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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 9 AUGUST 2017 23 Sport FORMULA 1 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine, with the possibility of sea fog patches at first and overnight VISIBILITY: Good except in any sea fog WIND: Variable force 2 to 3 becoming mainly South to Southwest and locally force 3 to 4 SEA: Slight SWELL: Negligible 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. SUNNY 37 º C / 25 º C UV INDEX: 10 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Recurring at regular intervals (10) 6. Practitioner in lechery (6) 7. Cry (4) 10. Squander (5) 11. Abounding in rocks (5) 12. Terminal digit of the foot (3) 13. Constructed (5) 14. Poles for sails (5) 16. Chinese secret society (4) 18. Previous to (6) 19. Welsh valleys village (10) Down 1. Newcastle suburb (5) 2. Economic decline (9) 3. Beaten egg dish (8) 4. Taxicab (3) 5. Kill (4) 8. Secondary piece of equipment (9) 9. First public performance (8) 13. Immersion in water (4) 15. Consume (5) 17. Alcoholic liquor (3) Nf3 Ke6 Rc6# Makwala suffers food poisoning as stomach upsets sweep worlds A number of athletes at the World Championships have been laid low by stomach upsets with Botswana's Isaac Makwala saying on Monday he was forced to withdraw from the 200m heats because of food poison- ing. London 2017 organizers released a statement late on Monday saying that a number of teams had reported cases of gastroenteritis at their offi- cial hotel. "Those affected have been support- ed by both team and LOC medical staff, in addition we have been work- ing with Public Health England to ensure the situation is managed and contained," the organizing commit- tee said in a statement. "As a result, further advice and guidelines have been issued to team doctors and support staff - standard procedure for such an occurrence where a number of teams are occupy- ing championship accommodation." It was not immediately clear if Mak- wala, who pulled out of the 200m heats earlier on Monday, was staying at the hotel in question but he said on his Facebook page that other athletes in his accommodation had been ill. "According to IAAF medics I am apparently suffering from food poi- soning which has affected several other athletes in the athletes' hotel," he wrote on his Facebook page. "Lets hope they will allow me to run my final tomorrow." Makwala, among the favorites for the 400m, would normally be scratched from the final after pulling out of another event. As he missed the heats on medical advice, however, he would be able to run, if fit. Ireland's 400m hurdler Thomas Barr was also forced out of his semi- finals on Monday. "I wasn't feeling great yesterday evening and later in the night I was hit with a bad bout of gastroenteri- tis," Barr said in an Athletics Ireland statement. "My whole year has been focused on the World Championships ... and I'm gutted to have to withdraw."