It was a successful afternoon all-round for France on Sunday. The team     1     (book) its ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup with    2    3-1 victory over Poland. And members of the team hit a number of historic marks.

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made his 142nd appearance,    3    (come) level(平齐的) with Lilian Thuram as his country’s most-capped player. Up front, Olivier Giroud became France’s     4    (lead) men’s scorer with his 52nd goal for Les Bleus, breaking Thierry Henry’s record.

    5     , the star of the show on Sunday was Kylian Mbappé,    6     continued his record-setting pace with a forceful double. At just 23 years of age, Mbappé is one of the most exciting talents in world football, and     7     (consistent) delivers on the biggest stage for France.

Having helped secure the nation’s second World Cup title in 2018 as a 19-year-old, he is continuing his     8    (dominate) four years later. His double in the match    9    Poland means he has scored five goals at this year’s tournament(锦标赛), as he leads the race for the Golden Boot award, two goals ahead of Lionel Messi, Giroud and a host of other players.

However, more significantly, Mbappé has scored nine goals in World Cups, becoming the first player     10    (reach) that mark before his 24th birthday. Mbappé passed two footballing legends with his double. Both Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo have eight World Cup goals to their names.

The Lebanese ski coach Naim Fenianos made a name for himself in China after he     1    (spot) dancing at the athletes’ entrance ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Some compared him to Deng Chao, a popular star in China,     2     also likes to display interesting dance moves.

The 29-year-old coach, whose nickname is Nino, says he did not want to make     3     regular entrance during the opening ceremony. “I wanted to express,     4     my own way, the excitement and joy I felt for taking part in the Olympics,” he says.

Nino has been a ski coach for over three years now and could not be any     5    (happy) about his first experience at the biggest and most prestigious (有声望的) sports event in the world. He admires China’s perfect     6    (organize) of the Olympic Games and     7    (appreciate) the helpful and friendly volunteers. “The COVID-19 measures were absolutely perfect. We felt very safe and protected,” he notes.

“We need a budget to train for around eight to nine months every year in different parts of the world,” he says,     8    (add) that support is needed three to four years ahead of a big event for a Lebanese athlete to be able to be competitive.

Nino says his unique     9    (experience), as well as the friendly and warm atmosphere he felt in China, have encouraged him to revisit the country soon     10    (learn) more about its culture and people.

A Chinese swimmer has made history again. Last week, Qin Haiyang,    1     won all the 23 gold medals in the men’s breaststroke (蛙泳),     2     (award) as the Best Male Swimmer of the Year 2023 of World Aquatics in Budapest, Hungary. This    3     (recognize) came just a day after he secured the Swimming World Cup Overall Male Award.     4     (amazing), at the championships in Fukuoka, the 24-year old broke the Asian record five times and became the first swimmer in history    5     (earn) all three breaststroke titles at a single edition of the event.

Chinese swimming in men’s breaststroke events was hardly talked about    6    the sudden appearance of Qin. Before him, China’s    7     (late) achievement in the men’s 100m breaststroke even was made by Qi Lieyun when he beat the word record in 1957. Qin’s winning in Fukuoka has filled a 66-year gap    8    China’s history. In breaststroke    9    almost all the movements are underwater, swimmers required high technical skills. “Even    10    slight difference in the angle of your palms is likely to affect your speed in the water,” Qin told Jimu News.