The New Paper, 27 June 2010

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      1191 2/3  -  Marketing exec who nearlyoverdosedonpills beforechemsexrecalls: REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg HE KNOWS that the hit is about to come when his heart starts to pound faster. Tiny sweat beads form on his forehead. His palms slowly turn moist and there’s a
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      Lock icon Risk of severe brain damage and death
      392 2/3 SINCE 2008,11 people have died here from taking illegal sex pills. In that year alone, there were 61 cases and 148 suspected cases of people falling sick from consuming sex pills. Last year, 19 people were prosecuted for selling sex pills. The year
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      Lock icon 'What kind of service is this?'
      722 4 CabbyclaimsTVhostQuanYifengkickedhiminthegroin,ransackedhistaxi&said: HE HAD refused to help her carry her luggage into the boot. And that irked MediaCorp TV host Quan Yifeng, 36, so much that she lost her temper. The cabby claimed she later kicked him in the groin, ripped out his stereo and
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      Lock icon DRINK & DROWN
      680 6/7  - DRINK DROWN SleepingoffboozeatClarkeQuay, oneofthemfallsintoS’poreRiver Four friends spend night boozing and watching World Cup REPORT:YEO YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg THEfourfriendswantedtosupporttheirfavouriteteam, England, in their crunch match against SloveniaintheWorldCuponWednesday. They had planned to watch the 10pm match at Chijmes but by the time they got there, they were drunk. So drunk, in fact,
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      Lock icon Beyond our premises, we can't stop the binge
      316 6/7  -  Clarke Quay clubs say: REPORT:LIM LIM WEI LI limweili@sph.com.sg WATERING holes along Clarke Quay said they have measures to ensure that patrons exercise restraint when drinking. This is especially so for pubs screening World Cup matches, which said they have seen more
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      Lock icon Drunk football fan in Penang runs down biker at roadblock
      364 6/7 DRINK&DRIVE FOOTBALL and booze also proved a fatal mix in Malaysia when a drunken driver ended up killing a motorcyclist. After watching World Cup matches, the 27-year-old motorist was driving his friends home when he saw a roadblock along Jalan
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      Lock icon He ignored pleas not to swim
      562 10  -  Teen drowns after he tries to swim to islet at Sentosa REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg HIS family did not want him to go to Sentosa with his friends, his brother advised him not to swim and his ex-girlfriend was against his idea of swimming
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      851 12  -  But he still sues brother over $3-million estate their parents had divided equally REPORT:CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg BEFORE their parents died, the two sons of local prosthetics pioneer Rajaratnam Saravana Muthu engaged in a tug-of-war to care for them. After their deaths, Mr
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        389 13 This series is brought to you by East Asia Institute of Management IndiangraduatelandsdreamjobatMarinaBaySandsaftergettinghospitalityandtourismdegree HE can still remember the day he arrived in Singapore: Jan 7,2007. “WhenIarrivedhere, Iwasn’tsurethiswasthe right place for me or not,”saidMrGaurav Krishan, 27. Today, he is working in his Today,heisworkinginhis
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      Lock icon Pigs steal the show
      376 14  -  Dressed as pigs, team hogs thelimelightatcompetition Urban Attack finals at Velocity@Novena Square REPORT: NG YANG HAN ngyh@sph.com.sg RAUCOUS cheers and wolf whistles erupted as three muscular men stepped onto the platform, clad in pink tank tops, skirts and bow ties. They stole the show at the
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      Lock icon First YOG will leave legacy for S'poreans
      517 15  -  S’poreanscanplaygracious hoststovisitingathletes, participate in YOG-linked mass walking event REPORT:GAN GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg THEYouthOlympicGames(YOG)islessthantwomonthsaway,andSingaporeanswillbeinforanexcitingtime. That’s what Mr Jeremy Tay, director of the Northwest Community Development Division at the People’sAssociation(PA)believes. The52-year-oldisalsoPA’scoordinatorforcommu-nity sports and spearheads the association’s efforts in drumming up support for the inaugural
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      Lock icon Perverse 'mistresses' torture man to death
      551 18 UK motor racing boss reportedly paid $1,200 to be ‘punished’bythewomen THE UK motor racing chief was on his way to see his son race. But on the way, he dropped in for a sadomasochistic sex session with a woman who claims to be “Europe’smostperverteddominatrix”.
