Rich Wilcock is your quizmaster for this bit of festive fun, seeing how much you can remember about major sporting events in 2022…
1. Which Spanish midfielder became the youngest scorer at a World Cup since Pele in 1958 when he scored in the Group E match at this year’s World cup in Qatar?
2. Which Northern Irish snooker player won the UK Championships in October, held at York’s Barbican Hall?
3. Which famous Scottish golf course held this year’s edition of the Open Championship?
4. What nationality is this year’s Formula One drivers champion, Max Verstappen?
5. Who won Great Britain’s solitary gold medal at this year’s athletics World Championships?
6. Which player became England Women football team’s all-time record goal scorer at this year’s Euro 2022?
7. Which Ukrainian boxer beat Great Britain’s Anthony Joshua to defend the WBA, IBF and WBC heavyweight titles in August?
8. Which country hosted the 2022 men’s UEFA Champions League final?
9. Which country did Wales, captained by Gareth Bale, beat in the World Cup play-offs to reach their first World Cup since 1958?
10. How many medals did Adam Peaty win at this year’s Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham?
11. Diver Amelia Spendolini-Sirieix, who won gold at this year’s Commonwealth Games, is the daughter of which famous celebrity?
12. In boxing, Tyson Fury beat Dillian Whyte, but how many rounds did the fight last?
13. Which country won this year’s men’s Rugby Union 6 Nations?
14. Harry Kane overtook Gary Lineker and Bobby Charlton to become the second highest England goal scorer. Who is the highest?
15. Who won the PDC World Darts Championship for the second time at Alexandra Palace this year?
16. Raheem Sterling left Manchester City to join which other Premier League team?
17. Which country did England’s men lose to in the semi finals of the Rugby League World Cup?
18. Which controversial Australian did Novak Djokovic beat in this year’s men’s final at Wimbledon?
19. Which former England rugby union international entered this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?
20. Who won the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup in October?
21. England men’s cricket team won the T20 World Cup in November, beating Pakistan, but which country was it held in?
22. Which horse, ridden by Sam Waley-Cohen, won April’s Grand National at Aintree?
23. Which team won their second Super Bowl in March, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in California?
24. Who won this year’s Tour De France?
25. Which British football team lost to Eintracht Frankfurt 5-4 on penalties in this year’s Europa League final?
Check back for the answers in a few days
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