The New Paper, 20 June 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    17 1 The New Paper on Sunday WORLD CUP NOON EDITION JUNE 20 2010 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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      69 1 Why can’t fans you? With a performance like the one against Algeria, they have every right to do so, says Gary Lim WORLD CUP PULLOUT P6 PICTURE: REUTERS 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010 DANISH DELIGHT Denmark beat Cameroon in a thriller WORLD CUP PULLOUT P2 GHANA 1 1 AUSTRALIA Asamoah
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      7 1 HO YEOW SUN’S $28,000-A-MONTH HOLLYWOOD HOME 2
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      Lock icon LIVING LIKE A HOLLYWOOD STAR
      984 2/3  -  Ho Yeow Sun lives in $28,000-a-month estate in sameexclusivesuburbasBradPittandAngelina Jolie. Staff includes nanny and assistant REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg FORapersonalitywhopostsonlinevide-os of her new hairdo, singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, has beenquietoflate. Calls to
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      Lock icon Top-dollar moves
      409 4  -  They started with an HDB flat. Now, Ho Yeow Sun and hubby live in $2.6m condo unit REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN tnp@sph.com.sg SINGER Ho Yeow Sun flew back to Singapore on Monday to assist the Commercial Affairs Department with its investigation into alleged misuse of funds by people connected
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      591 6  -  Former national footballer showing marked improvement, says family REPORT:NG NG YANG HAN ngyh@sph.com.sg PASTED on a wall in the room of one of Singapore’s footballing greats are pieces of mahjong paper. On one of them is a drawing of the Singapore Flyer in yellow crayon. It was
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      Lock icon World Cup breathes life back to Geylang
      833 8/9  -  Businesses bounce back from raid as football fever rubs off on punters and ga wkers alike REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg GEYLANGwasinabitofaslump.The authorities had clamped down on illegal activities including vice and gambling. On June 11, police ended an island-wide operationwhichalsoinvolvedGeylang. More than
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      608 10  -  Early bird is in line againtoregisterfor Big Walk, this time for... YESTERDAY AWEEKBEFORE REPORT:WOO WOO SIAN BOON sbwoo@sph.com.sg SHE turned up four hours early to register for The New Paper Big Walk Marina Bay 2010 last Saturday. Housewife Doris Koh was the first in line at the NTUC
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      535 12  -  Join the One Community Walk on July 25 REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg JUDGING by the long queues of folks signing up for different run events, people here seem to be fans of endurance sports. What if long-distance running is not your cup
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      632 14 / 15  -  ‘AniconattheSubordinateCourts’ PICTURES and REPORTS: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph .com .sg LONG past the age when most people retire, he keeps a job that is itself rare these days. Mr Saini Siraj, 75, is a lift attendant at the Subordinate Courts building. He is among
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      211 14 / 15 YOU have watched the World Cup teams kicking the iconic Jabulani around on the pitch. Now,here’s your chanceto winoneofthe official World Cup match balls, worth $199 each. Simply buy a copy of The New Paper at any of the selected Buzz
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      360 14 / 15 THINKit’seasytojustsitinaliftanddo nothingbutpressbuttonsallday? Maybe you should spend a day with Mr Chia Kim Sai, the lift attendant at Thomson Medical Centre. You might not last even one shift. When Mr Chia first started as a lift attendant at the hospital in November 2007, he thought
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      Lock icon Lift attendants needed in past but not now
      372 14 / 15 BESIDES the Subordinate Courts and Thomson Medical Centre, the Singapore Turf Club also employs lift attendants to be on duty for Singapore race meetings, which are held on most Fridays and selected Saturdays and Sundays. According to a spokesman from the club,
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      438 16 / 17 Football is on the minds heads of guests at Royal Ascot Ladies Day WIMBLEDON may have banned the vuvuzela, but the loud plastic trumpet made an eye-catching appearance at Royal Ascot on Thursday as football-themed headgear was on display for Ladies Day. The Ascot Racecourse was
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      335 16 / 17 THE eldest daughter of movie stars Warren Beatty and Annette Bening is living as a young man and is planning to have a gender reassignment surgery. Kathlyn Beatty, 18, is said to have changed her name to Stephen Ira. The
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      Lock icon Autistic boy flees sis, runs into burning home
      417 18 11-year-old,whohadjust learnttogreetparents,diesin firethatstartedinkitchen HISsisterheldhishandasshetriedtoleadhimtosafetywhenafirebrokeoutintheirhouse.But Chai Sheng Chan Nuai, 11, who is autistic, chosetorunbackintothehouse. He ended up being burnt to death in his room, reportedChinaPress. The tragedy happened in Georgetown, Penang, at 11.30amonFriday. Recountingwhathappened,ChaiSheng’ssister,Jen Chit Chan Nuai, 13, said the fire started at
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      Lock icon It's a dirty job...but everybody wants to do it
      425 18 IT’Snotajobforthefaint-hearted. You work in the dead of night, walkingthroughMumbai’sstinking alleyways. The job: Killing rats to keep the rodent population in check. The designation: night rat killers (NRKs). India’slargestcityhaslauncheda big drive to recruit NRKs and city officials are expecting a flood of
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      Lock icon Sabotage, neglect and indifference
