A new weekly sports quiz challenges readers to recall a busy seven days in sport, covering football transfer activity, the opening of the European Athletics Championships and another round of matches in The Hundred. Organisers say only about 8% of participants achieved full marks on last week's edition, setting the bar for anyone hoping to match that feat this time.
The quiz forms part of a recurring weekly feature that tests general sporting knowledge across multiple disciplines rather than focusing on a single competition or league.
How does the quiz series usually work?
Each edition typically draws on the past week's headlines, mixing football, athletics, cricket and other sports into a single set of questions. Readers who enjoy the format are encouraged to visit dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes sections and register for notifications so future instalments arrive automatically.
The publisher has also invited participants to revisit the previous week's quiz to test their memory further, and to share their scores and reactions in the comments, with a warning that doing so may reveal answers to others who have not yet played.
What other quizzes have been published recently?
The weekly format has covered a wide range of sporting moments in past editions. One earlier instalment, Weekly sports quiz: Cricket controversy and Cucurella, looked back at a village cricket controversy alongside the start of the Commonwealth Games and the conclusion of the Tour de France. Another, Quiz: How Well Did You Follow Welsh Sport This Week?, focused on a landmark week for Welsh sport, including record-breaking Commonwealth Games performances in Glasgow and pre-season football and cricket action.
A separate edition, Weekly Sports Quiz: Which Club Has the Most World Cup Players?, centred on the Monaco Grand Prix and World Cup-related trivia, while readers were challenged to beat a previous full-mark rate of 19%. There is also a daily format, such as the Who am I? Premier League star No 2 quiz, in which participants try to identify a Premier League player using as few clues as possible.
Has the series continued since this edition?
Yes. According to a subsequent quiz page from a national broadcaster's sport section, a further instalment titled Weekly sports quiz: Glasgow 2026, The Open and The Hundred was later published, shifting its focus to those specific events. Another edition, referenced by the same broadcaster, was titled Weekly sports quiz: World Cups, F1 and NBA, illustrating how the rotating themes track whatever is dominating headlines at the time.
Competing coverage suggests the format is not unique to one publisher. A rival outlet's quiz, published on 7 August 2026 and titled Sports quiz of the week: big deals, bad luck, nicknames and hidden talents, covered similar ground across football, darts, cycling, curling, athletics and golf, pointing to a broader late-summer trend of weekly sports quizzes across major sports media.
What happens next?
Based on the pattern of previous editions, further weekly quizzes are expected to follow, with upcoming instalments likely to continue tracking major ongoing events such as Glasgow 2026, The Open and The Hundred, according to a national broadcaster's sport section.
- About 8% of participants scored full marks on the previous week's quiz
- Topics include football transfers, the European Athletics Championships and The Hundred
- Readers are invited to compare scores via comments, with a spoiler warning attached
- A later edition shifted focus to Glasgow 2026, The Open and The Hundred
- A rival publisher ran a comparable weekly sports quiz in the same period
