🧠 Sport Quiz

A shuttlecock can leave the racket at over 400 km/h, making badminton's initial shot speed the fastest of any racket sport.

The bird-themed scoring system in golf includes bogey (one over), birdie (one under), eagle (two under), and the rare albatross (three under par).

A rugby union team has 8 forwards and 7 backs — rugby league, by contrast, plays with 13 players per side.

Woods won his first Masters at age 21 by a record 12 strokes — his total of 18 under par also set a tournament scoring record.

Clay famously shouted 'I am the greatest!' after the fight — he later changed his name to Muhammad Ali and became one of the most celebrated athletes in history.

The seven heptathlon disciplines are the 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin, and 800m — it replaced the pentathlon at the Olympics in 1984.

The clean and jerk and the snatch are the two lifts in competitive weightlifting — the clean and jerk typically allows athletes to lift more weight because it is performed in two distinct phases.

Mark Spitz's record of seven golds at a single Games stood for 36 years until Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Both horse and jockey had overcome serious setbacks — Aldaniti had recovered from career-threatening leg injuries, while Champion had beaten cancer before their Grand National triumph.

Jim Laker's 19 wickets in a single Test match is one of cricket's most extraordinary records — no other bowler has taken more than 16 wickets in a Test.