      788 19 Think the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico is bad? Africa’sNigerDelta hasbeenleakingoil forthepast50years THE oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is dominating the news worldwide. Presidents and prime ministers, politicians and analysts have all given their take on the issue. But hundreds of kilometres away
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      313 19 The ruptured British Petroleum (BP) oil well in the Gulf of Mexico may contain as much as one billion barrels of oil. This makes it one of the largest oil discoveries in the world in recent years. The Times reported that
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        110 20 Reuters. TOYOTA Motor Corp stopped production at its main factory in Tianjin, near Beijing, on Friday. This happened after a strike at a maker of plastic parts Toyoda Gosei disrupted supply, the car- maker said yesterday. Work was suspended
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        120 20 AFP. EMBATTLED BP boss Tony Hayward handed over the daily management of the Gulf of Mexico spill on Friday to another top official Mr Bob Dudley, an American. BP chairman Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg told Sky News: “Right after the explosion (Hayward)
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        104 20 AFP. VICTIMS of Australia’s deadly 2009 firestorm have sued SP AusNet, an energy infrastructure company based in Victoria, alleging that poorly maintained electrical wires sparked the blaze. sparkedthe SP AusNet is 51 per cent owned by Singapore Power. Lawyers for
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        90 20 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama could control and even shut down the Internet under a new bill that describes the Internet as a US “national asset”, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. The legislation, proposed by independent senator Joe Lieberman, who
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        323 20 ORCHARD ROAD FLOODS AFTER the deluge that hit Orchard Road on Wednesday, the Government will be reviewing all canals here to prevent a recurrence. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said this during a community event yesterday, reported The Straits Times. Adding that
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        44 20 ANDEAN WORLD CUP: Peruvian women representing the football teams of Spain (left) and Argentina fight for the ball in Lima on Friday. Locals are holding their version of the World Cup tournament that will take place over the next two weeks. PICTURE: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Freak floods? Not 4 years in a row
        556 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg SO YOU could have kayaked down Orchard Road on Wednesday, right up to the counter of the Liat Towers Starbucks for a double shot non-fat latte. On Friday, PUB chief Khoo Teng Chye said they were
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        112 21 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 Roaming charges are likely to drop by year-end for Singapore phones used in Malaysia, under a joint proposal by the two governments. -10 Supplies of premium Japanese beef and pork are running out after imports were banned because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease there.
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD ON THE STREETS
        40 21 “Youmeanthe cuterteamlost?” –AwomanupsetoverSpainlosing1-0 to Switzerland in the World Cup “Switzerlandwill always bea t Spain ongrass.” –AmanonthesameWorldCupmatch, making reference to how Swiss tennis star Roger Federer tends to beat arch rival Spaniard Rafael Nadal on grass courts
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      132 8/9 V Have a ONline Rant. Rave. Give your two-cents worth on the day's action. Check out our Soccer Babes an Futbolitas. Do it all ai more online at tnppostman.conf ON mobile We're with you on the go with Football Kaki, our hot iPhone app. Stay updated. Keep score with our
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      1042 22 / 23  -  Super Dads have no qualms keeping house. They say making and raising babies are harder REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg DON’TblamedadsforSingapore’sfall-ingbirthrate.That’s the view of these hands-on thers.Theyrejectsuggestionsthatlocalwomen don’t want to have families because the menwon’thelpwithbringingupchildren. And if all Singaporean dads are like these guys,therewouldbenoargument.
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        697 24 / 25  -  Zoe Tay on her dad, her surprise pregnancy and why... REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg SOMEONE like dad. Responsible, who wouldn’tnagor even talktoo much. That was the kind of man local actress Zoe Tay wanted for a husband. Her father was such a
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          146 24 / 25 MY HUSBAND and I, and our 10-year-old son, live with my mother-in-law. We’ve beenliving likethis for the lasttwo years since myfather-in-lawdiedand myhusbanddoesn’t wanthismother to livealone. ButI can’t get along with her. She is nasty and picks fights with me unnecessarily.She’s alwaysfinding faultwith whatI do. Andwhen
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          151 24 / 25 I’MA Piscesandmy boyfriendis aCancer.According tomost bookson astrology thatI’ve read, weare not a compatible match. AndI think theyare right.We fightalot andit’s likewe’relikefire andice. Am I reading too much into this or should I call it offnowbefore it’s toolate? Pisces Sylvia Toh: You are not reading too
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          137 24 / 25 I THINK my husband is cheating on me. He comes homelate anddoesn’tgive meareal reason. Andwhen I tryto talkto him, hesnaps at me.He’s getting very unreasonable. Please help. Mandy Sylvia Toh: So you have to reach home later than he does, and let him grill
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        385 24 / 25  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg LAST week was supposed to have been perfect, but itwasn’t. My oldest boy, Jet, is currently enjoying his June break from primary one, and we also took our youngest boy, Skyler, out of kindergarten for the monthsohe wouldn’tfeelcheated.
