The New Paper, 9 July 2006

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  • WORLD CUP FINAL 2006
    • 868 2  -  France or Italy? We put the question to 8 fengshui masters MaureenKoh maureenk ©sph.com.sg Bookmakers from here to London pick Italy. Experts from South America to South Africa choose Italy. Top sports writers, whose job it is to use their trained eye to pick the winners, are
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    • 776 3 Doesn't matter who wins THE net bulged and pockets shrank when France's Thierry Henry slammed in the goal that killed off Brazil. A collective groan could be heard around the world from gamblers who bet their last dollar on a Brazil win. Many a
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    • 110 2 mm I HkA I H ■W^ beauties I Did she (above) I make the cut? Catch first glimpse I of2oo6'sNewFace finalists 1 22 OUR oddity It's a sign of the f times when signs say too much, says I Siva Choy 24 i OUR I World Cup I I want
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1207 5  -  This jackpot addict was so desperate to quit that he tipped the police about illegal dens just so they would shut down DEADLY PULL OF THE MACHINE JoyceLim joycel@sph.com.sg HE sat transfixed in front of the jackpot machine. Like a robot, he pushed coin
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    • 173 6 YOU have a gambling addiction if you allow your habit to cripple your day-to-day activities. For example, missing work to gamble or neglecting your loved ones and health Just to gamble. There is also a loss of control and gambling addicts risk more than
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    • 426 7  -  DEADLY PULL OF THE MACHINE From previous page Under the Common Gaming House Act, those convicted of operating a gambling den can be Jailed up to three years and fined up to $50,000. Gamblers face a fine of up to $5,000, or a maximum
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    • 669 7  -  With the coming of the IRs, country clubs say DesmondNg desmondn@sph .com. sg THE clampdown on illegal jackpot parlours is good news for country and recreational clubs here which operate jackpot machines legally. But, three years from now, these clubs will be facing competition of
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    • 1027 8  -  Study mamas hurt by stinging comments after murder MOTHER'S PAIN: Taunting from S'pore men Tay Shi'an shian® sph.com. sg LEWD comments, indecent proposals, even uninvited physical contact. Some study mamas here feel they have become victims of unwanted attention following the murder
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    • 282 9 Mum gets hit on even in front of son? 12 SON'S PAIN SHE is not spared the rude comments and sexual propositions even in the presence of her 12-year-old son. He is old enough to understand, yet too young to know how best
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    • 1048 10  -  Some study mamas are in a bind because: Academic qualifications not recognised here New laws make it harder to find jobs TayShi'an shiansph.com.sg MADAM Li (not her real name) has a degree in traditional Chinese medicine and was a doctor in China. But when
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    • 372 11 ALMOST all the study mothers the professors spoke to told of being cheated or misled by agents. One study mama paid an agent 50,000 yuan ($10,000). He promised her two years of employment, two years of lodging and help getting her child a place
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  • 496 13 IN THAILAND sun reuis WHEN a pretty young female teacher was savagely beaten in the south of Thailand six weeks ago, it was widely assumed to be a routine example of the violence plaguing the troubled region. But the picture that has emerged from
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  • SUN NEWS
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      384 15 PROSECUTORS ALLEGE: Garbage collection boss paid mob to safeguard his routes Mob attacks others who try to ply the same routes ONE is said to-be a Mafia boss. Another is a former mayor. And the third is the owner of a trash-hauling business. Now they've all been hit
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    • 290 16 Mechanic DRIVES CAR INTO LIFT SHAFT, L J IMAGINE waiting for the mechanic to drive around with your Porsche only to learn later that your car is now stuck in a lift shaft. That was what happened to a car-owner in Hong Kong. A mechanic,
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  • SUN NEWS
