The New Paper, 22 June 2008

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  • SUN SPORTS
    • UEFA EURO 2008 updotes brought to you by: Carlsberg
      • 281 2 AP. CRISTIANO Ronaldo has spoken. The Manchester United winger (right) wants a dream move to Real Madrid. And his Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who will take over as Chelsea's new manager on 1 July, has a big part to play in his decision. "It
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      • 578 2 QUARTER-FINAL: SPAIN v ITALY 2.45 AM TOMORROW Wire Services. PERENNIAL under-achievers versus proven champions. Youth versus experience. Form versus pedigree The contrasts could not be greater between Spain and Italy as they face off in the last EurooB quarter-final tomorrow morning. The Iberian's only major tide came
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      • 284 3 But Austrian govt dismisses claim US and European, security officials warned of a possible terror attack in Austria or Switzerland during the ongoing European Championship football tournament, reported ABC News on Friday. The four officials frpm four separate agencies told the broadcaster that there was
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    • 23 2 Expect goals in titanic clash Panucci: We're mentally strong Germany v Turkey 2.45am, Thursday 26 Jun Holland/Russia v Spain/Italy 2.45am, Friday 27 Jun
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  • SUN NEWS
    • THE BIG LO ER
      • 741 5  -  He spends on posh meals, birds' nest and betting Now, he has only $200 left vMbank.............. Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann <Qsph.com.sg YOU'VE hit the jackpot. Your life has changed. But is it for the better? The answer is not always "Of
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      • 354 5 HIS last resort is to go after a friend to whom he claims to have lent $50,000 from his Toto windfall. Once "close as brothers", Mr Chew and his friend have fallen out over the alleged loan. Mr Chew said he
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      • 223 5 MONEY doesn 1 make the world go round. Mr Stephen Goldbart. co director of the Money. :j and Ctioices Institute in San Francisco tolii CNN that two out of three lottery winners will ose or spend all their winnings within five years. expert Dr Steven J
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      • 1054 6  -  Inflation, legal betting keep punters away MEuronitfas closely followed as World Cup f EPL Maureen Koh maurccnk@sph.com.sg THE bookies don't make 'em like they used to. The money, that is. Even as Euro '08 hits fever pitch with the competition into the quarter-final
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      • 367 6 IT'S been called the beautiful game, but for most Singapore fans, it's more the colour of money that is attractive. All 150 people polled by The New Paper on Sunday said they bet on football with 98 declaring that
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    • 338 7  -  THE BIGGEST WINNER Maureen Koh maumnk@sph.com sg ILLEGAL soccer bookies may be weeping, but pubs and coffee shops are cheering the Uefa Euro 2008. Business has been brisk for food and beverage outlets offering live telecasts since the competition began three weeks ago. And with
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 569 9  -  ANG MO KIO MURDER Half-naked man found dead, no signs of injury Police say ifs murder Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS in the generally quiet neighbourhood at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 were abuzz when they saw police cars and an ambulance in front
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    • 1082 11  -  S'porean pays over $lkfor repairs but car still breaks down 10 times When he complains to Seremban workshop, 10 mechanics surround family Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan (Qsph.com.sg A HOLIDAY turned into a hellish encounter with workshop bullies for one Singaporean family last weekend. The workshop,
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    • 1559 13  -  S'PORE REPORTS Elysa Chen elysac@sph.comsg IT must have been the biggest, most awful secret she has had to keep in her young life of six years. About the most horrible act she may have witnessed, or is likely to witness for the rest
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    • 277 13 it BBS. >wSSSt^SSi^uSSi fliproiiioii nd Principal psychologist francos Yeo from KK Women's and CMMiM't Hospital said: "Witnessing their parents flatting and arguing or witnessing s murder can have a negative impact on a child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social development." Such an experience, said Dr Yeo, can cause children
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    • 237 14 HE was the man who was supposd to be protecting the area, yet he was the fastest to run away. On Friday, two gun-wielding robbers barged into a jewellery store in Kuala Lumpur, reported Guang Ming Daily. To intimidate the staff into giving
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    • 277 14 28 people believed buried under rubble after arch collapses in China A STEEL railway bridge collapsed in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province yesterday morning, killing at least seven and injuring 19. China Daily, quoting sources with die Wenzhou city government, reported that the
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    • 416 15 HONEYMOON MURDER? AN Australian coroner ruled on Friday that an American man should face a murder trial over the death of his wife. Christina Watson, 25, a model, drowned while she and her husband, Daniel Gabriel Watson (below),
