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Steve Smith, Naomi Girma and Jannik Sinner.
Steve Smith, Naomi Girma and Jannik Sinner. Composite: Getty
Steve Smith, Naomi Girma and Jannik Sinner. Composite: Getty

Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, big deals, big hitters and Champions League

Have you been paying attention to the big (and small) stories in football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and NFL?

  1. 1.Ireland are aiming to win their third successive Six Nations title. Who were the last team to win three outright titles in a row?
  2. 2.If Ireland are to win the championship, they will have to do it without their head coach Andy Farrell. Why is he missing the Six Nations this year?
  3. 3.The Six Nations celebrates its 25th birthday this year. Since Italy joined in 2000, which player has made the most appearances in the competition (69)?
  4. 4.Jannik Sinner won another Australian Open title at the weekend. The Italian is not just a great tennis player. In which other sport did he become a national champion when he was a kid?
  5. 5.Who are the only remaining unbeaten team in Europe’s top five leagues?
  6. 6.What do Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Adrien Brody, Michael Fassbender, Kate Beckinsale, Andrew Garfield and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common?
  7. 7.In which country did 71,500 fans attend a second-tier football match last weekend?
  8. 8.Steve Smith hit his 10,000th run in Test cricket this week. Who holds the all-time record, with 15,921 runs?
  9. 9.Denmark have won the last three men's World Cup finals and are favourites to make it four in a row this weekend. In which sport?
  10. 10.Which club set a new world transfer record when they signed Naomi Girma for $1.1m?
  11. 11.Scottie Scheffler is back on the golf course after recovering from an injury he sustained over Christmas. What happened?
  12. 12.Teams from which two US states will contest the Super Bowl next month?
  13. 13.Abdukodir Khusanov has become the first Uzbekistani to play in the Premier League. Players from 126 countries have appeared in the league. What is the biggest country (by population) never to have provided a Premier League player?
  14. 14.Neymar has left Al-Hilal after 17 months at the club. How many goals did he score for them?
  15. 15.Which of these football teams has kept clean sheets in their last seven league matches?
  16. 16.The Watford player Annie Rossiter was sent off this week after she had an argument with the referee about …
  17. 17.Which footballer has earned their place in this list: Mike Newell, Andy Cole, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford?
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