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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine or partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: North to Northwest force 3 to 4 locally force 4 to 5 becoming variable force 2 to 3 SEA: Slight to moderate SWELL: Negligible becoming low confused overnight Sea Temp.: 24°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 27 º C / 20 º C UV INDEX: 6 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Biased (10) 8. Vacant (5) 9. Sharp-pointed plant outgrowth (5) 10. Hoodlum (4) 12. Bookmaker (6) 14. Move slowly (6) 17. Move along in a stream (4) 21. Garment (5) 22. Rings of a chain (5) 23. Stiffness in the joints (10) Down 2. Become ripe (5) 3. Delights (4) 4. As before (5) 5. Earthenware pot (5) 6. Move rhythmically (5) 7. Shed tears (4) 11. Young goat (3) 13. Idiot (3) 14. Prevent (5) 15. Flinch (5) 16. Doctor's replacement (5) 18. Makes a loan (5) 19. Insect (4) 20. Narrow opening (4) Ne7+ c6 Qxc6+ Kd8 Qd7# BOXING Tyson Fury: 'I'm here to stay' FURY, who is unbeaten in his 25 professional fights, posted a message on Twitter at lunch- time on Monday, saying: "Box- ing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of s***, I'm the greatest and I'm also retired." But just a couple of hours later he posted: "Hahahaha u think you will get rid of the GYPSYKING that easy!!! I'm here to stay. #TheGreatest just shows u what the Medea [sic] are like. Tut tut." He then tweeted: "Soon as I get better I'll be defending what's mine the heav y weight thrown [sic]." The world heav y weight champion has not fought since taking Wladimir Klitschko's IBF, WBA and WBO belts with a stunning victory in Germany in November last year. A rematch has twice been postponed, the IBF title has been stripped and the remain- ing governing bodies are con- sidering following suit in the wake of his latest withdrawal and allegations about his Vol- untary Anti-Doping Associa- tion (VADA) conducted test. The 28-year-old won the British, Commonwealth and European titles on his way to a shot at the younger Klitschko, who went into their fight un- beaten in 11 years. Fury travelled to the champi- on's adopted home in Germany and won a unanimous decision with a dominant performance. A rematch was initially booked for the summer only for Fury to pull out with an an- kle injury, and the rescheduled October 29 date was called off with the champ "medically un- fit to fight". Fury's trainer and uncle Pe- ter Fury later opened up to Sky Sports about his nephew's problems and said the fighter would recover and return to the ring World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he hasn't retired boxing - less than two hours after announcing he had quit the sport Tyson Fury