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    • 696 16 Devout Buddhist had tough childhood, excelled in military school ASIA'S POWER PLAYERS HIS frail frame carries a steely resolve. Retired Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang is not one to give up easily. Leading the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), he said yesterday that he is not worried
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    • SnapShot
      • 43 18 In recent years Hie FDA (Food Drug Administration) has found itself with more and more to do To check all the food production facilities around the world at the current rate of inspections would take 1,900 years. John Carey, Business Week
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      • 98 18 THE Dow Jones Industrial Index closed below 12,000 to hit a three-month low when US stocks fell 220.40 points on Friday. Rising oil prices and warnings of more mortgage-related write-downs at banks had reignited investor fears of worse to come. Adding to the pessimism, Standard Poor (S&P)
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      • 88 18 THE Olympic torch relay passed through Tibet's capital Lhasa yesterday without incident. Security was tight and the area was closed off to all but those given a special pass for the event, AFP reported. Only hand-picked spectators were allowed to cheer the torch as'it passed through
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      • 97 18 PAKISTAN'S government has renamed the international airport in the capital Islamabad the Benazir Bhutto International, after the slain former prime minister. The announcement was made to mark her 55th birthday yesterday. The airport is actually closer to Rawalpindi, Islamabad's larger neighbour, where she had been killed in
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      • 53 18 ]^^|CC8L have (tatted to re-thinktheirpoiictot on thia. tttft-is meant to promote public transport and curt) excessive use of can. Mr Mah Mid: "Byou price it wrongly, if yon f r Ua it tm f*y kcormmqrttoait Reduce the number of trips, If ifpoaahtt. Better stfl^^lfce Sf'-Vfc* < Sir
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      • 229 18 OIL powers and consumer nations haggled yesterday over who is to blame for the spectacular rise in crude prices, as they prepared for a summit in Saudi Arabia on the global energy crisis to be held today. As prices are nearing US$l4O ($190) a
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      • 66 18 A group of 22 residents from Venice, Italy, auctioned themselves on eßay, offering "bom and bred Venetians, excellent pedigree, last in stock". The auction was designed to draw attention to the decreasing population of the city of canals, as developers build more hotels and drive up the cost of
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    • 56 19 p a M flat p. V w 20 NEW FACE 2008 &y. C 1 L s -T -z I, I dial ~v> >•*•■ tsiuLrc K r\- v.m| a A*. 'V-» r p»- > i ar .■*am T•v?.» I V/ kt uig quesiion Who will make it past round 2? f
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  • 555 20 Emotions run high as the girls vie for finalist spots OUR SUNDAY IT takes something unseen to get into The New Paper Niew Face finals, not just eye-catching looks. A gut of stone and a mind of steel. Nanyang Polytechnic student Shahirah Price, 17, was
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  • 402 21 MISS UNIVERSE FINALISTS GET UP-CLOSE AND PERSONAL SUN NEWS THIS year's Miss Universe contestants will finally get a chance to size up their 81 rivals in person. The participants will appear for the first time together at a charity auction and gala dinner in Ho Chi Minh City,
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 387 22  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikehoo@sph.eom.sg HOW far would you go for love? To the ends of the earth! That would be the romantically-correct response, but most Singaporeans, born and bred in their air-conditioned comfort zone, would venture as far as, say, Ngee Ann City.
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    • 428 23  -  Guests awed by boutique ceiling that holds designers lamps, pictures Sylvia Toh Paik Choo poikchooQsph.comsg FROM kampung, through the looking glass, to Ashley in Boudoirland; not bad for a Singapore boy who still hankers after Adam Road hawker centre's food. Plus, he has his shirts
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    • 763 24 AT night, they light up heartland nightclubs with their snazzy oldies. In the day, they serenade spirits at wakes held in the void decks of public housing estates. As the heartland nightclub scene wanes with the increasing popularity of trendier new pubs
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    • 460 25 Study finds 'dark' trails such as narcissism deceit boost men's allure with women IT'S official: Women find bad boys a whole lot sexier than nice guys. A global survey by US researchers has found that men who possess certain "evil'' characteristics had more
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    • 633 26  - Wii are not wasting Really S Murali muralisQsph.com jg IJUST read that people spent a total of $51.7 million at die recent PC Show at Suntec City. Can you believe that? $51.7 million in four days. Twice the amount shelled out at the previous show. Did someone say that rice
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    • 470 26  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choox paikchoo@sph.com.sg Dropping like flies. No disrespect meant, the last 12 months have seen the deaths of many a name which has informed, indirectly, the lifestyles of the few of us "d'un certain age," as they say in the old country.