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      Lock icon M'sian woman: 'I was kept as a sex slave'
      297 18 THE businesswoman claimed she was with a friend who had promised to introduce female workers to her. Butthe 29-year-oldfromKuching didn’t get to meet the workers. Instead, she alleged she was gang-raped and kept as a sex slave for four days. She
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      Lock icon It's still hard for daughter to move on
      477 19 Oneyearafter Jacko’sdeath... IT HAS been a year since singer Michael Jackson died. Reports from the US say that his 12-year-old daughter, Paris, is struggling the most to move on without him. “She has pictures of Michael plastered over all her walls and
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      Lock icon Billion-dollar profit after death
      199 19 WHEN he was alive, Michael Jackson was teetering on the brink of financial doom. He was more than US$400 million (S$555 million) in debt and bookmakers in London were placing bets that he would not appear for a planned series of 50 concerts. A year after
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      682 8  - Sell laptops, cameras phones Thousandsofdollarsindebt,WorldCupgamblers... REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg HE had hoped to make a killing and thought he was playing it safe by placing his bets on the stronger teams. But in a series of upsets that have plagued the World Cup, the 25-year-old undergraduate lost more than $8,000.
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      Lock icon They watch game to 'escape life in Gaza'
      914 16/17  -  World Cup fever grips football-mad Palestinians REPORT: CELINE LIM tnp@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM GAZA IT’S just impossible to forget about politics in the occupied Palestinian territories. Not even when World Cup fever has gripped foot-ball-mad Palestinians. The significance of post-apartheid South Africa hostingtheworld’sbiggest
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      142 8 Win up to $10,000 worth of World Cup merchandise There will betwoBuzz Pods carrying outthis promotion eachday and eachoutlet will havea total ofthree jerseys and onematchball tobe wondaily. Upfor grabsare20 official matchballsand 60 jerseys. Sohurrydown tothe Buzz Pods atthese locationsnext week foryour chance towin theseexclusive World Cup merchandise. YOUhave watched
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      29 10 Catch the World Cup action at the River Garden River Terrace! (opens 24 Hours) Senior Citizens’ Special (65 years old and above) 50%discount on Buffet Lunch from Mon Sat
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      221 13 East Asia Institute of Management Preparing Career-Ready Professionals Curriculum delivered by experienced faculty members Programmes are management-focused, through the understanding of concepts the application in a real-life working environment Well-established hotel partnerships in Singapore with over 40 hotels, most of which are 4-5 star international hotel chains Amongst the first
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      Lock icon Give-and-take attitude key to easing family tensions: PM Lee
      98 20 FAMILY relationships cannot always be all smiles, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. To overcome tensions and problems, a give-and-take attitude is crucial, said Mr Lee, at a sports carnival that concluded month-long events held by the National Family Council
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      Lock icon S'pore Mint brings 2010 World Cup special coins to fans
      103 20 WORLD Cup fans can now get the event’s commemorative coins through the Singapore Mint. The gold and silver coins for the Fifa 2010 event were designed by the South African Mint for host country South Africa. The reverse side features
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      121 20 CONSIDER reviving the “crooked bridge” to replace the Johor Causeway. Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ismail made this call to the government, saying that the Causeway was important to the people and that the Johor sultanate had always supported the efforts to upgrade
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      Lock icon Malaysia nixes sports betting for non-Muslims
      104 20 MALAYSIA scrapped a plan to let non-Muslims bet on international sports, bowing to public criticism that it would promote gambling. Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that authorities have re- voked their approval for Ascot Sports, a company linked to Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan, to
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      325 20 More bus and train trips TWENTY heavily-used bus services will get morebuses from tomorrow and bigger ones too. The North-East MRT line will also be beefed up with 120 more train trips per week. The steps were outlined by Transport Minister Raymond Lim during his visit
