The New Paper, 29 April 2007

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    • 59 1 EPLTITLECHASE M Red Devils'defence Just score more, says our analyst m I ex Qw. mm r~\ 29 APRIL 2007 22 Apr Teen's face smashed in 25 Apr Bar manager killed Now, S'pore thugs post video of themselves kicking man's head like football. /r\ c Should young thugs be counselled or
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  • NEWS
    • 794 2  -  Young thugs beat up people post sickening videos online Dawn Chia dawnchia@ sph.com.sg Celine Lim cellsf@sph. eom.sg ON 17 Apr, a 42-second video clip was posted on You Tube which revealed a savage attack at a basketball court in Singapore. The exact location is not known. It
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    • 1309 3  -  Should sadistic show-offs be whacked? What approacm should experts take with young thugs? Dawn Chia and Celine Lim tnp@sph.com.sg He started hanging out with older members of the gang when he was 13, when he was still in school, but joined them when
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    • 729 5  -  Writer, believed to be schoolmate, claims Debra 'whacked' her previously and was a trouble-maker TEEN BLOGGER SAYS OF GIRL WHO DROWNED: Alvin Chiang alchiang @sph. com.sg SHE said Debra deserved it. And boasted that she will "celebrate the death" by opening a bottle of vodka. Those harsh
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    • 806 6  -  Aged between 35 and 50, they're poised more convincing when playing CEO and professional roles, say agencies OLD IS GOLD Cars van Minah caravm @sph. com.sg IN the world of modelling where the "expiry age" is 30, you can call them mature models. They are
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    • Article, Illustration
      474 7 yedge over ou HERS is a face that has graced countless magazine covers, print ads and TV commercials. Yet after two decades, Singaporean model Janis Ong remains one of the top earners in her agency. One can see why. With her porcelain complexion, luscious mane and a size
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    • 654 8  -  IN THEIR 60s AND OVER THE HILL? Joyce Lim joyed@sph. com. sg THEY may be retirees but they can probably beat most people half their age when it comes to cycling. After Mr Eric Leong retired from his job as a plumbing contractor,
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  • 772 10  -  With uni exams already here/ fight for study spots turns ugly SUN NEWS Janice Tai and Joan Chew tnp@sph.com.sg YOU may have seen.people using packets of tissue paper to reserve their seats in hawker centres. But what about leaving
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 633 12  -  Shops say more people also ask for extra free bags Charge us for plastic bags? Customers say: Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph. com.sg IF you think that the once-a-month Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) Day campaign at 200 supermarkets across the island will help to cut down
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    • 715 13 WHEN it comes to good hygiene practice, Singapore shoppers pass with flying colours. Some 90 of the 100 shoppers polled by The New Paper on Sunday said that they would bag their household refuge properly before disposal. However, many are clueless about the
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    • 631 14  -  Is convenience of plastic bags worth the harm their use does to environment? Comment by Teh Jen Lee Jen lee® sph. com.sg IS Singapore a plastic-bag nation? From the way consumers have responded to the Bring Your Own Bag initiative, it seems so. If people
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    • 292 15 WITH climate change being a hot topic these days, what can you and I do to counter this complex problem? Start simple. The key is to use less energy because less fuel will be burned, resulting in less carbon dioxide emitted. Save energy
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    • 985 16 AS one of the most eligible bachelors in Thailand, tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan has dated some of the most beautiful women in the world.
