The New Paper, 21 February 2009

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      Lock icon Parents: It was our last resort
      1443 2/3  -  Despitefriends’misgivings, NSF’s parentssueMindef&win REPORTS:CRYSTALCHAN CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THEIR household income is just $2,000. So how, their friends asked them, can they take on the Government? You will lose, their friends said. And you will be worse off because of the costs. But Mr Tan
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      Lock icon Why won’t bank let me invest?
      649 4  -  OCBCsays itdoesn’t want to sell ‘unsuitable’ products to customers REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg HERE’S a twist that is perhaps a sign of toxic times: A bank has said thanks, but no thanks toacustomer’smoney. That’s what OCBC Bank told housewife B Abida, 53, on
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      Lock icon Bank analyses investors’ needs
      119 4  -  Shree Ann Mathavan AS part of the selling process, Personal Financial Consultants at OCBC do a financial needs analysis with customers. Customers also have to give an undertaking on the financial needs analysis form that they have been properly advised on the risks of investing. OCBC’s
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      27 6 FLATTENED:TangDynasty,aformertouristattraction, has been torn down with nothing left to remind Singaporeans that there was once a sprawling Chinese “city” at this site. TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
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      Lock icon Express, premium and night bus fares cut
      234 6 MORE BUS FARE SAVINGS FOLLOWING up on the reduction in basic bus fares, SBS Transit and SMRT yesterday announced they will also lower the fares for other services. SBS Transit, which runs 60 non-basic services, will reduce their fares by one cent to
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      Lock icon STI drops below 1,600 as other Asian markets tumble
      108 6 SINGAPORE shares closed at 1,594.94 yesterday, down 34.41 points or 2.11 per cent. It fell below 1,600 points for the first time in about four months, and shed more than 100 points in the past week. Other Asian stock markets also
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      Lock icon 850 people vie for 180 jobs being offered by SMRT
      107 6 HUNDREDS of job seekers thronged Ang Mo Kio MRT station yesterday, hoping to land one of the 180 jobs being offered by SMRT. There were about 850 people fill- ing up forms or waiting to be interviewed at the station
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      Lock icon 2 sailors kidnapped in pirate attack in Malacca Strait
      105 6 A SINGAPORE-registered tug boat and a bargewere attacked on Thursday by a group of 12 pirates from a small speed boat in the Malacca Strait. Two crew members were kidnapped in the attack, the first of the year in the Malacca
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      Lock icon Drug suspect found crouching here
      802 8/9  -  Calm teen continues playing computer games alone in bedroom despite calls from mum, police Man fleeing drug raid climbs into 9th-storey Woodlands flat REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg INadesperateattempttofleefromCentralNarcotics Bureau (CNB) officers, a man leapt out of the window of a 12th-storey flatandturnedinto“Spider-Man”. Hescaleddownthreefloorsalongtheside of theHDB
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      Lock icon He cheats tenants of $7,800
      987 10  -  Weighed down with debts, he cooks up scam to rent out this flat REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg HE was in arrears with his loan repayments and HDB repossessed his flat last month. But before that, Shahrit Yusop tried to make some money from the flat
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      Lock icon 10m drive, one-year ban
      422 12  -  Man fined, banned for letting friend drive his car with no insurance cover REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEcarmovedatawalkingpacefornomorethantwo car lengths. That short trip cost a man $500 andaone-yeardisqualificationfromdriving. Car owner Leo Chin Hao, 38, had let his friend try her hand at driving his car at
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      Lock icon Youths give goods to the elderly
      307 12  -  AJC’SCHARITYDRIVE: REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg HE’Sonly12,butherefusedhismother’soffertobuyhimitemstogivetocharity.SoAdrianFooforkedout$11.20fromhisweekly allowance of about $20 to pay for a bag of sugar, packets of Milo, some boxes of biscuits, five packets of instantnoodlesandtwocansoftuna. The Naval Base Primary School student prefect joinedhisschoolmatesindonatingnecessitiestosenior citizens at the Lions Befrienders Service Association (LBSA)lastFriday.
