FOOTBALL
1. How many times have Manchester United won the Premier League during the decade?
Six: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
2. Who finished as top scorer in the top flight four times in the '00s?
Thierry Henry of Arsenal. He topped the scoring charts in 2002 and from 2004-06.
3. Only one side managed to get relegated from the Premier League three times in the last decade. Who are they?
West Bromwich Albion, who went down in 2003, 2006 and 2009.
4. Which Premier League goalkeeper set a record in 2007 by scoring from a direct free kick taken 88m away from the oppositions' goal?
Paul Robinson, who scored from the free kick for Tottenham Hotspur against Watford.
5. Which player set a record in 2003 by winning the Champions League with three different sides?
Clarence Seedorf. He won the trophy with Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and AC Milan in 2003. He lifted the trophy a fourth time with Milan in 2007.
6. Which two clubs made it to the Champions League semi-finals five times in the '00s?
Barcelona (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009) and Chelsea (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009).
7. Internazionale won their 17th Serie A title in 2009. How many consecutive Scudettos have they now won?
Four - though they were only awarded the first of them when Juventus were stripped of the 2005-06 championship after the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
8. Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are the only two Spanish clubs to have won La Liga in the 2000s?
Valencia (2001-02, 2003-4) and Deportivo La Coruña (1999-2000).
9. Every World Cup tournament has a universally-acknowledged group of death', and in 2002 England were drawn into it. Which three other teams did they face in the pool stages of that year's tournament?
Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria. Sweden topped the group ahead of England on goals scored, with Nigeria and Argentina heading home early. However, that pool was a piece of cake compared to the group of death in the 1982 World Cup when Italy, Argentina and Brazil were pitted against each other in the second round-robin stage.
10. True or false: Italy have never lost a match inside 90 minutes during the knockout stages of either a World Cup or a European Championship in the 00s
True: 2002 World Cup, lost in first knockout round to Korea in extra time; 2006 World Cup, winners; Euro 2000, lost final on golden goal; Euro 2004, failed to progress through group stage; Euro 2008 lost quarter-final on penalties to Spain.
source: Eurosport