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    • 315 17 WHEN Paradorn Srichapan called off his much-publicised whirlwind relationship with Tata Young in 2003, many reasons were given for the break-up of their six-week romance: Young's latest album was not selling well, Srichapan's form was dipping and angry and-Young faxes and letters have
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    • 254 18 In Malaysia AP. BARISAN Nasional (BN) won the Ijok by-election last night. But even before voting had begun, some 290 voters received envelopes containing a letter and counterfeit RM100 ($45) notes on Friday. The "thank you" letter, sent through the postal service, was purportedly
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    • 265 18 In Hona Kona BEING on the lookout for fakes is not enough. Tourists from China who carry a lot of cash for shopping are being targetted by pickpockets in Hong Kong. The crooks use taxis and motorcycles with fake licence plates to cause confusion and steal
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    • 642 19 BEFORE HE DIES, ABUSED INDIAN WORKER (LEFT) TELLS M'SIAN PAPER: ON Friday morning, he breathed his last. Allegedly beaten and starved, he died in a land where he had come to make a living. He was found lying on damp ground, shivering
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    • 603 20  -  Are alternative fuels taking away food from poor countries? Patrick Jonas pa triekj@sph. com.sg GREEN fuel. That's the way to go, say some in power. But going green the ethanol way has its pitfalls. Those favouring biofuels say corn-based ethanol is a clean energy alternative that
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    • SNAPSHOT
      • 50 21 Policymakers have a right to their own opinions, but not their own set of facts. Former CIA Director George Tenet, in his book At the Center of the Storm, criticising US Vice President Dick Cheney's claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq invasion
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      • 71 21 THE Indonesian government has ordered that thousands of history textbooks be confiscated in secondary schools, as they failed to use official language to describe a bloody coup in 1965. The coup, blamed on the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party, is a highly sensitive subject for the government. The attorney
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      • 70 21 CASEY Weiss (left) and Alexa Deriggs (right) are all smiles as they show their new age Barbie Girls dolls which have an inbuilt MP3 player. Targetted at 10-13 year-old girls, the doll's was unveiled by Mattel in New York recently. The Barbie dolls range has constantly innovated
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      • 85 21 A SUICIDE bomber killed about 15 people in Pakistan and wounded several others, including Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, a senior government official said yesterday. The blast took place at the end of a public meeting in Charsada, north-east of Peshawar. Home secretary of the province
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      • 97 21 A SPOKESMAN for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies saying that Iran's nuclear programme could be severely damaged by firing 1,000 cruise missiles in a 10-day attack. Germany's Focus magazine had asked about military action if Iran continued to defy the United
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      • 168 21 RENTS IN PRIME DISTRICTS EXPECTED TO GO UP IN NEXT QUARTER PRIME properties are increasingly being taken off the market due to en-bloc sales, and this is causing rents to spike. Left in the lurge are expatriates looking for high-end rental properties. Rents in the coveted
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      • 203 21 AP DEATH came down from the sky for some innocent travellers in a motorcyle taxi in the Philippines. They were killed yesterday when a helicopter belonging to the Philippines Air Force crashed onto a busy street in a central Philippine city and hit the
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      • 47 21 An Austrian computer store owner caught two teenage thieves who stole a laptop from his shop after he put a CCTV footage on You Tube. People who saw the video online recognised the pair and told owner Thomas Karer, 45. The police then arrested the teens.
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    • 867 18 VI ZAP St. WIN x LT FAKERM100 NOTES SENT TO VOTERS BARISAN Nasional (BN) won the Ijok by-election last night. But even before voting had begun, some 290 voters received envelopes containing a letter and counterfeit RM100 ($45) notes on Friday. The "thank you" letter, sent through the postal service,
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 30 21 Weather Central Thunder storm NUIUI WKb Thunder storm South iBfc Thunder NR99Hv storm East Thunder storm WwCSl Thunder storm TtMf>FKAr«;pf High Tide first tide 2.4m 9.54am second tide 2.4m 10.11pm
