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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Mainly partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Northwest force 4 locally force 5 becoming mainly North to Northwest force 4 and decreasing slowly to force 3 SEA: Moderate to rough locally rough becoming slight to moderate locally moderate by midday, and then increasing gradually to moderate to rough locally rough SWELL: Low West to Northwestt 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. PARTLY CLOUDY 31 º C / 22 º C UV INDEX: 9 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Shoe ties (5) 6. Proletarians (7) 8. Surgical knife (7) 9. Pair (3) 10. Examination (4) 12. Seven days (4) 15. Container used for cooking (3) 16. Place in order (7) 18. Underwater missile (7) 19. Skinflint (5) Down 1. Trap for catching lobsters (7,3) 2. Republic in the Caribbean (4) 3. Hit (5) 4. A hand tool (5) 5. Sewing instrument (6) 7. Retailer (10) 11. Blood vessel (6) 13. Whiter (5) 14. Brush a horse (5) 17. Bites (4)) Ne2 Ke4 Re6# BOXING Gladiators Night XIV ON August 5 will have the Gladiators Night XIV at Aria Complex in San Ġwann. The spectators will see K1 and Boxing mathces and Interna- tional Title Belts matches. The main match will be between the Maltese Keith "the Speed" Azzopardi who will face Ales- sandro Fillini from Italy engaging in a 5x2 with K1 rules. It will be one on semi-professional level for the to the belt of the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) World Title Belt. In Boxing Haithem "the Flash" Laamouz will face Borislav Glikoric from Serbia. They will contend for the title Balkan Boxing Title in a professional 8x3 match. Recently Laamouz won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian Title. The organizers, Gladiators Promotions and BoxMania, will offer a spectacle of K1 and Box- ing matches at semi-professional and profes- sional level. All the Maltese athletes will com- pete with foreign athletes from Italy, England and Serbia. Team Malta will comprise (Team Mieli) Haithem Laamouz, (Team Noel) Keith Azzo- pardi, Diane Schembri, Christopher Rotin and Aiden Borg Catania, (Browns Boxing) Theon Camilleri, (New Kickboxing Club) Ryan Cachia. The respective matches will be sanctioned by the Malta Kickboxing Association (MKBA) and the Malta Boxing Association (MBA). For more information visit Gladiators Promotion's page or contact Master Noel Mercieca on 70208283 Keith "the Speed" Azzopardi Haithem "the Flash" Laamouz