The New Paper, 8 June 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    24 1 the new Paper Sunday 8 .TST MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS Illlll 8"*****1"*****9 > fi J jn 2008 the new paper r J y JOG8
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      46 1 GROUP A: PORTUGAL 2 TURKEY 0 JUMmk 8 JUNE 2008 f t t* I i oraMi ■w m Stl I Ill rifti iff. 'Irs 3 fe. \ori *> /i i I i i S?V> v .1 r* .r 4 r. arlsb<?f< .U aD to euro scoreboard m
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    Lock icon SUN SPORTS Silence of the banshees
    389 2  -  Brian Miller npsportsQsph.com.sg THEY thought it would be Crist Almighty who'd give Turkey a sermon on how football should be played. But, alas, it wasn't Cristiano Ronaldo who provided the finishing touches to Portugal's winning canvas. A guy whose name sounded much like a
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      56 3 sun SPORTS THE KW PAPER ON SUNDAY 8 Jun 2008 3 UEFA EURO 2008 updates brought to you by: t vr c, RONALDO I JINKS, 1 •m ■i >. > i Alk.11^ V ;i S v v; /.v -L,*'* 1* 4* ,-^y^•• vyvvywv A STAR IS BORN MAN IN EUR008
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      Lock icon Geneva's jinxed $437k symbol back in play
      371 4 Host city's Great Ball of Ire AP. NOW that Geneva has got its giant inflatable football back, organisers are hoping the weather will play along. The helium-filled ball, which is 15m in diameter, was slowly inflated last Thursday on Lake Geneva. It has
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      100 4 AP. SWITZERLAND'S Kosovo-born midfielder Valon Behrami wants to help his original homeland get its own national football team. That does not mean he wants to switch jerseys. "My heart is always in Kosovo. My family comes from there," said the 23-year-old Behrami, who moved as a
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      Lock icon KOPITAM LAPTOP AUNTY SEALS DEALS IN MINUTES
      864 6  -  Main customers are cabbies, elderly folks clueless about illegal Internet betting She handles thousands of dollars an afternoon > has'bodyguards' Special Correspondent tnpQsph.comsg SHE seems every bit the middle-aged woman taking a leisurely afternoon tea break at a coffee shop. That is until
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      Lock icon RUMBLING ON TRACKS... GAMBLING DOWN BELOW
      641 7  -  Rowdy group riles Bt Batok residents who fear sessions will turn violent Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg THE regular clatter of the MRT trains passing between two Housing Board blocks in Bukit Batok is not the only noise familiar to residents. For the last two
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      Lock icon ARE SHOPKEEPERS AFTER ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS?
      986 8  -  «c< wu -mm 112 5 pore races ponm rice shortage due j A to Indian export ban J L.ME' m ifr^m hi oome loco I shops send: workers to supermarkets to buy rice in bulk I he) tl en sell bock to customers at high
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      Lock icon BLOG.CON: FAKE AD DEALS A STEAL
      979 9  -  Ir mar* mam Jikm# oo Tay Shi'an shianQsph.corrug SOME readers of celebrity blogger Dawn Yang have found themselves hundreds of dollars poorer because of an ad posted on her website. The ad for designerluxurybrands.com appeared in Dawn's blog in mid-May and it turned out
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      39 6 INSIDE BLOG.COrsJ I ■JMUHHj s; 11 g Ad on Dawn Yang's ■"W site riles readers j yVhose fault? PPTz#/ to do? SEj ■fJ CANNE After 18 years, IPa/A: Choo has had enough of Cannes HU Fz7w Fes/. JfTry? ES
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      44 9 Watch the Mandarin version exclusively at' Cathay Clneplex AMK Hub Golden Village Tamplnes Golden Village Ylshun Golden Village flong Bahru Featuring the voices of Wllber Pan, Patty Hou and Jackie Chan. Check Individual cinema listings for timings." 4. 1 > I < 4 -4 •> I. C
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      130 9 Once-ln-A-Lifetime trip to watch UEFA Euro '08 Semi-Finals in Austria (24-28 June 08) 'Lsbcrq C Packages worth S$10,000 each include One return air ticket to Vienna Hotel accommodation Grandstand seat Exclusive Carlsberg pari .j drink dinner at UEFA Club Special tour with the T oss m m y .,.w UEFA
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      Lock icon MY BODY FAT, MY BOAT'S FUEL
      703 11  -  Spreading the green message of biodiesel Earthrace's crew also use soya beans to power boat in round-the-world race Shree Ann Mathavan shrecannQsph.com.sg MENTION soya beans and you think of the sweet, milky drink. But for Mr Pete Bethune, 43, these tiny sources of protein
