| ASIACUP | Tournament where Abhishek Sharma won the Player of the Tournament award in 2025. (7) |
| WANKHEDE | Stadium where Rohit Sharma won his 20th Player of the Match award in the IPL during Mumbai Indians' victory over Chennai Super Kings. (8) |
| SAMSON | Wicketkeeper who caught Abhishek Sharma in the SRH-CSK match. (Last name) (6) |
| DEEPTI | Identify the first name of this cricketer who won the player of the tournament award in the Women's World Cup. (6) |
| JAMES | Who won the best player of the tournament award in the Copa America 2024? (5) |
| SINGH | Who won the player of the tournament award in the recently-concluded Junior Asia Cup hockey? (8,5) |
| ARAIJEET | Who won the player of the tournament award in the recently-concluded Junior Asia Cup hockey? (8,5) |
| ABHISHEK | Who won the player of the tournament award in the recently-held men's Asia Cup hockey? (8,4) |
| NAIN | Who won the player of the tournament award in the recently-held men's Asia Cup hockey? (8,4) |
| RODRI | Who won the player of the tournament award in EURO 2024? (5) |
| RONALDO | Brazil's 1998 World Cup player of the tournament (7) |
| MEAD | Beth ---, England footballer who won the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament awards at UEFA Women's Euro 2022 (4) |
| BETH | England footballer who won the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament awards at UEFA Women's Euro 2022 (4,4) |
| VAUGHAN | Former skipper who slammed the "stupidest team" of the tournament. (Last name) (7) |
| GROUNDS | They're used to justify grand stages of the tournament (7) |
| WATSON | Iconic all-rounder who was Player of the Tournament in the inaugural IPL that the Rajasthan Royals won |
| PRASAD | Which Indian won the FIH Male Umpire of the year award in 2025? (5,6) |
| RAGHU | & Across 15 Which Indian won the FIH Male Umpire of the year award in 2025? (5,6) |
| CURRAN | Sam, English cricketer named Player of the Tournament in the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup (6) |
| STARC | Lanka in Galle in 2016; 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Player of the Tournament (5) |