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        739 26  -  Our resident pedal-pusher shows how to get up and about in this new cycling column which alternates every week with Biker Boy DANSON CHEONG dansoncheong@sph.com.sg The writer is a SPH scholar and self-professed cycling and triathlon nut. He has competed in numerous cycling and
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        607 28  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg SOBAfanslikemyselfgetourfixatShim-bashiSobaatParagon.The restaurant, which opened in 2003, serves authentic soba noodles using buckwheat flour from Tasmania, Australia, said Ms Harumi Kawai, operations support manager of authentic restaurant division, R E S EnterpriseswhichownsShimbashiSoba. Even though Japan produces buckwheat, primarily in Hokkaido, many soba restaurantsin
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        531 29  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHOWER your dad with some culinary love today. Why scramble for reservations at a restaurant when you can enjoy some quality family time and good food in the comfort of your own home? No need to chew through a 10-course dinner. Present
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          525 30  -  Designercollaborations give the masses affordablestylewithout compromisingonquality ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg WHEN pop artist Andy Warhol made art out of cans of Campbell soup, he rebelled against theideathatartisexclusiveandelitist. His pop art was boldly colourful, shocking and inspired talk. Most importantly, it celebrated the notion that the common can be transformed
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        433 32  -  Out of breath from blowing vuvuzelasall day, our columnist proposes a uniquelyS’poreshow ofsupportattheYOG HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS lianyi@sph.com.sg I THINK I have solved the mystery of colony collapse disorder. Beehives all over the world were emptying and bees were disappearing. Scientists were baffled. Where did all the
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        127 32 AP. AN unemployed US woman shot herself in a desperate bid to get medical treatment for a shoulder injury. Ms Kathy Myers injured her shoulder a month ago while playing with her dogs. But the 41 -year-old from Niles, Michigan, said she was unable to see a
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        105 32 AP. Who saidthere isn’t anymoney in the waste business? A Missouri man found US$58 (S$80) packed in a pile of dog poop. Mr Steve Wilson, who works for DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal, was called in to clean up a pile of dog poo and noticed some
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        410 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IT WAS the first time I saw snow. I had just moved into my university dorm room in the US mid-west. Before I went to sleep, the grass outside was still green with only
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      120 33 This week, we are showcasing your favourite birthday photographs. For two weeks from July 4, we'll be publishing your best World Cup snaps. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg My cute little prince B.Haresh Khanna’s3rd Birthday. We love you chellam. With love fromAppa& Amma Happy 4th Birthday
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      33 22 / 23 TWO WHEELS GOOD Our new fortnightly column tackles the growing popularity of cycling for leisure and sport PAGE26 FAMILY MATTERS Super Dad judge Zoe Tay talks about her relationship with her father PAGE24
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      83 27 Paddle powerfor fun glory TeenteamssplashoutincanoesforafeeloftheOlympicsport YOUwouldn’tnormallyseetheminacanoe, butlastweek,thesegirlspaddledfuriously forthegloryoftheirteams. KimberlyChiaandTarushkaWijeyawardena werecompetinginGameOnwithMILO,ayouth sportsrealitygameshowfeaturing12 contestantsintwoteamsovereightepisodes, eachtimecompetinginadifferentsport. Thesesportswillbeplayedduringthe Singapore2010YouthOlympicGames. RELAYCHALLENGE the honours. Kimberly,aSecondary3 studentofCompassvale SecondarySchool,wasgraciousin defeat.Shesaid:“IthinkI’ve definitelysomeroomtoimprovein coordinatingthetimingofmy strokeswithmyteam-mates.” Meanwhile,Tarushka,aYear9 studentatChatsworthInternational School,wasnevermoreexhaustedin herlife. “Overallitwasareallynewbut enjoyableexperience,”shesaid, smiling. AttheMacRitchieReservoirlastweek, 15-year-oldKimberlyfromTheLemonatorzand Tarushka,14,fromTheUltimateHulks,wereup againsteachotherinacanoeingrelaychallenge. Theaim:Tomakethreecircularloopsinthe reservoirinthefastesttime. Initially,bothteamswereneckandneck. Onthethirdandfinallegofthechallenge,The UltimateHulkswereintheleadbutaccidentally overshottheendingpoint.Theyhadto desperatelymakeaU-turn. TheLemonatorzdidwelltocatchup,butthere wasmuchdramaastheircanoecapsizedwithjust metrestogo. TheUltimateHulkseventuallytook Nextweek,anothertwocontestantswill sharetheirexperiencesinfootballinthe thirdofasix-partseries.