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      Lock icon We told her it was unsafe but SHE LOVED HER JOB
      868 12  -  STORE BOSS IClUfO HWfiM M£TQg? g| Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann <Qsph.com.sg FOR years, they tried to persuade her to give 14) her job at the garment factory which she co-owned in Batam, Indonesia. Now, her family wished she had
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      71 12 RAFFLES KINDERCARE PTE LTD V B,k 17 J°° Seng Rd #03-133 I \S™=* (opp Upp Aljunied Link) Curriculum designed by Cherie Hearts Group International Pte Ltd INFANT CARE PLAYGROUP NURSERY KINDERGARTEN STUDENT CARE CORE PROGRAMMES English Curriculum Jumpstart Years/ Bridging Years Extension beyond classroom B* Mandarin Curriculum Verbal/Linguistic Logical Mathematical
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      199 12 V w FATHER'S DAY Celebrate the occasion wtth our ever-popular 'Unlimited A-La-Carte' promotion which Includes a buffet spread of lovely desserts. Select from a menu of over 40 dishes while we whet your appetite with a one-time serving of Chef's Specialties! $30.80 (adult)'$18.80 (child)' Shark's Hn Soup wtth Tour Treasures'
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    687 14 THREE weeks after losing her right arm in the earthquake, 9-year-old Xia Feng Ting (left) draws her first picture, a picture of a tree. The tree looks shaky: the lines are wormy, and die characters she wrote ("The earthquake is heartless but humanity is merciful") is almost
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      720 16 As oil threatens to hit US$l5O, Asian dynamos urged to stop subsidies Wire services. ON Friday, oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of US$150 oil by early July. The meteoric rise of nearly US$11 for the day piled atop an increase of
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      Lock icon BOILING POINT: WHAT CAN YOU DO? HE SAVED $7,000
      920 17  -  S'porean possibly the first here to convert van to run on CNG, in '06, to cut down fuel cost. In last two years... Elysa Chen elysocQsph.com sg WHEN it comes to petrol savings, few can beat Mr Lim Sin Leng. In
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      273 17 What It CNOT CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is a fossil fuel Considered an environmentally cleaner alternative to petrol, diesel or propane fuel Much safer than other motor fuels in the event of a fuel spill natural gas is lighter than air, so it disperses quickly when leaked
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      Lock icon BOILING POINTS: OUTSIDE S'PORE
      412 17 AP. UP: Flared tempers spill onto Internet in M'sia Some are using it to rally support against the measure in a country with tight restrictions on street protests. Much of the rage was directed against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. "We used to tblnk you were
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      Lock icon BLAME WALL STREET
      597 18 BOIUNG POINT: WHOSE FAULT? Experts also blame China India's appetites for oil SO who's to blame for the record high fuel prices? It's simple economics, say some US regulators too many people chasing after a limited supply of oil. Growing appetites of growing jA economies like China
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      Lock icon FUTURE SHOCK: LIVING WITH SKY-HIGH PRICES
      365 18 BOILING POINT: WHEN? THE year is 2010. Oil has hit US$2OO a barrel. Petrol costs $5 a litre in Singapore. How would the country fare in such an environment? Here are some doomsday scenarios: TOURISM SECTOR You could walk into any hotel in Orchard
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      Lock icon SILVER UNING IS A GREENER WORLD
      362 18 EXPERTS are already talking about how die price of oil may hit US$2OO ($273) a barrel in the next few months. This has prompted economists to chart doomsday scenarios over how die global economy may melt down because of the spike. But, while it
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      441 19 HE CLIMBS ON ROOF ESCAPES BOUND, GAGGED, BUT M'SIAN MAN (BELOW) STILL MANAGES TO ELUDE KIDNAPPERS HIS hands were tied behind his back and his mouth was taped over. But a Malaysian telephone electrician, in his 30s, still managed to escape from the clutches of his kidnappers when they let
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      Lock icon JB moneychanger's son disappears with $42 million
      178 19 WF usuaHy give moneychangers money in exchange for foreign currency But one Johor moneychanger offered a service of a different sort, reported The Star He offered 18 per cent annual returns on the money people "deposited" with him. And since 1990, about 800