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      Lock icon Go for gold
      456 13  -  Expert’sadvice:It’llkeep your spouse happy and... REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg WHEN you are through reading this, go to the nearest money changer and convert some Singapore dollars not all though into Norwegian and Canadian currencies. Put the cash into a gold cream cracker tin under your
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      Lock icon Cycling race’s youngest contestant, 6, raring to go
      489 14 / 15  -  REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg JOSHUA Barkman, 6, had the time of his life yesterday afternoon. Not only did the youngest participant of the OCBC Cycle Singapore receive a jersey signed by four elite cyclists, he was hoisted onto the shoulders of
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      Lock icon Guests snapping up hotel’s novel offer
      599 14 / 15  -  REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg ANEW hotel’s daring offer to let guests pay any amount they like to stay there has worked like a charm. Thousands of guests from all over the world have snapped up rooms at Ibis Singapore for as low as $1.
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      Lock icon It's about PROFIT, not POLITICS
      843 16 / 17  -  Sidelined by their government, Bedouins turn to tunnels for a living REPORT AND PICTURES: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RAFAH, EGYPT ABDUL drives a Hyundai, swanky for these parts. In a country where nearly half the population lives on US$2 ($3) a day, there’s
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      301 8/9 OCBC CYCLE SINGAPORE ROOD CLOSURES. SUNDAY, 22 FEBRUARY. OCBC Cycle Singapore 2009 will be held on Sunday, 22 February. The following roads will be closed on the day and slight traffic congestion is expected. Kindly avoid the affected roads or take alternative routes to your destination. Finlayson Green 4am 10am
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      18 16 / 17 TOMORROW: Toyguns in hospital,bomb sheltersat playground Inthefinal story of ourseries, TheNew Paper visitsvictims on bothsides of the Gazaconflict
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      Lock icon Selangor menteri besar ‘misused powers’
      222 18 ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY COMPLETES PROBE Wire services THE Malaysian Anti-Corrup-tion Commission (MACC) said it has strong evidence to show that Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim (right) misused his powers over two incidents. They are concerned about the maintenance of his personal car and the distribution of
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      Lock icon Australia likely to cut back on skilled migrant quota
      98 18 AUSTRALIA’S record immigration intake is expected to be cut as unemployment rises. The government is considering reducing its skilled migrant quota in the next budget as it tries to offset the extra 300,000 people expected to be jobless by next year,
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      Lock icon US government steps up tax probe against Swiss bank
      104 18 AFP SWITZERLAND was feeling the heat on banking secrecy after the US stepped up its high stakes tax probe against the biggest Swiss bank, UBS. The US wants the bank to dis- close the identities of some 52,000 US customers who
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      Lock icon Former US diplomat named special envoy to N Korea
      103 18 AFP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Mr Stephen Bosworth, an academic and former diplomat, to a new post of special envoy for North Korea. She said Mr Bosworth would be the senior official handling North Korean issues, reporting to
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      Lock icon Saab goes into bankruptcy protection, maybe sold
      107 18 AP GENERAL Motors’ (GM) Swed-ish-based subsidiary Saab went into bankruptcy protection so the unit can be spun off or sold by its struggling US parent, officials said. The move comes after Sweden turned down GM’s request for government help for Saab. An application
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      Lock icon IS THIS REALLY HER?
      32 18 ISTHISREALLYHER?Singer Rihanna was reportedly involved in a dispute with boyfriend Chris Brown last week, resulting in his arrest and booking on charges of making criminal threats. PICTURE: AP
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      Lock icon Bigamy more acceptable
      556 19 M’SIANMPINNUDESCANDAL First,Selangor’sex-menteribesar (right)irkscriticsbytellingMP: Resign on moral grounds, now he says... SLAMMED for his earlier unsympathetic comments on Selangor MP Elizabeth Wong, former menteri besar Mohd Khir Toyo has done it again. He has now said bigamy is more acceptable than what has happened to Ms Elizabeth Wong,
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      Lock icon DAP chief receives live bullets in mail, again
      231 19 THE letter came with two bullets and a handwrittennotewhichsaid“don’tmess withroyalty”. The note then said that if Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Karpal Singh (right) did so, he and his family will be killed. Mr Singh lodged a police report yesterday, reported Bernama.
