1. These players were sold back to the clubs they were originally bought from this season: Gerard Pique, Pascal Chimbonda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermain Defoe. 2. Andres Escobar was murdered after scoring an own goal for Colombia at the 1994 World Cup, and Diego Maradona was expelled from the same tournament for failing a drug test. 3. Mohun Bagan celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1977 with an exhibition match against the New York Cosmos, featuring Pele.

1. 1. Connect these players Gerard Pique Pascal Chimbonda Shaun Wright-Phillips Jermain Defoe

2. These players were sold back to the clubs from where they were bought in the current season.

3. 2.Two terrible events cast a deep shadow over the glittering success of the World Cup. X, a member of the Colombian side, was gunned down when he returned to his country after they were knocked out and Y failed a drugs test and was expelled from the competition.X unluckily put through his own goal in the match against the United States and Colombia were left with no realistic chance of qualifying for the next round. Nine days later he was leaving a restaurant in Medellin with his fiancée when he was killed by three men. One of them said “thanks for the own goal” and repeatedly shot X in the chest and face.As each bullet struck home the assailants shouted: “Goal”.Y claimed that he had only been taking a cold cure, but FIFA rejected this defense stating that he had tested positive for a cocktail of five banned drugs. Identify X and Y.

4. Andres Escobar and Diego Maradona

5. 3. X is an Asian football club which completed 25 years in 1977. To celebrate its silver jubilee, X played an invitational match against the New York Cosmos. The significance of the match was that the legendary Pele played for the New York Cosmos and toured the country for the first time. Identify X.

6. Mohan Bagan

7. 4. Identify this famous stadium.

8. The Old Wembley.

9. 5. X is a European country and Y is an Asian country. X made its first appearance in the 1994 football world cup in the USA and didn’t score a goal throughout the tournament. Y qualified for the world cup first time in 1990. Even though Y was knocked out in the group stage, they managed to score two goals. The goal scorers received a Rolls Royce each. Identify X and Y.

10. Greece and UAE

11. 6. The club was formed as Newton Heath L&YR F.C. in 1878 as the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. The club's shirts were green and gold halves. They played on a small, dilapidated field on North Road for fifteen years, before moving to Bank Street in the nearby town of Clayton in 1893. In 1902, the club neared bankruptcy, with debts of over £2,500. At one point, their Bank Street ground was even closed by the bailiffs. Just before having to be shut down for good, the club received a sizeable investment from J. H. Davies, the managing director of a Breweries company who also became club chairman. It was decided at one of the early board meetings that the club required a change of name to reflect the fresh start they had been afforded. Many names were suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said "Gentlemen, why don't we call ourselves X?” The name stuck, and X officially came into existence on 26 April 1902. Davies also decided it would be appropriate to change the club's colors, abandoning the green and gold halves of Newton Heath. Identify X.

12. Manchester United

13. 7. Connect Luis Figo Javier Saviola Ronaldo Micheal Laudrup Bernd Schuster Samuel Eto'o Gheorgio Hagi

14. They all played for Barcelona as well as Real Madrid.

15. 8. X is overweight, prone to childish antics and unpredictable, but at his best he was England’s greatest ever midfielders. Strong with a delicate touch, his passing and dribbling abilities were peerless, and he packed a powerful shot. Bought as a young lad by Terry Venebles from Newcastle in 1988, he helped Spurs to reach the 1991 FA Cup Final, where he badly injured his leg in a rash tackle. He moved to Lazio the following year but could not settle, and Glasgow Rangers bought him in 1995. He was voted Scottish Footballer of the year in 1996. He got his first cap in 1988 and had a memorable World Cup in 1990, ending with the famous tears when England lost to West Germany in the semi-final. He scored the goal of the tournament in Euro ’96 to put 2-0 England ahead against Scotland, but his career was terminated in 1998 by Glenn Hoddle. X moved to China but retired in 2003. Identify X.

16. Paul Gascoigne (Gazza)

17. 9. a)Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima b)Ronaldo de Assis Moreira c)Ricardo Izecson Santos d)Victor Barbosa Ferriera e)Anderson Luis De Souza How do we better know these football stars?

18. a)Ronaldo (Brazilian) b)Ronaldinho c)Kaka d)Rivaldo e)Deco

19. 10.Nigerian striker X was 18 when he joined Ajax in 1993. The lanky player immediately settled in and helped Ajax win three Dutch league titles from 1994 to 1996. He also came on as a substitute in Ajax’s European cup win over AC Milan in 1995, and played in the 1996 defeat by Juventus. A serious heart valve condition threatened to end his career, but following corrective surgery X joined Arsenal in 1998. He had scored some memorable goals including a winning hat-trick in ten minutes against Chelsea, and a superb long range back-heel against Middlesborough. He was voted African Footballer of the year in 1996 and again in 1999. Identify X.

20. Nwankwo Kanu

21. 11. Which English football club shares its name with two of the legends of the 1966 World Cup winning team?

