The New Paper, 6 May 2007

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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1369 2  -  2001 Wins apology and $800 from brothers-in-law for minor injuries 2003 Wins $600 monthly maintenance from estranged hubby 2006 Wins formal apology from brother-in-law for verbal abuse Frorn filing complaints to drafting charge sheets, this mum with nolegal training fights domestic disputes Maureen Koh
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    • 404 4  -  HOUSEWIFE 0 \H LAWYER Man hauled thrice to court by sis-in-law says: Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg THE mere mention of her name angers him. Madam Ong's brother-in-law said: "Please, don't mention that name to me!" In a 20-minute telephone interview with The New Paper on Sunday,
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    • 243 4 IN 2003, Madam Ong got into trouble for vandalism, insulting the modesty of a woman, and disorderly behaviour. It happened when her babysitter did not wanl to take care of her younger daughter, then 8 months old. The court heard how Madam Ong started to harass
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    • 641 5  -  Tan Mae Lynn maelyrtn @sph.com.sg CALL her the void-deck stalker. A slim and attractive young woman has apparently caused some residents at a housing estate in Hougang to feel nervous because of the way she harasses them. But she, in turn, has reportedly accused
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    • 934 6  -  Taxi touts are bacjc in full force. Fed-up tourism players and commuters say WHAT WE SAW WHEN The New Paper on Sunday visited the Dolphin Lagoon at Sentosa, we spotted limousine drivers soliciting for customers after the show ended
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    • 404 6  -  Yvonne Poon poonyr@sph.com.sg A BAD impression of Singapore? The taxi touts appear to have given just that to some tourists here. Mr Chris Kent, 38, a teacher, was dismayed to learn that he was one of those taken for a ride. The Englishman took
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    • 1247 7  -  He hates to see ostriches going to slaughter house. Just as well he now makes more money from rides than from meat. Ho Lian-Yi lianyi @s ph.com.sg THE ostrich: A big, flightless bird with an unusual interest in the extremities of the human
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    • 1174 9  -  Super-fast gancj steals superbikes, strips them in rented houses and ships them overseas Police make breakthrough when gang's van is caught on CCtv Zaihan Mohd Yusof zaihan @sph.com.sg IN the dead of night, the thieves close in on their target: an expensive superbike in a
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    • 281 10 RAYME Sul aim an (right), 24, had learned his trade from a few seasoned motorcycle thieves. While Rayme did not have a motorcycle licence, he was proficient at stripping a sports bike skills handed down by his "teacher". Then, after a dispute
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    • 581 11  -  Team manages to find its way in nick of time and wins third place Yvonne Poon poon yr@sph. com.sg HE and his team got lost. But Mr Vincent Rasa Benedict, who was driving at that time, didn't panic. Nor did he give up. His colleague and Mr
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    • 413 12 FIRST CEILING PANELS COLLAPSE, CRACKS APPEAR IN NEW KL COURT. NOW... THERE is a gaping hole measuring about 40cm in diameter on the door to the women's toilet on the fifth floor; ceiling panels have collapsed and cracks have appeared on a wall of
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    • 309 12 US COLLEGE MASSACRE FALLOUT HE had set off alarm bells at the Illinois State University where he was a doctoral candidate. The Thai national, had apparently repeatedly quarrelled with university staff members, disturbed an exam by making loud noises and then asked about his
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    • 565 13 Father saves daughter by jumping from second floor in Pangkor blaze HE had no choice "but to grab (his) daughter and hold her tight and jump out of the window", the father told the Malaysian media. Mr Foo Kong Chye, 56, was describing how he and
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    • 269 13 IT was really a fire alarm. But it was sounded to sack employees, not warn them of a fire. All 140 employees at a venerable old department store stopped what they were doing and ushered all the customers outside. Then calmly made their way to a
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    • 383 14 UK family was on holiday in Portugal THEY tucked their three toddlers in bed before going out for dinner and took turns to return to check on the children every half hour. But between 9.30pm and 10pm on Thursday night someone broke into the
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    • 997 15  -  Retiring PM Tony Blair may have brokered peace in Northern Ireland but the British public cannot forgive him for dragging them into the Iraq war Neville Stack tnp@sph.com.sg YES. A small word that brought down a big politician. The moment British Prime Minister Tony Blair said