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      Lock icon Complain about pricey meal? Eat stale burgers
      290 20 UK BOSS PUNISHES STAFF HISungratefulworkerswerecomplain-ing about the food served at a five-starhotel. ThatleftmillionaireDamonBuffini–akey businessadvisertoBritishprimeministerGordonBrown–fuming. The Michelin-starred restaurant at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Surrey is used as a base for the England rugby union team, reportedtheGuardian. It serves top-class food such as braised
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      Lock icon Don’t punish babies for her irresponsible act
      223 21 OCTO-MUM’SDAD: AP THE father of the woman who recently gave birth to octuplets made the above plea recently on the Oprah Winfrey show. Mr Ed Doud also issued a plea for the public’s help in the interview taped on Thursday. “She needs help.
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      Lock icon Man stabs woman 22 times, but she survives
      572 21 BRITISH authorities should have known that he was going to do something vicious. But they didn’t act, and he stabbed Ms Lucy Yates 22 times at a supermarket. Miraculously, Ms Yates survived the attack. Yesterday at the suspect’s trial, the chilling details
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      629 22 / 23 Oneofworld’s greatest collection owned by late fashion icon goes on sale on Monday WHEN most people have a garage sale, the money can usually be counted in the thousands of dollars at most. But if it is the estate of fashion legend Yves Saint
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      13 18 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High30˚,Low23˚ Bangkok:Partlycloudy High35˚,Low24˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low26˚
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      26 24 / 25 FROM READER SAW WEI XIANG SUPER PETROL: The new price of Formula 98 petrol? Apparently at 1,653, spotted our reader. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      126 24 / 25 1 FROM 1 Apr, bus and train fares will be reduced. Commuters can save two cents to 14 cents, and even more with transfers. Overall, public transport fares will fall by 4.6 percent, according to the Public Transport Council. 2 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien
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      205 24 / 25 FROM READER CHIN KEE THOU RING-FENCE ILLICIT TRADE WE ALL know certain lorongs in Geylang for having immoral activities. Unfortunately, with the large influx of women providing such services, their activities have spilled over into the residential areas, and areas for clans, societies, associations
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      160 24 / 25 CASSIE FONG MANAGER, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS STARHUB WErefertoRaymondChan’sletter,“Suffering withsluggishsurfing”(TheNewPaper,12Feb), and thank him for his longstanding support for our MaxOnline service, as well as for his recent feedback on the service. Mr Chan reported that in the recent two weeks he has been unable to access
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      269 24 / 25 FROM READER SHERRY CHAN I WITNESSED an incident on Sunday at Sun Plaza shopping centre in Sembawang, which made me feel disgusted and wonder what kind of role models parents or guardians are for their children nowadays. I
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      32 24 / 25 Do you think Chingay has become too un-Chinese? “It’sbecoming moreinternational than traditional. But if the main purpose is to attract touristsandinterestthelocal population, then it’s alright,asthiswould draw more people.” MrLeeCher Han,52, salesman
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      43 24 / 25 Comments on whether MP Chiam See Tong should step down because of his ill health: “Hejust needsto provide direction... the execution can beleftto his team.” GURUPANG “Ithink they(the constituents of Potong Pasir) will want him there for along time.” sharlynrj
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      842 26 / 27  -  Celebrity couple spurn primary schools to teach 2 kids at home REPORT:CHARLENE CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg SHE gave up her career to be a full-time mum and nowshe’sateachertoherchildrenaswell. Former actress Evelyn Tan plans to home school her daughter Kristen, 4, and son Jairus, 2, all the
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      Lock icon ‘Don’t fawn on difficult stars’
      478 28  -  Veteran BBC host Tom Brook (left) is not impressed by the hype around Oscars red carpet REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg FANSwouldgiveanarmandaleg to breathe the same air as hotactressAngelineJolie,but BBC journalist Tom Brook is much lessexcitable. That’s no surprise, considering he’sa20-yearveteranoftheOscars. bizreporting,coveredtheassassinationofsingerJohnLennon. His show, Talking
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        Lock icon Perry denies dating rocker
        295 29  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about Seto Nu-Wen What’sthenoise? KATY Perry has denied, on her blog, her rumoured relationship with Benji Madden. The Good Charlotte guitarist, 29, and the Hot N Cold singer, 24, who are both newly single,
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          Lock icon What’s the noise?
