| AFRIDI | Player of the Match in the semi-final and final |
| PORTUGAL | Country which lost to England in the semi final of the 1966 FIFA World Cup (8) |
| REPECHAGE | Contest in which runners-up compete for a place in the semi-final (9) |
| AUSTRALIA | Team which 35 Across beat in the semi-final of the tournament |
| SEOUL | South Korea's 2002 World Cup hopes were finally dashed in the semi-finals by Germany at the stadium in this city (though they had become the first Asian team to reach the final four) |
| RAZA | Who won the man of the match in the first T20I match of the series held recently between Zimbabwe and India? (4) |
| HAAS | Tommy, tennis player defeated by Marat Safin in the semi-finals of the 2002 Australian Open (4) |
| JAISWAL | Who was adjudged the Player of the Match in the second Test held between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur? (8,7) |
| YASHASVI | Who was adjudged the Player of the Match in the second Test held between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur? (8,7) |
| ARSHDEEP | Who was adjudged the Player of the Match in the first T20I held between India and Bangladesh in Gwalior? (8) |
| DUANEVERMEULEN | Player of the match in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final |
| MINI | A little car in the semi finals |
| ELIMINATED | * Beaten in the semi-finals, say |
| DUTOIT | Pieter-Steph, South African forward awarded player of the match in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final (2,4) |
| GARETHBALE | Welsh footballer who was Man of the Match in the 2018 Champions League final |
| SHUBHAM | ... Sharma, Player of the Match in the Ranji finals. (7) |
| ASIFDIN | Wanrvickshire CCC Man of the Match in the 1993 NatWest Final (4,3) |
| DHONI | MS ...... Man of the Match in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final (5) |
| ETOO | Samuel ___, Cameroon footballer; Man of the Match in the 2006 Champions League Final for Barcelona ( |
| IRFANPATHAN | All-rounder who was Man of the Match in the final, for his 3-16 (5,6) |