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How well do you remember the sporting headlines from the past seven days?

By Sinead Farrell Friday 30 Jul 2021, 5:00 PM
Jul 30th 2021, 5:00 PM 35,638 Views 12 Comments
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Which Scottish football club is planning to build a statue to honour Alex Ferguson?
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Celtic
Rangers

Aberdeen
Dunfermline
Which US pop star has offered to pay the fine that was handed to the Norwegian national women’s beach handball team this week?
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Pink
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Lady Gaga

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Katy Perry
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Ariana Grande
Galway's Joe Canning has retired from inter-county hurling. How many All-Stars did he win in his career?
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4
5

6
7
Which of these Irish players has NOT been named to start for the Lions in their second Test against South Africa this weekend?
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Conor Murray
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Jack Conan

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Robbie Henshaw
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Bundee Aki
Mona McSharry finished in eighth place in the Olympic 100m Breaststroke final. What age is she?
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21
22

20
23
Which former Ireland international was appointed head coach of the England U21s this week?
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Robbie Keane
©INPHO/Billy Stickland
Kevin Sheedy

©INPHO/Donall Farmer
Lee Carsley
©INPHO/Andrew Paton
Colin Healy
Why did Australian swim coach Dean Boxall apologise for his celebrations after Ariarne Titmus' victory in the 400m final at the Olympics?
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He claimed Covid wasn't real
He roared expletives at an official

He kissed a stranger
He ripped off his mask
Which of these athletes did NOT run in the heats of the 4x400m mixed relay team for Ireland on Friday?
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Christopher O'Donnell
©INPHO/Bryan Keane
Phil Healy

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Sophie Becker
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Thomas Barr
Davy Fitzgerald has stepped down as the Wexford hurling manager after how many years in charge?
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5
6

3
4
Did Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan really pull like a dog to win the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight double sculls?
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Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Gold
Top of the pile, you really were paying attention this week.
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Silver
Not too bad at all. If you'd paid a little more attention you could have won the gold.
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Bronze
The questions just didn't suit you this time. Maybe try again next week.
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Wooden Spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like sport?
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