Sports Quiz Week Featuring Afcon, Ashes, Joshua-Paul Bout and More
On December 19, 2025, The Guardian published a sports quiz covering a diverse range of sports including football, boxing, cricket, darts, basketball, and handball. The quiz touched on several notable sporting events and figures.
One question focused on Rochdale player Tarryn Allarakhia's festive-period availability, offering options such as appearing on Love Island, traveling to Australia for the Ashes, representing Tanzania at AFCON, or driving a gritter.
Another asked which Africa Footballer of the Year winner has also clinched the Africa Cup of Nations title, with options including Didier Drogba, Mohamed Salah, George Weah, and Sadio Mané.
Regarding cricket, the quiz highlighted Cameron Green's £2.1 million IPL deal and posed a question about his performance the next day, with possible answers being scoring a century, buying his mother a house, getting dismissed for a duck, or cancelling the deal.
In boxing, with Terence Crawford retiring undefeated, participants were asked who he defeated in his last fight, with options of Canelo Álvarez, Errol Spence, Kell Brook, or Amir Khan.
Football fans were tested on the Intercontinental Cup where PSG triumphed over Flamengo on penalties, with the shootout score options including 21-20, 9-8, 5-3, or 2-1.
Handball saw the retirement of Katrine Lunde, aged 45, who concluded her career by winning the world championships in her final game representing Norway.