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      Lock icon WE DIDN'T DARE TELL ANYONE FOR THREE DAYS
      520 20 Missing M'sian boy jumps into drain (right) and is swept away. Friends say... THEIR friend got swept away in a drain before their very eyes. Yet for three days, 13-year-old student Zhou Yehao's buddies said not one word to anyone because they
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      Lock icon US tech tycoon on drug, fraud charges
      253 20 wire services. THE video images posted on YouTube for all to see were fuzzy and jerk. But US prosecutors confirmed this week that the tall, bearded man who appeared to be snorting drugs in the video was Henry Nicholas m, the billionaire who
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      Lock icon 19 HOURS OF TORTURE
      830 21 Man allegedly rapes and scalps woman in ner home. Victim suffers WHAT happened to her was terrifying. Torturous, prosecutors had said. On Friday, the victim recounted in court for the first time the events of 13 April 2007, when a man raped and sodomised her repeatedly
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        51 22 The (Israeli-Palestinian) trust deficit is exacerbated by the fact that after Israel quit the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinians, instead of building Singapore there, built Somalia and focused not on how to make microchips, but on how to make rockets to hit Israel. Thomas L Friedman, International Herald
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        Lock icon TWO KILLED IN DOWNPOUR
        233 22 HEAVY RAINS HIT HONG KONG WALL COLLAPSES TWO people have du d fa» Hon| Kong ate the city was hit by torrential rains yesterday The heavy rains had triggered a landslide which sent a 20-tojme crashing euro the hut that the pair were sleeping in. Local
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        86 22 TWO more cases of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya have emerged in Singapore in a new location: The Teachers Housing Estate in Upper Thomson. The Health Ministry (MOH) said it was notified of the first case on 3 Jun involving an 86-year-old retiree. The other victim is the retiree's
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        120 22 MR Khairul Anwar Ibni became the first person in South-east Asia to receive a kidney from someone with a different blood type. Last month, the kidneys of the 46-year-old former senior airline officer were failing and there were no suitable donors. His doctor gave him only a
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        180 22 SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Telemedia, a fully-owned unit of Temasek Holdings, is selling its interest in the Indonesian telecoms firm Indosat. In a statement, ST Telemedia said Asia Mobile Holdings its joint venture with Qatar Telecom will sell its 41 per cent shareholding in Indosat to
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        119 22 THE era of e-ticketing for air travel is upon us, as the aviation industry bid farewell to paper tickets this month. Travel facilitator Abacus International said the switch to e-tickets went smoothly for its 15,000 travel agency locations in 24 markets worldwide, The Straits Times reported. Its
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        64 22 Lord Hanuman, the popular Hindu monkey god, has been named official chairman of the" recently opened Sardar Bhdgat Singh Cbllefgte Of Technology and Manag&ftent in hbrthem India. Th'etibly chafrfnan even has an incense-filled office, a desk and a laptop computer. The school's vit&tfWU'tfi&f JCangdi said A V fhfeir belief
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      1194 23 After 18 yeorsTSylvia Toh Paik Choo is finally ending her trips to the filmiest v ******8 »9Pt- > *K»PNr- 5 i THE best parties on the Cannes film festival circuit have always been tied to animals. Hedgerow creatures, sharks, bees, stallions, a green ogre, man and his best friend
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      439 24 New Face 07 beauties search for-potentials at Suntec City EIGHT of last year's New Paper New Face finalists fanned out across Suntec City yesterday in search of not bargains, but beauties. They were on a look-out for potential New Faces for this year's contest. And so, it became
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      Lock icon So much to offer
      289 25 THE girls we found yesterday may have potential, but they weren't the only beautiful things in Suntec City Galleria. We also found great fashion stuff there. Levi Strauss Signature (#Ol-55) carries fashionable and hip limited edition jeans and other casual-wear, all comfortably set at mid-range prices.