22. Charlton Athletic with Bobby Charlton and Jack Charlton.

23. 12. The X is the oldest surviving international football competition in the world. It was held for the first time between July 2 and July 17, 1916 and won by Uruguay. Its current name has been used since 1975. Between 1975 and 1983 it had no host nation, and was held in a home and away fashion.Teams are also invited to participate in this tournament unlike any other international tournament. Nations receiving invitations are Costa Rica (1997, 2001, 2004), Honduras (2001), Japan (1999), Mexico (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007), and the United States (1993, 1995, 2007). Identify X.

24. The Copa América.

25. 13. The World Cup 2006 match between Australia and Crotia was a thrilling encounter. Harry Kewell scored an equalizer in the 79th minute to send Australia through to the next round. To add to the drama, Cahill had a goal disallowed as the referee had already blown for full time.It was the only the fourth match in the history of World Cup with three red cards. However this match is more famous for another reason. What is it?

26. Graham Poll giving a red card after giving three yellow cards to Josip Šimunić.

27. 14. On 2 April 2005, Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa. This resulted in Dyer receiving a red card for that particular game plus a further three game ban. Bowyer received a more severe punishment of a four game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 - approximately six weeks wages - as it was adjudged that he had attacked Dyer. Bowyer was charged in connection with the brawl by Northumbria Police with public order offences. In July 2006 he was fined £600 and ordered to pay £1000 in costs after admitting to using threatening behavior towards Dyer. Both players were later on sold (Bowyer in 2006 and Dyer in 2007) by Newcastle United. Which clubs did these players play for in the 2007-2008 season?

28. Surprisingly, the same club West Ham United.

29. 15.Identify the players and name the club for which all of them have played.

32. 1) Robbie Keane 2) Patrick Viera 3) Hernan Crespo Inter Milan

33. 16.Spain won the European championship in 1964.44 years later in 2008 Spain again won the same tournament. In between these two triumphs what was Spain's only international achievement in 1992?

34. Winning the gold in the Olympic Games at Barcelona, 1992.

35. 17. English football hit its nadir at the Hysel stadium in Brussels on May 29th 1985. All the ills of the game came together at the summit of European football: the final of the Champions Cup, Liverpool v Juventus. And when the dust had settled 39 people were dead and more than 400 injured. The stadium was a crumbling dinosaur; the fans were drunk, many of them ticket-less and there was no proper segregation; the policing was so inadequate that sticks, bottles and iron bars were easily smuggled into the stadium.Two sets of rival fans taunted each other, hurling insults and missiles, and Liverpool fans charged Juventus fans three times. An old wall collapsed under the pressure and in the ensuing panic people tumbled over each other and crushed each other to death. Meanwhile the police were using batons to clear the area while people lay dying. The FA reacted by withdrawing English clubs from European football. Despite Ibrox (1971), despite Bradford (1985), despite, Heysel (1985) football saw no need for root and branch reform. Until the next disaster ! What was the next disaster?

36. Hillsborough April 15, 1989, FA Cup semi-final day, Liverpool v Nottingham Forest. As a tribute to which Liverpool have “You’ll Never Walk Alone” on their crest.

37. 18. Oliver Bierhoff David Trezeguet X Fernando Torres Identify X and connect these players arranged chronologically.

38. Angelos Charisteas They all scored the winner in a Euro final.

39. 19.Despite being some 100-odd yards away from the action, goalkeepers have been known to pop-up from time-to-time to score vital goals for their sides. None more so than Paraguayan goalie X. A dead ball specialist, he regularly scored from the penalty spot for both club and country and held the record for the most career goals by a goalkeeper until Brazilian Y came along and toppled his figure of 62 career goals. In 1998 X captured the attention of the World's sporting press after curling a free kick around the wall and past his opposite number during an International against Argentina in Buenos Aires and in 1999 he became the first goalkeeper to score a hat-trick in the history of the game (for Velez Sarsfield against Ferro Carril Oeste). Identify X and Y.

40. José Luis Chilavert and Rogério Ceni

41. 20.Connect the clubs arranged in chronological order w.r.t. to a player Boca Juniors Barcelona Napoli Sevilla Newell's Old Boys Boca Juniors

42. Diego Maradona played for these clubs.

43. 21. "They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different" "The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game" "England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to none" "I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona" "The tide is very much in our court now" "You can play with a one armed goalkeeper...not at this level" "At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?" These are some of the famous lines of a former England manager. Identify him.

44. Kevin Keegan

45. 22. Identify X and connect these players arranged in chronological order. Stoichkov, Salenko X Ronaldo Miroslav Klose

46. Davor Suker. Top Scorers in World Cups.

47. 23.A massive stadium with a huge cantilevered roof, the X is the biggest football stadium in the world. Built for the 1950 World Cup finals, but not fully completed until 1965, the ground was named after the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 1950. It hosted nine matches in the tournament, and reportedly squeezed in 199,854 spectators for the World Cup final against Uruguay. In a game between Flamingo and Fluminese in 1963, a world club record of 177,656 spectators attended. Identify X.

48. Maracana (Mario Filho) Stadium

49. 24. Which six nation tournament is to be held in South Africa this year with the likes of Brazil and Italy participating in it?

50. Confederations Cup

51. 25. Identify the player. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

52. FINAL WHISTLE