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      49 20 FOOTBALL FANS: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong attended the World Cup live broadcast at Braddell Heights CC last evening accompanied by MP for Marine Parade GRC Seah Kian Peng (in white jersey). He met residents during the interval of the Uruguay-South Korea match. TNP PICTURE: LUKE YAN
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      366 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:EUGENEWEE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg THREEforeignworkersdiedearlierthisweekafterthelorrytransportingthemlostcontrolalongthePIEnearThomsonRoad. And many called for the enhanced measures to protect such workers to be enforced now instead of 2012asscheduled. Butisthisenough? Workersmaybealittlesaferontheroad,butwhatof thehostofotherproblemsthatbesetthem? Many live in squalid dorms. Others are worked to thebone,hardlygettinganytimeoff.Iftheygetinjured or sick, some employers find every
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      139 21 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 The spectacular Marina Bay Sands SkyPark has opened, and going by the long queues, the view is worth the $20 entry charge. -10 Fewer Singaporeans are getting married and they are doing so at a later age, the latest figures from the National Population Secretariat
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      27 21 “England’sscoreline islikebinarycode.” –Amancomplainingaboutthe low-scoring England team at the World Cup “Soundedlikean asthmaticelephant.” –Amandescribingafellowpub-goerwho was blowing a vuvuzela while watching a World Cup match
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      381 22/23  -  Modelling jobs, invitations tomoviepremieresand anonlinebusiness...the perksarerollinginfor thesebloggers Enoughoftheblogslog.It’s... REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg BLOGGINGisnottheirfull-timejob.Butforthesethreewomen,theircyber-space ramblings have given them rewardsbeyondjustextracash. For one blogger, a part-time model, it’s theopportunitytogetmoremodellingjobs. For another, it’s free passes to exclusive eventsandmoviepremieres. As forthe third, shehasturnedhersiteintoanonlineshop. More modelling jobs aside, Nira Chan knows too well the
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      299 22/23 For someone who did not excel academically, Ong Yiqin is now glad that her parents have something to be proud of. The “daughterthatdidn’tmanage to get into ajuniorcollege” not onlysnags invitesto the hippest events in town, she has also been featured in CosmoGirl Indonesia this
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      154 22/23 SHE is 19 and earns $1,000 a month as “extra pocket money”. Republic Polytechnic student Cheong Jiaxin started her blogshop an online shop at www.sparklingtrinkets.wordpress.com three years ago. Her wares include cosmetics, handbags and jewellery. Jiaxin said: “I was always fascinated by people selling their
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        659 24  -  Wear the right gear for a safe ride ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg SLIPPERS, shorts and singlets. Some bikers dress as though they’re immune to road rash. What an emergency doctor revealed to The New Paper a few years ago was startling he treats between three and five injured
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        443 26/27  -  REPORT: DOLORES TAY dolorestay@sph.com.sg BACK when the MRT was just an urban myth and mega malls like Ngee Ann City appeared only in the imagination of Singaporeans, there was good old Havelock Road Isetan. That was where my mother used to take my sisters and
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        213 26/27 1. Guess Kids Up to 70% discounts at Guess Kids Paragon and Forum stores. Offer is valid till July 11. Terms Conditions apply. 2. Gap Kids and Baby Gap Up to 50% discounts at all Gap Kids and BabyGap.Also, you’llreceivean additional 10% off the sale price when you
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          231 26/27 I just want to rant about my parents. I feel like they control everything I do. I have no way to express myself or my freedom. Every time I do something wrong, no matter how small, like if I get bad marks in my tests, they
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          258 26/27 My 10-year-old daughter is a huge fan of Miley Cyrus (right). She has been a fan since she watched the Hannah Montana show on TV. Butlately,I’m beginningto thinkCyrus isnot a suitable role model. Have you seen her latest video? She is dressed in very revealing outfits
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        439 26/27  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg DIDyouhaveagoodFather’sDaylastSunday? Did ya? The highlight of mine might have been lugging a 30kg foldable bike, still folded and tied with rope, about half a kilometre to my parked car. Yes, all you wannabe dads out there, be warned.
