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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2017 Sport 23 FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Cloudy with rain at times VISIBILITY: Good locally moderate in rain WIND: East Northeast force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6 increasing to force 5 to 6 locally force 6 SEA: Moderate becoming rough Swell: Negligible becoming low Southeast 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. MAINLY SUNNY 13 º C /09 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Seashore (5) 3. Rescues (5) 6. Stepped (4) 7. Snuggle (6) 9. Adherent of Hinduism (5) 10. Fail to hit (4) 11. Bind (3) 13. Minerals (4) 15. Crest (5) 18. Dared (6) 19. Wish for (4) 20. Faithful (5) 21. Farm birds (5) Down 1. Easily remembered (6) 2. Nut of an oak (5) 3. Steam-ships (8) 4. Elects (5) 5. Simmer (4) 8. Shell of a nut (8) 12. Kindly (6) 14. Affected by rust (5) 16. Male duck (5) 17. Spoken (4) Qxd8+ Kf7 Bxe6# Juve fine doubled, Agnelli's ban over tickets for fans is ended JUVENTUS'S fine for an alleged scheme which involved giving tickets to hardcore fans to buy peace on the terraces has been doubled but the ban on club chairman Andrea Agnelli has been ended, Italy's soccer federation (FIGC) said on Monday. Agnelli, who is also president of the Euro- pean Club Association (ECA) and a member of UEFA's executive committee, was initially sus- pended for one year in September but the FIGC ruled that his ban should end immediately. However, it increased the fine on Juve from 300,000 to 600,000 euros ($353,670 to 707,340) and Agnelli's personal fine from 20,000 to 100,000 euros. The Turin club, which has de- nied wrongdoing, were not immediately avail- able to comment. Investigators had looked into whether the club gave tickets to fans known as ultras to avoid violence or racial abuse in the stands that might bring fines or docked points. Agnelli, a scion of the family that owns car- maker Fiat Chrysler, said in May he met the ultras to make sure they did not feel discrimi- nated against and to avoid "problems of public order". Juventus were also ordered to partially close their stadium for a Serie A match at home to Genoa on Jan. 22. Juventus president Andrea Agnelli