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 814 22  -  Russian tourists are... Their requests include Syahirah Anwar sanwar@sph.com.sg THEY cart home diamonds and buy precious stone artworks that run into minimum five-figure sums. They put up at luxurious suites at top-end hotels which cost thousands of dollars a night, running up room service bills that go
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    • 335 22 THEY have the money to spend and some unusual requests. Like the Russian tourist who wanted to do an aerial tour of Singapore using a helicopter, according to Look Asia Holiday's director, Mr Anwar Hussain. Unfortunately, aerial tours are not allowed
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    • 435 23 'They buy eat the best' increasing by 20 per cent over the last three years. Mr Rodney Teo, managing director of Global Refund Singapore said: "Given the consistent growth rate over the past years, we believe that the Russians will be among the top 10 biggest spending nationalities over the
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 772 25  -  Tragedies like these remind us about the value of what we have Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg IT has been a week of dead children. At Virgina Tech in the US, bright young people were gunned down. In Singapore, a girl named Debra was playing in a
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    • 433 26  -  The Nokia E6l i is closer to the perfect mobile e-mail tool, so give Lan Tan tanyhi@ tnp.com.sg A FRIEND once told me: "You really can't win. "Every time you buy a good Nokia phone, they come out with an T version shortly after and you
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    • 256 27 BISHAN WITH her stunning almond-shaped eyes, it's no surprise that auditor lane Koh made heads turn as she jogged in the park near her block. She goes to the park for her evening runs every weekend without fail. What's your heartland background? I live
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    • 698 28  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg IN Primary 5, we learnt a powerful new bad word called "Basket!" "Basket! I forgot my Milk Money!" "Basket! Don't try and be funny with me!" Everybody went around "basketing" this and "basketing" that enthusiastically, until Osman was
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    • 508 28  -  Ivy Ong-Wood Columnist tnp@5ph.com.5g A FEW days ago, Tubby Hubby (TH) woke me up from a deep slumber. "I've got chest pains," he announced. "Don't be silly," I muttered. "You're such a drama queen." "No really, this is bad. There's a tingling
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    • 1064 29  -  KF Seetoh tnp@sph.com.sg AMONG the 12 hawker food items I suggested for the recent Singapore Day event in New York, I threw in chwee kueh, a wild card item. It's not one of those big league Top 10 local soulfood that we
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    • 651 30  -  Dr Joseph Guan Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg WITH the North-East monsoon upon us, we can expect another round of colds, headaches and flus. As a safeguard, it is in our best interest to boost our immunity by taking lots of Vitamin C and other antioxidants. When
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    • 22 27 4Y A f r y rtine. 1800 3> 1 a///*/./AOCOtlA ;'j Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options!
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    • 208 27 Suvarubyni Karun, 23 WE spotted her under her block on her way home from a shopping trip. The client development officer has lived with her parents and a younger brother in Hougang all her life. Her closest friend lives just a stone's throw away. What's hot about your neighbourhood? There
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    • 58 27 What's your most heartland trait? It might sound "life-less" but I'm perfectly happy meeting with my friends in Hougang. I often (to the eye-rolling of friends) repeat the mantra "Hougang rocks!" because I really think it's a good place to be. It may be that my friends and family are
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    • 832 31 n-EEI LU S the new paper m Women f&s ys? E "H Mary Jane Watson Played by: Kirsten Dunst Mary Jane (MJ) and Peter up in a tree... on a huge web? Yes, the gorgeous, green-eyed redhead and his damsel in distress for the past two movies is back, and
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  • 498 32  -  Exercises to help ease the pain after working under-used muscle OUR SUNDAY Bharat Thafcur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg SO, how's your back feeling? Over the last four weeks, I've given you yoga asanas (exercises) to do that would have given you some relief from pain and helped
