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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH 2018 Sport 23 FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Mainly cloudy with some isolated showers late afternoon becoming fine overnight VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: Southwest force 3 becoming South Southwest force 4 to 5 and veering Northwest force 6 overnight SEA: Slight to moderate becoming rough SWELL Low Northwest becoming Southwest 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. PARTLY CLOUDY 19 º C /10 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Stylish (5) 3. Roman garments (5) 6. Egg-shaped (4) 7. Change into ice (6) 9. Anaesthetic (5) 10. Skirt worn by ballerinas (4) 11. Not in (3) 13. Baby powder (4) 15. Person sentenced to life in prison (5) 18. Scattered rubbish (6) 19. Woman's dress (4) 20. Grimy (5) 21. Queues (5) Down 1. Fall of rain (6) 2. Embarrass (5) 3. Strangle (8) 4. Big (5) 5. Sledge (4) 8. Earthenware (8) 12. Seventh planet (6) 14. Change (5) 16. Scowl (5) 17. Delighted (4) Kf6+ Re5 (Kxf4) Rxe5+ Kxf4 Re4++ ... Kxf4 Re4++ Greece suspends fixtures after soccer boss takes gun onto pitch GREECE indefinitely suspended its Super- league soccer fixtures on Monday after the owner of the club PAOK Salonika was filmed wearing a gun holster as he strode onto the pitch to protest about a disal- lowed goal. Photographs and footage showed Ivan Savvides, one of Greece's richest men, joining a pitch invasion in the closing minutes of a clash with Athens side AEK with what appeared to be a handgun strapped to his waist. "We have decided to interrupt the championship ... It won't start again un- less there is a clear framework, agreed by all, to move forward with conditions and rules," Greek Deputy Culture and Sports Minister Georgios Vassiliadis said. Greek soccer has been plagued by pitch invasions and violence on and off the pitch. Authorities have repeatedly prom- ised to clean up the game. There was no immediate comment from Savvides or PAOK Salonika. Vassiliadis said the suspension was in- definite until all involved agreed on a code of conduct and rules; "On our part much tighter rules on issues of security," he added. The minister said "all necessary provi- sions would be taken" to make sure the suspensions did not affect the national side which has friendlies against Egypt and Switzerland later this month. Savvides, accompanied by bodyguards, walked onto the pitch at Thessaloniki twice on Sunday, once wearing an over- coat, the second time with the coat off and his holster in plain view. He did not pull out a weapon. He was held back at one point as he and others remonstrated with the referee, who had disallowed a goal from PAOK's Fernando Varela in the 89th minute. Up to then the match had been a goalless draw. PAOK Salonika went on to be declared the winner after the referee reversed his decision two hours after the game and al- lowed the goal. Police said they wanted to question Sav- vides for unauthorised entry to the soccer pitch. The police statement did not men- tion a weapon. A police source said the PAOK boss was licenced to carry a fire- arm. Savvides was born in Georgia of Greek heritage and is a former member of the Russian parliament. He has holdings in assets ranging from Thessaloniki port to tobacco and media companies. A derby between PAOK and Olympia- kos Piraeus was called off last month af- ter Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia was hit by a roll of paper thrown from the stands. Russian-born Greek businessman and owner of PAOK Salonika, Ivan Savvides, pictured with what appears to be a gun in a holster