The New Paper, 21 December 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 the new paper 21 Dec 09 mon 70 CENTS MICA (P) 099/11/2009
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      143 1 DISMAL DEVILS Has Fergie lost his fire? WEDDING DAY BLACKOUT From banquet to buffet PAGE 46 PAGE 4 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia BALESTIER STANDOFF Trapped suspect threatens: I’LL JUMP Crowd below shouts... PAGE 2 TNP PICTURE: GAVIN NO SPORTS NOON EDITION TODAY
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      Lock icon Crowd & victims: Go ahead and JUMP
      924 2/3  - Crowd victims: Go ahead and JUMP Alleged thief trapped on roof after he was chased by victims in Balestier Suspect: I will JUMP REPORT:CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg FOR more than an hour yesterday, a theft suspect was caught between a rock and a hard place. The police had cornered him
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      Lock icon BANQUET BUMMER
      610 4  -  Bride had to apply make-up in corridor 200 guests wait in stuffy restaurant before transfer to another hotel Banquet turns into buffet WEDDING DAY BLACKOUT REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg THEIRbigdayturnedintoabigembarrassment.All because of a power outage at the Hotel Royal@Queens in Bras Basah, where Mr and Mrs Lin were
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      26 4 ■f-.k .J' «r s> Primary 1 balloting, fee changes for non-Singaporeans IN STRAITS TIMES TODAY Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities!
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      30 4 Who were Babe and Dude Of The Year? Who was the unluckiest star? What was the biggest shocker? The New Paper's Flame Awards Look out for it, starting todayFindoutthewinnersinourBoxingDay FindoutthewinnersinourBoxingDayeditionon26Dec
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      Lock icon DEFIANT: A tattooed man clad only in his underwear sits in his Aljunied flat, as a locksmith drills away at two metal locks securing his front grille. An irate neighbour had called the police about the man's constant state of semi-nudity, but the latter had refused to open up for the cops.
      57 6 DEFIANT: A tattooed man clad only in his underwear sits in his Aljunied flat, as a locksmith drills away at two metal locks securing his front grille. An irate neighbour had called the police about the man's constant state of semi-nudity, but the latter had refused to open up for
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      Lock icon More P1 registration chances for S’poreans
      302 6 Enhanced benefits for citizens FROM next year, Singaporeans will get two chances to ballot for places in primary schools of their choice for their children. Previously, Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR) both had one chance to ballot. Balloting is done when the number of
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      Lock icon Work begins on $40-million Pasir Ris sports complex
      98 6 PASIR Ris will get a new sports complex by June 2011. The $40-million complex will have swimming pools, a 2,000-seat multi-purpose sports hall, tennis courts and a gymnasium. Work on the project, near the MRT and bus interchange, began officially yesterday at
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      Lock icon 24 drunken drivers nabbed at police roadblocks
      96 6 A RINGFENCING operation lasting 41/2hours yesterdaymorning ledto the arrest of 24 drunken drivers. This brings the total number of drink-driving arrests so far this year to 2,891. The police had set up roadblocks in the Pung-gol-Sengkang and Boat Quay areas. Of the 97
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      Lock icon Economics will determine fate of wet markets
      114 6 THE emotional issue of whether wet markets stay or go depends on their economic viability. MP Wee Siew Kim yesterday cited the example of a Jalan Kayu wet market that closed less than four years after it opened due to poor business. He
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      664 8/9  -  Infographics journalists LEE HUP KHENG, FADZIL HAMZAH and reporter TEHJEN LEE look attheworld’s first carbon-neutral, car-free city in the making in Abu Dhabi. What can Singapore learn from it? LEE HUP KHENG, FADZIL HAMZAH, TEH JEN LEE CITIES now emit about 80 per cent of the
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      Lock icon Can S’pore be like Masdar?
