SPORTWORD ACROSS

A test of knowledge for the sporting enthusiast

1. Tony ....., 1985-86 WBA

Heavyweight champion (5) 4. Michaël ....., retired France defender whose clubs included Lazio and LA Galaxy (5)

7. Topsy ..., London Irish winger from 2005-19 (3) 8. Lilian ....., former Leicester City and Plymouth Argyle midfielder (5)

9 & 14D Former Ireland,

Man City, Arsenal and Sunderland striker (5,5)

10. John ...., 2001-03 WBA

Heavyweight champion (4) 11. Mark ......, Australian F1

driver (6)

14. Ana Fidelia ....., 1995 and 1997 World Championships 800m gold medallist (6)

15 & 4D 1992 Olympic men’s triple jump gold medallist (4,6)

18. Dougie ....., retired Scottish defender whose clubs included Inverness CT and St Mirren (5)

20 & 13D 2006 Commonwealth men’s 100m gold medallist (5,6)

21. Denis ..., 1964 Ballon d’Or

winner (3)

22. Rafael ....., 2006 French Open singles tennis champion (5)

23. The ....., nickname of

Aldershot Town (5)

DOWN

1. Devin ....., Irish lock who was the tallest player in the 2015 Rugby World Cup (5) 2. Franco ......., 2007-12 England national football team assistant manager (7) 3. Sammy ...., Dominican Republic-born baseball player who hit over 600 career home runs between 1989-2007 (4)

4. See 15 Across

5. Initialism for the basketball organization that merged with the NBA in 1976 (3) 6. Gökhan ....., 2006-15 Switzerland and 2015-16 Leicester City midfielder (5) 12. Brian ......., 1988 Olympic figure skating gold medallist (7)

13. See 20 Across

14. See 9 Across

16. Eric ....., 1956-58 England

rugby union captain (5)

17. Brian ...., 2006-09 Sheffield

Wednesday manager (4)

19. Colour of the ball worth

one point in snooker (3)