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    • 982 16 Constable goes on murder spree for sense of Eower after career stalls, ut wife (below) says... Dirty cop behind 3 murders, says HK court TO this former salesgirl, Tsui Po Ko was the perfect husband. Intelligent and ambitious, the constable had earned top
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    • 536 17 HE was dubbed "rogue cop" by the Hong Kong media. And he was judged guilty of three murders after a 37-day inquest involving more than 100 witnesses. Tsui's violent crime spree was said to have started in 2001 when fellow police officer
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    • 384 18 He mixes nails in rice to lodge claim against eatery HE mixed three iron nails with his meal, swallowed one measuring 3cm, in the hope of claiming compensation from the restaurant. But now Hong Kong teenager Rong Zhi Qiang, 17, faces legal action after
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    • SnapShot
      • 34 19 We're not coming in with a bunch of cost-cutters, but I'm not saying ifs going to be a holiday camp for everybody. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on owning The Wall Street Journal
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        89 19 A HUNGARIAN bank robber was killed and several people injured when police stormed a Budapest bank where he had held several employees and customers hostage, police said. Police moved in after they threw in smoke bombs and flash-bang grenades. This followed a two-hour siege, after a bank robber
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      • 91 19 A KENYA Airways airliner crashed yesterday after taking off from Douala airport in Cameroon on a flight to Nairobi, Kenya. It was carrying 82 Africans, 21 Asians, seven Europeans, one US citizen and three others. A total of 114 people were on board the Boeing 737-800,
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      • 91 19 MOST foreigners wanting to come to the US soon will have fingerprints taken for all fingers when applying for US visas, the State Department said on Friday. Earlier, prints of just two fingers were needed. The move is part of tighter immigration and border control restrictions
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      • 124 19 A THIRD man injured in the blaze at ExxonMobil's oil refinery on Jurong Island on Thursday died in hospital yesterday. Mr Prabir Braja, 30, suffered 70 per cent burns to his body in the fire. The Bangladeshi was one of two workers who were injured in
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      • 157 19 PM LEE PRAISES WASHINGTON'S RESOLVE PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has appreciated Washington's resolve in tackling the Iraq and Middle East issues. PM Lee believes President Bush is right to be firm over how and when the US exits Iraq, as it could
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      • 178 19 A FIVE-ROOM HDB flat in Jalan Membina is sold for $550,000. A Redhill Road four-room flat goes for $470,000. HDB flats in Bukit Merah are the most expensive, according to HDB resale figures for February to last month. The flats which are sold about $100,000
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      • 46 19 Romanian police who were given a confiscated Porsche 911 for undercover work found 60kg of heroin hidden under the back seat. The car had been confiscated at the border from a Turkish smuggler after 60kg of heroin was found in the front of the car.
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • Where to look TEEN SPIRIT
    • We hate anything mainstream
      • 298 21 THESE guys may look tough and rough but they are just a bunch of youths who love death metal music. Also known as life metal, death metal music revolves around issues such as war, poverty and politics. "I am attracted to death metal because of
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      • 376 21 IF there's one place you should go to get an idea of teenage fashion, if s Far East Plaza. Two distinct groups stand out the hip-hoppers and the emos. Said hip-hop enthusiast Lim Wei Xiang, 18: "I shop at Far East because I like
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    • 303 22 BUNGGOfI We search the! heartlands I and tell you about the gorgeous peoplewe I meet, like Jasmin Chew, 22 RAISING temperatures further on an already hot afternoon is Miss Chew. She is a final-year student at the Singapore Institute of Management. This beauty
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    • 265 22 Lee Teck Hornq, 28 HIS sun-kissed skin, well-toned body and chiselled good looks all indicate that he is a sporty hunk. However, this handsome civil servant enjoys a quiet moment or two at the East Coast Park. What Is your heartland background?
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      578 23  -  Four women make it into society magazine's Fashion Hall Of Fame Toh Paik Choo poikchoo@sph.com.sg EVERYONE drove home with a Maserati last Thursday night. You're thinking, this has to be a trick opener. No. We did. And it was no die-cast model of the famous race car.