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      Lock icon SCHOOL HOLS ARE HERE, SO DADS SAY: GAME ON
      678 26  -  IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE NEW PAPER CYBERCHALLENGE Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann Qsph.comjg IT was a chance for some parent-child bonding at The New Paper CyberChallenge yesterday. Given that the event at Funan DigitaLife Mall fell just a week before
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      428 27 Donate $40 you'll also stand a chance to win match tickets FYIBHHHBBI jHUfIAM ■**10—to4p»,> ARDENT football fans can now get within kissing distance of the fabled Barclays Premier League trophy starting tomorrow. And you won't even need an air ticket or a passport. The
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      30 29 Good paying jobs /nsidc Career Choice Ajobfeatunof QfiTS FASTADS in The New Paper every Thursday. •ov rr ku rr find rr I L ne >»^SBillB6hB^4LSflBBßi I wvkc. A enquim. (M.
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      282 29 OUR SUNDAY Pushing Daisies Channel 5, 1030pm V'. .y, 'i* >''4\ aV $58$%■ In this new dramedy series, a man who has the power to bring dead people back to life joins forces with his childhood sweetheart and a private investigator to help solve various murders. Starring Lee Pace, Anna
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      140 29 Mr Bean's Holiday (riqht) HBO (St HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm Mr Bean wins a trip to Cannes, where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. He also discovers France, the joy of cycling and true love on the way.
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      Lock icon Mouth-watering Italian delights
      537 30  -  Table for 4 Yeoh Wee Teck wctteekQsph.comjg THE New Paper New Face is back, and that's why we have a special New Face edition of Table For 4. Italian restaurant Prego also has a connection to The New Paper New Face contest This year, it is a
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      629 31  -  ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE 7 S Murall murvlisQsph.com jg WITH the wife away in Vietnam on a school trip, I had to entertain the kids.'l decided to make it an educational experience for me. First, like naturalist Sir David Attenborough, I wanted to
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      461 31  -  ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE #2 S M Ong smong@sph.com.sg WHEN you read about the wild booze party on the London Tube the night before the alcohol ban came into effect on 1 Jun, was your first reaction "You mean alcohol wasn't banned
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      120 32 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 Kelvyn Ng Dear, Its finally 10th July 2008!!! its our 300 days anniversary.. I really appreciate what you've
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      Lock icon HAPPY VICTORY
      95 33 (RACE 8 No. 2) BEST BET WITH eight horses who have either won or placed at theft last start in the line-up, there is no doubt that the Dewar's 12 Sprint race has attracted a quality field. But we are confident that Happy Victory can rise to die
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      714 33 1 Race 1 HM (SC) 1200m 53 tW44i Mm «taM«: Dashing TraMar. F Maynard. TMk 1mki I3.7sec. Faracaat$19. TMraa: $91. MaMyaMa W/P: RM11, RMS, RM11, RM9 Hfe $14. PNwwt $27 (5-7), $7 (2-7). IHk $32 RM (SC) 1200nT| MINT 53.5 c 52.5 (8-5) JMi (4 BT
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PERTH (BELMONT) RESULTS
      1287 33 GOING: GOOD sun Rflcinc Sunday ar^ TOPTiPS^tJ^^ f« ps p?7 n» pr J In*** KT Me GBCUL I Mring B ftotna UdB Wowy |7h«dP 11 ilili I Urn I III! Mi,' i h in l|ni< i i Hi— >!<»■ i** »**> y B I mm> W-
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      238 34 GOING FORECAST: YEILDING 1 *****4 CMMtfM 57 43 1 (4ag E Brautafen-M Sttbto) 1 M »5L 1*1 S&r-' I tssjis*" isi BEL U far .ssgggsr v is HS" i Baa." u IPIslq «4764 MMMjL, v Jl 35 IMMH I Sn*»Stf«vOP) 13 MOW MaTteM! IP 3t tl 14
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      102 34 RACE 3s sdPark. BACK St Jeram Big Beau, Business King, Fort Apache, Leading Witness, C:olourtand Classic. 0 ■ACE 6: Golden Ace, Smartlion, Superb General Mahau, Rejuvenation. Storm Express. SbaggadeU^$ RACE 7t Speed Chaser, Duty Free Spirit, Baluna Park, Indian Champ, Joker RACE 8j Time Speed, Winchester Wonder, Yharo, Lafuar.