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        Lock icon TODAY'S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE A/POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
        1436 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD MUDLARKS THESE horses have won or placed on soft or heavy tracks: RACE 2: Russian Roulette, Wing Warrior. RACE 3: Rollin Rich, Positive Jaws. RACE 5: Maraeti. RACE 7: Aranda. RACE 8: Tricky Master. RACE 9: Lim’s Fighter, New Target,
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        Lock icon Magical Wonderland can get hat-trick
        2455 35 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Touch Luck???Back on the turf after being disappointing at his last start on the Poly and worth another look. 2 Unpickable??Excuses last start and happy to follow on good form with blinkers prior to that. 3 Jamal Malik???Former Argentinian who
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        Lock icon BEST BET GOLD KEY (Race 12 No. 3)
        130 36 THIS John Meagher-trained five-year-old has shown in his last couple of starts that he’s due for a win again. The Shinko King gelding was held up when an eye-catching fourth to Doremi La over 1,100m on the Polytrack on May 21. He
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        455 36 Tan Thean Loon Danny Khoo Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 12 RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 Smoking Joe Soldier Of Honour Gentlemen’s Honour Walla Walla Maurice Utrillo Jamal Malik Dare To
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S IPOH RESULTS
        354 36 Race1 C5(LC)1200m 10 HOLDTHATMONEY50c50.5(59-12) KTCheng (6) 7 7 1 (494) 6 THAT'SME53.5(11-5) SJohn (5) 3 2 2 (456) 1.25 3 WISHMEWINGS56c54(26-10) AlexLee* (1) 1 1 3 (490) Nk 7 TERIMAKASEH52.5(76-18) BNShahrul (9) 5 4 4 (549) 0.75 ?Winning owner: Mdm WS Chay. Trainer: Evelyn Seet. Time: 1min
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S AUSTRALIA (ROSEHILL/BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS
        906 36 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1st 1 No Hesitation ($37-$8) 2nd 14 Rose Of Peace ($68) 3rd 3 Inadequate ($11) 4th 5 Liechtenstein. Forecast $698. Place forecast $12 (1-3), $177 (1-14), $49 (3-14). Tierce No winner ($2896 jackpot carried forward to next race). Trio $1499. Quartet No winner
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        Lock icon Start the ball rolling with Winning Ahead
        1210 37 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200m) 4 WINNING AHEAD has excelled following a return to blinkers for two wins and two seconds from five sprints over this course and remains in tip-top shape
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        Lock icon TODAY'S HONG KONG (HAPPY VALLEY) RACE CARD
        838 37 GOINGFORECAST:GOOD RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$485,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 TOUTVABIEN CFOWNES BPREBBLE 133 5 2 AIPODERIMAGE LHO THSO 132 12 3 WHITEDRAGON YSTSUI KWLEUNG 132 9 4 WINNINGAHEAD ATMILLARD MDUPLESSIS 132 3 5 BELCANTO CHYIP YTCHENG 129 11 6
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        Lock icon Nadal wants Spain v Switzerland rematch
        508 38 MORNING LATEST Reuters. WHEN Rafael Nadal watched Spain’s opening World Cup match on Wednesday, he did not anticipate the 1-0 defeat to Switzerland for his country. Wimbledon may give him the chance to even the score, if he can snatch the title back from
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        Lock icon Shahril treble gives Home third spot
        202 38 GEYLANG0 HOME 3 Shahril Ishak (8-pen, 22,69) S-LEAGUE NATIONAL midfielder Shahril Ishak scored a hat-trick to lead Home United to a 3-0 win over Geylang United at the Bedok Stadium last night. Ishak scored his first in the eighth minute from the penalty spot.