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      • 64 18 When you are working in an environment where you have been bom and educated, you end up by not challenging any more something which is perceived by you as being normal. But there is nothing normal everything can be challenged. You can see this when you are in
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      • 67 18 NOBEL prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been named East Timor's new prime minister, President Xanana Gusmao said yesterday. The premier's position was left empty last month when Mr Man Alkatiri resigned, bowing to pressure to take responsibility for violence which killed 21 people. Mr Ramos-Horta was
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      • 78 18 THE US has its political families the Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes. But Poland is about to top that. The country yesterday faced the prospect of having identical twin brothers simultaneously hold the posts of prime minister and president President Lech Kaczynski, who took office in December,
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      • 107 18 THE US and Japan vowed yesterday to punish North Korea for its missile tests independentiy as they refused to budge for China and Russia who are fighting a push at the United Nations to impose new sanctions. US envoy Christopher Hill, on a whirlwind tour in
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      • 161 18 DR MLAKMSHNAN: MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS TO mSME CERTAINSTANDARD MAINSTREAM media is not the same as an Internet chatroom. It has a responsibility to ensure a certain standard of discussion as far as national debates are concerned. So said Second Minister for Information, Communications
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      • 178 18 SMRT launched the first regular free shuttle service by a public transport operator yesterday. Called SMRT Link, it provides commuters travelling to Chinatown, Dhoby Ghaut and Little India greater connectivity and convenience. It has three loop services Outram Park MRT station to Chinatown, Dhoby Ghaut
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      • 50 18 A prison is spending £250,000 ($729,000) on replacing all its locks after a bunch of keys was screened in a TV news clip. Prison chiefs at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution were worried people could use the clip to make copies. They are replacing their 11,000 locks and 3,200 keys.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 31 18 Weather Central Partly cloudy North 55r Showers Smith Partly cloudy East Showers West Partly cloudy Temperature max I 32°C min 126°C High Tide first tide 2.2m 110.50am second tide 2.6m 19.24pm
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 789 20  -  Zalhan MohdYusof zaihan@sph.com. sg THE scent of new leather seats and polished paintwork evoked the tantalising smell of a new car. Understandably so, since the venue was the Subaru Motorlmage showroom inToa Payoh. But there was another stroma that permeated the air:
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    • 664 22  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnposph.com.sg WHEN I visited a budget hotel recendy to pick up a friend, I found the assistant manager putting up signs to emphasise that smoking was totally banned. I expected to see the internationally-accepted symbol of a red circle with a diagonal
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    • 292 23  -  To form world's longest line of inline skaters is Samsung's Sya Mrah Anwar sanwar@sph.com.sg SAMSUNG has always been on the cutting edge of technology. Among other things it has produced the world's first 8-megapixel, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) and Global Roaming phones. The Global Roaming phone will
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    • 637 24  -  IvyOng-Weed Columnist tandw^sph. com. sg FOR those readers who have been asking me if I've managed to'catch any World Cup matches yet, I can now say yes, I've finally watched a few. Sprawled out on the living-room sofa, with the commentary turned down
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 515 26  -  DavidTurner Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg PEOPLE often ask me what it's like moving from a place where most people can live in a house with a big backyard, a garden and privacy, to a place where the lift landing serves as everyone's backyard, garden and tool shed.
