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Last week's solution 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Ne5 Kg7 Rg3+ Kh6 Rc1 Kh5 Rh1# A B C D E F G H TODAY TOMORROW 21/14 0 CLOUDY UV: 8 20/14 0 CLOUDY UV: 7 ROYAL Pharmacy, 271, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta FRA Diego Dispensary, 94, Triq Villambrosa, Ħamrun ST. Venera Pharmacy, 532, Triq il-Kbira San Guzepp, Santa Venera ST. Bartholomew Pharmacy, 230, Triq Fleur-De- Lys, Santa Venera PHARMALAND Dispensers, 5, Tagliaferro Mansions,Triq il-Principessa Margerita, Ta' Xbiex ST. Julians Pharmacy, 24, Triq G. Borg Olivier, San Ġiljan MRABAT Pharmacy, 5, Triq l-Imrabat, Sliema ILMEĦRIEZ Pharmacy, 31, Triq Giovanni Curmi, Iklin ROTUNDA Pharmacy, 7, Triq il-Kungress Ewkaristiku, Mosta MELLIEĦA Pharmacy, 111, Triq George Borg Olivier, Mellieħa THERESA Jo Pharmacy, 3A, Triq Xintill, Tarxien SAN Filippu Pharmacy, 155, Triq il-Vitorja, Isla MAY Day Pharmacy, Triq il-Vittorja, Żabbar MEDICAID Pharmacy, 62, Vjal it-Torri, Gudja QRENDI Pharmacy, 6, Triq il-Kbira, Qrendi THE Bypass Pharmacy, Mons. 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Weapons 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E F G H Weather & Crosswords WEATHER: Partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Northwest force 5 to 6 becoming West Northwest force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6 backing Southwest force 3 to 4 by evening SEA: Rough becoming moderate to rough SWELL: Low Westerly, locally moderate to the eastern sector and becoming low Northwest by evening RUGBY - MEDITERRANEAN BANK CUP MOTOGP Swieqi Overseas do the double Sliema Stompers ............... 12 Swieqi Overseas ................. 24 Throughout the match the Stompers had the edge in the forwards, but failed to capitalize on this properly. By contrast Overseas speedy backs were always the more dangerous despite gallant defence by the Stompers. However Stompers tended to play to Overseas strengths by trying to spin the ball wide. Their driving mauls from the lineout were devastating but and Holliday's two tries came from close hard play. Overseas started with a bang and a series of swinging attacks but Attard for Stompers was fumbling at fly half. Attard and Briffa each missed early penalty attempts but Stompers took the lead after the first of their series of driv- ing mauls for Holliday to cross and At- tard converted. Then a hopeless catch attempt by Ellul from the ensuing kick off gave away territory which led to a penalty then quick reaction by McDon- ald led to a try by Stivala converted by Briffa. A brilliant break by Stivala gained some 70 metres, to relieve the territorial pressure, although Stompers were keep- ing the Overseas under pressure. Hol- liday scored another drive over try and restored the lead to Stompers, but they had the wind behind them and needed a bigger lead for the changeover. Half time lead of 12-7 looked very weak. Sure enough, in the first few minutes of the second half Overseas took the lead after Schranz took the kick off very well and drove off to a promising attack posi- tion, only for the ball to be given away with a silly penalty, which was then spun out along the backline with superb tim- ing and speed to release full back Juive into the corner to make it 12-12, then Briffa converted with a magnificent kick to gain the lead. Overseas launched a series of wide and fast attacks but the Stompers defence was up to it and held them out. Stompers began to unleash a series of charging at- tacks and Overseas were defending des- perately. Despite their forward superior- ity Stompers seemed to repeatedly attack the wrong side of the rucks and mauls and running into the strongest players. Luke Galea the Overseas flanker made several excellent runs to prove how he has improved. Then in one dramatic moment the game was lost ! Luke Debatista was moved out of position to full back and Chris Briffa hoisted a massive kick upfield. Instead of catching the ball Debatista took a fly kick at it and missed completely. Austen pounced and scored. Again Stompers came battling back down field and were close to scoring, Again Overseas kicked high and hope- ful, using the wind hopefully and again it bounced well for the attackers. Sti- vala was fed and drifted, swerving out and dragging the defence with him. As he was being bundled before touch he lobbed inside and Austen was yet again in place to dive over and make the result absolutely certain. A superb season for the all victorious Swieqi Overseas, only the Sevens to fol- low and they have a good chance to win that too. Dominant Márquez storms to pole in Argentina MARC Márquez's dominant start to the 2014 season contin- ued as he claimed pole position for the third round of the season in Argentina. World Champion Márquez laid down a marker early on in the session at the Autódromo Ter- mas de Río Hondo and promptly lowered his own benchmark to end the session almost three- quarters of a second clear of Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo. Márquez was the only rider to dip beneath the 1:38 barrier as he lapped the circuit in 1:37.683 as he took his fourth successive MotoGP pole position. Dani Pedrosa was the only other rider to get within a second of Márquez and will round out the front row of the grid in third place. Aleix Espargaró will start from fourth on the grid, ahead of Italian riders Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi. Bradley Smith progressed through from Q1 and set the sev- enth fastest time, with Andrea Iannone in eighth. Stefan Bradl crashed at Turn 2 and landed heavily on his back shortly after setting his hot lap and sat out the remainder of the session. His initial time was nonetheless fast enough for ninth. Álvaro Bautista will start from 10th, ahead of Pol Espar- garó and Nicky Hayden. Scott Redding and Colin Ed- wards briefly flirted with Q2 progression but they just missed out during Q1 and will start from 13th and 14th on the grid, ahead of Karel Abraham and Hiroshi Aoyama. Yonny Hernández will start the race from 17th, with Broc Parkes in 18th and Ducati's Michele Pirro – replacing the injured Cal Crutchlow – in 19th. Michael Laverty, Héctor Bar- berá, Mike Di Meglio and Danilo Petrucci rounded out the riders.