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      408 39 MORNING LATEST AP. DAVIS Love III and David Duval were among those making early moves in the third round of the US Open this morning, where some tees have been forward to allow for good scoring. Love, a two-time winner of the Pebble Beach National
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      Lock icon Thongchai scores first ace
      260 39 AFP. THAILAND’S Thongchai Jaidee aced the the par-three fifth at Pebble Beach this morning, the first hole-in-one of the 2010 US Open. Thongchai used an eight-iron from 180 yards at the hole, which was set up to play from the right side of the tee to
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      Lock icon Nadal in his sights, Federer seeks revenge
      850 40  -  TENNIS: WIMBLEDON PREVIEW S K JOHN tnp@sph.com.sg The writer is an executive sub-editor with The New Paper and has been to 5 Wimbledon tournaments EVEN in that enveloping darkness of the Centre Court, with just camera flashes illuminating one of the most momentous
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      32 37 Saturday, June 19 2010 First Second Third 0094 9973 8659 Starters 3197 5115 7894 6118 3455 9815 8288 0185 5526 0690 Consolations 9723 4441 6643 1273 0666 0850 9528 0098 2292 7590
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      81 39 WORLDCUP2010 Tonight: SLOVAKIAvPARAGUAY StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm ITALYv NEWZEALAND StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Tomorrow: BRAZIL vIVORY COAST StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am PORTUGALvNORTH KOREA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm CHILEv SWITZERLAND StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Tuesday: SPAINv HONDURAS StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am MEXICO vURUGUAY StarHubTVCh262 mio
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      73 1 CAMEROON 1 DENMARK 2 AT LAST THE BEAUTIFUL GAME With victory needed to stay in the tournament, Denmark and Cameroon put on a treat for fans. If only all matches could be like this... PAGE 2 FRANCE TEAM CRISIS: There's a traitor in the camp, says Patrice Evra PICTURE: XINHUA
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      152 2/3 ATTACK Danesshow Lionstheexit Kjaer with a first-time passwithoutlookingup. pass was intercepted by who quickly picked out unmarked Eto’o in the midthe Inter Milan star took before drilling a low shotpastSorensen. TheDaneswerebackonlevel just after the half-hour markatLoftusVersfeldStadium, CameroongoalkeeperSouleyHamidou had done well Tomasson earlier but he nothing about the equaliserashisdefencewerecut openfartooeasily. Asuperblongballfrominside
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  • NOON EDITION WORLD CUP 2010 KICK 2
    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Preview
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        Lock icon It's up to you now, Steve
        562 8  -  mTMAN England’shopes lie with Gerrard, notRooney GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM PORT ELIZABETH AND THEY thought it would be Wayne Rooney. England fans, believing that the Three Lions were about to end 44 years of hurt, believed that Rooney was the key man to
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        Lock icon Capello must play Gerrard behind Rooney
        423 8  -  FRANK MALLEY Chief Writer, PA Sport IF THE unconvincing draws against the United States and Algeria have proved anything, it is that England lack technique and imagination. They have managed just one goal in 180 minutes of football so far at the World Cup
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        704 12 / 13  -  Thepressure,asalways,isontheSelecao towintheWorldCup.Buttheboysfrom Brazilstillknowhowtoenjoythemselves– on the pitch, off it and at training GROUP G BRAZILv IVORY COAST ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg MORE laughter and jokes, “porfavor”! That will be the Selecao Brasileira’s (Brazil's) approach to their campaign in South Africa this year. Granted, their 2-1 win over
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        Lock icon 1. No more excuses for Brazil
        338 16 / 17  -  I>OVRZVM11N GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg PERHAPS it was the first-game jitters. But tomorrow morning, when Brazil take on Ivory Coast in the Group of Death at Soccer City stadium, they have no more excuses. Their 2-1 win over North Korea in their first match was
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        Lock icon 2. Will Kaka deliver?
        158 16 / 17  -  GARY LIM AFTER a season plagued by injuries, Kaka is not half the player he was a year ago. The Real Madrid player had a be-low-par performance against the North Koreans, and failed to pose any danger throughout the 78 minutes that he was on the
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        Lock icon 3. Can Drogba make a difference?
        152 16 / 17  -  GARY LIM BUOYEDbyDidier Drogba’s fine showingin IvoryCoast’s 0-0 drawwith Portugal, Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson hinted that Drogba may start the match against Brazil. The Chelsea striker, who wore a cast during the game to protect his arm, came on for Salomon Kalou in
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        Lock icon Beware the Samba attacks
        696 16 / 17  -  TSANG WING HAN IVORY Coast’s best bet is Didier Drogba but their star striker is clearly still recovering from his injury– he lookednervousagainstPortugal. When he was presented with a chance in that game, he didn’t looked confident at all. Instead of shooting the ball, he opted
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        Lock icon Yellow cards stand until quarter-finals
        395 16 / 17 PA Sport. SINGLE yellow cards received at this year’s World Cup will be cleared only after the quarter-fi-nal stage of the competition, Fifa has announced. The move is a change from previous years where players booked just once during the group games went into the
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        Lock icon Ivory Coast will not give Brazil space to attack
        838 18  -  TIM VICKERY Special Correspondent AFTER the laboured win over North Korea,Brazil’splayershavebeensaying this week that their true football will appear against Ivory Coast. This time, they say, they will be facing an opponent that will be looking to win, andwill offerBrazil space
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        Lock icon Paraguay aim to make history
        821 19 AP DESPITE opening their World Cup campaigns with matching results, Paraguay and Slovakia will enter tonight’s Group F showdown in Bloemfontein with very different feelings. Paraguay are sure to be buoyed by their 1-1 draw with world champions Italy in Cape Town. Slovakia are certain
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        Lock icon Slovaks too weak to win this
        253 19  -  lornANALYST TOHARIPAIJAN TSANG WING HAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg THE last-minute equaliser by the All Whites showed Slovakia’s lapse in concentration, and it was a sucker punch to concede a goal 30 seconds before final whistle. Against a weak New Zealand team, Vladimir Weiss JR
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        Lock icon 1. Italy must improve
        321 20 / 21  -  ENCLISHKAKI GROUP F ITALY v NEW ZEALAND (Tonight, 10pm, Live on StarHub TV Ch 261 and mio TV Ch 88) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg THIS has not been a good World Cup for the European powers. Germany, France and Spain have all lost, while England may as
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        Lock icon 2. How is Buffon?