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    • 207 26 bitchaboutcorner Sore about something? Get it off your chest. E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg THIGH-baring skirts should be banned in the office simply because many women are deluded about their assets, or lack thereof. Clad in the flimsiest, tiniest skirts ever, they forget one crucial factor thunder
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    • 314 27 aboutlastnight I READ a report in the New York Times last week about a survey conducted by sociologists from a couple of American universities. The survey found that on average, most American adults only have two people they can confide in
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    • 721 28  -  He worked for little pay to learn how to make... KFSectoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg IT'S rare to come across a hawker who tells you "I've wanted to be a hawker all my life. Dunno why." Even when he was studying at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School as a
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      374 30  -  BanuSeresh Columnist tnpOsph.com.sg SOME days, everything may be going beautifully and the sun may be shining just for you. But sometimes, your world can fall apart suddenly. That's when your self-esteem hits an all-time low. Depression is a clinical condition that causes a breakdown in signals from the
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    • 826 31  -  Pressure points to tap while practising THE EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE Joseph Gusin Columnist tnp®sph.com.sg FLYING terrified Jane, 45. Even a 45-minute journey from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore could make her break out in a cold sweat. Her knees would go weak and she'd sink into
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    • 694 32  -  His biggest worry is succumbing to lung cancer JoyceLim #joycel@sph.com.sg HIS heart pounded heavily as the nurses pushed his bed into the operating theatre. With the bright lights beating on his face, Peter lay awake. The anaesthetic did not seem to have any effect on
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 108 34 V V 9 tfr Mr K Sv j5 fe (HMHhhhmmhhI SUNDAY SOCIAL Here's a whole new way of getting heard. Getting married? Or just getting older? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it Send your pictures and messages to~* tnpforum@sph.com.sg My new
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      115 36 Denotes tipster's best bet of the day 3Lim's I 2 AlicioiLS BiDlV 6 Dynasty MMMMI?!' iihB *m **"9 Life 10 Golden I 1 Lion's ~BB9SB| 7 Speedy" Happiness Flame BBKIiilil Time BE55BB Supreme gBfiBBB King S Golden 8True KmiK] 2Golden flBBBfuTsmart >^^SSHE BBB8BB Fighter B Ranger Mission B|WpBHB||^BB
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    • 141 36 RACE 1: Lim's Wonder, Convince. RACE 2: Lion's Flame, Northern Music, Good Kid, Asia Star, Metal King, Power Galaxy, Hypedrive. RACE 3: Keen Challenge, Try The Best, Ninety-Nine Aces, Power Of City, Godlike, Big Capacity, Fairman, Freemans Charm, Jeram Mas. RACE 4: Tycoon Forever, Golden Ranger, Joe's Gino, Midnight
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    • 21 36 1st 2nd 3rd YB Lee 28 21 24 23 Wli LKhoo 21 15 11 J McGillivray 13 28 30
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    • 25 36 1st 2nd 3rd M Wepner 33 26 19 0 Chavez 24 14 17 YF Leono 19 22 24 R Um 16 9 11
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    • 74 36 BEST BET Now that he has regained his form—he won over 1,400 m twice back in New Zealand—with a convincing win over the 1,400 m trip last Sunday, this former Kranji-based galloper should provide an encore for his connections. The Telesto six-year-old should have
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    • 687 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 1.80 RACE 1 MS D2—1400m 1 HI Dm Ho *MZairi 3) 57 2 Joker Forward SSani 4) 57 3 Lim's Wonder MChuah 2) 57 4 Convince KT Cheng 5) 56 5 Maslnni NAzman 6) 55.5 6 Satin Dancer SSam 9) 55 7 Few
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    • 287 37  -  PENANG ROUND-UP MarcTan marc@sph.com.sg T OCKEY Rio Burnett and his 8 trainer-father Malcolm I certainly had a lot of joyful moughts to share with each other over the telephone yesterday. While the Malaysian-based rider made winning look easy on the Tiang Kim Choi-trained
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    • 97 37 Those who fancy putting in bid* for the 10 Japanese horses —donated to the Singapore Turf Club (8NTC) by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association—up for auction by closed tender can obtain the tender forms from theSNTC from Wednesday. Tender bids can be submitted at
