Does Tyson figure in there somewhere?

Tyson Gay

No Tyson in the answer....two synonyms, the latter quite cryptic.....footballer

Gay and chicken (3,8)

Surname;- Poltroon,

Extra hint: The gay synonym stretches into the second word a little

Ben Thatcher ?

Bent (Gay) Hatcher is a chicken ...Ben Thatcher

Sooooo unPC - naughty Terence.

Did I say gay? I meant crooked

Correct answer!!

Finish off cup of tea then race to heart of Wales then back here, 5th September!

Ian Rush?

Afraid not scorer, sport - Cricket

Letters 5,3.

I thought the forename might be Ewan - am I a million miles away?

Not Ewan Ig, think another word for "cup of tea" that starts the forename. but then gets the "finish off" ....hope that makes some sense ha

No it does not.

Finish off cup of tea I was thiinking brew i.e.Ew or perhaps cuppa char - possibly har; Harry perhaps?

Then again finish off could be that the forename begins with f.

Correct with cup of tea being Brew , Finish off = so take the finish off brew then think of a race (event) to complete forename

Brett Lee?

Correct Ig Well done.

Cup of tea - Brew , finish off takes off the last letter w, leaving Bre, race is TT, gives us Brett, heart of Wales is "L" then back here, back of here is the letter e, and 5th letter of September is also e, giving Lee, Brett Lee

An easy one - I may not be around much today.

This foreign saint is the master.

Letters 10,8.

Athlete.

I'll be going away for a couple of days so perhaps another clue is needed.

French athlete.

Christophe Lemaitre

The French are easy without the French