      223 8/9 THE strategies adopted by MasdarCity can’tbe directly implemented in Singapore, say experts. Dr Matthias Roth, an urban climatologistand associate professor of geography at NUS, said:“Masdar islocatedin a region with very little rain and seasonal temperature changes. Climate-sensitive design options to reduce energy use, for example
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        680 10  -  It’sahardtimeforhis familywithmum’s medical condition, but he still manages to score top grades REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg HE COULD have celebrated by hanging out late with his friends after bagging an impressive aggregate score of eight for his N Levels. But Jonathan Boo, 17, chose to collect
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      Lock icon Managing director cheats banks of $350,000
      546 11  -  He claims he wanted to ensure staff salaries were paid REPORT:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg YOU’VE probably heard of bosses who have no qualms in giving staff the pink slip when business is slow. But this boss claimed he was so loyal to his staff,
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      381 11  -  STREET TALK COMMENT:JEANMARIETAN COMMENT:JEANMARIETAN jeanm@sph.com.sg FINDING my dream home has turned increasingly nightmarish these past few months. And with the real estate boom and record number of complaints about rogue property agentsthis year,it lookslikeI’m not theonly one having sleepless
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      12 12 Midget wrestler Cresencio Midget Choque(centreleft)andMsIsabelLorenaleaveachurch aftergettingmarriedinLaPaz,Bolivia,onSaturday. PICTURE: AP
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      Lock icon Macau marks decade of Chinese rule
      155 12 From gambling den to gaming haven MACAUwasreturnedtoChinain1999aftermorethanfourcenturiesof Portugueserule. Yesterdaymarkedadecadeof Chineserulethathasseenthecity risefromacrime-riddengambling dentoagaminghavenwith31 casinos,reportedAFP. Sincethen,visitornumbershave skyrocketedandthecityhasreaped thefinancialrewards. MacauhasovertakenLasVegas andAtlanticCitycombinedin termsofcasinorevenues. The turning point came in 2002, when the government liberalised the market. ThemoveendedmogulStanleyHo’sfour-decade monopoly, attracting big-name overseas operators like Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson. The
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      Lock icon Top Iranian dissident Grand Ayatollah dies
      101 12 IRAN’S Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is dead, his office said yesterday. The 87-year-old, who had been based in the holy city of Qom, died of an illness on Saturday night, reported AFP. An official said a
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      Lock icon 50,000 travellers affected by Eurostar breakdowns
      108 12 THE only rail link between Britain and France was yesterday closed for testing,saidEurostar’soffice. The decision followed the breakdowns of four trains in the Channel Tunnel on Friday evening, trapping thousands in the dark without food, water or air-conditioning for more than 12 hours, reported
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      Lock icon 30,000 Taiwanese in anti-China rally
      82 12 UP TO 30,000 protesters marched throughTaiwan’sthird-largestcity yesterday, loudly and angrily voicing unease over closer China ties ahead of a high-level meeting with its neighbour. Chanting and banner-wielding demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Taichung, the central city that will host the talks, highlighting deep divisions
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      Lock icon Sabah MP admits he was ‘dyeing’to marry actress
      517 13 AfterdaysofactingcoywithM’sianmedia... WHEN Malaysian parliamentarian Bung Mokhtar Radin recently changed his hairstyle and started dyeing his hair, talk was rife that he was getting married to starlet Zizie Ezette. Even MPs present at the parliament building in Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday were also
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      Lock icon M’sian road bully rams into motorcy lists
      382 13 A ROAD bully in Malaysia took things to the extreme after he knocked down a motorcyclist and his pillion rider. Unhappy that motorcyclist Chong Zie Hau, 24, wanted to lodge a police report, the bully challenged him to a fist fight and later
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      552 14/15 In Washington DC: Visitors gape at ice sculptures while blizzards rage outside AROUND a million kilograms of ice was shipped from Ohio to Washington DC for an exhibition. Featuring a winter wonderland created by 40 ice sculptors from China, the exhibition took place in
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      Lock icon Use your head, soldier!