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      Lock icon King Hesperus set to rule
      955 35 Comments and tips by Phillip Woo, courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey dub. Race 1 (1,200 m) Cattfarala Heart (No. S) has placed in three of 11 starts this tferm, each time over today's surface and distance, and must be one of the main chances
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      957 35 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING n r T nun jocxf 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 8 10 11 12 TAfTlMUUl BCliGKT TWL H W LaJ<-2) 133 5 CttPMM WUTT ASC KLChuW-5) 132 -4 MULTMMViVr KWL S K Sit(-z) 131 11 8HHATMI CF 0
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS PRIDE RESTORED
      368 36  -  WORLD CUP QUALIFIER UZBEKISTAN 1 SINGAPORE 0 Comment by Ernest Luis npsportsGsph.comjg ON Monday, the Lions were whipped in a 7-3 defeat by Uzbekistan here at the National Stadium in their World Cup Qualifier. Last night, away in Tashkent and just before the opening £uro08 game between
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          Lock icon Watch out for the Germans
          296 37  -  FROM THE GROUND Eric Ding npsports@sph.com sg BACK Germany to go all the way. This was the prediction given by Master Heng, who had used feng shui principles to determine this outcome. Usually, my neighbourhood feng shui master takes the day, time and venue of
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          389 37 Best bet Germany on the 1/2 Goal. That's going to be my call. It is said that the early rounds of any international tournament are always devoid of goals. Or rather, goals are in short supply. Not in this match-up. The Germans, led by Michael Ballack,
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          Lock icon EURO MATCH 0803: AUSTRIA v CROATIA
          434 38 mum, SUSPENSIONS: I i&SffliA. 08 (doubtful). CROATIA: Cortuka (doubtful). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Austria I; Croatia J; draws 6 IAST MEETING: JB May, 2006 Austria 1 Croatia 4 (friendly) TEAM FACTS: AUSTRIA Austria's 5-1 win over MaKa in their final warmnip match marked iust and win in
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          Lock icon EURO MATCH 0804: GERMANY v POLAND
          548 39 TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: GERMANY: Nil. POLAND: Nil. HEAD-TO-HEAD: womNaay ft, Poland bj draws LAST MEETING: 14 Jon, 2MI Germany 1 Poland 0 (World Cup) TEAM FACTS: GERMANY: Won the European
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          Lock icon Don't bet on Austria
          709 40  -  MORNING LATEST Gary Lim npsportsQsph.comjg CLOSE your eyes. Imagine Austria lifting the Euro08 cup at the end of the month. Can you? I can't either. Look, I don't even fancy them winning a single game in their group. So if there's any team that I'm going
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          Lock icon Loew's men have score to settle
          614 41 Polish tabloid's picture could rile. Germany WITH a reasonably straightforward group ahead. of them and the unwelcome burden of "favourites" tag, it is vital that the German players don't lose their heads this week, but one Polish tabloid wouldn't agree. Popular paper "Super Express"
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          Lock icon Germans will put on the style
          311 41  -  THE FINK TANK Daniel Finkeistein Special Correspondent AUSTRIA v CROATIA (Austria win 26 per cent, Draw 24 per cent, Croatia win 50 per cent) AUSTRIA, you would think, would be a contender. After all, they have Germanic efficiency and they are, crucially, playing at
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        444 42 MORNING LATEST THERE are long faces among the Turkey supporters when they see the Portugal line-up. Tliey had kept their fingers crossed and hoped that Ronaldo, Nani, Deco and the other stars would have had a night out on the town and had somehow missed the
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        409 43 MORNING LATEST THE roar from the stands could have caused an avalanche on the slopes of the Alps when, on three minutes, Alexander Frei drills a shot which has Petr Cech scrambling to save. Punters even Chelsea fans in possession of tickets which read "Home-Home"
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        838 44  -  MORNING LATEST MORNING LATEST David Lee npsportstQsph.comsg IF you stare at the Switzerland flag long enough, you'd experience the epiphany I had. Given the way the red cross is an exact reversal of the co-host country's national flag, it is almost destined by design that the Swiss'