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    • 591 24  -  David Turner Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg Normally, i don't "horn" at people when driving, because I think it's impatient and rude. Even when I broke my own rule recently, I regretted it immediately when I realised the van I had blasted belonged to
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    • 750 24  -  Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg I MET my former boss the other day, and I thought he would burst a blood vessel. It was late night, and we were trying to put a newspaper to bed a familiar scene except that,
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    • 714 25  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg WHEN you dream, dream the impossible. Should you wish for the ultimately attainable, if and when it finally comes true, everything else after that will mean squat. Let me illustrate (cue celebrity show-off story): For 36 years I dreamt
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    • 910 26  -  Grandson of Katong laksa legend is resisting trend to put cockles in his broth for now Ffiwmmm WHAT: Roxy Laksa WHERE: #48 East Coast Lagooa Food Village, 1220 East Coast Lagooa Service Road HOURS: 10.30 am to 9pm (Moa to Fri), 8.30 am to
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    • 657 27  -  Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg BIODYNAMIC Cranial Sacral Therapy, or BCST for short, is a growing new field in alternative therapy that has a radical way of looking at the body. Why it works and how it works is still not that well understood, but
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    • 505 28  -  Make sure you have good posture in everyday life too Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg TODAY, I'm going to give you a few more stretching exercises. Now, when you do these yoga asanas or exercises that stretch your back, it's really important to stretch into the position
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 195 29 our story IF YOU STAY IN All DAY CHANNEL 5 1MM|i Three Wishes (Drama) Asian X Games Highlights B 2006 (Sports) nHK Sports Disasters (Sports) Aviva Open Singapore 2007 S (Sports/Live) 6.00 |5 America's Funniest Home Videos 6.30 B Public Insights 2 7.00 Sunday Prime Movie: K Spider-Man 9.30 S
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    • 153 29 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A MOVIE SPIDER-MAN 3 I8V-VC 10am, 10.40,10.50,11.20,11.50,12nn, 1pm, 3, 4, 5,6,6.40, 7, 7.30, 8, 8.10, 9, 9.20, 9.50,10 GV-GW 11am, 11.45,12.20pm, 2,2.50,3.30,5, 5.55, 6.40, 8, 9 GV-MS 11am, 11.40,12.15pm, 2.05, 2.40,3.20, 5.10, 5.45, 625, 8.15, 8.50 6V-PS11.15am, 11.45,12.15pm, 12.50,2.15,2.45,3.15, 3.50, 5.15, 5.45, 6.15,6.50, 8.15,8.45, 9.15,
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    • 69 29 CA-TC 11.30am, 2pm, 4.30,7,9.30 I il l JI, 6V-VC 12.50pm, 2.55, 7.40, 9.45 SV-VC 11am, 7.30pm 6V-PS 12nn CA-TC 1.10pm, 5.10, 9.10 CA-OC 11am, 1.05pm, 3.10,5.15, 7.20, 9.25,11 SUMMER PALACE (R21 SO-LD 10.50am, 1.30pm, 4.10,6.50, 9.30,12.15am CA-TC 4pm, 6.35,9.10,11.45 CA-OC 4.10, 6.45, 9.20,11.55 CA-TC 3.10pm, 7.10,11.10 CA-OC 11am, 1.05pm, 5.15,7.20,
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    274 30 OUR SUIIDRV 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 t0... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Ulysses boy, thanks for loving me... It is more than anything... I love you... (*****6) Cally
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  • SUN RACING
    • 2018 32 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE 1 to. Lwt 1 n m HORSE «rt Ikatlaa tartar (A|a/art|fa/W f trainer-earner) t Caataar Stripa* j m |M ■wC AyfllN 59 (62) 1 Vantar IB <4argm P Shaw-ALA CraMta) 2 59 A FraM 1 4argm P Shaw-ALA CraWiia)
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    • 136 32 RACE 3: Orion, Lim's Zerperb, Lucky Sun, Who Is Jimmy, Flying Langfuhr, Royal Force, Sandelli, Bronte, All Win, The Hatchet Man. RACE 5: Tom Higgs, War Horn, Big Easy, Setembro Chove, Zankel, Raul, Terfel, Wind Chaser, Huckleberry Finn, Manuka, Takino Big. RACE 6s Command N Control, Brandy Dry, Sidford,
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    • 312 33 (Race 10 No. 1) BEST BET THIS three-year-old by St Petersburg is ready for a quick return to the winners' circle. Though beaten at his last start he was far from disgraced. He looked poised to complete a hat-trick until Sandelli got up to beat him by