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 187 33 CHANNEL 5 1000am Three Wishes (Drama) 11X10 Battle Of The Network Reality Stars I Dare You 1.0Qpliii Sunday Afternoon Movie: K Megalodon 2M Planet's Funniest Animals 340 i Extreme Makeover: Home Editii MQgjA.' Miss Singapore Universe 2007 6.00 I Sunday Prime Movie: The One 8.00 K The Dance Floor (Live)
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  • 176 34 SUNDAY SOCIAL OUR SUNDAY Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg IfnQjy babJ£*hts is the surprise that i a am giving you on your birthday. Happy Jj'
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  • SUN RACING
    • 202 36 Racing Editor Marc Taa 4 Deputy Racing F<|itof Danny KbooJ Tan Theaa Loon J riiij Mifc F^jZJ H8 FflsZS /iiA "J 11 Chief Of Honour :'H9H 4 REAP WITHOUT 5 Lead Leag ing ue S Continuance 4 Ghost Writer 3Ffame Cat 8 Cyberiad y i, gl iH^aM
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    • 952 36 RACE 1: SATURDAY GOLD jumped outwards at the start and made contact with ROCKYS MAN. SUPER EXPRESS jumped away awkwardly. Approaching the 800m, LUCKY EXPRESS, who was racing keenly, steadied off the heels of SATURDAY GOLD, who rolled in. Shortly after making the turn into
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    • 70 36 BEST BET THIS seven-year-old gelding by Faltaat is ready to greet the judge again. Ran an eye-catching third behind Esteem over the 1,400m last week. He steps up to the 1,600m this afternoon and should relish the extra distance. Showed staying was his forte
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    • 1798 37 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY rmrm iz.M umb fXTusvTi MDKMBMM Ho. Last 6 n in HORSE Vt Ratiag Jecfcej Barrier (Age/erlgin/sei, treiaer-ener) 1 5-6-08 Mr C»—iHi 57 (48) H Saaair 7 (4am Tony Yeoh-Commander) 2 0625-2 Aroaad The Cap* 57 (48) Jacksaa Law c2* 17 |5ri*g
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    • 109 37 RACE 1: July In Gold, Lucky City, Perugino Power, Winning Smile, Brasil, Tashi Delek, Tough Power. RACE 4: Olympic Sun, High Five, Cizen Tycoon, Reap Without, Just Like Tiger, Success Hero, Sky Sensation. RACE 5: Tycoon Forever, Magic Sapphire, Jeram Mas, U Can I Can, Eagle Phoenix, Speed Lake.
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    • 1117 38 Race 1 (1,200 m): Viva Fighter (No. 1) has shown inexperience in two starts around a bend but has produced some natural ability to win and finish second in two I,ooom runs over the straight and is one of the main chances in a race loaded
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    • 1220 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 4 1 MO. NOME NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WTQ BAR 1 VtVARMfTB) CF 0 Beadman 132 4 2 KUMB FU OC 0 Doieuzfl 128 12 3 LASER TtQEA OJH 0 Prebhle 128 5 4 LIFELIHE PEGASUS ATM D Whytc 128 8
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    • 206 39  -  Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg Butch is back. Former champion trainer Malcolm Thwaites (above, right), more affectionately known as Butch in the Singapore-Malaysia racing circuit, celebrated his return to the local ranks by taking out Race 2 at Ipoh yesterday. Following his Macau sojourn, Thwaites set up shop
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    • 577 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 WESTSPEED 2Y0 H CAP E o o CM 5 EXPLOSIVE MAX 57 (29 6) B Pirnfcam 2 PERESTROIKA 57 5 (50-8) S GraMy 3 PRINCE OF SANOS 57.5 (7-6J S Parnham <1) (6) 2 (5) 3 Trainer: WJ Mitchell. Margins: 1V«,
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    • 848 39 GOING: SOFT iRacel C5 Novice (STRAIGHT) 1100m 1 ENCHANTED RIVER 57 C 55 *lM Ho (3) 1 1 (504) 5 ATLANTIS 52 5 M 1AAar |2> 2 2 2 (428) Nk 3 IMPERIAL FIRE M mmmJ Mtadli (t) 3 3 3 (470) 0 Winning stable: Wunderbar
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  • SPORTS
    • 718 40 WINNING A MAJOR Mad about golf Obviously, few need reminding that it is 30 Majors and counting since we last had a European winner. The thing that is maybe less publicised, but significant, is the relative lack of European success of any kind on
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    • 455 41 LUKE Donald shot a four-under 66 on Friday for his 10th straight round at the Byron Nelson Champions in the 60s and took a one-stroke lead over a trio led by defending champion Brett Wetterich. Donald was at seven-under 133 through two rounds, just ahead of
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    • 372 41 AFP. AS gusty winds blew newly-installed world No. 1 and defending champion Lorena Ochoa off course on Friday, LPGA rookie Angela Park made her move at the Corona Championship. Park, a Brazilian citizen of Korean heritage who spent part of her childhood in
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    • 153 41 AFP. ENGLAND'S Stuart Little led the rain-hit Spanish Open by one shot with an eight-under par total of 136 after the incomplete second round on Friday. The 39-year-old left hander, who because of the bad weather played both his first and second rounds on Friday, was being chased