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        761 28  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to molecular gastronomy, Singaporeanshaven’texactlybeenbiting. Aurum in Clarke Quay, one of the first restaurants here to offer it, closed down in 2008. Other restaurants that have dabbled in it have done only one-off events for a limited period with guest chefs from overseas.
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        Lock icon Just add two World Cups of rice
        373 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo @sph. com. sg CONTRARYtopopularbelief,womendon’tgath-er only to shop, eat or gossip about men. There are times when women meet for intellectual discussions on timely and interesting subjects, such as football. Itissimplynottruethatmostwomenlacktheability toappreciatethefineraspectsoffootball. Who else can better admire the fine qualities of
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        398 30  -  Whypaymoneytoscareyourself senseless? HO LIAN-YI MIDDLE CRASS lianyi@sph.com.sg IDON’Tlikerollercoasters.Idon’thaveagoodrelationshipwithma-chines that simulate near-death experiencesingeneral. Recently,onFacebook,whenIbeggedmy friends to give me an idea for a column, one colleaguecameupwithagoodquestion:Why do people pay money to get scared senseless onrollercoasters? Well,Stanley,Idon’tknow. Ihave been on those giant heart-stopping things before. My virgin experience
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          111 30 IT’Sabicycle thatcantravel on water. And Mr Li Guowei, an engineer from China, is hoping that his invention– the first amphibious bicycle– willtake off. Mr Li, 63, of Wuhan, Hubei province, said the bike can go for sale for as little as about 600
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          125 30 ONE family in Croatia has painted their house white with black spots in tribute to their late dog. Mr Goran Tomasic, 55, wanted to remember his beloved dalmatian Bingo after it was run over and killed by a car. So he painted the entire exterior of
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        Lock icon The most exciting thing about this World Cup is...
        344 30  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IT WAS the most excited I had ever felt about football. Fittingly, it happened during the World Cup and I didn’thavetopaythetelcosasinglecenttoseeit. YouknowthatNike“WriteTheFuture”commercial starring international football stars like Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba with
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      110 32 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 HappyB’daeBaby Nilesh Kanna. We are so fortunate to have u as our son. We always love u. With
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      12 22/23 HEDCHEF Calmyournerves during WorldCup withfriedrice PAGE29 FAMILYMATTERS Getdesigner togsfor tykes,for less PAGE26
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      88 22/23 Vote for best bloggers ATOTAL of100 blogs in over 10 categories– have madethe cutfor this year’s SingaporeBlog Awards. Organised by omy.sg, the bilingual news and interactive web portal of Singapore Press Holdings, the awards honour “new-agewordsmiths”– folk whodevote theirtime and energy to create and maintain informative and innovative blogs. The
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      166 25 Theyhaveaballof a time Teamsbattleitout onthefutsalpitch THEYhave gonethroughthick andthin asrugbyteam-mates for thepastthree years. Buttherewasa twist inthe tale as 15-year-oldsAldrin “Harvey”Mercadoand SamuelTeoof Anglo-ChineseSchool (Independent)faced eachotheras opponentsonthe pitchfor thefirst time. Thegamethis time wasfutsal,and Harveyknew that histeam had todo whateverittooktocounter Samuel’s fitnessas a rugbyplayer. Thematch-upwaspart of GameOn with MILO,a youth sportsreality gameshow overeight episodesfeaturing
