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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine becoming partly cloudy locally rather cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Mainly East to Southeast force 2 to 3 gradually veering North to Northeast SEA: Slight SWELL: Negligible SEA TEMP: 22°C 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. SUNNY 28 º C / 20 º C UV INDEX: 10 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Large city (10) 8. Astonish (5) 9. Fishing net (5) 10. Consumes (4) 12. Breathe with difficulty (6) 14. Cleanest (6) 17. Diplomacy (4) 21. Act in response (5) 22. Mistake (5) 23. Put out (10) Down 2. Strictly accurate (5) 3. Ridge of rock (4) 4. Toss (5) 5. Depart (5) 6. Find the answer (5) 7. Back of the neck (4) 11. Perceive with the eyes (3) 13. Consume (3) 14. Money bag (5) 15. Heat excessively (5) 16. Glossy (5) 18. Land measures (5) 19. Make weary (4) 20. List from which to choose (4) Kb4 Ka7 b6+ Kb7 Kb5(Bd7) Ka8 Bg2# Bd7 Ka6 (...Ka8 4. Bc6#) Bc8# FIFA SCANDAL Details of Blazer FBI deal revealed Chuck Blazer was working undercover for the FBI for 18 months while still a member of FIFA's executive committee, his plea agreement with US justice authorities has revealed CHUCK Blazer was working undercover for the FBI for 18 months while still a member of FIFA's executive committee, his plea agreement with US justice authorities has revealed. The 70-year-old struck a deal to become an informant to avoid a potential jail term of up to 75 years after pleading guilty to 10 charges, including brib- ery, money laundering and tax evasion. His plea agreement has been made public and confirms he agreed to work undercover from December 2011. The disclosure was revealed as FIFA expressed angry disap- pointment at the Nobel Peace Centre's decision to sever its links with the world governing body. Blazer and three others have pleaded guilty to football-re- lated corruption, while another 14 people have been indicted. These include seven FIFA offi- cials arrested in Switzerland on May 27 who are contesting ex- tradition to the United States. The 19-page plea agreement says: "The defendant agrees to furnish to the office all docu- ments and other material that may be relevant to this inves- tigation... and to participate in undercover activities pursuant to the specific instructions of law enforcement agents." The agreement does not detail what Blazer's sentence will be but says his co-operation with the authorities can be taken into account. Blazer, a FIFA executive com- mittee member from 1997 to 2013, has admitted taking bribes to vote for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, and named former FIFA vice- president Jack Warner as also taking bribes. Warner was president of north and central American and Car- ibbean confederation CON- CACAF and Blazer his general secretary. Blazer admitted, among a series of revelations, that he and Warner took bribes from Morocco for its 1998 World Cup bid and from South Africa for 2010. The plea agreement disclosed Blazer, who is seriously ill with cancer, has already forfeited 1.95 million US dollars as part of his illegal proceeds and will face making a second payment when he is sentenced. He also admitted to accepting bribes in relation to TV and market- ing rights for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The New York Daily News reported last year that Blazer had bugged meetings with ex- ecutives at the London 2012 Olympics with a wire device concealed in a key fob. Meanwhile, FIFA president Sepp Blatter's hopes of winning a Nobel peace prize appeared to have disappeared after the centre broke off its relationship with FIFA. FIFA said it had only learned of the move via the media and that the action was against "fair play". A FIFA statement said: "We are disappointed to have learned from the media about the Nobel Peace Centre's intent to terminate the cooperation with FIFA on the Handshake for Peace initiative. "FIFA is reluctant to accept this unilateral approach on what is a joint initiative between the football community and the Nobel Peace Centre (NPC). This action does not embody the spirit of fair play especially as it obstructs the promotion of the key values of peace-building and anti-discrimination." Blatter had a telephone con- versation with the centre's chief executive Bente Erichsen on Tuesday morning after which the world governing body said the handshake for peace would remain as part of the match protocol at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand and Wom- en's World Cup in Canada and at future competitions. Chuck Blazer