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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 24 JULY 2019 23 SPORTS FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Mainly fine Visibility Good Wind Variable force 2 to 3 Sea Slight Swell Negligible TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 9. Remove from government ownership (13) 10. Partially opened flower (3) 11. Open air fire (7) 12. Search (4) 13. Family (4) 15. Relaxes (5) 17. Sandy shores (7) 19. Tiny branches (5) 21. Bashful (3) 23. Arm joint (5) 24. Place in order (7) 25. Weapon (5) 27. Small mountain (4) 28. Duct for smoke (4) 30. Envious (7) 32. Round bread roll (3) 33. Close mental application (13) Down 1. Prudent (9) 2. Pixie (5) 3. Stump (4) 4. Wife of a count (8) 5. Wirelesses (6) 6. Queue (4) 7. Armed resistance (9) 8. Broaden (5) 14. Melts (5) 16. Tale (5) 18. Vehicle for injured people (9) 20. Bony structures (9) 22. IOW town (8) 26. Rubber (6) 27. Acquired pattern of behaviour (5) 29. Enraged (5) 30. Bring bad luck (4) 31. Saturate (4) HOT & SUNNY UV: 10 SUNNY UV: 10 33 0 / 24 0 32 0 / 24 0 FOOTBALL star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges after being accused of sexual assault, US prosecutors say. Kathryn Mayorga, 34, had al- leged that the Juventus player raped her at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. She reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with the Portuguese star in 2010, but sought to reopen the case in 2018. He denied the allega- tions. In a statement on Monday, Las Vegas prosecutors said the claims could not "be proven beyond reasonable doubt". The Clark County District At- torney's office said the victim reported an assault in 2009, but refused to state where it had happened or who the attacker was. As a result police were un- able "to conduct any meaning- ful investigation". In August 2018, Las Vegas police investigated the alleged crime again at the request of the victim. But the statement added: "Based upon a review of infor- mation at this time, the allega- tions of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore, no charges will be forthcoming." German weekly magazine Der Spiegel, first published a story about the allegation last year. It said that in 2010, she reached an out-of-court settle- ment with Ronaldo involving a $375,000 (£288,000) payment for agreeing never to go public with the allegations. Ms Mayorga's lawyer said she had been inspired to re-open the case by the #MeToo move- ment. Ronaldo has not denied that the two met in Las Vegas in 2009, but said that what hap- pened between them was con- sensual. At the time, Ronaldo was playing for Manchester United, and about to join Real Madrid, where he spent the next nine years. Ronaldo moved to Juventus last July. He has won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the world's best footballer - in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. Ronaldo will not face charges over alleged rape FEELS LIKE 38 0 FEELS LIKE 36 0 Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's richest athlete