Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, Canelo and conspiracies

Who was big? Who doubted? Who scored Liverpool’s winner?

What offer did basketball player Stephen Curry receive this week?

President Trump offered him the job of coaching USA’s Olympics basketball team

Marvel offered him a role as a baddie in their next superhero movie

Phil Mickelson offered him a winner-takes-all round of mini-golf

Nasa offered him a tour of the lunar lab at their space centre in Houston

Michael “Rocky” Fielding fights Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez in New York this weekend. Why was Rocky given his nickname?

He starred in Creed 2 as young Rocky’s body double

He was born in Ballyrock

He has never watched any Rocky films and vows he never will

He weighed 10lb when he was born

On a similar theme, what does “canelo” mean?

Champ

Chopper

Cinnamon

Chilled

All four English clubs in the Champions League have qualified for the knockout stages. Which of them did so with a negative goal difference in their group?

Manchester United

Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City

Vinicius Junior was just 18 years and 152 days old when he made his Champions League debut for Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Which player was even younger when he started for Real against Ajax in the competition in September 1995?

Iker Casillas

Raúl

Guti

Luis Enrique

Liverpool host Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Who scored two penalties for Liverpool the last time they beat United in the league?

Luis Suárez

Danny Murphy

Steven Gerrard

Fernando Torres

Team Sky, whose future is in doubt, have won six of the last seven editions of the Tour de France. Which cyclist won the other one?

Vincenzo Nibali

Nairo Quintana

Rigoberto Urán

Romain Bardet

The new Formula E season begins in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Which innovation has been introduced for this season?

Attack mode, which gives drivers a temporary speed boost like in Mario Kart

Tag-team mode, which gives teams a chance to sub in a Formula 1 driver for one race of the season

Water mode, which permits teams to soak the track in one race of their choice

Petrol mode, which permits teams to use non-electric cars for one race of their choice

England played Belgium twice in the football World Cup earlier this year (and lost twice). The two countries are meeting in the semi-finals of which tournament this weekend?

Men's Hockey World Cup

Chess World Cup

Curling World Cup

Women's Volleyball World Cup

In which city are Anastasia Dobromyslova and Lisa Ashton competing at the minute?

Riyadh

London

New York City

Melbourne

1 and above.

Oh dear. That's a bad score

2 and above.

Oh dear. That's a bad score

3 and above.

Oh dear

4 and above.

Not bad but not great

5 and above.

Not bad but not great

6 and above.

Nice work. Enjoy your weekend

7 and above.

Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

9 and above.

Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

8 and above.

Superb scoring. Enjoy your weekend

0 and above.

Poor show

10 and above.

You are a genius. Enjoy your weekend

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