        121 20 / 21  -  IAIN MACINTOSH NOT good. It seems that the Italian goalkeeper will play no further part in this WorldCup aftersuffering abackinjury duringthe openingmatch. Doctors havediagnosed aherniated disc and,thoughthere are suggestions that Gianluigi Buffon (right) still has a chance, it seems more likely that he will return to
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        Lock icon 3. Can the Kiwis win?
        161 20 / 21  -  IAIN MACINTOSH WHY on earth not? Stranger things have happened in football. Granted, not many stranger things, but why write them off? Italy should obviously be able to get back on track by playing arguably the weakest team in the tournament, but that’s probably what
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        Lock icon Azzurri too strong for Kiwis
        692 20 / 21  -  '""ANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg ITALY may not have performed well against Paraguay but they have enough ammunition in their squad to annihilate New Zealand. The defending champions are missing the midfield services of Andrea Pirlo whose spark and creativity are second to
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        49 20 / 21 CATCH an S-League game here, and you could be on your way to winning free World Cup tickets along with other cash prizes. Three pairs of World Cup quarter-final match tickets along with$1,500,andonepairofWorldCupfinalmatchticketswith$7,000cashwillbeupforgrabsthismonth–thankstotheFootballAssociationofSingapore.SimplybuyticketstowatchtheSingaporeCuporanyS-Leaguematches,andfillinacontestformthatwillbefoundinTheNewPaperonmatch days. AttachfiveS-LeagueorSingaporeCupticketstubstothe contestformsanddropthemintosubmissionboxesatthegates ofS-Leaguestadiumsonmatchdays. Ticketsmustbesubmittedbyfull-time,withtheexceptionof drawdates,whensubmissionmustbemadeby8pm.Thesecond luckywinnerwaspickedduringhalf-time ofthematchbetween BalestierandEtoileonWednesday.Therestwillbepickedon June23and30.Thecontestisopentothoseaged13andabove. Eachparticipantisallowedtosubmitmorethanoneentry.For moredetails,logontowww.sleague.com.
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        Lock icon Paraguay's gamble could pay off
        658 22 / 23  -  Conspiracy Theory ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg NOT many people would have ticedthatParaguay’scoachGerardo Martino fielded a makeshift side in his team’s 1-1 draw with Italy in the opening game. More than half the team were actually reserves. Martino shockingly left the likes of Roque Santa Cruz, Oscar
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        Lock icon Bookies taunt Capello's chumps
        493 22 / 23  -  iwiPSTER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg SO, you still think England will win the World Cup and end 44 years of doubt, heartbreak, frustration and what-have-you? Oh you poor thing. Won’t you ever learn that with an England football team nothing is a given. Well, now you know.
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        Lock icon James at short odds to start in goal
        380 22 / 23  -  CHRIS HAMMER PA Sport DAVID James is the bookmaker’s choice to keep his place when England play their final Group C match against Slovenia on Wednesday. They reckon he justified his selection after a good showing against Algeria. Said a bookmaker’s spokesman:
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    • World Cup 2010 Match Analysis
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        Lock icon 1. ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK
        475 2/3  -  ENCUSHKAKE Cameroon and Denmark serve up agameworthyofsleeplessnights GROUPE CAMEROON1 (SamuelEto’o 10) DENMARK 2 (Bendtner 33, Rommedahl 61) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg npsports@sph.com.sg FINALLY, a game worth staying up for. With elimination a very real possibility, Denmark and Cameroon weighed up their options and hit upon a plan
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        Lock icon 2. Are those Lions still Indomitable?
        115 2/3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH WELL, technically, no. They have been vanquished. But if England could show even an ounce of their courage,convictionanddesire,I’dbedelighted. Even after Rommedahl’s goal, they continued to attack, their heads never dropping even for a moment. Thomas Sorensen was forced into a series of
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        Lock icon 3. And what of Denmark?
