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maltatoday, TUESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2014 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Rather cloudy becoming partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: South to Southwest force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 veering slowly to Northwest force 3 to 4 locally force 4 to 5 overnight SEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate overnight SWELL: Low West to Northwest becoming negligible A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 23 º C / 17 º C UV INDEX: 3 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits FOOTBALL Across 1. Floating ice (4,3) 4. Covered with frost (7) 8. Pertaining to the telegraph (11) 12. Support (4) 13. Leaf of a book (4) 14. Parrot (5) 15. Portion of time (6) 17. Search (5) 22. List from which to choose (4) 23. The Hindu Destroyer (5) 24. 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Convert into leather (3) Nd5+ Kd6 Bg3+ e5 Bxe5+ Kxe5 Qf4# Simeone rules out Atletico exit Diego Simeone has poured cold water on speculation linking him with a move away from Atletico Madrid, insisting he is happy at the club and that he has unfinished business with the Spanish champions SIMEONE has seen his stock go sky-high since taking over at Atleti- co in 2011 and the Argentinian has recently seen his name mentioned in relation to possible moves to Manchester City and Paris St-Ger- main should either of the European big-spenders decide on a coaching change. However, echoing the comments of Atletico president Enrique Cer- ezo over the weekend, Simeone has dismissed suggestions he may be on his way out of the Vicente Calderon any time soon, and says he is still looking at ways to make the Roji- blancos even better. He told Spanish newspaper Marca: "I feel very good at Atletico. I always want to continue improving, I'm never satisfied. I don't know what the limit of this team is, I will con- tinue looking." In just three years in charge of Atletico, the 44-year-old has guided the club to their first Primera Divi- sion title since 1996 and their maid- en Champions League final. As well as that, Simeone has won the Europa League, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Super Cup and Spanish Supercopa with Atletico. The former Argentina interna- tional, who also had two spells as a player with Atletico in the 1990s and 2000s, added: "The happiness of completing three years at a club that I love so much is huge. I always think they can get rid of me, (but) I'm only thinking about Malaga." Atletico host Malaga on Saturday as they look to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad before the international break. That result left the champions in fourth place in the table, four points be- hind leaders Real Madrid. Diego Simeone Pogba eyes Euro 2016 glory PAUL Pogba has promised his bumper new Juventus contract will not make him complacent as he eyes glory with France at the Euro- pean Championships. Les Bleus will face Sweden in a friendly on Tuesday night, the next step in the long preparations for the Euro 2016 hosts, who get to sit out the qualifying process. The 21-year-old last month signed a new five-year deal with Serie A champions Juve, a move he hopes will end speculation about his future but which he insists will not end his striving to improve. "I still have many goals in mind," he said on the France Football Fed- eration's website. "I'm glad I signed but it is not finished for me, I want more. This is not going to give me a big head." Asked what those goals were, Pog- ba added: "Winning Euro 2016, be- coming a great player, winning the Champions League. The contract with Juve will allow me to move for- ward to meet my goals." Pogba perhaps got a reminder that he still has work to do with a sub- par performance in the 1-1 draw against Albania on Friday. "I know I did not give the best of myself, I can do much more," he said. "The next game I will wake up and show my best, and this match against Albania will be forgotten. I was prepared, I knew it would be tough but it was not my day, that's all." France coach Didier Deschamps is expected to make a number of changes for the match on his old stomping ground in Marseille, with a number of L'OM players to be giv- en a start on their home turf. Steve Mandanda is expected to replace Hugo Lloris in goal while Andre-Pierre Gignac is also in line to start. Sweden will be without Zlatan Ib- rahimovic, with the striker released from the squad after scoring in his return from injury against Mon- tenegro on Saturday. That was one of a number of changes to the squad. Mikael Lustig has been released with a thigh in- jury, while Marcus Berg was sent home after feeling unwell. Reserve goalkeeper Johan Dahlin has been sent back to his club. Coming into the group is Helsing- borg defender Emil Krafth, who has been called up the from Under-21 squad. Paul Pogba