| AKERS | Michelle ___, FIFA Female Player of the Century |
| SUN | ___ Wen retired Chinese soccer player who won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with 44a in 2000 |
| HAMM | She was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five years in a row |
| NAOMI | Girma who was the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2023 |
| MIA | Hamm who was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five times |
| DIEGO | He shared the FIFA Football Player Of The Century Award with the great Pele, ... Maradona |
| PELE | Maradona's co-winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award |
| MARADONA | With Pele, co-winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award |
| PINETREE | Nickname of NZ's Rugby Player of the Century 1999 (8) |
| DIEGOMARADONA | ____ shared Fifa's Player of the Century award with Pelé |
| WIEGMAN | Sarina _, Fifa women's coach of the year (7) |
| SEVE | Spanish golfer who was named European Player of the Century in 2000, ... Ballesteros |
| COLINMEADS | All Black who was named Player of the Century in 1999 (5,5) |
| MARKGRAHAM | '80s North Sydney Bears captain and NZ Player of the Century (4,6) |
| MIXED | - doubles; game of tennis where each side consists of a male and a female player (5) |
| MARTINA | Female player, sort of variant rival to a man (7,11) |
| FACTOR | Agent of female player (6) |
| LOREN | Female player learning badminton in the end (5) |
| CHILLFACTOR | Measure of coolness about female player securing prominence |
| ROUS | Stanley ___, FIFA president from 1961-74 (4) |
