| EXPO | Former player in Canada |
| NBA | "Home Court and "Slam Dunk" are stories in "STAT," a kids' series by Amar'e Stoudemire, a coach and former player in the ___ (abbr.) |
| MOORE | Brian ---, former player in the England Rugby Union team 1987-95 (5) |
| ALUKO | Eniola, football pundit and former player born in Lagos in 1987 (5) |
| OLDHAMATHLETIC | Former player of questionable talent helped, regularly joining in Greek team (6,8) |
| LEEBOWYER | Former player who took over as manager of Charlton Athletic in 2018 (3,6) |
| EVERTON | Clive, TV snooker commentator and former player born in 1937 (7) |
| LLOYD | John, tennis commentator and former player born in 1954 (5) |
| NORWAY | Former player and manager of Manchester United, Ole Gunner Solskjaer was born in this European country (6) |
| MICHAELJORDAN | Former player who is described on the NBA's website as 'the greatest basketball player of all time' (7,6) |
| ARTETA | Mikel ___, former player who became head coach of Arsenal in December 2019 |
| EXACTOR | He is notoriously hard on former player (7) |
| INEXACT | Ballpark popular with former player |
| SAVAGE | Robbie _; football pundit and former player (6) |
| BAILOR | Former player with the Blue Jays |
| MANCINI | Former player and Italy football coach Roberto (7) |
| GERRARD | Steven, a football manager and former player (7) |
| PRASAD | Cricket coach and former player Venkatesh |
| TERRY | John _, football coach and former player (5) |
| SOL | Football manager and former player, _ Campbell (3) |
