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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2017 Sport 23 FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly to rather cloudy with isolated showers which may be thundery at times VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: Southwest force 4 becoming force 3 to 4 for sometime. Gusty near storms SEA: Moderate to rough becoming moderate Swell: Low West Northwest 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 16 º C /12 º C UV INDEX: 3 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 6. Whisky (6) 7. Rowing implements (4) 8. Possess (4) 9. Midday nap (6) 10. Royal (5) 12. Nasal grunt (5) 15. Round body (6) 17. Having little hair (4) 18. Digits (4) 19. Make less tight (6) Down 1. Buccaneer (6) 2. Christmas (4) 3. For grooming hair (5) 4. Contemporary (6) 5. Worry (4) 11. Prejudice against old people (6) 13. Alleviation of pain (6) 14. Greeting (5) 16. Trudge (4) 17. Printed volume (4) e6+ Kg7 Bd4# La Liga to introduce VAR next season - Tebas LA Liga plans to introduce video assistant referees (VAR) next season, the league's presi- dent Javier Tebas said yester- day. Spain's top flight is the only one of Europe's top five leagues which has so far shunned the use of goal-line technology, much to the frustration of the teams. While the only use of goal- line technology is to determine whether the ball has complete- ly crossed the goal-line, VAR can be used to determine goals, red cards, penalties as well as cases of mistaken identity. Last season Barcelona were not awarded a goal despite television replays showing the ball had crossed the line dur- ing a 1-1 draw with Real Betis. "Next season there will be VAR in La Liga, without a doubt," Tebas said at a news conference in Madrid yester- day. "We are making lots of pro- gress in meetings about it right now and it will be ready very soon." On the opening day of this season, two other incidents also highlighted the need to introduce the technology. Sevilla defender Clement Lenglet's goal against Espanyol was allowed to stand despite replays confirming the ball had not crossed the line, while Getafe were denied a goal against Athletic Bilbao even though Jorge Molina's strike appeared to have gone over the line. Spanish newspaper Marca reported on Sunday that the technology will be tested out in a King's Cup game between Atletico Madrid and Elche on Nov. 29, although the Span- ish football federation (RFEF) could not confirm whether or not the trial would take place when contacted by Reuters. Tebas had previously stated that goal-line technology was too expensive to implement in Spain. He also blamed a lack of synergy between his organisa- tion and the RFEF for the slow progress in introducing VAR in Spain. Tebas had a frosty relation- ship with Angel Maria Villar, the former president of the RFEF who was removed from the role following a anti-cor- ruption investigation by the Spanish police. Villar's successor, Juan Luis Larrea, is in favour of bringing in the technology and said last month VAR would be in use in La Liga from the first week of the 2018-19 campaign. VAR is already used in the top flight in Germany, Italy and Portugal, while FIFA pres- ident Gianni Infantino has expressed his support for in- troducing it at the 2018 World Cup, although its use is yet to be officially confirmed. Spain's professional football league (LFP) president Javier Tebas