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      60 31 WATCH’EM Inkheart(above) HBO(StarHubCh601), 9pm A younggirldiscovers herfather hasan amazingtalent tobringcharactersout of theirbooks. They must trytostop a freed villainfrom destroyingthem all. Starring BrendanFraser,Sienna Guillory. HarrietTheSpy:BlogWars DisneyChannel(StarHubCh312),7.30pm Ayoungspycrossespathswithapopular studentasthetwogirlsvietobecomethe officialbloggeroftheirhighschoolclass. StarringJenniferStone,VanessaMorgan. ThePlayboyPriests Crime&InvestigationNetwork (StarHubCh403),10pm Thisnewdocumentaryspecialhighlightsthe truestoryoftwoIrishpensionerpriestswho embezzledmillionsofdollarsofchurchfunds forover20yearstofinancetheirLasVegas lifestyleofgambling,boozeandgirlfriends. BurnNotice4 SeasonPass (SingTelmioTVCh776),ondemand Inthefourthseasonopenerofthecrime series,Michaelisdrawnintoarather dubiousalliancetostopanimpending terroristthreat. PICTURES: WARNERBROS, UIP TheSpirit(above) StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm ArookiecopreturnsfromthedeadasThe
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      30 33 Saturday,June *****0 First Second Third 7166 2097 1179 Starters 9057 9867 0441 3947 9819 1140 9645 8568 7022 7212 Consolations 2190 2524 7829 6982 5289 5516 8434 5891 3931 0416
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        452 33 RACE 1 DARING YOUTH: Restless in barrier; bumped. DOUBLE FIANCHETTO: Began awkwardly; bumped; steadied; raced wide; bled. CHUN DOONG: Bumped. MAHA VEERAN: Began awkwardly; bumped. SMART FLYER: Steadied when crowded; brushed. INNOCENT STAR: Rolled in; bumped. PERFECT DIAMOND: Bumped; laid in. I STAR: Bumped
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        64 33 APPRENTICE M Firdaus (right) has been suspended three race days for careless riding aboard BY APPOINTMENT in Race 3 last Fri- day week. He will be out from today until Saturday. Firdaus had allowed his mount to shift in, whilst riding it along, thereby crowding METEOR MIKE (S
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        380 33 RACE 1 PEACE MAKER: Extremely slow to begin; jumped away awkwardly. SKY TRIUMPHANT: Difficult to settle. FAIRY KING DANE: Raced wide; checked. PATRICIAN: Raced wide; hung in. VIVACIOUS: Crowded. GRAN SONIDO: Checked; carried out. FAIRY KING DANE: Carried out; checked. FLEET FOOT: Steadied. BOUGAINVILLEA: Rolled
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        665 34/35  -  Meagher’sstarrunsaway with inaugural $150,000 Yew Tee Classic Stakes in course-record time TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg SUPERB lived up to his name yesterday and provided plenty of surprises. The first was his 111 win payout. He was not fancied to win the inaugural $150,000 Yew Tee Classic Stakes.
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        1368 34/35 Race1 MS1600m 2 MYNINJA58.5c55.5(18-9) SHLow* (7) 2 2 1 (518) 9 PATRICIAN52.5(11-5) OChavez (6) 9 5 2 (505) 1 10 FAIRYKINGDANE50c48(35-9) JLLi* (9) 7 7 3 (469) 3.25 1 GRANSONIDO58.5(87-20) JMoreira (5) 5 6 4 (454) 1.75 8 FLEETFOOT53c50(82-18) THKoh* (1) 1 1 5
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        1233 36 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE1 C5 1.15 -1200m DaMaCaiStakes Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 -***** JokerDeBest 57 (31) JacksonLowc1 2 (9ahSBTan-IKT) 2 910-50 MarvellousPresent 57 (31) BWoodworth 6 (7nzgJeromeTan-MdmYEChoy) 3 *****2 That'sMe 57 (31) BTaic1 14 (6amPKLeong-BlueStarRNo4) 4 079-40 Bombproof 56.5 (30)
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        85 36 RACE1:3 THAT’SME?7 Russell11 ShenJiang RACE 2:14 Better Times 12 Best Recruit 3 Padi Field RACE 3: 1 Colourlandprestige 2 Agitated 7 Turningold RACE 4:2 Earnestly 15 Copanno Jingu 17 Nakayama Festa RACE 5:2 Free Spirit 5 Happy Victory 1 Why Be RACE 6:13 Flying Cat
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        1230 37 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200m) It's just a four-horse line-up, but a match race on paper between Entrapment (1) and Tai Sing Yeh (2). Entrapment is on the verge
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        954 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 JUVENILESPRINTTROPHYTURF 1200m TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$1,600,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 ENTRAPMENT JSIZE DWHYTE 133 1 2 TAISINGYEH KLMAN ZPURTON 133 2 3 DANEWINTIGER ALEE WCMARWING 126 3 4 JUSTGOOD ALEE GCHEYNE 122 4 RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO.