      129 16 ITWASa wince-inducingsight. The bare-headed soldier ran a few steps and jumped. On his descent, he aimed his head at a stack of eight tiles that were on fire. Witha resounding“crack”, thetiles split from the impact. Bloody-faced, the soldier then stood up to resounding applause and saluted,
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      Lock icon Toys‘R’ Us manager steals $8.4m for prostitutes
      457 16 HEwas“Paulfromfinance”,anaccountantwiththe UK head office of Toys ‘R’ Us for the past 23 years. But the balding, greying father-of-two, who drew a £56,000 ($127,000) salary, led a secret life filled with drugs, fast cars and prostitutes, reported The Telegraph. To fund his lavish lifestyle,
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      13 12 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Cloudy High29˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low25˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High31˚,Low22˚ Manila:Cloudy High28˚,Low24˚
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      87 17 On disruptions by remote-controlled planes: “Areport on17 Jul highlighted that a remote-controlled plane crashed into a Tuas factory, starting a fire. It was also reported that the community has grown from just 2,000 members last year to over 6,000 now. Does this not indicate a need for
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      41 17 FROM READER PETER FOO HUNG OUT TO DRY: Our reader spotted dried food dangling from bamboo poles hung out of this HDB flat along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      217 17 FROM READER ZAINAL ABIDIN POOR SERVICE AT STARHUB BRANCH ON 14 Dec, I went to the StarHub branch at Compass Point to sign up for a mobile plan with a new Nokia N97. After waiting in a queue for around 40 minutes, a customer service officer,
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      32 17 Do you think dog owners need to send their new dogs for training? “Yes.Dogownersshouldtrain their dogs with the same commitment that they would have in raising their kids.” JustinPerk,30, recruitment manager
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      258 17 TAN KAH WEE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS CENTRE FOR ENABLED LIVING WE REFER to reader Raymond AnthonyFernando’scomments, entitled“Morehelpandsupport needed”(TheNewPaper,17Dec). The Centre for Enabled Living (CEL) empathises with the challenges Mr Fernando and his wife face, and regret that we were unable to
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      59 17 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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      Lock icon The BAD BOY that you don’t see
      1045 18/19  -  MediaCorp’s latest clean-cut pin-up boy reveals his wild side REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg THERE may be a new celebrity bad boy in town. Bespectacled and soft-spoken MediaCorp star Zhang Zhenhuan has been touted by industry insiders as the next big thing. After nerdy
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      678 20  -  Thanks to New Face contest, Julie Tan snags role in new telemovie (below) REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg JULIE Tan has much to be thankful for this Christmas. The 17-year-old Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) student clinched the runner-up position at The
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      414 21 FOR local singer JJ Lin (right), 2009 has been a rollercoaster ride. The title of his seventh album Hundred Days was inspired by his recent despondence. A few months ago, JJ, 28, launched his world tour with a bang and sang non-stop from
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        233 22 Moneymatters– evento stars. We cashin on the highs and lows of celebrity dough ALYSSA Milano used her birthday last Saturday as an opportunity to raise money for the less fortunate by asking family, friends and fans not to buy her gifts or throw a
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        133 22 EMMAWatson’smagic touch has madeherthe decade’shighestearning actress, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The 19-year-oldBriton best known for playing Hermione in the HarryPotter films– has mademore money than any other woman in Hollywood. The teen wizard movie franchise and the animated film The
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        111 22 COULD British supermodel Kate Moss be bidding au revoir to her homeland and relocating to Paris? The 35-year-old has put down a deposit on a stunning £20 million ($45m) penthouse apartment in the French capital, and plans to move in early next year with daughter Lila
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        485 23  -  Despite efforts at recent Copenhagen climate summit, no one can agree on who has to pay for it LARRY HAVERKAMP mail@AskDrMoney.com LAST weekend, our family took a drive to visit friends in Kuala Lumpur. The round trip added about 200kg of carbon dioxide to
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        227 23 HERE is an imaginary conversation which shows the divide between rich and poor nations. It all comes down to money. Rich Nations: You expect us to do all the pollutionreductionandpayyoutoo?It’s outrageous! Poor Nations: Hey, you got rich from polluting the world over the past
