SPORTWORD

ACROSS

1. Jordan ....., Bristol Bears

back-rower (5)

4. Giuseppe ....., Italian striker whose clubs have included Villarreal and Fiorentina (5) 7 & 9A 1976 Olympic men’s shot put gold medallist (3,5)

8. Morgan ....., France flyhalf in their 2011 Rugby World Cup match against England (5)

9. See 7 Across

10. Mika ...., Finnish F1 driver

1994-2002 (4)

11. 1936 Summer Olympics

host city (6)

14. Samantha ......, 2011 US Open singles tennis champion (6)

15. Guy ...., 1976 Olympic

110m hurdles champion (4) 18. ..... Cup, USA v. Europe

golf contest (5)

20. Graham ....., former England and Essex cricket captain born in 1953 (5)

21. American football league founded in 1959 that later merged with the NFL (3) 22 & 5D 1984 Olympic 3,000m

silver medallist (5,3)

23. Kornelia ....., four-times swimming gold medallist at the 1976 Olympics (5)

DOWN

1. Geoff ....., 1978 Commonwealth shot put champion (5)

2. Fábio ......., Brazilian footballer with Liverpool from ( 7)

3 & 13D Retired Scotland prop whose clubs included Glasgow Warriors and Northampton Saints (4,6) 4. Arjen ......, 2010 Footballer

of the Year in Germany (6) 5. See 22 Across

6 & 16D South Africa ODI player who joined Surrey earlier this year (5,5)

12. Harold ......., England fast bowler linked with the 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ Ashes tour (7)

13. See 3 Down

14. Snooker shot in which the cue ball is hit below centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball (5) 16. See 6 Down

17. Brett ...., Australian golfer who won the 1990 AGF Open and 1994 United Airlines Hawaiian Open (4) 19. A black-belt grade of judo

proficiency (3)