How did your favourite teams and athletes go this year? Champions of their chosen sport, nearly there or total disasters?

It has been another edge-of-the-seat year in the world of sport, with Brisbane taking out the double in the NRL and AFL, while others are left to rue what might have been and some starting preparing for 2026 back in June. While overseas, we’ve seen more champions crowned in tennis, golf, football, cricket, motorsport and many more, with new stars emerging in all of them.

How much do you know about the world of sport? Try your hand at today’s trivia and see how much you remember.

1. The NRL currently hosts its opening round of the regular season in which US city?
2. Which team won the 2024 NFL Super Bowl, which was played on 9 Feb 2025?
3. Who won the men’s singles title at the 2025 Australian Open, following it up later in the year with triumph at Wimbledon?
4. Richmond AFL player Noah Balta was forced to miss several games for the club during the 2025 season for what reason?
5. Which highly successful golfer, from whom the US Masters had eluded his trophy cabinet, finally broke through to win in 2025?
6. Which European football club won the 2025 UEFA Champions League final, defeating Inter Milan in Munich?
7. Which team did the Brisbane Broncos defeat to win the 2025 NRL Premiership?
8. The Everest claims to be the world’s richest turf race, and in 2025 had the total prize pool of how much?
9. By how many points did McLaren driver Lando Norris win the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship?
10. Which male tennis player became the world’s youngest number one ranked player during the 2025 season?
11. One European football team in the continent’s five major domestic competitions completed the entire domestic season by not losing a single match. Which was it?
12. Which nation hosted the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, marking its return as a major international tournament host?
13. Which country claimed the Rugby Six Nations Championship in 2025?
14. What is the name of the mascot for the incoming Tasmanian Devils AFL club?
15. Grant Fisher broke the world indoor records for the 3000m and 5000m within five days in February this year. Which country does he represent?
16. Australian football coach Ange Postecoglou won the UEFA Europa League as the boss of which club?
17. Who was sacked by the Red Bull Formula 1 team after 20 years as Team Principal following an internal investigation into inappropriate conduct?
18. At the age of 37, who is the oldest active player in the NRL?
19. Which country did Australia defeat in the 2025 World Test Championship Final?
20. In early 2025, Luke Littler became the youngest ever world champion in which popular sport?
21. Which Australian city hosts the AFL’s ‘Gather Round,’ each year, where all matches in a single round are played in one location?
22. Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield made viral headlines earlier this year when he was spotted eating what after being substituted during a match against North Melbourne?
23. Matt Payne & Garth Tander won the 2025 Bathurst 1000 after starting in which position on the grid?
24. Jamie Melham cemented her name into Australian sporting history this year by becoming only the second female to do what?
25. True or False – you can legally hit a golf shot while sitting down or kneeling?

ANSWERS

1. Las Vegas
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. Jannik Sinner
4. He had a court-imposed night-time curfew
5. Rory McIlroy
6. Paris Saint-Germain
7. Melbourne Storm
8. $20 million
9. Two
10. Carlos Alcaraz
11. Bayer Leverkusen
12. Pakistan
13. France
14. Rum’un
15. USA
16. Tottenham Hotspur
17. Christian Horner
18. Daly Cherry-Evans
19. England
20. Darts
21. Adelaide
22. A souvlaki kebab
23. 18th
24. Win the Melbourne Cup
25. True