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    • 589 37 GOING: GOOD 3 STANDARD PMNCIPLE 56.5 (11 -5) RUm (5) 5 2 1 5 M RAMER 52 c 50.5 (52-13) NChuah (6) 1 1 2 8 T GLAMOUROUS 50 c 49 (40-9) ....'SSVanan (1) 4 4 3 Wtaa(a« owiwr CK Tan. Trataar Frank Maynard. Maralas: 3,2,
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    • 484 37 6 OH MO 54.5 (43-9) J Hill (4) 1 7 REFRAIN 54.5 (368-96) PKnuckey (6) 2 9 DAMLEON 54 (189-30) P King (9) 3 TraJnan WJ Bradshaw. Margins: Vi, nk, nk. Tim: 1 min 12.09sec. Forecast: $545. Placa forecast: $209 (Nos. 6-7), $18 (Nos. 6-9),
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    • 219 38 AFP. TOP seed Annika Sorenstam and teen prodigy Michelle Wie advanced to the third round of the LPGA Women's World Matchplay Championship with 3-and-2 triumphs at Gladstone, New Jersey. Swedish star Sorenstam, who captured her 10th Major last weekend in the US Open, ousted 32nd-seeded American Heather
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    • 129 38 AFP. WELSH golfer Bradley 6redge holed a two-foot putt on the 18th green at the K Club outside Dublin to take a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the European Open. He leads countryman Stephen Dodd, with whom he beat the bookmakers odds to win
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    • 607 38 ...while Woods' 67 keeps him in contention LEADERBOARD: 132: Daniel Chopra 66-66 134: Vijay Singh 67-67 135: Stewart Cink 71-64, Trevor Immelman 69-66, Joe Ogilvie 66-69 136: Stephen Ames 68-68, Robert Damron 69-67, Lucas Glover 66-70 Selected: 139: Tiger Woods 72-67 140: Adam Scott 72-68 141: Phil Mickelson
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    • 509 39 Reuters. ROGER Federer plans to exact revenge for 13 months of Rafael Nadal-induced frustration in today's Wimbledon men's singles final. Despite his undisputed status as the world No. 1, Federer has been beaten five times in succession by the 20-year-old
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    • 340 39 Wimbledon women's final: AFP. AMELIE Mauresmo became the first Frenchwoman in 81 years to win the Wimbledon singles title yesterday. But the 27-year-old had to conquer a severe bout of stagefright to beat Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne 2-6, 6-3,6-4 in the final. Her victory was also her
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  • WORLD CUP FINAL 2006
    • 749 41  -  Ivan Lim npsports@sph.com.sg EIGHT guys took on TNP/Nikon Soccer Babe Tracy Lee last night. They were chosen from more than 50 readers who had written in response to Tracy's soccer knowledge and skills challenge. Tracy was backed by staff from The New Paper soccer correspondent
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    • 50 40 Cheng Ding An, 25, film-maker Henry Kiong, 27, accounts executive Peter Mark Thompson, 36, business owner Mohd Farhan Andiaz Zulkiflie, 21, national serviceman Aston Tay, 39, managing director of a logistics company Lim You Reng, 23, student Wang Kai Jie, 23, student Sam Cheang, 29, civil servant
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    • 149 41 THE New Paper and SPH MediaßoxOffice are organising what promises to be the mother of all "live" screenings at HDB Hub Mall. From 10pm tonight, kick a football into a giant map with two holes representing Italy
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    • 29 41 SOCCER TIP #4 No game is a sure-win. Excessive betting can harm you and your loved ones. If you need help, call 1800-9-*****3 (1800-X-Gamble) Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society
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    • 374 42 The New Paper/SPH MediaBoxOffice 'Live' Screening Hie only 'live' screenniy to send y«Mi to the champion country for 3D2N plus accommodation <>2,000 cash Score the chance to win by kicking a ball into the hole that represents the country you support. Depending on which country wins the World Cup. 1
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  • WORLD CUP FINAL 2006
    • 330 43  -  Fandi's kids say: AL R. Dizon npsports@sph.com.sg IRFAN and Ikhsan, the footballing progeny of Singapore legend Fandi Ahmad, fancy France to win the World Cup final tomorrow morning. The elder Irfan (right, in red), 9, said: "The French are a better side because they never
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    • 295 44 ITALYVSFRANCE THE MANAGER: Jacen "Call me Gianluigi" Tan AGE: 23 FOOTBALL HONOURS: Holds the Singapore record for being chased away by the police 66 times in his void deck football career. WHY ITALY WILL WIN: They make great Actors for short films and have the complete package. They
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    • 527 45 Pre-match Match highlights i 13th min Zinedine Zidane, the grandmaster of French football, strikes. A great pass by Thierry Henry releases the ptaymaker down the middle and he makes no mistake with a cool finish. What happened to the famed Italian defence? Marco Materazzi, the replacement for the iniiivA/l Alaotif»r»
