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Did they really say that?: the answers

Here’s the answers to NORMAN GILLER’s sporting quotes quiz, posted on the site yesterday. How well did you fare?

2000: 1. Lennox Lewis; 2. George Best; 3. Roy Keane; 4. Marion Jones; 5. Mark Williams.

2001: 6. Goran Ivanisevic; 7. Nassem Hamed; 8. Ian Woosnam; 9. Paula Radcliffe; 10. Michael Owen.

2002: 11. Sam Torrance; 12. Ronaldo; 13. Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris; 14. Kieron Dyer; 15. Ricky Hatton.

2003: 16. Jonathan Edwards; 17. Serena Williams; 18. Alan McManus’ 19. Jason Leonard; 20. Bobby Robson.

2004: 21. Andy Roddick; 22. Gordon Strachan; 23. Ian Holloway; 24. Martin O’Neill; 25. Kelly Holmes.

2005: 26. Gordon Taylor; 27. Jimmy White; 28. Glenn McGrath; 29. Lee Westwood; 30. Jose Mourinho.

2006: 31. Joey Barton; 32. Barry Hearn; 33. Nasser Hussein; 34. Steve Bruce; 35. Joe Cole.

2007: 36. Martina Hingis; 37. Lawrence Dallaglio; 38. Bradley Wiggins; 39. Padraig Harrington; 40. Sven Goran Eriksson.

2008: 41. Usain Bolt; 42. Lee Westwood; 43. Roger Federer; 44. Avram Grant; 45. Christine Ohuruogu.

2009: 46. Jesper Parnevik; 47. Andre Agassi; 48. Paul Hart; 49. Kevin Pietersen; 50. Beth Tweddle.

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