{"id":2023019,"date":"2026-07-02T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023019"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:00:45","slug":"this-week-in-sports-trivia-july-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023019","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Sports Trivia: July 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>The World Cup has reached the knockout stage, exponentially ratcheting up the drama and the importance of every moment.<\/p>\n<p>A fair share of chaos has accompanied the win-or-go-home drama, with massive upsets (sorry, Germany and Netherlands), wild comebacks (hello, England and Belgium!) and even a couple of shootouts.<\/p>\n<p>There will be more to come on that in this week\u2019s quiz, though we\u2019ll also dig into a whole lot more. Feel free to share your score in the comments and make sure to try out our daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/connections-sports-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connections: Sports Edition<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;height: 500px\" data-fillout-id=\"pUsCvYYB38us\" data-fillout-embed-type=\"standard\" data-fillout-inherit-parameters data-fillout-dynamic-resize><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Top stories mentioned in this week\u2019s quiz<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7407510\/2026\/06\/30\/germany-paraguay-penalty-shootout\/\">Shootout drama rules World Cup\u2019s round of 32<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7413225\/2026\/07\/01\/usmnt-bosnia-herzegovina-world-cup-2026-score-results-takeaways-balogun-tillman\/\">USMNT advances to round of 16 despite playing a man down<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7302889\/2026\/06\/30\/lebron-james-returns-leaving-lakers-nba\/\">LeBron James to return for 24th NBA season<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7393311\/2026\/07\/01\/jaylen-brown-traded-philadelphia-76ers-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics find a home for Jaylen Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7402453\/2026\/06\/27\/oj-simpson-excluded-buffalo-bills-new-highmark-stadium\/\">Buffalo Bills\u2019 \u201cWall of Fame\u201d will look different at new stadium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7396143\/2026\/06\/25\/marina-mabrey-wnba-scoring-record-tempo-sparks\/\">Toronto star ties WNBA\u2019s single-game scoring record<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7394962\/2026\/06\/26\/maple-leafs-nhl-draft-gavin-mckenna\/\">Maple Leafs select Gavin McKenna No. 1 in NHL Draft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7399453\/2026\/06\/26\/angels-fire-gm-perry-minasian-mlb\/\">Angels finally fire general manager Perry Minasian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7412223\/2026\/07\/01\/serena-williams-injury-wimbledon-doubles-venus\/\">Serena Williams falls in first round at Wimbledon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup has reached the knockout stage, exponentially ratcheting up the drama and the importance of every moment. 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