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    435 46 =WORL DTCU NAL~2W6~ Tomorrow morning sees the culmination of the Fifa World Cup 2(X)6 with Italy and France facing off. Infographics journalists TEOHYI CHIE, CFI GULAPA JONATHAN ROBERTS look at the venue for the greatest football event the Berlin Oiynipiastadion 1934 -Construction begins on a new Jt
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    • 251 47 the NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY 9 Jul 2006 Hi 50 te FINAL FRENZY 1 1 Aftef a long month, its down to Italy and France who will battle for the Wofld Cup jacenTarj trophy tomorrow. The TAK GIU GANG manages to get a flight to Berlin and catches up with
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    • 1026 48 OUR TOP TIPSTER LET'S just say I've always had this propensity for a punt. There, it wasn't so difficult. Horses, cards, sports, football. You name it, I've probably had a punt on it. You could call it a fetish for a flutter. Not that I love
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    • 483 49  -  AT THE BETTING SHOP Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg THE first time I was introduced to football betting was 20 years ago, when I was in Primary four. I was having supper with a cousin at the old Tiong Bahru hawker centre. France were playing West Germany
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    • 290 49 Reuters. THE last 10 World Cup finals have been contested by just six different teams, yet bookmakers have a consistently unimpressive record in their quadrennial tournament predictions. The ability of the leading nations to maintain their stranglehold on the final should simplify die task of forecasting
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    • 558 50  -  TEXT by BRIAN MILLER TEAM UPDATE: The team doctor announced what most Italian fans didn't want to hear. Their captain and favourite defender Alessandro Nesta would not be fit for this World Cup Final against France. Nesta's failure to recover from the groin injury
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    • 495 51  -  DaleTempest Special Correspondent THE 64th game of the 2006 World Cup Finals brings together two sides which ensure that still no team has ever won the World Cup outside of their own continent. The two European contenders have both been through controversy during
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      31 51 How the tipsters fare after 62 games* 'does not include this morning* 3rd 4th playoff Running BrianMjljer 129 HfTS 126 HTO 126 HfTS tojeT^^5s§!!!2L DginisFoa Jll HfTS Venpa: 103 hits
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    • 421 52 Who will make 2006 history? Find out with J?* Good thing there's it! and win 3 cars! DANIEL FINKELSTEIN'S PREDICTION ITALY FRANCE (After 90 minutes: Italy win 28 per cent, draw 38 per cent, France win 35 per cent). SO, here we are
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    • 487 53 Siega setting forges frencn fire WORLD CUP 2006 FINAL PREVIEW FORM GUIDE PA Sport SIDNEY Govou insists that Aerzen has helped Les Bleus qualify for the Worid Cup v' final with Italy. France have been together since 21 May when they first gathered in the Alpine resort of Tignes and,
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    • 729 54 PA Sport. ITALY midfielder Gennaro Gattuso will look to the heavens for help to stop Zinedine Zidane in tomorrow morning's World Cup final. The tenacious Gattuso will try to limit the contribution of the veteran playmaker who will bring his legendary career to an end following the
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    • 987 55 Mffi? ITALY will start the World Cup final as slight favourites. But can Marcello Lippi's men live up to expectations and triumph in Berlin? The New Paper's football analyst TERRY PATHMANATHAN dissects the Azzurri's tactics with WANG MENG MENG. Now, TNP's football analyst TOHARIPAUAN makes a case
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  • 324 56 NIVEA fan THE LAST BATTLE Ribery: The revelation for Les Bleus is a pacy and direct attacker who is not afraid to take opponents on. Cultured playmaker who has modified his playing style, using quick short passes to evade tight marking and still pull
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    • 905 57 In a game many say is too close to call, much will depend on the man that makes each team tick. Cannavaro for Italy, and Zidane for France. WANG MENG MENG speaks to TNP analysts Terry Pathmanathan and Tohari Paijan, who give their take on why
