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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Cloudy with thundery showers at times VISIBILITY: Good becoming moderate to poor in showers WIND: East Northeast force 4 increasing to force 5 to 6 locally force 6 to 7. Gusting near thunderstorms. SEA: Slight to moderate locally moderate becoming rough SWELL: Negligible becoming low, locally low to moderate East Southeast 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 25 º C / 19 º C UV INDEX: 6 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Direction of clock hands (9) 8. Wrath (5) 9. Gravy (5) 10. Child who has lost both parents (6) 12. Constituent (4) 14. Wander (4) 15. Picture theatre (6) 17. Name (5) 18. Emblem (5) 20. Women in general (6,3) Down 2. Fall behind (3) 3. Breakfast food (6) 4. Desire (4) 5. Tubular ground meat (7) 6. Member of political party (9) 7. Person who makes tents (9) 11. Chatter (7) 13. Bite gently (6) 16. Hire (4) 19. Decease (3 e8=N+ Kg8 Nf6++ BOXING Tyson Fury handed 10-day WBO deadline The WBO have given Tyson Fury 10 days to clarify his medical status or face being stripped of his world heavyweight titles FURY was due to defend his WBA and WBO belts against Wladimir Klitschko on October 29, but the fight was called off for a second time after his man- agement team declared he was "medically unfit to fight". The undefeated 28-year-old, who withdrew from the original July 9 date due to an ankle injury, could now lose his titles which he won when he ended Klitschko's 11-year reign at the top in No- vember last year. Eddie Hearn believes Fury will to be stripped of his world titles and says talks have taken place for Anthony Joshua to step in to face Klitschko. Fury was quickly stripped by the IBF title in the wake of the glorious victory over Klitschko in November 2015; leaving Josh- ua to seize that strap by annihi- lating Charles Martin in April. The WBO sent a letter to Fury on Monday asking that his doc- tor contacts them to clarify the nature of his condition and gave him 10 days to respond. The letter said: "We would ap- preciate that the physician spe- cifically clarifies the nature and extent of your condition and your prognosis for return to training and your return to competition. "If the Championship Commit- tee does not receive the complete requested information, i.e. the Interim Certification, together with the Psychological and/or Mental Evaluation, within the al- lotted time frame of ten (10) days, the Committee will proceed with the necessary appropriate action without the benefit of an appeal." WBA president Gilberto Men- doza also said his organisation are looking into the reason for Fury's withdrawal. "I heard the news," Mendoza told Sky Sports. "I have not re- ceived anything official from Ty- son Fury's camp. "Let's see what happens. I think we're going to enquire with Ty- son Fury to see what has hap- pened." Tyson Fury