SPORTS CROSSWORD

Test your knowledge just for fun! The answers are below.

1. ........ Cup, prestigious sailing competition (8) 6. Portuguese football club sometimes known as the ‘Dragons’ (5) 7. ..... Rovers, Kirkcaldy-based football club (5) 9. Sporting CP, Manchester United, Valencia and Portugal midfielder (4) 10. Sylvain ......, Manchester City, Portsmouth and Everton defender (6) 12. ...... Graf, women’s singles winner at Wimbledon on seven occasions (6) 14. Administrative body for football in Europe (1.1.1.1.) (initials) 17. Derby winner in 1963 (5) 18. Tony ....., former Broughton Park, England and British and Irish Lions wing forward (5) 19. Simon ........, jockey who rode Desert Orchid to victory in the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup (8) 2. Kevin ....., Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers and Republic of Ireland defender (5) 3. Marcelo ...., former world No 1 male tennis player from Chile (4) 4. Ben ......, winner of golf’s Open Championship in 2003 (6) 5. Frank ....., famous Manchester City and England goalkeeper (5) 6. Northants, Sussex, Essex and England spin bowler (7) 8. Country Laszlo Papp represented when he won three boxing gold medals at the Olympics (7) 11. Son .. ...., St Leger winner in 1979 (2,4) 13. John ....., retired Australia second row forward and captain nicknamed ‘Nobody’ (5) 15. Manchester City and Santos midfielder capped 50 times by Brazil (5) 16. John ...., retired Sussex and England fast bowler (4) ACROSS 1. Americas, 6. Porto, 7. Raith, 9. Nani, 10. Distin, 12. Steffi, 14. UEFA, 17. Relko, 18. Neary, 19. Sherwood DOWN 2. Moran, 3. Rios, 4. Curtis, 5. Swift, 6. Panesar, 8. Hungary, 11. Of Love, 13. Eales, 15. Elano, 16. Snow