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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2017 23 Sport BOXING Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Cloudy with showers, locally thundery, gusty and heavy at times, becoming partly to rather cloudy with the possibility of an isolated thundery shower VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: East to Southeast force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6, becoming force 5 to 6, locally force 6 for some time SEA: Moderate to rough becoming generally rough 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. WINDY 25 º C /19 º C UV INDEX: 6 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Abandoned town (5,4) 8. Electromagnetic telecommunication (5) 9. Flat surface (5) 10. Female parent (6) 12. Portable shelter (4) 14. One of the Channel Islands (4) 15. Subject to death (6) 17. Sound (5) 18. Storage centre (5) 20. Soon (9) Down 2. Did possess (3) 3. Oral (6) 4. Outstanding (4) 5. Most feeble (7) 6. Likely to turn out well (9) 7. Provide with fresh air (9) 11. Small dog (7) 13. Made of wood (6) 16. Chief god of ancient Greece (4) 19. Comrade (3) d6+ Kd7 R1c7# WBC orders rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez after first fight ended in a draw THE highly-anticipated re- match between Gennady Golovkin and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has moved a step closer after the World Box- ing Council ordered another clash between the pair. Their first fight ended in a controversial draw, de- spite many observers believ- ing Golovkin - who holds the WBC middleweight title as well as the WBA and IBF world championships - had done enough to win. Of the three ringside judges, only Adalaide Byrd scored the fight in favour of Alvarez (118- 110). Her decision to heavily favour the Mexican resulted in her being suspended from future high-level contests. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said: "It's the fight that the world wants to see." Golovkin's Promoter Tom Loeff ler is confident his fighter will come through in the rematch, whoever is judg- ing and Sky Bet make him their 1/2 favourite in the re- match, with Alvarez 6/4 and the draw 20/1. "I think you'll see Gennady knowing that he has to win more than eight rounds to get the decision, he'll be even more persistent in the re- match," said Loeff ler. "It doesn't get any better than the fight with Canelo. It really became an internation- al sporting event, instead of a world boxing championship match." Loeff ler says the rematch could happen between March and May of next year - with the likelihood of the fight being on the Cinco de Mayo Mexican holiday. "Gennady still has all his titles. He's still the world champion. And this is a fight that the fans want again, so we can have a more defini- tive ending to the next one. We'll do whatever we can on our side to make it happen," added Loeff ler. "With their styles, their punching power, their speed and with both in the primes of their career, it can only get better."