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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly to rather cloudy with the possibility of some rain in the morning VISIBILITY: Good locally moderate in showers WIND: South Southeast force 3 to 4 becoming West Southwest force 2 to 3 and veering Northwest force SEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate SWELL: NEGLIGIBLE SEA TEMP: 28°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. SHOWERS 31 º C / 23 º C UV INDEX: 8 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 9. Severe mental disorder (13) 10. Flee (3) 11. Keeps (7) 12. A great deal (4) 13. Household (4) 15. Borders (5) 17. Suit makers (7) 19. Young boy or girl (5) 21. Title of a knight (3) 23. Dry red Spanish wine (5) 24. Graceful in form (7) 25. Graceful birds (5) 27. Continuous dull pain (4) 28. Two identical things (4) 30. Bravery (7) 32. Belonging to us (3) 33. Fireproof theatre curtain (6,7) Down 1. Moving stairway (9) 2. Article of bedding (5) 3. Emperor of Russia (4) 4. Pure (8) 5. Nosy (6) 6. Finishes (4) 7. Mouth organ (9) 8. Wash lightly (5) 14. Roman garments (5) 16. Metal fastener (5) 18. Locomotive (4,5) 20. Cleansing agent (9) 22. Investigate (8) 26. Grownups (6) 27. Prolonged pain (5) 29. Communion table (5) 30. Restaurant (4) 31. Acquire through merit (4) Bxh6+ Ke7 (or Rg7) Rxf7 Bxf7 (or Kd6, Kd8, Ke6) Qf6+ Ke8 Qxf7 Kd8 Qd7# BOXING Lawsuits over Mayweather-Pacquiao fight head to California court PLAINTIFFS who say the May 2 Las Vegas fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a fraud and that they de- serve their pay-per-view money back will argue their cases in front of a federal judge in Cali- fornia. Judge R. Gary Klausner, the same judge hearing arguments in cases filed against the Sony movie studios related to that company's computer hacker at- tack last year, will decide if the cases are granted class-action status before any trial proceeds. A panel of judges that decides whether to consolidate similar claims brought in different ju- risdictions into a single court- room ruled Friday that lawsuits filed in several states will be heard in the Central District of California, where Pacquiao allegedly injured his shoulder while training for the fight. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said in its decision that determining the severity and timing of the boxer's rotator-cuff injury could require "significant factual, and possibly expert, discovery." The panel said questions about the facts of the case, including for example who knew about the injury, are sufficiently complex to warrant consolidating the large number of related cases. At least 32 lawsuits had been filed as of mid-May in Califor- nia, Nevada, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Texas. Several more appear to have been filed since. Pacquiao and his promoter, Top Rank, are named in all of the lawsuits, and most include Mayweather, his promoters and cable companies HBO and Showtime. In court filings, attorneys representing Pacquiao and Top Rank have said the claims are without merit. An attorney for the defendants declined to comment Monday. So did representatives for HBO and Showtime. Attempts to reach Mayweather's promoter by phone and email were unsuc- cessful. The lawsuits argue that the in- jury wasn't revealed until after the fight, too late for 4.4 million viewers who had already paid up to $100 each to watch it. HBO and Showtime have said they earned more than $400 million from the fight. Each of the fighters earned more than $100 million. Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision on May 2