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      15 18/19 BIG BREAK: The New Paper New Face runner-up Julie Tan stars in telemovie PAGE20 TNP
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  • Sports Racing
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      465 36/37  -  ‘Big’doublebringshistallyto95winners DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg TRAINER Laurie Laxon wrapped up his sixth straight premiership title with a big-priced double yesterday, final day of the 2009 Kranji season. Big Minako, with Ronnie Stewart up, sprang a $65 upset when she led throughout the 1,800m
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      1238 36/37 GOING: GOOD Race1 IP1600m 6 LIRA52(8-5) JMoreira (3) 3 2 1 (432) 5 NEWMONEY58(50-8) DBeasley (6) 1 1 2 (451) 2 8 FLEETFOOT52(129-25) BWoodworth (8) 8 7 3 (546) 0.5 1 KINGFAALCON58(103-22) RStewart (1) 10 10 4 (463) Ns 10 JUWEL52(78-19) BVorster (2) 7 4 5 (497) 3.5
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      578 36/37 GOING: YIELDING Race1 C*****m 5 PAYBACKTIME56.5(24-8) ISaifudin (10) 8 6 1 (395) 2 VENOM57c54(55-19) SMutaza* (15) 2 2 2 (514) 0.5 12 REALIMPACT54.5c52.5(26-6) MYusri* (11) 11 9 3 (498) 0.5 11 KINGPHARAOH54.5c53.5(29-15) HKLim (2) 10 14 4 (449) 4.5 ?Winning stable: Arowana. Trainer: M Sukri. Time: 1min
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      96 36/37 TOP 10 TRAINERS 1st 2nd 3rd LLaxon 95 76 84 DBaertschiger 57 54 49 MFreedman 57 37 37 PShaw 49 69 46 SGray 49 42 50 BDean 46 43 65 SBurridge 44 60 52 DesmondKoh 39 47 49 JMeagher 38 58 49 RBMarsh 35 38 31
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      1405 38 RACE 1 KING FAALCON jumped away awkwardly. FASCINATOR jumped out, bumping NEW MONEY out onto AFT BURNER. Near the 1,000m, AFT BURNER shifted in continually and made contact with LIRA for some distance. Jockey O Placais was shown the film of the incident and
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      31 36/37 Sunday, 20Dec 2009 First Second Third 2245 8626 5273 Starters 6731 4506 0634 4659 7430 3117 7992 1147 9250 0927 Consolation 7088 2498 5120 6328 9371 6693 9367 5234 0201 8415
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      564 39 Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and ZlatanIbrahimovic,inan interview with FIFA. com, reflect on the Club World Cup win LIONEL Messi has done it again. After Pedro had sent the final of the Club World Cup 2009 into extra time with an 89th-minute equaliser, the Argentine maestro appeared
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      343 39 ZLATAN Ibrahimovic (right) talks about winning trophies, being coached by Pep Guardiola and what it is really like to work alongside the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta on a day-to-day basis. You’vesweptthe board in 2009, so what can Barcelona fans expect in the future?
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      503 40 BARCELONA2 (Pedro 89, Messi 110) ESTUDIANTES1 (Boselli 37) AP After extra time. Score after 90 min: 1 -1. LIONEL Messi scored an ex-tra-time winner as Barcelona beat Estudiantes 2-1 on Saturday to win the Club World Cup, the European champions’ sixth trophy of this year.
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      315 40 REAL MADRID 6 (Higuain 3,33, Van der Vaart 25,27, Ronaldo49 Benzema71) REALZARAGOZA0 OLE!MEANWHILE,INTHESPANISHLEAGUE... PA Sport WORLD record signing Cristiano Ronaldo was glad to end the year with a victory after Real Madrid demolished Real Zaragoza at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Even without key duo Kaka and Pepe through
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      464 40 SEVILLA1 (Alvaro Negredo 51) GETAFE 2 (Roberto Soldado 12,33) PA Sport SEVILLA slipped further off the title pace as their poor recent home form continued with a surprising 2-1 defeat at home to Getafe. Speaking to Marca after the game, coach Manolo Jimenez said: “We cannot lose
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      444 41 BLACKBURN0 TOTTENHAM 2 (Peter Crouch 45,82) The race for a Champions League spot is hotting up as both challengers to the Big Four, Spurs and Villa, chalked up convincing victories on Saturday PA Sport TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp believes his side has developed a mental toughness as
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      371 41 ASTON VILLA 1 (John Carew61) STOKECITY0 PA Sport ASTON Villa’s 1-0 result over Stoke City on Saturday may seem like a narrow win, but manager Martin O’Neillhaileditas their best victory of the season. The win also sustained Villa’s push for a top-four spot. Substitute John Carew’s sec-ond-half
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      543 42/43 ManchesterCity’s4-3winoverSunderlandonSaturday was not enough to save Mark Hughes from the sack as Roberto Mancini takes over the reins at Eastlands PA Sport THE CITY that Mark Hughes built has crumbled. Hughes was dismissed by Manchester City after their 4-3 home victory over Sunderland and replaced by Italian
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      181 42/43 PA Sport ANDY Hinchcliffe fears future Manchester City managers have been given an impossible job following the dismissal of Mark Hughes. “RobertoMancini, and anyother managerMan City get, are going to be under a very intense spotlight,”said Hinchcliffe, aformerEnglandand City player. “Youcantwist statistics anyway youwant but the facts