        102 2/3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH NO-ONE mentioned Denmark before the tournament began. They weren’t even flagged up as potential dark horses. There is something about them though. A competence in all departments that bodes well for the future and goes some way to explaining why manager Morten Olsen
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        Lock icon Danes show Lions the exit
        360 2/3 PA Sport. DENMARK hit back from an early deficit to re-ignite their World Cup challenge and in the process extinguish Cameroon’s chances of getting through to the last 16. In what was a hugely entertaining encounter between the bottom two teams in Group E in
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        Lock icon Final Whistle
        105 2/3 Magic Moment: Samuel Eto’o finish for Cameroon’sgoalwas superb. Hejustmakes finishing look so easy. A natural born goalscorer. Laser-Guided: Simon Kjaer is a cen-tre-back.Centre-backsshouldn’t be ableto drop long balls onto the feet of wingers. Exceptional. Tactical Master: Morten Olsen correctly identified Benoit Assou-Ekotto as the weak-line.Both Denmark’sgoals camefrom the
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          Lock icon POOR FINISHING COST CAMEROON
          764 4  -  ANALYST OuranalystsaysCameroonunlucky that chances fell to wrong players BARRY WHITBREAD CHUA SIANG YEE npsports@sph.com.sg It was a game ridiculed with mistakes in the first half. Why was this so? I THINK the fact that defeat would mean elimination probably played on the players’ minds. Both teams
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          Lock icon ANGRY?
          722 6/7  -  You owe it to the fans, Rooney ounrMAM GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THIRTY thousand English fans paid thousands of pounds, travelled almost 10,000km to South Africa. They didn’t go to the World Cup to hear Wayne Rooney slag them off. What were the England fans supposed to do, or for
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          Lock icon CLUELESS GHANA
          484 9  -  «ANALYST Africans may rue draw against 10-manAussies BARRY WHITBREAD npsports@sph.com.sg TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg Was it a red card? IT WAS the right decision by the referee. When the ball was moving towards goal, Harry Kewell shifted his body slightly towards the path of the ball and it
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        Lock icon Carragher: Fans have the right to boo
        578 6/7 PA Sport. JAMIE Carragher has defended the right of England fans to criticise the team if they produce the kind of performance as they did against Algeria. England’s World Cup future is hanging in the balance after a goalless draw in Cape Town
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        Lock icon Defoe: Fans entitled to their opinion
        169 6/7 PA Sport. JERMAIN Defoe says England must accept that hostility from disgruntled supporters is “part and parcelof playingatthislevel”. He was reacting to Wayne Rooney’s comments about fans jeering him and the team after the match against Algeria. Said Defoe: “I think it is part
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        Lock icon DASHING DANES
        32 5 The World Cup may have been boring sofar.Butthismorning’sthrillerproved The Beautiful Game is truly alive and well. This is how it was decided TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: CHNG CHOON HIONG, TEOH YI CHIE
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        Lock icon 1. Draw favours neither team
        408 10 / 11  -  GROUP D GHANA1 (Asamoah Gyan 25-pen) AUSTRALIA 1 (Brett Holman 11) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg THE CURSE of Rustenburg’s Royal Bafokeng Stadium struck again. It produced the third successive 1-1 draw, following England’s stalemate with the United States and New Zealand’sdeadlock with Slovakia. And this result
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        Lock icon 2. How did Ghana fail to beat 10-man Australia?
        176 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE THEY had 65 minutes to make their numerical advantage count. But try as Ghana would, the ball just wouldn’tgo in. Prince Tagoe had a chance to make it two for Ghana straight after Asamoah Gyan’s25th-minute penaltybut fired a weak
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        262 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE MAGIC MOMENT: When Joshua Kennedy was introducedinto the gameas“Jesus”.Unfortunately,the 1.94-metretallstriker with longhair couldn’tturnwater into wine and transform a draw into a win for Australia. LASER-GUIDED: Another penalty, another goal. Asamoah Gyan may not have scored from open play but his nerves haveensured Ghana’s survival in theWorld
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        Lock icon 3. Ayew that good?
        233 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE OH YES, he’s obviously inherited his father’s good footballing genes. Andre Ayew, son of Ghana great Abedi Pele, once said: “Every father wants his son to follow in his footsteps and, if God permits, I want to better what my father did for our
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      Lock icon Are the giants scared?
      802 14 / 15  -  COLUMNIST KEIR RADNEDGE npsports@sph.com.sg TALK about the Big Five in southern Africa and you mean buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino. Talk about the Big Five in football and you mean also in alphabetical order England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. These are the nations with
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      Lock icon THOUGHT Of The day
      54 14 / 15  -  NarendarenK “NoEuropean nation haswon theWorld Cup outside Europe and given the starts Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, England and France– top-10 teams according to thelatest Fifarankings– have made,the trend looks set to continue. “It isstillearly stages,but theseteams have very little time left to turn insipid performances into
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      Lock icon WAS HE BETRAYED?
      836 24 ‘Traitor’inFrench campleakeddetailsof NicolasAnelka’s bust-up with coach PA Sport. AP. THE DIRTY laundry is being washed, warts and all, in full view of the public. And boy, were the French embarrassed. Rifts in France’s dressing room were brought into full view yesterday when striker Nicolas Anelka was sent
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    • OFF THE PITCH...
