Sportword

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1. Micah ........ , former England defender whose clubs included Aston Villa and Manchester City (8) 6. Rifle shooting position (5)

7. Carl ..... , WBA Super Middleweight champion from 2013-15 (5) 9. Ian .... , former Chester City, Liverpool, Juventus, Newcastle United, Leeds United and Wrexham striker (4)

10. Paul ...... , Swindon director of football; formerly played for and managed Wigan and Bradford City (6)

12. 1970 Brazil Football World Cup winner born Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade (6)

14. The .... Cup, women’s badminton world team championship (4)

17. Dale ..... , South Africa’s leading Test wicket-taker (5)

18. Former Brazil and Santos midfielder, at Man City 2007-09 (5) 19. Dan ........ , former Romania and Chelsea player now in charge of homeland club CFR Cluj (8)

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3. Alexander .... , BATE Borisov player at Arsenal 2005-08 (4)

4. Pat ...... , Australian who was 1997 and 1978 US Open men’s singles tennis champion (6)

5. Betty ..... , 1977 Wimbledon singles championship runner-up (5) 6. Pittsburgh ....... , winners of the 1979 World Series in baseball (7) 8. Portuguese goalkeeper at Chelsea from 2006-14 (7)

11. National League football club whose home ground is the Hive Stadium (6)

13. Cricket shot from a half-kneeling stance (5)

15. Laurent ..... , former defender in the France national football team; its head coach 2010-12 (5)

16. Brazilian footballer born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (4)

..... , a nickname of West Ham