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Late, the disorganised sportsperson (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athlete

'sportsperson' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'late the disorganised' is the wordplay.
'disorganised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'late'+'the'='latethe'
'latethe' with letters rearranged gives 'ATHLETE'.

(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "Track/field sportsman" , "Contestant" , "Runner, jumper, thrower" , "gymnast, maybe" , "the hare that lost, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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