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    • 276 58 MAN OF the MOMENT: THIERRY HENRY THIERRY Henry didn't score during France's 1-0 semi-final win against Portugal. And because of his blanks, he now faces an uphill task in overtaking Germany's Miroslav Klose as the tournament's top scorer. The German has five goals while Henry
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    • 808 59  -  GodfreyRobert npsports@s ph.com. sg IN the last six World Cup matches in Germany, seven goals were scored in 540 minutes of normal-time play, leaving you an average of one goal every 77.1 minutes. And if you ignore Italy's 3-0 whitewash of mediocre Ukraine, you get four
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  • 571 61  -  EXCLUSIVE WORLD CUP FINAL 2006 by BRYAN ROBSON ex-England captain Icons. I'M REALLY looking forward to the World Cup final between Italy and France. It's got all the makings of a classic encounter and is a hard one to call. Italy are on a terrific run, have got
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    • 572 63 ERNEST LUIS-The New Paper's Man on the Run in Germany looks at the student whom Italy's coach Marcello Lippi will throw on to stop his former pupil Zinedine Zidane from stealing the show IT'S a classic case of opposites. Zinedine Zidane grew to represent the beauty
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      823 65 ERNEST LUIS The New Paper's Man on the Run in Germany will be at the Italy-France World Cup final in the Berlin Stadium tomorrow morning watching how a master intends to stop his former protege IT'S a classic set-up. Where the teacher comes up against his best-ever
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    • 644 66 ITALY are seen as the favourites here in Berlin, while France are seen as the underdogs. It's the common neutral sentiment, be it Brazilians, Spaniards, Germans and whoever else I've asked on the streets in the last two days. Be they waiters, hotel staff, guides, and fans
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    • 167 66 HERE in Berlin, Italy are increasingly seen as tha favourites. And can you blama tha paopla hare for avan calling It Italy varsus Zinadina Zidana? This gama is almost too dosa to call. It dapands on whathar Italy are wastaful in front of goal, and If
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    • 91 67 READERS, follow Ernest Luis' daily reports from Germany and win one sleek white 1GB Apple iPod nano (worth $268), with an accompanying AVA silicone World Cup-themed casing. All participants will then enter a grand draw tomorrow for the big prize, which will be Apple's new 13-inch
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    • 605 68 PA Sport. GlANLUlGlBuffonwill establish a new mark of excellence if he keeps a clean sheet for just over an hour of the World Cup final. But the goalkeeper admits the record will count for nothing if Italy fail to lift the trophy against
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    • 114 68 AFP. WAYNE Rooney has been suspended for two matches following his World Cup quarter-final red card, Fife announced yesterday. Hie 20-year-old Manchester United star was sent off for violent conduct during England's defeat to Portugal when he stamped on defender Ricardo Carvalho. Hie ban means that Rooney,
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    • 509 69 Telok Ayer Hong Lim SO what if Italy versus France may not be your idea of a dream Worid Cup final? According to leading market information group TNS, who conducted an online opinion poll this week, 98 per cent of football fans in Singapore will be staying up
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    • 196 69 TOO close to call. The two teams are so evenly matched that it's almost impossible to pick a winner. But, judging from their past meetings in major competitions, France have the slight edge. Italy won their first two meetings at the World Cup Finals a
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    • 176 69 ITALY FRANCE Total number of matches played 6 6 Games ending ioiconcfcsto result* 90 mins ,Wb 4 Total number of drawn matches at 90 mins 1 2 Number itf games tedded in extra time 1 Number of games decided by penalty shootout 0 0 low lumber of goals scored I
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    • 925 70 IT started ivith 32 teams. Now y only two are left standing. Three-time champions Italy and 1998 winners France will lock horns at the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). LIM HAN MING and AL R DIZON give a sneak
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    • 306 71 WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE BUT PROBABLY WON'T GET TO SEE: Marcello Lippi shaving off his silver hair after the match. Yes, the Italian coach has promised to shave his head bald if his team emerge victorious in the final. Destiny appears to be on
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