| TWEDDLE | Beth ?, uneven bars gold medallist at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (7) |
| MIROSLAVKLOSE | German footballer who won the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup (8,5) |
| BART | 1984 Olympics parallel bars gold medalist Conner |
| ARTEMOV | 1988 Olympic men's artistic gymnastics all-around, parallel bars and horizontal bar gold medallist (7) |
| JARMAN | Jake ...... , 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships vault gold medallist (6) |
| NAGORNYY | Nikita ......., 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships vault, team and individual all- around gold medallist (8) |
| HIDDINK | Dutchman who coached Socceroos at 2006 World Cup finals (7) |
| WILSON | 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships horizontal bar gold medallist representing Great Britain (4,6) |
| NILE | 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships horizontal bar gold medallist representing Great Britain (4,6) |
| YOKOONO | Poem reader at the 2006 Olympics opening ceremony |
| PACECAR | Lance Armstrong drove it at the 2006 Indianapolis 500 |
| RONALDO | Striker who played for Brazil in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups |
| GYMNAST | Uneven bars performer |
| VLADIMIR | & 14D 1988 Olympic men's artistic gymnastics all-around, parallel bars and horizontal bar gold medallist (8,7) |
| GADIROVA | Jessica ........ , 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships floor gold medallist (8) |
| PENALTYSHOOTOUT | Way in which the 2006 World Cup Final was decided (7,5-3) |
| WAGS | This acronym came to prominence during the 2006 World Cup as shorthand for "footballers" partners" (4) |
| ZIDANE | Who was sent off for a headbutt in the 2006 World Cup final? (6) |
| DOTT | Graeme ___, Scottish snooker player who won the 2006 World Championship |
| GRAEME | ____ Dott, snooker player who won the 2006 World Championship (6) |
