| VASHCHUK | Vladyslav ........ , Ukraine defender sent off against Spain in their first game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup (8) |
| SWITZERLAND | Country, capital Bern, who Wales are facing in their first game of the Euros (11) |
| CROATIA | England's opposition in their first game at the Euros (7) |
| ITALY | Winners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup (5) |
| RUSOL | Andriy ..... , 2004-10 Ukraine defender who hit the opener in the 2006 FIFA World Cup win over Saudi Arabia (5) |
| CUFRE | Leandro ..... , 2000-06 Argentina defender sent off after the 2006 FIFA World Cup game against Germany (5) |
| SAUDIARABIA | Host Russia's opponents in the first game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| DESAILLY | Marcel ........ , 1993-2004 France, 1993-98 Milan and 1998-2004 Chelsea defender sent off in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final against Brazil (8) |
| STOLEHOME | What Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series |
| DEWHURST | Rob ........ , former Hull defender sent off in his only game for Scunthorpe in 2000-01 (8) |
| WORNS | Christian ___ , Germany defender sent off in the 1998 World Cup against Croatia (5) |
| MEXICO | Which city will host the first game of the 2026 Fifa World Cup finals? (6) |
| ANTONIOPUERTA | Sevilla 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Final winner who died after the first game of the 2007-08 La Liga season (7,6) |
| SKRTEL | Martin ___, former Liverpool defender sent off for a series of assaults on Harry Kane in England's World Cup qualifier win over Slovakia in 2016? |
| RATTIN | Antonio ...... , Argentina midfielder sent off against England in the 1966 FIFA World Cup (6) |
| GLOVE | What rolled-up piece of sporting equipment was used instead of a ball in the first game of softball? |
| IDEAS | Walk of -; set of six sculptures in Berlin for the 2006 FIFA World Cup (5) |
| ZIDANE | Who was sent off in the 2006 Fifa World Cup final? (6) |
| MULLERY | Alan ?, first England footballer to be sent off, against Yusgoslavia in 1968 (7) |
| DUKE | Matt ...-, former Bradford City goalkeeper sent off against Swansea City in the 2013 League Cup Final (4) |
