Sports quiz of the week: Australian Open, NFL and England cricket woe

Have you been following the big (and small) stories in football, tennis, cricket and beyond?

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Solutions 1:D - The arrival of the Lens defender means 126 different countries have been represented in the Premier League., 2:B - The former England cricketer and BBC pundit says she received 'the cold shoulder' from former teammates after raising concerns over their fitness., 3:B - Littler has won the other three titles in the last 12 months, but went out of July's Matchplay event in the first round, losing to Michael van Gerwen.

, 4:C - Tony Jones, a veteran reporter for Channel Nine, later apologised after singing towards fans in the stands: 'Novak, he’s overrated. Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out.



Boy, I’m glad they can’t hear me'. Unfortunately for him, Djokovic could., 5:C - Hamilton will be paid around £100m across his new two-year deal, similar to the £50m he earned in his last year with Mercedes.

Nice work if you can get it., 6:C - Andrews has type 1 diabetes and has previously raised money for research into the condition; a Bills fan page aimed to raise $5,000 as a gesture of support, but has already raised 16 times that amount, 7:A - Sainz has scored 15 goals for the Canaries, who sit 12th in the table. Maja has 12, Latte Lath 11; Piroe is the only player at one of the league's top four clubs to reach double figures.

, 8:D - The Italian city is hosting the Fisu World University Winter Games this month; next year, the Winter Olympics will be held in Milan., 9:B - 'I’ve never seen that before. Obviously, I’ve got to play to the whistle.

That one’s on me,' said Thompson, who made 30 saves without snacks involved as Washington won 3-2., 10:A - Hingis won the title in 1997, 1998 and 1999; Seles completed her hat-trick in 1993, with Graf three-peating in 1990. Serena Williams won seven Australian Open titles, but never three in a row.

, 11:D - The Team GB runner will work with Cram – 'someone who has commentated on practically every major race of my career and ran pretty well himself over 1500m' – and her former competitor Laura Weightman., 12:C - Chelsea have won 71 games to City's 67, with 41 ending all-square., 13:A - 'I'm desperate for us to play a really watchable brand of cricket,' McCullum said at the weekend.

'With the talent we have, there's no reason why we can't.' Clearly, there is work to do., 14:B - The forward has fallen out of favour with Luis Enrique but is likely to return to PSG in the summer, as Juventus do not have a buy clause in the deal.

, 15:C - The club's chief executive, Derek Dougan, agreed a deal with Kettering Tyres, who first featured on the Poppies' shirts against Bath in a Southern League match. They were fined by the FA, but a decade later, almost every top-flight team had a shirt sponsor. Scores.