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        Lock icon Cut-and-keep MCs
        95 25 HOW to stop the nuisance of a job interfering with the serious business of watching the World Cup? Germany’stabloid Bild hadthe answerfor its four million readers: its very own official cut-out-and-keep World Cup sick-note. “Sorry boss, I’ve got World Cup fever,” screamed Friday’s front page before Germany’s Group
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        Lock icon Swiss show their colours – on trash bags
        79 25 Swiss show their colours on trash bags THE WESTERN Swiss city of Geneva has rolled out red rubbish bags bearing the white cross of the national flag and the slogan “Hop Suisse” (C’mon Switzerland) in support of the national side. “It was a proposal from the public works service, where
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        Lock icon First vuvuzela casualty
        61 25 A WOMAN who ruptured her throat at a vuvuzela blowing competition in Cape Town is on the mend. “It took about two days to heal,” said Yvonne Mayer. “I just hope there is no permanent damage,but itdoesn’t seem likeit. “The doctor was really enjoying it, he just
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        Lock icon Multi-lingual Swiss
        53 25 Wire Services. SWITZERLAND have made a strong claim to be the most multi-lingual team at the World Cup. At a press conference, defender Philippe Senderos replied to one question in French, another in German, another in Spanish, then one in Italian before rounding off his linguistic tour de
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        39 25 Now that he is one of the hottest goal getters at the World Cup, Diego Forlan indulges in a spot of vanity and contemplates if his caricature does his flowing blonde locks justice. PICTURES: AP, AFP
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        Lock icon Tweet, tweet, tweet
        109 25 WHEN a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates. The social networking site is seeing huge traffic when a big goal is scored in the soccer tournament. Though Twitter normally sees about 750 tweets per second on an average day, there were 2,940 tweets per second, then
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      Lock icon The best and the worst
      271 25  -  GREGORY LOO BEST GOAL ITHAS tobe Slovenia’s ValterBirsa’s fine strike against the United States. The Auxerre midfielder was allowed space to shoot and from 23 metres, he hit a cracker of a shot with his left foot past Tim Howard, who could do nothing but
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      Lock icon TNP SOCCER BABES
      448 26/27 Introducing Brazil fan JOANNA LI HOLLAND1JAPAN0 IT HAS not been a good few days for Asian sides as first South Korea and now Japan picked up their first loss in their second World Cup matches. To be realistic, I did not expect Japan to defeat the mighty
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      Lock icon Other Soccer Babes say...
      322 26/27 ENGLAND, SNAP OUT OF IT! ONE OF my best friends said: “If you’re planningtobet on a teamin this World Cup, bet on the team you think is going to lose. Chances are,you’llwinthebetthen.” Not only did the England-Alge-ria game end in a draw, it was also goalless–
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      77 26/27 HOLLAND 1-0 JAPAN IT WAS good to see Arjen Robben back into the squad after his injury and looking at their performance against Japan, Holland really need Robben to stabilisethemidfield. Holland are really fortunate to have Eljero Elias on the bench this young kid had really caught my
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      Lock icon Which England player has been the most underwhelming so far?
      315 26/27 CENTRE CIRCLE I’M TAKING into context the positions that Fabio Capello has assigned his players and my choice would be Aaron Lennon. His tirelessrunningissecondtononebutit’shisfinal product, his crosses and lack of assists which are partly detrimental to England’scause. He has often
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      Lock icon Easy victory for Italy?
      612 26/27  -  FUTBOLITAS! ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg BRAZILIAN Futbolita Raio Gomes is a very worried “menina”. After all, when her team takes on Ivory Coast tomorrow morning, she does not know what to expect. “Theirsquadismadeupofreally strong players,” admitted the journalism major from Brasilia. “Julio Baptista said that Ivory Coast
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      614 26/27 NABILAH BHAM (South African Futbolita) The vuvuzelas have been a major talking point this World Cup. What are your thoughts? I LOVE the vuvuzela. I know there have been a lot of complaints about it and yes it can be really loud. However it makes
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      140 26/27 WORLD CUP 2010 Tonight: SLOVAKIA v PARAGUAY StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88, 7.30pm ITALY v NEW ZEALAND StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88,10pm Tomorrow: BRAZIL v IVORY COAST StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88, 2.30am Catch live telecasts of the World Cup matches
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      Lock icon WHAT'S HAPPENING SOUTH AFRICA SEARCH FOR WAGS
      561 28  - WHA T'S HAPPENING SOUTH AFRICA SEARCH FOR WAGS OUR MAN IN SOUTH AFRICA Casilla’sgirlfriendgrabsheadlinesoff thepitchasglamourpartnersstayaway ED AARONS npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a British footballjournalist based in South Africa who has worked for Sky Sports, the BBC, AFP and various other publications ITMAYnotbequitethesameasinGerma-ny four years ago but the WAGs are startingtogetnoticedinSouthAfrica.
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      12 9 PICTURE:AP “Ithinkifyoutakea performanceitwas fantastic,Ithinkwe dominatedthegame beforeandafterthe –AustraliagoalkeeperMark 25-pen) AUSTRALIA1 CAMEROON1 DENMARK2 Rommedahl61)
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