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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 25 JANUARY 2017 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Rather cloudy with some isolated showers, which may occasionally be thundery and gusty VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: West Northwest force 3 to 4, locally force 4 to 5 at first, becoming locally force 2 to 3 by afternoon and veering North to Northwest later on SEA: Moderate, locally moderate to rough at first, becoming slight 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. ISOLATED SHOWERS 15 º C / 10 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Blood clots in the veins (10) 8. Motion picture (5) 9. Newly married woman (5) 10. Microbe (4) 12. Stinging plant (6) 14. Delicate in meaning (6) 17. Reflected sound (4) 21. Highways (5) 22. Move slowly (5) 23. Water line (5,5) Down 2. Hang suspended in the air (5) 3. Baking chamber (4) 4. Christian writings (5) 5. Quick (5) 6. Surrey village (5) 7. Complacent (4) 11. Encountered (3) 13. Golfers mound (3) 14. Dry stalks (5) 15. Animal (5) 16. Intense light beam (5) 18. Long for (5) 19. Lubricates (4) 20. Land measure (4) Rxd4 Ba7 Na8# ... Nd6 Bxd8# (Qd8#) ... Nd8 Bxd8# (Qd8#) VOLLEYBALL International appointments for local volleyball referees BOTH Frankie Tanti and Nello Calleja, the two International volleyball Referees, will be en- gaged in a number of matches during these first months of the year, directing matches from the CEV's CEV and Challenge Cups. Tanti's first match was in Arago de Sete, close to Montpellier in the south of France, for a match from the Men's CEV Volleyball Cup be- tween the local side and Austrian side SK Aich/ Dob. During this match, the French side man- aged to turn around the fixture in their favour winning the second leg 3-0, after losing 3-1 in Austria, and then winning the golden set to proceed to the next round. Frankie Tanti will be refereeing another match, early in February, from the Men's Chal- lenge Cup. This match will be the second leg of the fixture between Galatasaray HDI Istanbul and Fonte Bastardo Azores from the 8th finals of this cup. In the first match played in the Portuguese island, the Turks emerged victori- ous 3-0. On the other hand, Nello Calleja will be in- volved in two matches played in the Swiss city of Neuchâtel. In the first match, the local side Viteos Neuchâtel Universite emerged victori- ous in straightforward sets against Belgian side VC Oudegem, with the former proceeding to the next round of the Women's Challenge Cup thanks also to the 3-0 win in Belgium in the first leg. Viteos NUC will now face Cypriots AEL Li- massol in the 8th finals of the same competi- tion, with the latter managing to overcome the stiff resistance offered by Slovaks 1. BVK Brati- slava in the previous round. Nello Calleja will be accompanied by Vitaliy Parshyn from the Ukraine for this match.

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