          94 29 Remember that slanty-eyed photo that got Miley Cyrus (above), 16, into trouble? Even as the tween star is being sued for every penny and slammed on all quarters, here is another person who is mad at the singer. Comedienne Margaret Cho, 40, has used her blog at
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          97 29  -  Seto Nu-Wen Cho’spoemissohilarious,itwill make you want to break out into a song at the computer terminal. Cyrus has remained silent so far. But it would be fun if she could see the humour in this and perhaps, fire back in verse? Meanwhile, somebody quick call Weird Al
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        583 30  -  NewF800GS from BMW is smaller than its popular R1200GS, yet it still packs in the power ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg SOMETIMES, you just can’t help making comparisons. In the case of the globe-trot-ting BMW R1200GS, made popular by actor Ewan McGregor, hardly any bike will stack up
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        220 41 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 FlyingJumbo Royal Bay Just Like Tiger RollingHigh Island Star KnightGreg 2 3 1 6 9 I Care 6 Bonnington Durian King WinningEleven 5 BigWheel He’s
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        Lock icon KNIGHT GREG (Race 1 No. 6)
        39 41 BEST BET LOOK no further than this five-year-old New Zea-land-bred gelding by Quorum. He went down to Table Talk last week but should go one better in this below average field this afternoon.
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        971 41 Going forecast: Good RACE1 C4 1.45 -1100m(Home-based) MajulaHandicap Stakes:RM37,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****5 DurianKing 57 (49) BWoodworth 2 (4nzgPRoslan-Princess) 2 ---00- PenangWarrior 57 (49) RBurnettc2 7 (4agKCTiang-YaoSheng) 3 0-6-04 D'Vine 56.5 (48) LSofhan 6 (5amPRoslan-MdmSLLee) 4 *****9 OurPolly 56 (47)
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        545 42/43  -  Hill-trained giantkiller snares Merlion Trophy from favourite Waikato DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg FOR the second time in as many weeks, the lowest-rated horse in a feature race at Kranji turned giantkiller. It happened in the $300,000 Malayan Racing Association Cup (MRA) on 8 Feb, and it happend
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        357 42/43 NST COLOURLAND FIGHTER wrapped up preparations for a maiden success in the Maiden event over 1,400m in Race 3 tomorrow with a one-round workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Jasmin Rosli, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Shinko King cantered one lap on
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KRANJI (LONG COURSE B) RESULTS
        1187 42/43 Going: Good Race1 MSD2(LC)1200m 9 SIRRUMBLE52.5c50(84-19) SHLow* (3) 2 2 1 (481) 10 AJAYSTAR50.5(65-19) BVorster (10) 3 4 2 (421) 1.5 8 OLDTOWN52.5(228-47) VSivan (2) 1 1 3 (461) 0.5 4 YARICOZZENE56(24-15) MCahill (1) 5 3 4 (503) Hd 2 GENTLEMEN'SHONOUR58(11-5) BWoodworth (6) 6
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        Lock icon Right Click ends Lee’s drought
        149 42/43 FINALLY, Lionel Lee. That was the first word uttered by the battling 48-year-old Singaporean after he got his first winner of the season with Right Click in Race 4 last night. Ridden by much-improved rookie Jacky Low, who also took the opening race on Sir
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA (MOONEE VALLEY) RESULTS
        338 42/43 RACE1 1st 5 Avenue ($24-$11) 2nd 4 San Cristobel ($28) 3rd 2 Dancescape ($5) 4th 6 Kwaito. EOB $23. Forecast $63. Tierce $199. Trio $18. Quartet No winner ($2958 jackpot carried forward to Race 2). RACE 2 1st 4 Meteor Master ($28-$17) 2nd 2 Lentana
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        Lock icon Fravashi gets vote
        415 44 RACE 1 (1,400m) 2 FRAVASHI (Peter Snowden) 3c (6:3-1-1):Should’ve wonlast start. 1 VON COSTA DE HERO (DA Hayes) 3c (11:1-1-3): Should be at peak fitness now. 4 NICCONI (DA Hayes) 3c (4:3-0-1): Improving with every run. Can win again. RACE 2 (1,800m) 4 FROZONE (AE Bailey) 3g
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (CAULFIELD/ROSEHILL/SUNSHINE COAST) RACE CARD
        1151 44 11:50Race1 Quartet CAULFIELD 1400M 1 VONCOSTADEHERO CWilliams (4) 57.5 2 FRAVASHI KMcEvoy (7) 57.5 3 DRDOUTE'S MRodd (6) 57.5 4 NICCONI BRawiller (1) 56.5 5 GOLDINDUBAI LMcGill(a) (5) 56.5 6 HEARTOFDREAMS CNewitt (11) 56.5 7 LUCKYTHUNDER HBowman (12) 55 8 HANDSUPFORDETROIT DOliver (8) 55
