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Canelo Álvarez celebrates after beating Billy Joe Saunders.
Canelo Álvarez celebrates after beating Billy Joe Saunders. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images
Canelo Álvarez celebrates after beating Billy Joe Saunders. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Sports quiz of the week: Canelo Álvarez, Xavi, Tonga and Damien Duff

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Who beat the champion? Who hit a grand? Who was inspired?

  1. 1.Canelo Álvarez and Caleb Plant are boxing for all four super-middleweight belts on Saturday night. Plant is undefeated in his career. Who is the only boxer to have beaten Canelo in a professional fight?
  2. 2.Xavi says he wants to “go back home” to Barcelona and replace Ronald Koeman as the club’s manager. Who is the only player to have made more appearances for the club than Xavi?
  3. 3.Which aspect of life at PSG has Messi described as “hellish” and “unbearable”?
  4. 4.The modern pentathlon is going to be modernised in the wake of the horse-punching incident at the Olympics in Tokyo, with cycling replacing horse riding. Which five sports made up the pentathlon at the ancient Olympic Games?
  5. 5.Eddie Howe has been lined up as the new Newcastle manager. Howe is synonymous with Bournemouth, having made 300 appearances for them as a player and 458 as a manager, but which other club has he managed?
  6. 6.The Premier League has released its winter ball for the season. According to the manufacturers, what is the inspiration for the colourful design?
  7. 7.England are playing Tonga at Twickenham on Saturday. Like some other teams from the Pacific, Tonga perform a war dance before matches. What is it called?
  8. 8.Damien Duff started his first job in management this week at Shelbourne in Dublin. What does Duff say he will do if he is sacked?
  9. 9.The British cyclist Alex Dowsett attempted to break the hour record this week. He didn’t quite manage it, falling 534 metres short. What is the current world record?
  10. 10.West Ham’s match against Genk in the Europa League was David Moyes’ 1,000th as a manager. At which club did Moyes start his managerial career?
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