| PODBORSKI | Steve --, Canadian former World Cup and Olympic downhill ski racer (9) |
| RICKY | Head coach of Delhi and a former World Cup winning captain for Australia (first name only) |
| PELE | Former World Cup star |
| CLARKE | Which former World Cup-winning Australian captain was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in the 2024-25 season? (7,6) |
| MICHAEL | Which former World Cup-winning Australian captain was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in the 2024-25 season? (7,6) |
| STREETART | Creative design class for ski racer Picabo? |
| ROCHDALES | Cars like the Riviera and Olympic (9) |
| ADLINGTON | Freestyle swimmer and Olympic gold medallist, Rebecca _ (9) |
| CAVENDISH | Manx road racing cyclist and Olympic silver medallist, Mark _ (9) |
| SVINDAL | Aksel Lund ?, alpine ski racer; 2010 Olympic Super-G and 2018 Olympic Downhill gold medallist |
| TAEKWONDO | South Korea's national sport and Olympic sport since 2000 (3,4,2) |
| KLAMMER | Franz , Austrian ski racer who won 25 World Cup downhill races (7) |
| ROSSI | Paolo ..... , 1977-86 Italy, 1973-76 and 1981-85 Juventus forward; 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1985 European Cup Final winner (5) |
| EDMILSON | 2000-07 Brazil and 2004-08 Barcelona midfielder/defender; 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2006 Champions League Final winner against Germany and Arsenal respectively (8) |
| CHAWLA | Which former Indian cricketer, who was part of the 2007 T20 World Cup & 2011 World Cup winning teams, announced his retirement recently? (6) |
| LINDSEY | ___ Vonn former alpine ski racer who was the first American woman to win an Olympic gold in downhill skiing |
| MATTHEWHILTON | Canadian former 154 lbs world champ. (7,6) |
| FOUR | With 118-A and 119-A: Common player formation you'll see at the World Cup-and in our theme entries |
| IVANOR | Valentin ...... , 1955-65 Soviet Union striker; 1962 FIFA World Cup and 1960 European Nations' Cup joint top scorer (6) |
| SPAIN | 2010 Fifa World Cup and Euro 2024 winners (5) |
