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Sports quiz of the week: old friends, happy lovers and comeback kids

Who kneeled? Who opened wide? Who collapsed?

Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry have been drawn together in the first round of qualifying for next month’s World Snooker Championship. How many times did they play each other in the final of the competition back in the 1990s?

Three

Four

Five

Six

Melbourne City player Rhali Dobson retired from football this week. The 28-year-old is stepping back from the game to care for her partner, who is receiving treatment for a brain tumour. What happened at the end of Dobson’s last game for Melbourne City?

She scored and took off her shirt to reveal a message to her partner, which led to the referee showing her a second yellow card

Dobson, a goalkeeper, came up for a corner in the last minute and scored with an overhead kick

She scored an own goal that meant her team was relegated

Her partner proposed

Which constructor will be back on the Formula One grid this weekend after 61 years out of the sport?

DeLorean

Leyton House

Maserati

Aston Martin

Athletic Bilbao played Eibar in La Liga on Saturday. Why did the referee have to stop the game briefly midway through the second half?

A streaker made his way on to the pitch (even though there were supposedly no fans in the ground)

An owl landed on the crossbar and the referee did not want it to be struck by the ball, so waited until it flew away

A drone landed on the pitch

All five balls provided for the game had been kicked out of the ground and someone had to run outside and find one of them

England had a disappointing Six Nations, losing to all three of the other home nations. When was the last time England lost to Wales, Scotland and Ireland in the competition?

The 1970s

The 1980s

The 1990s

The 2000s

There were 28 races at the Cheltenham Festival. How many of them were won by horses trained in Ireland?

14

17

20

23

It was a bittersweet week for Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny. His team finally scored the first goal of his time in charge but he is still waiting for his first win as manager. For how many games has he been in the job?

Five

Seven

Nine

Eleven

Lawrence Okolie beat Krzysztof Glowacki at Wembley Arena on Saturday night to win the vacant WBO world cruiserweight title. It was just Okolie’s 16th fight as a professional. Okolie says he was inspired to become a boxer when he saw Anthony Joshua win gold at the Olympics in London in 2012. What was Okolie doing at the time?

He was playing for the Arsenal Under-18s but gave up football to become a boxer

He was given a free ticket to the fight because he was at school in Stratford at the time

He was working at the McDonald’s in Victoria Station

He was a trainee reporter at Boxing News magazine

Masha United and Karachi met in the National Women Football Championship in Pakistan this week. What was unusual about the game?

There were no shots in the first half so the teams decided to head home and call it a goalless draw

It finished 35-0

The referee picked up an injury so the Karachi manager deputised for him and sent off one of his own players, leading to a huge brawl that ended the game

The cup tie ended in a draw, meaning the teams have to meet again for a replay

Super League returns this weekend. Which new form of technology will Leeds Rhinos players be using in their game against Wakefield on Saturday?

New Nike Vaporfly boots, that apparently help players sprint 4% faster

The players will be wearing small cameras on their chests that will be used in the TV broadcast

Mouthguards that measure the size of their collisions on the pitch and could help diagnose concussions

New environmentally friendly shirts made from coffee grounds

1 and above.

Ah well. Have a wonderful weekend

2 and above.

Have a wonderful weekend

3 and above.

Have a wonderful weekend

4 and above.

A decent score. Have a wonderful weekend

5 and above.

A solid score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

6 and above.

A solid score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

7 and above.

A fantastic score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

8 and above.

A fantastic score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

9 and above.

A fantastic score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

10 and above.

A perfect score. Great work. Have a wonderful weekend

0 and above.

Ah well. Have a wonderful weekend

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