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    • 407 42 ROOKIE Panuwat Muenlek is on the prowl for a maiden triumph on the Asian Tour as he was in a four-way tie for the lead after the third round at the Pine Valley Beijing Open yesterday. Despite being surrounded by seasoned
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    • 553 42 GOLF legend Jack Nicklaus, making a special appearance at the inaugural Pine Valley Beijing Open, believes that the future of golf lies in Asia. Nicklaus, winner of a record 18 Major titles during his illustrious career, said that the Asian Tour will continue to grow
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    • 801 43 REVIEW OF WORLD CUP 2007 Reuters. IT should have been a blockbuster which packed in the crowds and attracted rave reviews. But, for many, the 2007 World Cup was too long, too expensive, too dull and eventually even the International Cricket Council (ICC) was forced to
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      922 44 The New Paper's Singapore at Large column profiles tne sports scene from a national or grassroots perspective every Sunday.Today, LIM SAY HENG tracks the rising popularity of extreme sports nere THEY'RE on the rise: skateboarding, BMX riding, and motocross racing. All prime examples of extreme sports. Unlike
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    • 228 45 PUZZLED by terms like BMX, "aggressive inline skating" and "flatland"? Fear not, understanding these extreme sports isn't extremely difficult as it appears. BMX It is short for Bicycle Moto-cross (X), which is a form of cycling which is typically characterised by the performance of freestyle tricks in
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    • 1059 46  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg HERE'S the latest from Old Trafford. Manchester United fans can expect to pay up to 14 per cent more for their tickets next season. To get the best view in the Theatre of Dreams, they have to fork out as much as
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      637 47  -  PERFORMANCE-RELATED PAY Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.eom.sg TRUST David James to come up with something as radical as this. Performance-related pay? Ten years ago, I bet he wouldn't even have thought of it. Lest anyone forgets, he was one of the former Liverpool Spice Boys who blamed his overindulgence
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    • 851 48 DAVID JAMBS' RADICAL PROPOSAL PA Sport DAVID JAMES wants to bring Premiership stars closer to the fans by docking pay for bad performances. The Portsmouth goalkeeper has admitted there have been "two or three games" this season where his side has simply not tried hard enough. And
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      • 365 49 MICHAEL Owen is poised to make his long-awaited comeback 314 days, after being carried off at the World Cup. Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has declared the 27-year-old striker could be fit enough to face Reading tomorrow (Tuesday, Singapore time). Owen came through a training
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      • 355 49 COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDERLANO S BURNLEY 2 PA Sport. SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane saluted match-winner Carlos Edwards after watching him blast his side to the brink of the Premiership. The 28-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international smashed home a sensational winner 10 minutes from time as the Black
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      • 210 49 Thaksin offers 150m to City for new buys FORMER Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has offered £50 million ($150m) to be available for new players in his takeover bid of Manchester City. Shinawatra, who had earlier made overtures to buy the Premiership club for £108m, made the player-purchase proposal at
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      • 459 50 TEAM FACTS by LIM HAN MING MARKET TALK by BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: ARSENAL: Henry, Walcott, Van Persie (injured) FULHAM: Pearce, Bullard, Elliot (injured) LAST MEETING: 29 Nov, 2006 Fulham 2 Arsenal 1 (EPL) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Arsenal 28; Fulham 6; draws 6 LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS:
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      • 370 50  -  Dave Tindall PA Sport ARSENAL v FULHAM FINDING odds that simply don't reflect the chance of something happening is what betting is all about and we've found sterling examples ahead of tonight's match. In terms of outright outcome, Arsenal are unsurprisingly 2/5 favourites, despite Fulham really
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      • 332 51 SAM Allardyce has told Bolton he is quitting at the end of the season. He delivered the shock news to Trotters chairman Phil Gartside and is adamant he will not change his mind, reported The Sun Online. Big Sam has been in charge at Bolton since October