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        475 46 Reuters. THEY will not give up. Co-hosts Switzerland suffered a double blow in their Euro08 opener in Basel. The Swiss lost their first match to the Czech Republic and saw their captain Alexander Frei limp off the pitch in tears shortly before half-time with his left
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        643 47 MORNING LATEST Super-sub Sverkos savours maiden goal Reuters. SOME guys are just hard to please. Czech Republic striker Vaclav Sverkos may have scored his first international goal this morning, but he still managed to find fault with it "It wasn't exactly how I wanted to
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        154 47  -  David Lee npsports@sph.com.sg Chelsea's Petr Cech continued his fine form to add another clean sheet with a host of flying saves in his impressive resume to keep the likes of Alexander Frei, Valon Behrami, Gokhan Inler and Tranquillo Barnetta at bay. In front of him,
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        617 48 MORNING LATEST IN a land where the finest watch-makers of the world reside, the country's torch-bearers of the night floundered. Alas, precision, the epitome of time-keeping, was found wanting. If co-hosts Switzerland were counting on a flying start to Euro08 in order to prolong their participation in
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        611 49 Wire Services. YOU might have some sympathy for Turkey manager Fatih Terim. After all, when you are facing Cristiano Ronaldo, Simao Sabrosa, Nani or Ricardo Quaresma on the wings, you would want to focus your attentions there. And that is
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        103 50 MORNING LATEST JOSE Bosingwa, Chelsea's latest X £16.2 million ($44m) signing from Porto, was a revelation at tifjp right-back position, gttfusing to give ttaKik T.tS•• >«T -»Y. k* The 25-year-old has to be careful before dishing out his crunching tackles though, as some of them ended up in free-kicks in
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        424 50 Wire Services. PORTUGAL central defender Pepe was very happy with the result against Turkey and stated that his first goal should not nave been disallowed. The Real Madrid player produced a very solid display which helped Ricardo keep a clean sheet in {heir opening
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        710 51 Ronaldo's side off to an impressive start with win over Turkey MORNING LATEST Euro08 is just one day old, but you can already pencil Portugal into the quarter-finals after an impressive victory over a Turkish side who snapped and snarled, but rarely came close to threatening an
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        296 52  -  Ernest Luis npsports@%ph com s<j THEY wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to score this morning. Or Deco, or even Simao. Nuno Gomes would have been good enough, too. But in the end, Portugal's 2-0 win eventually came courtesy of their two most unlikely goalscorers. The first was by Pepe in
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        312 52 HE may have just endured what Queen Elizabeth n would refer to as an, "annus horribilis" at the Camp Nou. But Deco's (right) magnificent performance against Turkey is evidence enough that the Portuguese midfielder still has plenty to offer at the top level of European
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        618 53  -  MORNING LATEST TV VIEW Ernest Luis npsportsQsph.qomsg THE footballing world tuned in to see if Portugal's big stars could shine against Turkey in their opening Euro08 game this morning. Cristiano Ronaldo. Deco. Maybe even Nuno Gomes. They all came closte themselves to scoring, Ronaldo and Gomes
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        145 54 MORNING LATEST PEPi AND NUNO GOMES ONE-TWO Tohori says: Gomes uses his off-the-ball movement to deceive the defenders.This creates space for Pepe to go behind the defensive line to receive Gomes' return pass. Pepe's goal is reminiscent of Lilian Thuram's 1998 World Cup goal against Croatia, since Pepe
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        967 55 MORNING LATEST A NAME TO REMEMBER appearance for Portugal, Wire Services. A YEAR ago everyone was asking die same question: "Pepe who?" That was when Real Madrid signed die Portuguese defender for a whopping 30 million euros ($65m) from FC Porto. And now no one should forget the name.
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