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        593 38 Reuters. GERMANY’S Sebastian Vettel locked down pole position for the European Grand Prix yesterday with Red Bull sweeping the front row for the fourth time this season. Australian Mark Webber qualified second with McLaren’s championship leader Lewis Hamilton the best of the rest in third
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        Lock icon One pairing sure but others look to impress Monty
        362 38 GOLF: RYDER CUP Wire Services. GRAEME McDowell’s thrilling US Open victory looks to have nailed down one European Ryder Cup pairing, captain Colin Montgomerie said earlier this week. McDowell’ssuccess atPebbleBeach last week left him and fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy virtual
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        495 40 Defending champion faces moretestsofhertemperin laterstagesofWimbledon AFP. DEFENDING champion Serena Williams admits she can’t promise to keep her cool at Wimbledon despite cruising into the fourth round with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova yesterday. Serena, who beat sister Venus in last
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      Lock icon ‘White’ Wimbledon tainted by spitting storm
      493 42 AFP. THE pristine image of Wimbledon took a beating on Friday when Romanian tennis player Victor Hanescu spat at the crowd following an altercation with fans. Just a day after Queen Elizabeth visited the famous tennis grounds for the first time in 33 years,
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      82 38 NIKE CUP SINGAPORE PICTURE: NIKE SINGAPORE THE East Zone qualifiers at Tampines Central Park yesterday saw 25 senior teams move a step closer to the dream prize of a 5-day, all-expense-paid football training experience in Brazil. 25 junior teams also emerged with a chance to win $8,000 worth of Nike
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      81 40 WORLDCUP2010 Tonight: GERMANYvENGLAND StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Tomorrow: ARGENTINAvMEXICO StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am HOLLANDvSLOVAKIA StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88,10pm Tuesday: BRAZIL vCHILE StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88, 2.30am PARAGUAYv JAPAN StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88,10pm TENNIS Tonight: WIMBLEDON:DAY 7
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      69 1 thenewpaper AMEDITION URUGUAY 2 SOUTH KOREA 1 Koreans lose despite attack after attack Tears after spectacular 80th-min Suarez goal ends World Cup dream Page 8 PICTURE: AFP Inside DREADED CLASH: Germany can be defeated, but are England up to it, asks Iain Macintosh Page 2 DREADED TASK: How will Mexico
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        Lock icon 1. Germany can be defeated
        365 2 / 3  -  ENGLISHK/lUl IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg SOMEHOW,italwayscomesbacktoGer-many.It’s as if they haven’t forgiven England for a contentious goal in a World Cup finalandareintentonexactingrevengeforever.What’sthat?Oh… Nothing strikes fear into the heart of an EnglishmanlikearesurgentGermany. Justcheckoutourtabloids. TheDailyStar,admittedlyanewspaperso downmarket that even mums say they only read it for the horoscopes, led on
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        Lock icon 2. Are England the team to do it?
        221 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH AH, I thought you might ask me that. The truth is that England can do anything they want to. They have the players and they have the manager. They are well treated, they are handsomely paid and they are backed
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        Lock icon 3. And what if it goes to penalties?
