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1.Which 16-year-old won the 1997 women's singles title at Wimbledon? 2.Which Australian-born cricketer was Man of the Match in the first One Day International between Australia and England in May? 3.Which three football teams were relegated from the Premiership? 4.Which Swedish golfer won the 1997 Alamo English Open? 5.Which 39-year-old snooker player won the Benson and Hedges Masters title? 6.Which horse did Pat Eddery ride to victory in the 1997 Ascot Gold Cup? 7.Which Spanish football team won the Cup-Winners Cup? 8.In what position did Liz McColgan finish in the 1997 London Marathon? 9.Which British round-the-world yachstman turned back into a force-nine gale to rescue French competitor Raphael Dinelli during a race? 10.Which Croatian tennis player beat Martina Hingis to win the 1997 French Open? 11.Which jockey made history by riding 100 winners for the eighth season in a row? 12.Which German driver won the San Marino Grand Prix? 13.Who scored in the first minute of the English FA Cup Final? 14.Which boxer knocked out Peter Waudby in 118 seconds to retain his British light-middleweight title? 15.Which horse became Europe's biggest ever money winner when he won this year's Dubai World Cup? 16.Which New Zealand-born paceman got five wickets in the first innings of England's Test Match victory over Australia at Edgbaston? 17.Which Rugby Union team won the Swalec Cup Final? 18.Which striker completed a 7 million move from Liverpool to Aston Villa? 19.Which African nation defeated Britain in the Davis Cup? 20.Which English trainer won the Jameson's Irish National with Mudahim? 21.Which golfer became the first woman to win the same event four years in a row after a play-off in the Standard Register tournament in Phoenix? 22.Which basketball team defeated Chester to win the 7UP Trophy? 23.Which US boxer did Prince Naseem Hamed defeat to add the IBF featherweight title to his WBO title? 24.Which nation won the 1997 football tournament Le Tournoi? 25.Which jockey rode Mr Mulligan to victory in 1997's Cheltenham Gold Cup? 26.Which British tennis player beat Michael Chang and Andre Agassi to reach the final of the Sybase Open? 27.Who won the 1997 World Cup Sevens rugby competition in Hong Kong? 28.Which British golfer beat Greg Norman at a 3rd extra play-off hole to win the 1997 Spanish Open? 29.Which British athlete won the silver medal in the World Cross-Country Championship in Turin? Can you guess them all? 30.Who scored the extra-time winner in the English Coca-Cola Cup Final replay? 31.Which horse won the 1997 Irish Derby? 32.Who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Open? 33.Which defender deflected Gianfranco Zola's strike into the England goal during Italy's victory over England at Wembley? 34.Which Rugby Union team clinched the Courage Clubs Championship? 35.Which Liverpool striker received a goodwill fax from FIFA for an unusual display of honesty whilst playing against Arsenal? 36.Which Welshman broke the British 400m record, with a time of 45.39 seconds? 37.Which British golfer won the 1997 Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth? 38.Which US boxer did Lennox Lewis recently defeat to regain the world heavyweight championship? 39.Which Scottish football team won the League Championship for the ninth successive year? 40.Which Rugby Union team defeated Sale 9-3 to win the 1997 Pilkington Cup Final? 41.Which golfer won the 1997 US Open? 42.Which striker had to be restrained from confronting Peter Schmeichel after Arsenal were defeated by Manchester United at Highbury in February? 43.Which South African tennis player put an end to Steffi Graf's 45-match winning run by defeating her at the Australian Open? 44.Which snooker player won the Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge in Birmingham with a maximum 147 break in the final frame? 45.Which European country did Llanelli rugby goalkicker Frano Botica represent for the first time? 46.Which golfer lost $1 million sponsorship for remarks made about new Masters champion Tiger Woods? 47.Which former Leeds United manager became the new technical director of the FA? 48.Which England bowler took four wickets in the first One Day International against New Zealand? 49.Which Formula One driver won the Brazilian Grand Prix? 50.Which 20-year-old Brazilian was named World Footballer of the Year in the FIFA gala in Lisbon? ANSWERS 1 Martina Hingis; 2 Adam Hollioake; 3 Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Sunderland; 4 Per-Ulrik Johansson; 5 Steve Davis; 6 Celeric; 7 Barcelona; 8 Second; 9 Pete Goss; 10 Iva Majoli; 11 Richard Dunwoody; 12 Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 13 Roberto Di Matteo; 14 Ryan Rhodes; 15 Singspiel; 16 Andy Caddick; 17 Cardiff; 18 Stan Collymore; 19 Zimbabwe; 20 Jenny Pitman; 21 Laura Davies; 22 London Towers; 23 Tom Johnson; 24 England; 25 Tony McCoy; 26 Greg Rusedski; 27 Fiji; 28 Mark James; 29 Paula Radcliffe; 30 Steve Claridge; 31 Desert King; 32 Pete Sampras; 33 Sol Campbell; 34 Wasps; 35 Robbie Fowler; 36 Jamie Baulch; 37 Ian Woosnam; 38 Oliver McCall; 39 Glasgow Rangers; 40 Leicester; 41 Ernie Els; 42 Ian Wright; 43 Amanda Coetzer; 44 Stephen Hendry; 45 Croatia; 46 Fuzzy Zoeller; 47 Howard Wilkinson; 48 Phil Tufnell; 49 Jacques Villeneuve; 50 Ronaldo.

Pictured, a hint to solving Question 38 Above, the man who won the Singles' title at the Australian Open This is a picture of the defender who deflected Gianfranco Zola's strike into the English goal during Italy's victory over England at Wembley