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        Lock icon Kang, McGrane share lead, Mardan in joint-sixth
        460 45 Reuters TALK about a good start. American Anthony Kang, chasing his second victory in a row, hit five birdies in his first eight holes to share the sec-ond-round lead with Ireland’s Damien McGrane at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth yesterday. Kang (above),
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        Lock icon Look who’s back
        596 45 Wire Services IT WAS something that the golf world had been waiting for. “I’m now ready to play again,” Tiger Woods wrote on his website on Thursday while announcing his much-anticipated return to competitive golf next week at the World Golf Championships, a match-play event in Tucson,
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        Lock icon Why bother, Spurs?
        540 46  -  ROUND OF 32, FIRST LEG SHAKHTAR DONETSK 2 (Seleznov 79, Jadson 88) TOTTENHAM0 IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg IT MAKES you wonder why anyone bothers entering the Uefa Cup at all. Last season, Bolton Wanderers decided that they'd had enough of the competition by the second knock-out stage and
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        Lock icon Did anyone touch you, Gomes?
        181 46 PA Sport HEURELHO Gomes has done it again. A gaffe from the Tottenham goalkeeper handed Shakhtar the lead after 79 minutes with substitute Yevgen Seleznov scoring just seconds after coming on. Shakhtar forward Jadson swung a free-kick into the box and fellow Brazilian Gomes missed
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        391 46 PA Sport FC Copenhagen 2 Manchester City 2 A LATE, late goal from substitute Martin Vingaard on his debut left Manchester City cursing their luck as they were held to a 2-2 draw by their Danish hosts FC Copenhagen. The midfielder stepped off the bench to drag his
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    • Sports EPL Betting
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        361 47 I see my best bet coming in the “early game”. Yes, although Chelsea must travel to Villa Park, I don’t see them getting mugged. It’s not that the Blues are in fabulous form, it’s just that I reckon Villa have reached the end of
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        152 47 1x2 H: Home D: Draw A: Away H D A Number of times GOAL -1.5/2.5 +1.5/2.5 108 66 74 TOTAL GOALS 58 190 27 45 51 64 33 21 5 1 1 Nil 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+ HT/FT H/H H/D H/A D/H
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        Lock icon BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE STATISTICS 2008/2009
        225 47 The Player With The Most........ Shots On Target Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 78 Shots Off Target Robin Van Persie (Arsenal)........................ 39 Shots Without Scoring Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) 45 Shots Per Goal David Bentley (Tottenham) 61 Assists Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), Steed Malbranque (Sunderland)................ 9 Offsides
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        Lock icon United will make it 10 in a row
        1000 48  -  JAMES EASTHAM Special Correspondent MANCHESTER UNITED v BLACKBURN (Man Utd 2 Blackburn 0) SIR Alex Ferguson must feel he has one hand on the EPL trophy, because he was comfortable enough this week to dismiss Chelsea’stitlechallenge. Ferguson never makes such public pronouncements
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        Lock icon Real test for Villa
        687 49  -  FROM THE GROUND ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. IWAShavingdinnerwhenIbumpedintolastyear’s TNP Reader Tipster winner Calven Heng. Inevitably, he wanted to talk football and how he was looking forward to the clash between high-flying Aston Villa and Chelsea tonight. “After 25 games, who could have
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        Lock icon ‘Hail Britannia’ for Stoke at home
        552 50  -  BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg PORTSMOUTH fans are in a deep, dark emotional abyss. And who can blame them? They’re out of the FA Cup, where they were defending champions. They looked likebeating– andthenholding– Liverpool to a 2-1 win then 2-2 draw. Alas, Fernando Torres spoilt
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        146 50  -  HOT PICKS GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg Everton to beat Newcastle on the 1X2 DAVID MOYES is doing a fantastic job at Everton. Aston Villa may be the flavour of the season but Everton have been extremely impressive as well. Except on the rare occasions, they have been winning games
