| DIDIER | _ Deschamps, manager since 2012 of the France men's national football team (6) |
| GUYPEARCE | Who played the title role in the TV adaptation (from 2012) of Peter Temple's Jack Irish crime novels? (3,6) |
| FRANCE | Didier Deschamps is the manager of this national team. (6) |
| IANWOAN | 1990-2000 Nottingham Forest FC midfielder; Burnley assistant manager since 2012 |
| SOCCER | '___roos' - Australian Mens' National Football Team (6) |
| LLORIS | Football goalkeeper who is the captain of Tottenham, Hotspur and the France national team, Hugo _ (6) |
| COLEMAN | Chris ___, manager of the Wales men's national football team 2012-2017 (7) |
| KIDNEY | Declan ___, 2008-2013 Ireland men's national rugby union team coach (6) |
| JAMIL | Who is the new head coach of the Indian men's national football team? (5) |
| EASTER | Nick ___, 2007-2015 England lock/No.8; US men's national rugby union forwards and defence coach (6) |
| TOURDE | Cycling classic, the ... France (4,2) |
| PRISKE | Brian ...... , 2003-07 Denmark defender; Sparta Prague manager since 2022 (6) |
| DOMENECH | Raymond .. ...... , former Mulhouse and Lyon manager who was in charge of the France national football team from 2004-10 (8) |
| THELIN | Jimmy -, Aberdeen manager since June (6) |
| ARTETA | Mikel _, Arsenal manager since 2019 (6) |
| ROWETT | Gary _, Oxford manager since 2024 (6) |
| NOVELL | Caries Martinez _, Toulouse manager since 2023 (6) |
| MIAS | Lucien ___, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first |
| PELE | The Brazil men's national football team's record goal scorer, until overtaken by Neymar in 2023 (4) |
| PAULO | United Arab Emirates men's national football team coach (5,5) |
