| FERDINAND | Rio - - -, ex-professional footballer turned TV pundit (9) |
| KANU | Ex-professional footballer (4) |
| STEFFI | ___ Graf, former tennis player who is married to fellow ex-professional Andre Agassi (6) |
| IANWRIGHT | 1980s/90s footballer turned Match of the Day pundit (3,6) |
| GASCOIGNE | Paul _, former professional footballer nicknamed Gazza (9) |
| LAWRENSON | Mark ___, professional footballer during the 1970s and 1980s (9) |
| PANELLIST | Criticise record broken by the Spanish TV pundit? (9) |
| CARRAGEER | Jamie ......... , former Liverpool and England defender now TV pundit (9) |
| DESCHAMPS | Didier ---, footballer turned coach who has won the World Cup as both a player and a manager (9) |
| RYANGIGGS | Footballer turned manager of the Welsh national team (4,5) |
| KEEPYUPPY | Look back over young professional footballer's skilful display |
| IANSTJOHN | Scottish Liverpool striker, later a TV pundit alongside Jimmy Greaves (3,2,4) |
| HENMAN | Tim _, ex-tennis star turned TV pundit (6) |
| CROUCH | Footballer-turned-tv presenter and judge The Masked Dancer, Peter - - - (6) |
| ATHERTON | Mike _, cricket star turned TV pundit (8) |
| BOBO | Gcobani - - - , former Springbok centre turned TV pundit (4) |
| PAULMERSON | Former Arsenal and Aston Villa FC attacking midfielder born in 1968 turned TV pundit (4,6) |
| BRIANMOORE | English former rugby union hooker born in 1962 later turned TV pundit and commentator (5,5) |
| KEVIN | ___ Kilbane, footballer turned pundit - turned ice dancer? (5) |
| ALAN | Mr Shearer, ex footballer and TV pundit (4) |