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        Lock icon MONEY GO
        52 50 Avoid Middlesbrough on the 1X2 MIDDLESBROUGH have been in terrible form in recent months. In fact, they have yet to win a league match since last November. Their opponents, Wigan, may not be the best away side in the Premiership. Evenso,it’s hard tosee Boropicking up anything more than
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        60 50 Fulham to beat West Brom on the 1X2 FULHAM were pathetic during their midweek 3-0 loss to Man United. But they are a totally different side when they play at Craven Cottage. With a home record of seven wins, three draws and just one defeat, they should have
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        Lock icon It’ll be the blues for Villa at home
        1680 54  -  JONATHAN TURNER PA Sport ASTON VILLA v CHELSEA (Villa 1 Chelsea 2) WITHOUT question, this is the match of the day and we’re sweet onChelsea’schances. Villa have been fantastic this term, but we’ve been concerned for a while that the combination of
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    • Sports The Fink Tank
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        Lock icon Too late for Guus to win EPL
        682 51  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN Special Correspondent ThewriterisasoccercolumnistandassociateeditorofTheTimesinLondon.AChelseafan,hewasawardedanOBEin1997. I AM going to let you make your own mind up. I don’twantyouthinkingIamgoingtodothisallthe time.Butjustthisonce,Idon’tseehowitcancause any harm. The real reason I am doing this is that I can’t make up my mind, so you have to. It’s Chelsea’s “Quite”
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        Lock icon PowerTable beats the bookies
        1846 52/53  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg GOOD news for football punters out there. PowerTable, The New Paper’s new UK-based partner for the English Premiership, provides more than an accurate statis-tics-based analysis of the biggest football league in the world. There is also a betting element to it. PowerTable
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        Lock icon No feeling the blues as a Chelsea fan
        345 56  -  HER BLOG VALERIE CHUA Entrepreneur I’M OFTEN asked if I’m a true Chelsea fan. No, I don’t buy the Chelsea jersey in their home and away colours every season. Nor do I have a photo of Nicolas Anelka or Frank Lampard in
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        Lock icon I hate trips to Old Trafford
        989 56  -  In his Icons column, Blackburn striker JASONROBERTS thinks Man United will win the title JASON ROBERTS You play Manchester United tonight. Have youeverplayed in ateam that’s beaten United? I never have. We should have beaten them last year. It’s always tough we’re talking about
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        468 57 AFP IT MUST have been a painful realisation for Arsene Wenger. With the Gunners a huge 15 points behind Manchester United in the title race, Arsenal manager Wenger admitted that his side could not match the Red Devils this season. Before Sir Alex Ferguson’s team beat
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        Lock icon Black Cats are looking positive
        328 57 AFP THINGS are looking up at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats are quickly emerging from the difficulties that led to former manager Roy Keane’sdeparture. And now they are determined to consolidate their standing in mid-table. Under Ricky Sbragia, the north-east side has moved
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        Lock icon ‘Ferguson’s best squad’
        297 58 Wire Services SAMALLARDYCEbelievesSirAlexFer-guson’s current crop of talent is the besthe has ever had. The Blackburn boss, whose team plays United tonight, admits to being left in awe at the ability of his Manchester United counterpart to continually churn out all-conqueringsides. Ferguson has overseen the construction of a
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        Lock icon Van der Sar is focused
        202 58 Wire Services RECORD-breaking Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has no intention of abandoning a lifelong refusal to start worrying about what his rivals are doing. The veteran Dutchman kept his 14th consecutive Premier League clean sheet against former club Fulham on Wednesday night.
