Sporting Quiz of the Year 2022: Test your knowledge of sport

There were tears of joy at thrilling success – and also a few shed over the near miss of what might have been.

Here, we test your knowledge on some of the key sporting events of 2022 – but no peeking at the answers at the bottom!

1. Who beat Michael Smith to claim the PDC World Championship title for a second time in January?
2. With defending champion Novak Djokovic having seen his visa cancelled, who went on to win the Australian Open men’s singles title in Melbourne?
3. Following a dismal Ashes campaign, who left their role as England men’s cricket head coach during February?
4. Eve Muirhead guided Great Britain’s women’s curling team to gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing with victory over which nation?
5. In March, Rachael Blackmore rode which horse as she became the first female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
6. Which country won the Grand Slam in the 2022 men’s Guinness Six Nations?
7. Amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen won the Grand National on which 50/1 shot at Aintree?
8. Which South African won the first individual title of the controversial LIV Golf series held at the Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead?
9. Who lost in the final of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield as Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed a record-equalling seventh title?
10. A consortium headed by which American agreed terms to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich in a £4.25billion deal?
11. Who scored the only goal as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in the men’s Champions League final in Paris?
12. Which English golfer who won the 2022 US Open at Brookline?
13. Who came off the bench to score the winning goal in extra-time as England beat Germany in the Women’s Euro 2022 final at Wembley?
14. Who defeated Ons Jabeur in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon?
15. The 2022 Commonwealth Games were hosted by which city?
16. Who won Britain’s first all-around gymnastics gold at the European Championships in Munich?
17. Who celebrated his first Formula One victory by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July?
18. Which team won the final of the men’s Hundred with victory over Manchester Originals at Lord’s?
19. Jake Wightman secured gold for Great Britain in which event at the IAAF World Championships in Eugene?
20. In October, how did England cricketer Jonny Bairstow suffer a broken leg and dislocated ankle which ruled him out of the T20 World Cup?
21. Great Britain beat which country 3-0 in a deciding group match in Glasgow to reach the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals for the first time in 41 years?
22. England fell to a narrow defeat by New Zealand in the final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Auckland, ending a run of how many consecutive Test match victories for the Red Roses – 25, 30 or 35?
23. Which bowler took three wickets to help England win the men’s T20 World Cup with a thrilling victory over Pakistan in Melbourne?
24. England suffered a dramatic 27-26 golden-point loss to which country in the men’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final at the Emirates Stadium?
25. Who scored the final penalty in Argentina's shootout victory over France to win the World Cup?

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Answers

Q1: Peter Wright

Q2: Rafael Nadal

Q3: Chris Silverwood

Q4: Japan

Q5: A Plus Tard

Q6: France

Q7: Noble Yeats

Q8: Charl Schwartzel

Q9: Judd Trump

Q10: Todd Boehly

Q11: Vinicius Junior

Q12: Matt Fitzpatrick

Q13: Chloe Kelly

Q14: Elena Rybakina

Q15: Birmingham

Q16: Joe Fraser

Q17: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

Q18: Trent Rockets

Q19: men’s 1500m

Q20: Bairstow slipped while approaching a tee box during a round of golf

Q21: Spain

Q22: 30

Q23: Sam Curran

Q24: Samoa

Q25: Gonzalo Montiel