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 43 27 OUR SUflDflY cf Un 4 £*3 The Apprentice VI 2010 FIFA World W >I*T Lebanon VS Chef Selebriti Semarak Budaya Sihat Sejahtera Gaya Slhat GMaMakan Ika And Boy Mama Paparazzi Bertta Bila Ayah Mintak Kahwin Lagi Ma war Merah ASET 2008/2009 1240mn Bertta
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    • 30 27 I Batman Mystery Of The Batwoman R.E.M. The Next Generation Spongebob Squarepants Groom My Room Team Galaxy Moondru Mugam Rendu Aanaa Pennaa Endrendrum The Singapore Short Story Project Fahrenheit 9/11
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    • 43 27 TView Mission A superintendent's new mission is to investigate a legendary triad leader and a newly emerging influential figure in the gang. He places both under close surveillance in the hopes of obtaining criminal evidence and arresting them. Starring Ekin Cheng, Stephen Fung.
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    • 43 27 Fahrenheit 9/11 Arts Central 10pm This documentary film explores director Michael Moore's view on what happened to the US after 9/11 and how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  • 576 28  -  Table for 4 WHERE: Don Pie, 25 China Street, #01-01, Far East Square Call: 6327 4344 Hours: Bam 9pm (weekdays), Bam spm (weekends) WHO WENT: (Below, from left) Elinn Kong, 18, culinary science student Kelvin Lim, 28, chartering operations executive Valerie On. 19, student OUR SUNDAY
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  • 432 29 Will French Open champ Ana Ivanovic take Sharapova s place as glam girl of tennis? sun DEWS SHE'S been forced to givfe up her French Open tennis crown recently to her Serbian rival. But will Russian tennis queen Maria Sharapova end up second-place off the court? Ana
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    327 30 OUR SUIlDflY Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Wnatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpfonim@sph.com.sg Oi, Solomon! See lah, always stay back in office pretend to do work but instead play
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  • SUN RACING
    • 570 32  -  Tan Thean Loon loon @sph.com sg HIS first runner Teskara finished third, so did his second entry Stedman. But yesterday, new trainer Michael Freedman made it third-time lucky as he saddled his first winner with his sole runner NtflnL The odds-on favourite saluted in Race 4,
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    • 189 33 FOUR-TIME champion trainer Laurie Laxon is back in pole postion. A quick double yesterday in Races 9 and 10 saw the New Zealander move up to joint top spot with 40 winners as long-time leader John Meagher drew a blank. Laxon's Waikato capitalised
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    • 1979 33 GOING: GOOD Race 1 C5 1100m 6 UIGKY CITY 58 (13-5) D Vorster (3) 7 1 (486) 5 KING OF VICTORY 58 (78-18) M (10) 4 3 (428) 1.75 8 OEM ARC 55 (59-14) OChmz (fi'i 3 4 3 ***** Hd 2 GETEM GET
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    • 410 33 GOING: GOOD Race 1 PR COM H CAP 1600M II' ■■IHTI 1 2 3 TMm£ F Kwriey. Mqb 0.75, nk, 3. Hmr ImJn 36.425ec. EOB: [Race 2 TABFORM SPRINT 1200M Hc| TV JTaTi farit *'"1 X i. j g. .iTjHLi Traiaar A Durrant Mar|hr 1.25, hd.
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    • 1024 34 RACE 1 (1,200 m) Red Ruler (No. 2) has continually been knocking on the door at each of his seven starts this term and is an each-way chance. Expedlldd (6) has been freshened up following a disappointing effort over 1,400 m but he had
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    • 66 34 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING I g mSJt mmm Sh KtSSf-n s gJV C ■■■■■■■■pi 5 Star* I I Aim m < I I fe»»i 1 ***** I rS ipmm !m imr r-m s 10 —a» SA 6 ifups m 7 :;&ssl* asr IiSRmI CHV
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    • 81 35 (Race 10 No. 6) BEST BET JERAM FUTURE is a useful youngster who should continue his climb up the ranks. The Len Treloar-trained gelding had the measure of his Class 4 rivals in a 1,200 m event on 23 May, under the hot-to-trot Benny Woodworth, without raising a
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    • 989 35 RACE 1 WORLD FANTASY and GET EM GET'EM bumped on jumping. Shortly after the start, SEA COOKIE was crowded between THE PILOT, who shifted in away from GEM ARC and LUCKY CITY. GEM ARC and LIM'S GLORY were obliged to race wide throughout.
