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Peter Withe scoring for Aston Villa in the 1982 European Cup final, Tadej Pogacar celebrates winning the Elite Road Race at the Cycling World Championships, the All Blacks' Katelyn Vahaakolo in action in Vancouver.
Peter Withe scoring for Villa in the 1982 European Cup final, Tadej Pogacar triumphs at the Cycling World Championships, the All Blacks' Katelyn Vahaakolo. Composite: Alamy, Getty, AP
Peter Withe scoring for Villa in the 1982 European Cup final, Tadej Pogacar triumphs at the Cycling World Championships, the All Blacks' Katelyn Vahaakolo. Composite: Alamy, Getty, AP

Sports quiz of the week: Women’s T20 World Cup, soapbox races and 121 losses

Test your knowledge of football, cricket, rugby league, NFL and more from the past seven days

  1. 1.The Women's T20 World Cup begins this week in the UAE. Australia have won six of the last seven tournaments, but who won the other in 2016?
  2. 2.What have Brentford managed to do in each of their last three Premier League matches?
  3. 3.The Major League Baseball regular season came to an end this week. Which team recorded a historic 121 losses?
  4. 4.In women's rugby union, WXV returned this week – which northern hemisphere team earned a landmark 29-27 win over New Zealand in Vancouver?
  5. 5.Why did darts player James Wade go viral after winning his match against Callan Rydz at the Players Championship last week?
  6. 6.In boxing, Britain's Sandy Ryan lost her WBO welterweight world title to Mikaela Mayer in New York. What incident disrupted Ryan's preparations?
  7. 7.In rugby league, the NRL grand final takes place in Sydney on Sunday. Which team are going for their fourth straight title?
  8. 8.Where in the world was this picture taken?A participant drives his makeshift vehicle through a checkpoint
  9. 9.What have Juventus not done in six Serie A games so far this season?
  10. 10.In the NFL, which rookie quarterback has set a record pass completion rate in his first four games?
  11. 11.From what distance did Tadej Pogacar launch his winning attack in the men's World Cycling Championships elite race in Zurich?
  12. 12.In winning the "worlds", Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in one year, Slovenia's Pogacar emulated which two legendary cyclists?
  13. 13.Not all bad news for Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos sporting endeavours. His yacht continued the fight to reach the America's Cup by winning in Barcelona. But what's the name of his vessel?
  14. 14.A huge weekend in the Flat racing season, with the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. Included in the declarations is a colt named after which pastoral composer?
  15. 15.This week in the Champions League, Aston Villa and Bayern Munich were reunited, 42 years after the 1982 European Cup final. Who supplied the assist for Peter Withe's winning goal?
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