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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine, locally partly cloudy at first VISIBILITY: Generally good WIND: Variable force 2 to 3 SEA: Slight to moderate becoming slight SWELL: Low West to Northwest becoming negligible overnight SEA TEMP: 25°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 33 º C / 23 º C UV INDEX: 10 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 3. Take away (8) 9. Shaft shot from a bow (5) 10. Nocturnal bird (3) 11. Automobile (3) 12. Result (11) 14. Indian form of address (5) 16. Engrave with acid (4) 17. Tempest (5) 19. Baby's sock (6) 20. Pinch (3) 22. Adjusting a musical instrument (6) 23. Give up (5) 25. Negative command (4) 26. Post (5) 28. Mother of a reigning sovereign (5,6) 30. Ox-like African antelope (3) 31. Golfers mound (3) 32. Wagons (5) 33. Grow longer (8) Down 1. Baby powder (4) 2. Malformed animal (7) 4. Unfasten (8) 5. Long narrow excavation (6) 6. Secondary piece of equipment (9) 7. Flashlight (5) 8. Ascend (5) 13. To block (8) 15. Represent in an ideal form (8) 18. Dummy (9) 21. Small pocketknife (3-5) 24. In the place of (7) 25. Does not (6) 26. Malice (5) 27. Celestial being (5) 29. Hazard (4)head (4) 31. Vessel (4) Nc6+ bxc6 Rxd7+ Ke8 Qb8+ Nd8 Qxd8# FORMULA 1 Father fears F1 driver Jules Bianchi will never recover from injuries PHILIPPE Bianchi says he is now "less optimistic" over the chances of his son Jules recovering from the injuries sustained at last year's Japa- nese Grand Prix, and has described the situation as "daily torture". Bianchi, who drove for Marus- sia last year, remains in a coma in a Nice hospital nine months after suffering a severe head injury when he collided with a recovery vehicle during the Suzuka race. Bianchi's family remain at his bedside, but Philippe says there has been little progress. "It's unbearable, it's a daily tor- ture," Philippe Bianchi told radio station France Info. "We sometimes feel like we're go- ing crazy, because for me, it's cer- tainly more terrible than if he had died, as we're not able to help him more than we can. "In general, progress must be made in the first six months; it's been nine months and Jules is still not awake and there is no signifi- cant progress. "Time goes by and I'm now less optimistic than I may have been two or three months after the crash, when we could hope for a better evolution. "At some point, you need to be well-grounded and realise how seri- ous the situation is." Philippe added that should Jules wake up from his coma, new com- plications could arise, as he remem- bers a conversation the pair had following Michael Schumacher's skiing accident at the end of 2013. "If he finds himself with huge disabilities, we're sure it's not at all what he would want," he said. "We had talked about it. He told us that if he were to have an accident similar to Michael Schumacher's, if he were even just not able to drive anymore, it would be very hard for him to accept, as it was his life." Philippe also reiterated his appre- ciation to fans around the world for their continued messages. "We apologise because we cannot respond to everyone, but we receive the support," he went on to explain. "It gives us enormous energy and it certainly gives tremendous energy to Jules." Jules Bianchi The horrifi c accident that left Jules Bianchi with a severe head injury