| PETERSHILTON | Most-capped England footballer who played in goal for his country (5,7) |
| GIVEN | Irish former footballer who played in goal for his country, Shay _ (5) |
| BERT | German footballer who played in goal for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964 (4,9) |
| TRAUTMANN | German footballer who played in goal for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964 (4,9) |
| RIVA | Gigi, Italian former centre forward who scored a record 35 goals for his country (4) |
| ALEC | Most-capped England Test cricketer (4,7) |
| STEWART | Most-capped England Test cricketer (4,7) |
| COOK | Alastair .... , most-capped England ODI player (4) |
| SHAY | Given name of famous Irish footballer who never scored a goal for his club or country? (4) |
| DOMAINOBJECTIVE | King's goal for his realm? |
| CHINESEDREAM | Term used by President Xi Jinping in promoting long-range goals for his people |
| DEFOE | Jermain, England footballer who played in the Premier League for clubs including West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland (5) |
| OWEN | Michael, Liverpool and England footballer who played in the 1998 World Cup finals (4) |
| ANDERTON | Darren ___, former England footballer who played for Portsmouth, Spurs, Birmingham City, Wolves and Bournemouth |
| MADELEY | Paul ___ , footballer who played in every outfield position during his 536 appearances for Leeds United |
| BAZ | Who was in goal for Ireland in their three World Cup qualifiers last month? (6) |
| KEPA | Spanish footballer who plays in goal for Arsenal, _ Arrizabalaga (4) |
| KASPER | Danish footballer who plays in goal for Celtic and Denmark, _ Schmeichel (6) |
| MARADONA | Footballer who scored almost 300 goals for his clubs, including Barcelona and Napoli, and Argentina (8) |
| NEARY | Tony, England Rugby Union player who played 43 times for his country before retiring in 1980 (5) |