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    • 1957 36 GOOD RACE 1 No. Lastfin in HORSE Wt Rati* 1 Jockey Bank w (A§a/sfi|ia/nx, trainer-earner) 1 -7 Swift PtbcMm 57 (53) KB SM 15 14nzg Desmond Koh-lgua) 2 3 00 6902-5 Saariag Ttaar HI A.I |JL-UL niKKiwy wvann 56.5 55 1521
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    • 117 36 ■ACE 3: Word Of Honour, Great Arc, Golden Tiger. RACE 4: Master Of Triumph, Bugsy, Abalone, Good Lucky, Up Ahead, Magic Eight ■ACE 5: Manuka, Golden Flame, Big Occasion, Daring Commander, Kismet. ■ACE 6: Silent Account, Lion City Hero, Winning Expert, Sea Of Tranquility, Golden Chestnut. RACE 7: Zinly,
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    • 2495 37 LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI RACES RACE 1 (1,400 m) 1 Swift PTecision Should improve on debut, he could have finished ckner. but drawn badty here. 2 Snaring Tiger Toothless. 3 Working Wealth Resuming alter a couple of nice
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  • Sunday SPORTS
    • 793 38 Mad about golf WHAT an incredible US Open. A great golf course, set-up tough but fair, produced one of the best Majors in recent memory. And to top it all, a 45-year old, intermittently plagued by back trouble and without a win since the spring of
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    • 378 39 Wire Services. SINGAPORE'S Mardan Mamat slipped to joint-29th position as young German Martin Kaymer went six clear after the third round of the BMW International Open in Munich yesterday. Mardan, who was joint-first on Thursday and joint-fourth on Friday, moved down the leaderboard after a two-over
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    • 149 39 Wire Services. CRISTIE Kerr has a good feeling about next week's US Women's Open in Minnesota, where she will defend the title she won last year at Southern Pines, North Carolina. Although the third women's Major of the season will be staged on the longest course in the
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      • 461 40 TWO weeks ago in Montreal, due to a new pit lane rule, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton had not seen Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen stop at the pit lane exit as the red lights were on and crashed into his rear at just 30 miles per hour. The pit
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      • 153 40 IN* recent review, F1 CEO Senile Ecclestone rated the top five drivers on the circuit in the following order Fernando Aionso, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Robert Kubica and Felipe Massa. He added that if Kubica was in a better car like a Ferrari or McLaren, Hamilton
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      • 104 40 positions for die first time*n his ri care®*, -a a But the McLaren No. 1 still fancies his chances of a victory or a podium finbh. Hamilton has his own ways to help him gain back the positions. He said that the Magny-Cours cfrcuit
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      • 112 40 THE French Grand Prix is one of the oldest races on the calendar. The Magny-Cours Circuit .will probably hold its last F1 race today due to financial reasons. This circuit is definitely one of Ferrari's favourite race tracks. They have won here seven times out of
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      • 576 41 AFP. IT will be an all-Ferrari front row at the French Grand Prix today. World champion Kimi Raikkonen lived up to his promise when he claimed pole position for Ferrari during qualifying yesterday. The 28-year-old Finn clocked a best time of one minute and 16.449 seconds
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    • TENNIS: WIMBLEDON
      • 98 42 1 j mr t J 2 RaMNwtt Spain I 1 Russia L Andy Roddick United States 0 Richard Qasquet France 10 Marcoe Baghdatte Cyprus 12 Andy Murray Qraat Britain hJE ZM 14 Paul-Henri Mathieu France 16 Radek Stepanek Czech Rep. 17 MiMtWnv mm 18 IvoKariovic Croatia
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      • 193 42 Roger Federer heads to Wimbledon anticipating a record sixth straight title and the very real prospect of another mighty clash with Rafael Nadal, who thrashed the Swiss number one in this year's French Open final ROGER FEDERER Switzerland RAFAEL NADAL J Spain I All-court
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      • 275 43 AP. ROGER Federer may not want to peek too far ahead in the Wimbledon draw. Waiting in the semi-finals could be the dangerous Novak Djokovic. Even the first round could be tricky for the five-time champion, who will face a player he's never beaten before. Federer
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    • Euro MANIA
      • 598 43 As the EurooB quarter-finals get underway this week, JOYCE LIM catches up with Clement Knights the runners-up of local female football tournament Diva La Futbol to get their views on the tournament T HEY may be an aU-female team, but make no mistake, they play the
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      • 315 44 Punters' Rant A MORNING of mourning. That's what the many punters were experiencing. It all looked so promising in the beginning. There was little to suggest that Turkey could hold Croatia. The Croatians had hacked down Germany en route to the last eight. At the same time,
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      • 442 44 VIENNA has unofficially gone Turkey. I was there with those crazy and passionate Turks yesterday morning at the Emst-Happel Stadium in Vienna, in Austria, and it was one long game filled with tension. I ran into three Singaporeans, who recognised me from The
