| MEGANRAPINOE | Footballer who played over 200 games for the USA women’s team and retired in 2023 |
| WINTER | Jan’s in this women’s team in Italy |
| SEXISM | Maybe opposing women’s teams in cup tie: one’s knocked out |
| NICKY | First indigenous player to reach 200-game AFL milestone, -Winmar (5) |
| RICH | 200-game Brisbane Lions AFL stalwart (4) |
| CLIFF | Longtime Sale Sharks scrum-half who retired in 2023 (4,5) |
| WILL | Longtime Sale Sharks scrum-half who retired in 2023 (4,5) |
| RAPINOE | Retired (in 2023) soccer star |
| OSHEA | John -, 2001-18 Republic of Ireland defender who played over 200 league games for both Manchester United and Sunderland (5) |
| BRESCIANO | Mark ___, midfielder who played over 100 games for both Parma and Palermo and won 84 caps for Australia |
| LEDLEYKING | Former England defender who joined Tottenham Hotspur as a trainee in 1997 and retired in 2012 |
| CHIP | Beck, played for the USA in Ryder Cup matches in 1989, 1991 and 1993 (4) |
| NONU | Centre who played 103 games for the All Blacks, including the 2011 and 2015 World Cup finals (4) |
| EVANS | Roy ..... , manager of Liverpool 1994-98 who played nine league games for the club in the early 1970s (5) |
| FURYK | Jim ..., who will lead the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup in 2024. (5) |
| ASHE | US tennis player who won three grand slams and retired in 1980, Arthur - (4) |
| BOYD | Kris .... , 2006-10 Scotland, 2010-11 Middlesbrough and 2012 Portland Timbers striker who played over 400 games for Rangers and Kilmarnock; 2017-18 Scottish Premiership top scorer (4) |
| HALES | Derek ....., striker who played over 300 league games for Charlton Athletic in two spells between 1973-85 (5) |
| QUINN | TalkSPORT presenter who played over 100 games for both Portsmouth and Newcastle United (5,5) |
| MICKY | TalkSPORT presenter who played over 100 games for both Portsmouth and Newcastle United (5,5) |