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    • 2370 34 RACE 1 1 Candour Stripes From South America via Australia to Singapore. A long trip but can't recommend. 2 Nice Again Looks like she travelled with Candour Stripes and also hard to have on Kranji debut 3 Ace Centurion Only beaten a nose
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    • 536 35  -  SINGAPORE AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CUP Tan Thean Loon ioon@sph.com.sg SEVEN against seven. That's the field just announced for Singapore's richest race, the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup (SAIC) to be run over 2,000m at Kranji in two weeks' time. Competing against the local seven are
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    • 861 35 RACE Is BLAZE THE TRAIL stood flat-footed and lost considerable ground. Approaching the 900m, THE PILOT got his head up when racing tight to the inside of DOUBLE TAP, who was inclined to lay in and away from TRUST 'N' TRIUMPH. NATURAL
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    • 396 36  -  Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.comsg Kingston city is certainly a horse with a bright future. The Simon Liew-trained youngster demonstrated his star quality with a superb win in Race 6 in Penang yesterday. His easy all-the-way success in a splendid time under jockey R Poobalan
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    • 613 36 GOING: GOOD 11 TRUE FMaHTBI 50 (218-33) JSaiMia (6) 6 5 1 (492) 14 BTAY IK CAUSE 50 (58-15) MVipat (5) 11 8 2 (472) 0.75 3 BABY SUi 55 (15-8) SH Oh (10) 4 3 3 (441) Hd 6 INK MR 52 (25-10) BAana (1)
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    • 486 36 GOING: GOOD 8 MMM SMMIME 54.5 (10-6) P*» (5) 1 3 MT UEMMi 56 (25-7) Laciaai (8) 2 6 MMMZ 54.5 (246-47) Tliwiti (1) 3 Trataan FR Kersley Itevtac 0.75, Hd. 1. TtaK 58.455ec. Faracast $8. Ptaca Nracast $42 (Nos. 3-6), $4 (Nos. 3-8). $28 (Nos. 6-8).
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    • 115 37 SUNDAY TOPTIPS 3GB*STWT Danny b00 4' 1 4, r*- JL 4K 15 Rhythm Express 1 Sovereign Express 3 Smart Babe 9ftoyaJ Ctmef*y tS Rhythm Express R3 j 10 Straight Flash 5 Dashing Hero 3 Winning Warrior 2 loophole In Law 5 Dashing Hero ins.. 3 9 ROYAL
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    • 85 37 (Race 7 No. 3) BEST BET CONNECTIONS nearly pulled off a smart betting move over the Ipoh 1,400m a fortnight ago. Betted down to $26 for a win after showing monstrous odds at his five previous starts, he turned in his best showing only to find a superior
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    • 1201 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD m jg No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/ori gin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 -534 Sapor Fast 57 (44) TM Wan 10 (3ag E Breukelen-Conqueror) 2 *****- Victory Metang 57 38) HKUm* 7 (3ag KH Ng-Melang) 3 22 Governor Zanner 57 L
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    • 53 37 RACE 2: Star Dancer, Hogansville. RACE 3: Jeram Fire, High Five, Cherry Blossom, China Town King. RACE 4: Gold Blade, Long Socks, Business Boss, Straight Flash. RACE 6: Northern Express, Man With Honour, Travelling Way, Ban Soon, Tulsa, Courageous General, Raftaar. RACE 7: Success Happy, Unbeatable Man, Field Force,
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 32 36 Saturday, 5 May 2007 First Second Third 2013 3578 3750 Starters 0792 3819 9933 1267 9463 6356 3142 0318 1207 3244 Consolation 1004 0605 2219 9113 8004 2385 6360 6218 8502 7487
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  • SPORTS
    • 626 38 Mad about golf WE'RE right in that time of year where the great tournaments come at you thick and fast the US Masters, the BMW Championship, the Memorial, the Byron Nelson, the US Open and, this coming week, the Players Championship. Of all the golf courses and
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    • 213 38 IMG Golf Course Management will operate and manage the A 1 Ruwaya golf course, the first golf course in Dubai designed by the world's No. 1 golfer, Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods Dubai, a member of Tatweer, announced this yesterday. The Tiger Woods Dubai,
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  • SUN SPORTS
    • 449 39 CHINA'S Liang Wenchong may be still holding sway after the third round of the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Seoul yesterday. But the 28-year-old Singapore Masters champion (right) still has Asian Games double gold medallist Kim Kyung Tae breathing down his neck, reported asiantour.com.
