FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Which Ireland manager once said: “If we win, I will have a good glass of whisky. And if we lose, I’ll have a good glass of whisky.”?
Today’s answer: Jackie Charlton
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FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Which player scored his only international goal to date in Fabio Capello’s first match as England national team boss?
Today’s answer: Jermaine Jenas
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FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - When Pep Guardiola was suspended for the Bayern match in the 2008/2009 Champions League, who took his place on the bench?
Today’s answer: Tito Vilanova
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FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Who is the youngest player to score for England in a FIFA World Cup match?
Today’s answer: Michael Owen
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FOOTBALL - Arsenal’s fourth place in this season’s Premier League table owes a lot to an impressive run after the transfer window closed at the end of January. The Gunners took 35 points out of a possible 42, losing only to North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur but how good was that run when put into historic context? Infostrada Sports’ Head of Analysis @simongleave takes a look.
FOOTBALL - Paris Saint-Germain beat Stade Brest 3-2 on Saturday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice and has now scored 29 goals this Ligue 1 season. Ibrahimovic is first player in 23 years to reach 29 league goals in the French top flight.
TENNIS - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both reached the final in the ATP Masters Series in Rome on Saturday. Nadal has reached the final in Rome for a record eighth time.
FOOTBALL - Atlético Madrid stunned crosstown rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra time in winning their 10th Copa del Rey in club history. They also trumped Real in another aspect. Since José Mourinho’s arrival in Madrid in the summer of 2010, Atlético Madrid have won four major trophies against Real Madrid’s three.
FOOTBALL - According to our statistics friend @2010MisterChip Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the following Real Madrid players by scoring in at least two Copa del Rey finals: Prast, Sánchez Neyra, Lazcano, Hilario, Pruden, Puskás, Pirri and Santillana
FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Which is the only country to have won two penalty shooutouts in the same FIFA World Cup?
Today’s answer: Argentina
Association quiz answer: Mario Kempes was born in 1954 in Argentina. His clubs included Valencia CF and River Plate. He was the top scorer at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Which team has featured in four Copa Libertadores finals, each time in a year ending in ‘6’ (as in, for example, ‘2016’)?
Today’s answer: River Plate
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FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - Argentine born goalkeeper Ramón Quiroga once famously conceded six goals in a World Cup match in which year?
Today’s answer: 1978
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FOOTBALL - Thomas Schaaf will step down at Werder Bremen following the 2012/2013 season, his 15th in succession at the club. When he embarked on the current campaign Schaaf broke the Bundesliga record of 14 consecutive seasons in charge of the same club. That record was held by Otto Rehhagel (1981-1995), remarkably enough also at Werder Bremen.
FOOTBALL - Today’s question: QUIZ - In which year did ‘Das Wunder von Bern’ take place at the Wankdorf Stadion?
Today’s answer: 1954
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FOOTBALL - FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic travel to Arsenal on Tuesday probably needing to win their last two matches to have any hope of survival in this year’s Premier League. There has been some media focus on their finish to last season’s competition but that run of five wins in their last six matches was an extremely rare occurrence for the club during their eight Premier League seasons.
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