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      • What to look out for in this weekend’s EPL
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          Lock icon 1 IS GUUS HIDDINK THE REAL DEAL?
          124 58 CHELSEA fans certainly hope so. But Aston Villa should give the new Chelsea manager a much tougher test than he would have asked for. The hosts are unbeaten in 13 league matches, winning nine of them. All eyes will be on Hiddink’s (left)
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          Lock icon 2 WILL ARSENAL FINALLY COME GOOD?
          103 58 THE wait lasted for more than half a year. Ever since Russian attacker Andrei Arshavin (left) lit up Euro 2008 with some mesmerising displays, a move to the English Premiership was always on the horizon. Finally, Arsenal snapped him up from Zenit St Petersburgonthe
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          Lock icon 3 CAN BIG SAM DO IT ONE MORE TIME?
          74 58 EVERYONE is talking about the unstoppable Red Devils. Alex Ferguson’s men have gotten into their groove after a slow start to their season. But if there’s anyone who knows how to do a job at Old Trafford, then Sam Allardyce (left)
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          Lock icon 4 MONEY DOESN’T BUY YOU POPULARITY
          134 58 THERE used to be loads of sympathy for Manchester City. After all, they have to live in the shadows of their successful city rivals Man United. Then came the petrodollars from the Middle East, and they became the club every one loves to hate.
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          Lock icon 5 CAN HULL STOP THE ROT?
          98 58 FOR a while, it seemed Hull City could do no wrong. They gatecrashed their way into a top-four position, and were winning games spectacularly against the likes of Arsenal and Spurs. Then came the collapse. No one could quite pinpoint the reasons. In their
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    • Sports Flava of the Week
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        Lock icon GUUS HIDDINK
        396 55 LIMSAYHENG’S PICK: GUUS HIDDINK THE“GOLDENGuus”landedatStamford Bridgelastweek,becomingChelsea’s fourth manager since Roman Abramovich bought over the club in 2003. Hiddink, a close friend of Abramovich, will take care of the London club until the end of the season following Luiz Felipe Scolari’ssackingsevenmonthsintothejob. Hiddink, 62, will still manage the Russia national
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        99 59 EPL Tonight: ASTON VILLA v CHELSEA Ch 27, 8.40pm ARSENAL v SUNDERLAND Ch 27,11pm MIDDLESBROUGH v WIGAN Ch 22,11pm Wigan striker AmrZaki (right) has gone seven games without a goal. Can he break his barren spell against Boro tonight? BOLTON v WEST HAM Ch21,11pm Tomorrow: MAN UNITED v BLACKBURN
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        17 59 JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC Today: DAY 3 Ch 26,11am NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 26,4am
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        12 59 ATP WORLD TOUR MORGAN KEEGAN CHAMPIONSHIP Today: QUARTER-FINAL 2 Ch 22,8.30am
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        Lock icon WHAT'S ON / FIXTUKES
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