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    • 451 39 SO Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh are perched at the top of the leaderboard. But so is Arron Oberholser. The American, who admitted that he also finished strong with birdies at his final three holes, said: "I'm striking the ball very well
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    • 936 40  -  CALLING all sporty bosses, do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from your busy schedule in the office? Do you play one or more non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Please e-mail details to npsports@sph.com.sg Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg BY all
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    • 373 41 ALTHOUGH he could not make it as a footballer in his school days, Gary Lau wants to nurture our young footballing talents. Along with two other partners, the 48-year-old sank about $10 million in total to set up Fico Sports Hub in Jurong West a six hectare
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    • 1040 42 The New Paper's Singapore at Large column profiles the sports scene from a national or grassroots perspective every Sunday. Today, LIM SAY HENG checks out the growth of commercial sporting facilities. WHERE can you find a place to play your favourite sport without getting
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    • 685 44  -  TNP SOCCER STAR CHALLENGE Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg FLY me to the moon and let me play among the stars, so goes the Frank Sinatra classic. Muhd Ridhwan Zainal might not be able to travel into space, but he is definitely over the moon. The
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    • 214 44 SOCCER Star Muhd Ridhwan may be a self professed "solo player", but he will not be flying solo to Spain next month. Earlier last month, Fahmi Fitri Jauhari and Aslam Ismail Yaakop were chosen, out of more than 1,500 players in the adidas Predator vs
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    • 881 45  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg THEY were one step away from reaching the final of Europe's most prestigious club competition. Yet when it mattered most, both Chelsea and Manchester United came up short in their quest for Champions League glory. What went wrong, one may ask. Perhaps
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    • 423 46 WATCH the number of big-time matches that you play, says Ruud Gullit (above). The former Chelsea and AC Milan player Ruud Gullit has warned that top footballers are facing bum-out and the threat of career-ending injuries from the ever-increasing number of games in European competition. "In
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    • 833 46  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg KHAIRUL Amri (below) knows what Ruud Gullit is talking about. The Young Lions striker was stretched to the limit after playing more than 50 games for club and country last season. Besides leading the frontline for the Under-23 side in the S-League, the
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    • 338 46  -  Ernest Luis npsportsQsph.comsg THE search for the Holy Grail of club football is nearing its end in the form of the Champions League. Two teams are now left standing as they prepare to do batde on 23 May. England's Liverpool and Italy's
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    • epl 2006/07
      • 433 47 ARSENAL v CHELSEA PA Sport. HE feels their pain. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can "understand the pain" felt by Chelsea following the Blues' exit from the Champions League. But he has no intentions of showing Jose Mourinho's side any sympathy at Emirates Stadium tonight. It
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      • 233 47 PA Sport. R-e-s-p-e-c-t. Arsene Wenger has called on Arsenal fans to respect Ashley Cole and remember his achievements for the club when the Gunners take on Chelsea tonight. The England left-back is expected to receive a hostile reception on his first visit to the
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      • 584 49 PA Sport. AS far as Jose Mourinho is concerned, the future of Chelsea Football Club is bright. In fact, it is a bright hue of Blue. The Chelsea manager has spent the past week outiining his vision of Chelsea's future to his most trusted lieutenants
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      • 340 49 Wire Services. THERE is trouble at Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho has apparently held showdown talks with owner Roman Abramovich's right-hand man, Eugene Tenenbaum, over the futures of Chelsea stars Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko. According to the Daily Mail,
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    • 221 58 Wire Services. CALL it sour grapes. Or just bad losers Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has slammed Manchester United's tide credentials. He insists the Red Devils don't deserve to be Premiership champions. The £16 million ($48m) Blues' star, who snubbed a
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