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        510 45  -  NO CHANCE TURKEY SEMI-FINAL: GERMANY v TURKEY TV VIEW Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg AS Germany watched the Croatia-Turkey quarter-final yesterday morning, they could only smile secretiy. As the footballing world got bored towards the 90th-minute mark and beyond, the Germans were pleased. Croatia were starting to tire, after their
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      • 76 46 ISrna threads the ball through to Modric on the right flank. L. A 1 M Modric sends in a mm low ball towards the near post. '.J 30lic connects feebly with the ball, and Rustu saves comfortably. ISma curls the free-kick above the Turkish wall, towards the
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      • 394 47 AP. THE last two minutes of Croatia's loss to Turkey will BHB torment Slaven Bilic for the Bfij rest -of his life. BR "The misfortune will chase us Httj like a nightmare forever," the Bfl Croatia coach (right) said of his HI team's dramatic
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        711 48 Turks make another late charge before seeing off Croatia DARIJO Sma didn't just cry, he wailed. He crashed down heavily on the Vienna turf and howled in despair. His manager, Slaven Bilic, knelt down next to him and tenderly stroked the back of his head. But what could
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      • 69 49 4 Srna, releasing the I ball to Modric at the Wfk)ats the baU in, I with Rustu rushing Klasnic guides i ball into the net I 1 with a free header. J IRustu sends a long punt towards the Croatian penalty box. h A 2A clash
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      • 466 50  -  Stanley Ho npsports@sph.com.sg THE stars are certainly shining bright on Turkey at EurooB. Not to mention that self-belief and faith within their ranks. The team, led by former AC Milan boss Fatih Terim, qualified for the semi-finals of the competition for the first time/ following an
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    • BETTING
      • 314 51  -  THE FINK TANK SPAM ITALY (Spain win 41 per cent, Draw 32 per cent, Italy win 27 per cent) Daniel Finkelstein Special Correspondent FROM a computer simulator's point of view, EurooB has gone pretty smoothly. On the whole, the better team has beaten
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      • 158 51 Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1S00 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6REC0VER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 Need help for your foot hall punting? Here s compilation of the Euro68 results so far. 1x2 1 Odd/even score Kmc InNR M* 14 tats Ehk 12 tats '/a goal
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      • 436 52 TEAM FACTS: UM HAN MING; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER kdkdkdkdk INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: SPAM: Puyol. Sfel (doubtful). ITALY: BsfzagN (Injured); Plrto. (suspended). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Spate I; Half 9; draws 11 LAST MEETING: 21 Mar, 2M8 Spain 11taly 0 (friendlyKfriendly) TEAM FACTS: stain.
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      • 551 53  -  Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg AFTER reading the predictions from so many football pundits, it's always interesting to see a non-football related personality jump onto the bandwagon. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, recently urged the Spanish side to "break the curse" against Italy. They have
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      • 400 54  -  FROM THE GROUND Eric Ding npsports@sph.comsg SPAIN are the favourites going into tonight's quarter-final game against Italy, but just how hot are they with the punters? I was at a betting outiet yesterday to see if there was anyone who will back Italy against Spain and surprisingly
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      • 436 54 Best bet Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6REC0VER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 Over the years, Italy have been famous for their watertight defence but this isn't the case at this Euro. Spain look a side capable of taUra advantage
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      • 422 55 BUOYANT TURKS LOOKING AHEAD TO SEMI-FINAL CLASH WITH GERMANY Wire Services. HAVING watched his team come from behind for the third time at EurooB, Turkey coach Fatih Terim is hoping that the semi-final against Germany on Thursday morning will be less dramatic but just as
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    • 597 56 QUARTER-FINAL: SPAIN v ITALY 2.45 AM TOMORROW ROBERTO Donadoni is in uncharted territory. It is an accepted tradition that the Italian team will always have the tightest and unflappable defence matched by attacking quality at the other end to make the most of the opportunities
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    • 128 56 Marcos Senna: The unsung hero of the Spanish side. While the rest of the midfielders go in search for weaknesses in the opponents' defence, Senna stays behind to clear any danger. The fact that he is preferred ahead of Cesc Fabregas and Xabi Alonso in the starting
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    • 471 57 AFP. Echoing the thoughts of the majority of the Spanish public, Italy defender Christian Panucci believes his side has the mental edge over Spain ahead of its quarter-final tomorrow morning. Spain are reknowned for bottling it on the big occasion and despite their fine form at
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    • 158 57 DAVID Villa seems to have made a U-turn on his future. Although he had been quoted as saying he wants to play in the Premiership, a recent inteview had him stating his intention to stay at Valencia. "I never thought about leaving before (Euro 08) and I'm
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