| LUKA | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| MODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| LUKAMODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade |
| FAWCETT | Millicent, British suffragist leader who in 2018 became the first woman given a statue in London's Parliament Square (7) |
| PANDEV | Goran ___, footballer who in 2021 became the first Macedonian to score 100 goals in one of the top five European football leagues |
| ARGENTINIAN | E.g. Lionel Messi or Che Guevara (11) |
| PALMSPRINGS | California city that, in 2018, became the first U.S. city to have an all-L.G.B.T. city council |
| KEPU | Wallabies veteran who in 2018 became first prop to play 100 rugby union Tests for Australia (4) |
| ALOU | Only player other than Sheffield to make the All-Star team with five different clubs |
| KAMINDU | Who recently joined Sir Donald Bradman as the third-fastest player to reach 1000 Test runs and also became the first player to score a half-century or more in each of first eight Tests since debut? (7 |
| MARK | Identify the first name of this player who became the first player to score 50+ runs in T20IS for two different countries. (4) |
| HUGH | Who became the first player in the world to perform two hat-tricks in Test cricket? (4) |
| KANE | Identify the surname of the cricketer who became the first player to score five centuries in-a-row at a single venue. (4) |
| AMISS | Which former English opener became the first player ever in the world to score a century in ODIS? (5) |
| CHAMAKH | Marouane ___, French-born Moroccan international footballer who became the first player to score in six consecutive Champions League games while at Arsenal |
| POPE | Jake - - - , Sale prop who became the first player to breach the RFU's illicit drugs policy twice (4) |
| BENAUD | In 1963, Richie ____ became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket |
| PHILESPOSITO | Hockey Hall of Famer who became the first player to score at least 70 goals in a season (1970-1971): 2 wds. |
| SHOHEIOHTANI | Japanese MLB player who was the first player in history to be a pitcher and hitter in the All-Star Game, in 2021: 2 wds. |
| QUARESMA | Ricardo ?, Portugal footballer who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final |