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      • 1038 52  -  Steve Bates Special Correspondent WAYNE Rooney has revealed he's struck a goal bet with Sir Alex Ferguson that could drive Manchester United to their second dream Treble. The red-hot 21-year-old striker isn't saying how much he has wagered with his boss but if
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      • 598 53 GOALS from Luis Boa Morte, Yossi Benayoun and Marlon Harewood maintained West Ham's bid for survival on a day when man-of-the-moment Carlos Tevez sparkled. Despite this fifth win in seven matches, the Hammers remain in the bottom three, but the impetus is firmly with
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      • 256 53  -  By Carl Markham Special Correspondent PA Sport MICHAEL TONGE'S heavi-ly-deflected shot in the 44th minute gave Sheffield United three crucial points in their battle for Premiership survival. The midfielder cut in from the left and drilled a rightfoot shot which hit Chris Powell and diverted the
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      • 546 54 since New Year's Day, and while Villa took advantage with goals from John Carew and substitute Shaun Maloney, home midfielder Joey Barton skied a penalty in first-half injury-time when a goal would have put his side level. Carew headed home Ashley Young's cross, and
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      • 362 54  -  By. Jim van Wijk Special Corresponent PA Sport BATTLING Portsmouth clung on to the advantage of first-half goals by Benjani Mwaruwari and substitute Niko Kranjcar as Liverpool paid the penalty for fielding a weakened side at Fratton Park in between their Champions League semi-final games against
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      • 763 55 Chelsea saw their Premiership title defence hopes dented after a 2-2 draw witn Bolton at Stamford Bridge yesterday. GARY LIM speaks to The New Paper's football analyst Tohari Paijan for his views on the match. Gary: I was certainly shocked by Chelsea's failure to beat Bolton. What
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      • 839 56  -  TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports @sph. com.sg IT all started so brightly for Chelsea. It was close to the 14th-minute mark of the Chelsea-Bolton tie at Stamford Bridge when the Shed End roared. The score was still 0-0, Andriy Shevchenko was struggling to avoid getting
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        571 57 Title's gone almost 7 PA Sport. T OSE Mourinho conceded Chelsea I had "almost" lost the their grip on I the Premiership tide after failing to heat Bolton at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United are now five points clear at the top after fighting back from two goals down
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      • 451 58 PA Sport. SIR Alex Ferguson offered to give Sam Allardyce "two big kisses" after Manchester United were left on the brink of the Premiership title. Manchester United's 4-2 win over Everton, coupled with Chelsea's 2-2 draw against Bolton, left the Red Devils five points clear in
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      • 255 58 PA Sport. EVERTON boss David Moyes said the match turned on a howler made by Scotland Under-21 goalkeeper lain Turner, recalled from a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday. Moyes (right) said: "We are gutted after being two L up. We gave United a great opportunity
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      • 579 59 ERNEST LUIS asks The New Paper's guest football analyst TERRY PATHMANATHAN for his views on the Everton-Man United clash Q. Is Man U's second comeback win in four days more than just getting three crucial points in the final sprint for the English Premiership title? Pathmanathan:
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        59 60 OLD BOY: Manchester United's man-of-the-mo-ment Wayne Rooney scores against his boyhood club. picture/ action images TIME: 79th min SCORE: 3-2 ROONEY r Ronaldo intercepts Hibbert's pass and releases O'Shea, whose cross from the right falls to Rooney. The Man U striker sidesteps Hibbert and Stubbs and strokes the
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      • 765 61  -  TV VIEW Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho was frothing at the mouth last night. So too, were Chelsea supporters, and anti-Manchester United fans. When Milan led Man U 2-1 in midweek in the first leg of their Champions League semi-finals, the naysayers thought it was
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    • 350 62  -  Jeffrey Oon npsports@sph.com.sg THIS race to the finish promised twists and turns aplenty. We got both, and more, last night. From Lubomir Michalik's early opening goal for Bolton against Chelsea, to Manchester United's Chris Eagles late curling effort against Everton, it was gripping, edge-of-the-seat stuff. Manchester United,
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