| FAF | ___ du Plessis, South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team |
| HEATHER | ___ Du Plessis-Allan, radio journalist (7) |
| PROTEA | Genus of flower from which the South Africa national cricket team derive their nickname (6) |
| KOLISI | Siya _, rugby union player who currently captains the South Africa national team (6) |
| AGGER | Daniel......, coach and former captain of the Denmark national team (5) |
| LAIDLAW | Greig, rugby union scrum-half and former captain of Scotland (7) |
| ELS | South African professional golfer with the nickname The Big Easy, Ernie ... |
| BOTHAM | Surname of Ian, cricketer and former team captain on A Question Of Sport (6) |
| MABUSE | Oti, South African professional dancer who won Strictly in 2019 and 2020 (6) |
| OTI | _ Mabuse. South African professional dancer who won Strictly Come Dancing with Bill Bailey in 2020 (3) |
| IMRAN | Ex-cricketer and former PM of Pakistan, _ Khan (5) |
| STRAUSS | Retired cricketer and former England captain, Andrew _ (7) |
| BILLBEAUMONT | Former captain of the England rugby union team and the British Lions who became a captain on the BBC quiz show A Question of Sport |
| CRONJE | Former captain of the South African cricket team, Hansie ... (6) |
| SIYAKOLISI | Captain of the South Africa rugby union team, who lifted the World Cup this year (4,6) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| SMIT | John ___, captain of the South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup Final-winning team (4) |
| BEAUMONT | Bill --. former captain of the England and British Lions rugby union teams. chairman of World Rugby since 2016 (8) |
| STACY | Former captain of the Canadian national women's hockey team Wilson |
| ABEDI | ..... Pele, in football, a former captain of the Ghana national team (5) |
