The Big Sports Quiz of 2025: A Year in Review
Published on December 24, 2025, The Guardian Sport's year-end feature presents "The Big Sports Quiz of 2025," surveying multiple sports including football, rugby, basketball, NFL, cycling, F1, tennis, horse racing, sumo, athletics, and golf.
The quiz consists of 30 multiple-choice questions with Reveal sections for answers, highlighting key sporting events and achievements from 2024-25.
Among football highlights, England's victory in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup held on home soil at Twickenham was celebrated in front of nearly 82,000 fans. In football’s FA Cup final in May, Crystal Palace overcame Manchester City 1-0, prompting a quiz question regarding when Palace last won a major trophy. Other football-related questions reference the Premier League's top-four battles as of January 1, 2025, and managerial changes at Manchester United in late August–September 2025.
In golf, the quiz notes Rory McIlroy completed a career Grand Slam and asks who finished second at the Masters tournament at Augusta.
A notable sumo event referenced is the first official sumo tournament held outside Japan in 34 years, which took place in October 2025; the quiz includes a question about its location as a multiple-choice option.
The quiz offers a comprehensive look back at the year's key moments across a broad spectrum of sports, engaging readers with both trivia and memorable highlights from 2025.
