Sports quiz of the week: champions of Europe, Africa and the world

1. The three games with direct elimination from England to Euro 2025 went to more time. They played 360 minutes against Sweden, Italy and Spain. For how many minutes in these matches, England was in the lead?

2. 

   England has won shots on goal against Spain and Sweden, and also beat Italy after receiving a late penalty. They took 13 penalties in their three direct elimination games. How many of them have marked?

3. Lucy Bronze started the six games for England during the tournament. Why is it a surprise?

   1. At 40, she was the oldest player in the tournament

   2. She only played five games for her club this season

   3. She was not in the original team and was only called upon after another player returned to the injured house

   4. She played with a broken bone in her leg

4. 

   Sarina Wiegman won the last three euros in a row. Two with England and one with …

5. England became European champion on Sunday. What female team became African champions on Saturday?

6. 

   The British and Irish lions won their eight games on tour in Australia. The Lions have not achieved clean scanning in a series since 1936, when they won the 10 games in …

7. Finish this sequence: Phil Taylor, Michael Van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Luke Humphries…

8. 

   Jacob Skov Olesen played the open two weeks ago (and briefly held his head). What is he doing this week?

   1. Play the guitar with your group at the Coachella festival

   2. Play tennis for Denmark in the Davis Cup

   3. Women’s Open Caddie

   4. Make a show to a man at the edinburgh festival

9. Lottie Woad began open women as a favorite, having already won Open Irish and the Scottish Open this summer. Why is his recent success a surprise?

   1. She spent 20 years on the tour without ever winning a tournament before this summer

   2. She became professional a few weeks ago

   3. This time last year, she was a professional cricket player

10. 

    Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France on Sunday. How long did it take it to finish the course of 2,075 miles?

    1. 40 hours, seven minutes and 39 seconds

    2. 53 hours, three minutes and a second

    4. 110 hours, six minutes and 54 seconds

11. The 10 best finish in the Tour de France are all …

    3. … Previous winners of the Grand Tour

12. 

    Kévin Vauquelin finished eighth in the Tour de France. Why will he now miss a few races?

    1. He tours Europe in a motorhome with his wife

    2. He went to Australia to watch the third Lions test

    3. He played in the film New Devil Wears Prada, so shooting in Paris

    4. He was injured, having fallen on his stairs two days after the race

13. What football club is playing in Ligue 1 this weekend, two years after launching their season in the Premier League?

14. Blakey Johnston has set a new world record by surfing how many waves per month?

15. Xander Zayas won a world title this weekend, making him the youngest champion in the current boxing world. Wilfred Benítez is the youngest world champion of all time. Zayas and Benítez both represent…

Solutions

1: A – They have never been in the lead against Sweden or Spain and only took the lead against Italy in the 119th minute., 2: A – England finally wins penalties – even if they are still not particularly good in these. , 3: D – The defender says that she played with a fractured tibia in his left leg, which was “very painful”. , 4: D – The Wiegman race in major tournaments in the last decade is incredible: winner in euros in 2017, World Cup finalist in 2019, winner in euros in 2022, World Cup finalist in 2023 and winner of the Euros in 2025., 5: A – The Nigeria came from two goals to beat the Morocco 3-2 10 years final. Games. Their player off competition during this tour was the winger Alexander Obolensky, who was born in Saint Petersburg before settled in London. He is best known for having marked two trials during his beginnings in England-a 13-0 victory against the All Blacks, the first time that England beat New Zealand. , 7: B – The 18 -year -old won the title of the World Match on weekends, making him the fifth player (and by far the youngest) for finishing the triple Crown PDC. , 8: C – Olesen Caddie for his girlfriend, the Gallic Golfer Darcey Harry. , 9: B – The open is only its second tournament as a professional. The Scottish Open was his first and she won him. She won the Ireland Open while still competing as an amateur. , 10: C – He traveled at an average speed of 27.3 MPH., 11: A – The cyclists of Slovenia (two), Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Norway, France (two) and Ireland made it the first Top 10 Toute -European in the decades. , 12: D – Vauquelin fractured his fibula while walking on his stairs with a suitcase. If he looks like Lucy Bronze, he will be back in no time., 13: B – It’s certainly an interesting moment to be a fan of Luton. They have played in the four levels of football of the League – League Two, League One, the championship and the Premier League – in the past eight years. , 14: C – He surfed 4,097 waves in 253 sessions over 25 days in a wave pool in Sydney. , 15: B – Zayas is 22 years old; Benítez was only 17 years old when he won the first of his three world titles.

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Scores

1. 1 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

2. 2 and above.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

3. 3 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

4. 4 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

5. 5 and more.

   Ah well. Best luck next week.

6. 6 and above.

   It is an excellent score. Spend a good week.

7. 7 and more.

   It is an excellent score. Spend a good week.

8. 8 and more.

   It is an excellent score. Spend a good week.

9. 9 and more.

   It is an excellent score. Spend a good week.

10. 10 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

11. 11 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

12. 12 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

13. 13 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

14. 14 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

15. 0 and more.

    Ah well. Best luck next week.

16. 15 and more.

    It is a sensational score. Spend a good week.

• This quiz was modified on August 1, 2025 to clarify that question 2 refers to the number of penalties that Angleterre has taken in their direct elimination matches, not in the global tournament.