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Were you paying attention this week?
Were you paying attention this week? Composite: Tom Jenkins The Guardian/ Getty
Were you paying attention this week? Composite: Tom Jenkins The Guardian/ Getty

Sports quiz of the week: London Marathon, FA Cup and Olympic teams

Have you been paying attention to the big stories in football, athletics, cricket, basketball, snooker and golf?

  1. 1.Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday. How many times have they contested the final of the Cup?
  2. 2.Coventry face Manchester United in the other semi-final. Mark Robins won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1990, the year when his goal in the third round supposedly saved Alex Ferguson’s job. Who did he score that goal against?
  3. 3.Ludvig Åberg finished second in the Masters on Sunday, which was a sensational performance given it was his first time playing in the tournament. Who was the last golfer to win at Augusta in his debut at the Masters?
  4. 4.The Chinese runner He Jie won the Beijing half marathon on Sunday. Why is his victory being investigated?
  5. 5.Which club has reached the Women’s FA Cup final for the first time in their history?
  6. 6.Bayer Leverkusen have won the German league title for the first time in their 119-year history. How many clubs have won the Bundesliga (since it was established in 1963)?
  7. 7.The organisers of the London marathon expect Sunday’s race to set a new world record for the amount of money raised for charity on a single day. What is the current record?
  8. 8.Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car ­accident in February, won the men’s race at the marathon last year, setting a new course record in London. What was his time?
  9. 9.Which former Brazil footballer has registered as a player for America-RJ, the club he now runs in Rio de Janeiro, so he can “make another dream come true, playing alongside my son”?
  10. 10.Boban Marjanović deliberately missed a free throw in the NBA game between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers this week. Why?
  11. 11.Cole Palmer has scored nine penalties in the Premier League this season. Who holds the record for the most penalties scored in a Premier League season, with 10?
  12. 12.There were nine matches in the County Championship at the weekend. They all …
  13. 13.Which football club has teams in the semi-finals of the men’s and women’s Champions League?
  14. 14.USA have picked an impressive team for the men’s basketball event at the Olympics in the summer, with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant all on the roster. How did the team do at the last Olympics in Tokyo?
  15. 15.The World Snooker Championship begins this weekend at the Crucible in Sheffield. Where is the reigning champion from?
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