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      809 42/43  -  COMMENT DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg MARK Hughes has my deepest sympathies. The owners of Manchester City have taken on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge this season to give the manager his marching orders early yesterday morning, four days before Christmas Day. The 46-year-old doesn’t deserve to
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      516 44 ARSENAL 3 (Denilson 45, Eduardo 59, Diaby 80) HULLCITY0 PA Sport ARSENAL goalkeeper Manuel Almunia made a penalty save against Hull on Saturday which was to be the turning point of the match. He stopped Geovanni’s second-half penalty with the home side 1-0 in front, denying the
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      303 44 On the 3-0 victory... “Wehadsome problems tostart because we were tired after the last two physical games against Liverpool and Burnley and it took us some time to getinto the gameandto findthe pace.” On suggestions Samir Nasri was lucky
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      751 45 WEST HAM 1 (Alessandro Diamanti 45-pen) CHELSEA 1 (Frank Lampard 61 -pen) AFP FRANKLampardsurvivedabi-zarre intervention from reeMikeDeantoscoreapenaltyatthethirdattemptwhichgave Chelsea a hard-fought 1-1 draw at WestHam. Dean made Lampard take his second-halfspot-kickthreetimesaf-terruling out theformer West Ham midfielder’s two previous fullyconvertedeffortsforencroachmentearlythismorning(Singapore time). The fussy refereeing couldn’t overshadow another unconvincing display
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      97 45 EVERTON1 (Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 5) BIRMINGHAM 1 (Sebastian Larsson 22) Wire Services BIRMINGHAM failed to win for the first time in six matches but still got the draw they needed against Everton to leapfrog Liverpool into seventh in the league, the BBC reports. An irrepressible start from the hosts
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      866 46/47  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg WHEN was the last time one heard Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson offer such a bleak outlook about his team? He said after the 3-0 defeat by Fulham: “There’sno lightatthe end of the tunnel.” Well, I have never,
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      341 46/47 Daily Telegraph The Mail on Sunday Sunday Mirror Guardian FROM a bye to a battle, a capitulation to a contest. Premier League integrity was emphatically restored at Craven Cottage on Saturday as Manchester United’stitle challenge tookagrievous blow atthe hands offabulous Fulham.This mostunpredictableof seasons just keeps on supplying
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      560 48 Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes the absence of these players, currently kept off the pitch due to injuries, can hamper their hopes of securing a fourth consecutive Premier League title Nemanja Vidic Position: Defender Injury: Calf muscle Expected return date: Sunday THE SERBIAN defender is struggling
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      403 49 PA Sport EVEN Sir Alex Ferguson is panicking. After his team was beaten 3-0 by Fulham on Saturday, the Man United manager said there is “no light at the end of the tunnel”, to his club’s massive injury crisis. It was their fifth defeat of the campaign. They
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      666 49 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez believes players like Jamie Carragher are part of a dying breed. The centre-back made his 600th appearance for the club he joined as a schoolboy at Portsmouth on Saturday. Carragher worked his way through the academy and an apprenticeship to make his
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      299 50 Liverpoollose2-0to Portsmouth, and manager RafaelBenitezsaysit’sa perfectgame. What’sheupto? PA Sport LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez offered a bizarre response to the defeat at Portsmouthbyrepeating referee Lee Mason hada“perfect” gameatFratton Park. Afterlosing 2-0 through goals byNadir Belhadj and FredericPiquionne, Benitez’s reaction had the hallmarks of his rant against Sir
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      134 51 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: WIGANv BOLTON StarHub TV Ch 27,4am Saturday: BIRMINGHAM v CHELSEA StarHub TV Ch 27,8.40pm FULHAMv TOTTENHAM StarHub TV Ch 22,9pm WEST HAM v PORTSMOUTH StarHub TV Ch 118, FC 1,9pm BURNLEY v BOLTON StarHub TV Ch 119, FC2,10pm SUNDERLAND vEVERTON StarHub TV Ch 21,11pm WIGAN
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      228 51 LOCAL EVENTS SAILING What: RM IRC Laser SB3 Race When: Today Where: Raffles Marina OPEN to all boats with a valid International Racing Certificate, the IRC racing programme is for those who wish to take it to the next level of competition. The boats participating in this race
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      185 51 SINGAPORE bowler Remy Ong narrowly edged out Sweden’s Peter Ljung 416-414 to clinch the 9th Qatar International Open title on Saturday evening. The 31-year-old (above) had earlier breezed through Stage 3 in the lead with 1,370 and another identical 1,370 in Stage 4
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