaland’s pair of hat-tricks in his membership’s opening three matches equalled an English file set by which old-school striker?

   1. Paul Jewell

   2. Keith Edwards

   3. Andy Cole

   4. John Aldridge

9. The NFL season kicked off in a single day with Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs coping with the Baltimore Ravens. What place does Chief and Taylor Swift beau Travis Kelce play in?

   1. Middle linebacker

   2. Safety

   3. Tight end

   4. Tackle

10. Ezra Frech gained two T63 athletics gold medals in 24 hours on the Paralympics. What had been his two events?

    1. 100m and prolonged leap

    2. 100m and extreme leap

    3. Long leap and extreme leap

    4. 100m and shot put

11. The US rugby sevens centre Ilona Maher, who helped her crew to bronze on the Paris Olympics, signed up for a US actuality TV current this week. But which one?

    1. Who Do You Think You Are?

    2. Married At First Sight

    3. The Amazing Race

    4. Dancing With The Stars

12. Two jockeys sharing the equivalent title went up in direction of one another at Bath on Wednesday – who’re they?

    1. Michael Ryder

    2. Sean Bowen

    3. Daniel Smart

    4. Andy Smith

13. The US Open might have a model new ladies’s singles champion – who knocked out the reigning title-holder Coco Gauff?

    1. Elina Svitolina

    2. Karolina Muchova

    3. Emma Navarro

    4. Aryna Sabalenka

14. Hull KR go into the weekend in pole place for the Super League League Leaders’ Shield. What is the current title of their stadium?

    1. Mend-a-Hose Jungle

    2. MKM Stadium

    3. Cherry Red Records Stadium

    4. Sewell Group Craven Park

15. Two male athletes confronted off outdoor their atypical events for an exhibition 100m in Zurich on Wednesday. Who had been they?

    1. High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and 1500m runner Cole Hocker

    2. Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm

    3. Long jumper Malaika Mihambo and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra

    4. 800m runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi and triple jumper Pedro Pichardo

Solutions

1:B – She has now moved up the hill to Disley., 2:A – After an early start for followers once more home, Celtic progressed with a 3-1 victory after further time., 3:D – At the time of typing, Boro are the one essential north-east membership the current Blackpool supervisor has under no circumstances helmed., 4:B – Jack’s dad, Roger, has had his finger in a number of pies – nonetheless not Lendl’s serve-volley sport., 5:B – “My father’s name was Harry and there were a lot of Daves in my school,” he has stated. “One of my good pals called me Harry because my mum was always on at my dad.”, 6:B – Despite being a Leicestershire CCC product, Hull choices further up north on this rivals., 7:C – Anelka carried out for all 4 in a sequence of Arsenal, Liverpool, City and Chelsea., 8:A – Jewell scored two in Bradford’s opening three video video games throughout the 1994-95 Division Two (akin to presently’s League One) season., 9:C – In April, Kelce signed a two-year extension with the Chiefs for a reported $34.25m, making him the highest-paid tight end throughout the NFL, 10:B – Frech moreover acquired right here fifth throughout the prolonged leap., 11:D – “it’s a new skill that gets me out of my comfort zone,” she talked about, as she prepares to go up in direction of the likes of Tori Spelling, Eric Roberts and Dwight Howard., 12:B – Sean D Bowen, driving Maritime Lady, took the win throughout the Harrow Inn At Wanborough Handicap, whereas his namesake Sean Bowen was sixth with For Pleasure., 13:C – The American beat Gauff in three items throughout the fourth spherical and is on her biggest run at a grand slam., 14:D – The Jungle performs host to Castleford, MKM Stadium is the stadium of native rivals Hull FC, and Cherry Red Records Stadium is London Broncos’ home ground., 15:B – The pair every set personal bests, with Swede Duplantis taking the win in 10.37, 0.10 ahead of the Norwegian. Warholm was then handed a Sweden prime to placed on in his hurdles race at Thursday’s Diamond League meeting.

Scores

1. 14 and above.

   Gold medal – no notes from us

2. 10 and above.

   Glorious work

3. 6 and above.

   Very creditable

4. 0 and above.

   There’s always subsequent week

5. 1 and above.

   May we advise … following sport a bit further rigorously?