| OLYMPIAD | Exercise diplomacy after ejecting clubs in international competition |
| KARIMI | Iranian midfielder who scored 38 goals in international competition during his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2013. In 2004 he was named Asian Footballer of the Year. (6) |
| OLYMPICS | Slimy cop running in international competition |
| WORLDCUP | Talcum powder shaken, team withdrawing in international competition (5,3) |
| TRIPLELUTZ | Donald Jackson was first to land it in international competition |
| AIM | End racism after ejecting odd characters (3) |
| AGREE | After ejecting odd members, gang ordered tally |
| HANOVERIAN | The morning after ejecting good Hislop, say, from a royal house (10) |
| REINDEER | Driver gutted (drinking beer brazenly) after ejecting, eventually losing control of goods carrier! (8) |
| RICHMOND | Karoo dorpie is wealthy, getting second wind after ejecting outlaw tsotsi finally (8) |
| PARALYMPICS | International competition for disabled athletes first held in Rome in 1960 (11) |
| INTACT | Sound diplomacy after case of incarceration (6) |
| TRANSACT | Perform with diplomacy, after right answer's only half comprehended |
| READTHERIOTACT | Diplomacy after Radio Three broadcast is given severe warning |
| RIOTACT | This might be read with diplomacy after port (4,3) |
| TESTACT | Diplomacy after setback caused by old anti-Catholic law |
| ICEUP | Show sign of severe cold in Spain amid international competition (3,2) |
| RASPBERRY | Alien spy barred with no hint of diplomacy after Russia's initial expression of disapproval (9) |
| FIFA | Sporting body set up in 1904 to oversee international competition, now with 211 members (4) |
| ARMS | International competition for weapons (4,4) |