        228 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH IF 120 minutes expire without the deadlock breaking, then the referee may as well just award the game to Germany. Englandaren’tjustastupidteam,they’re a team that crack like biscuits under pressure. Of their four penalties against Portugal in 2006, they missed three.
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        Lock icon STAR SPOTLIGHT
        485 4 / 5  -  GREGORY LOO EVER since he made his professional debut, Wayne Mark Rooney has been making headlines for the rightreasons aswellas the wrong. The Englishman has developed into a world-class striker at his club Manchester United and plays an integralrolefor bothcluband country. After emerging from the shadow of Cristiano
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        Lock icon RIO v FRANZ
        321 4 / 5 Rio: Franz will eat his words PA Sport. RIO Ferdinand believes England will make Franz Beckenbauer eat his words when they face Germany in the last 16 of the World Cup. Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner as a player and a coach with West Germany, had labelled
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        Lock icon Kaiser: I'm sorry
        169 4 / 5 Wire Services. GERMANY’S World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer apologised for comments he made criticising the England team. Beckenbauer (right) had claimed England were “stupid” in letting themselves face Germany in the second round, and that the players were “burnt out”following arigorousPremier Leagueseason. However, the “Kaiser” apologised for
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        Lock icon England can't let fans down
        510 6  -  iounrMM GARY LIM GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RUSTENBURG FIRST,itwasRustenburg.Then, they stormed Cape TownandPortElizabeth. Lately,theyturnedup inBloemfonteinindroves. The tens of thousands of England fans followed the Three Lions everywheretheywent. And brought with them laughter andjoy. It is Germany whom England will play in the Round of
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        Lock icon Kaiser's comments will spur Three Lions
        417 6  -  kovKRNALYST –TSANGWINGHAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg FRANZ Beckenbauer had chosen the wrong time to criticise the English football team. England have been uninspiring at this World Cup so far and with their backs up against a wall, Fabio Capello could just turn Beckenbauer’s words as
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      Lock icon MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN... OR ENGLAND
      653 7  -  COLWOUST NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg DAVIDJamesthinksEnglandareabet-ter team than Germany. David James thinks tonight’s Round-of-16 clash is justanothergame. David James is a sandwich short of a picnic. Like most goalkeepers, England’s shot-stopper has always dived around the edgesofeccentricity. His hairstyles alone suggest a man who
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Analysis
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        Lock icon 1. End of South Korean dream
        373 8/9  -  ROUND OF 16 URUGUAY2 (Luis Suarez 8, 80) SOUTH KOREA 1 (Lee Chung Yong 68) ENGUSHKIUCE IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg IT’SOVER.Nimble, sprightly and entertaining to watch, South Korea were blasted out of the World Cup at the second hurdle by a strike of immense quality
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        Lock icon 2. Are Uruguay contenders?
        122 8/9  -  –IAINMACINTOSH WELL, they’ve certainly got an easier path to the semi-finals than they might have expected. Neither the United States nor Ghana will causethemtoomuchanxiety,sothere’snothing to stop them reaching the last four. That said, they still don’t look like world champions. When they took their early lead,
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        Lock icon 3. Will Suarez be going to England?
        218 8/9  -  IAIN MACINTOSH PROBABLYnot. Arsenal were reported to be trailing him earlier this year, but it’s unlikely that Arsene Wenger will want to pay the estimated £30million ($63m) it would cost to lure him away from Aj ax Amsterdam. Manchester United were thought to
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        Lock icon Final WHISTLE
        137 8/9  -  –IAINMACINTOSH MAGIC MOMENT: Lee Young Pyo’ssecond-half galloptook him past three Uruguayan defenders, but despite ParkChu Young’sclever dummy,it came to nothing. FLOODLIGHT SMASHER: What is it with Park Chu Young and his finishing? Even at close range in the 51 st minute, he still managed to put it in
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        Lock icon HE NAILS THE KOREANS...
        225 10 LUIS Suarez, playing in his first World Cup Finals, scored a goal in each half to give Uruguay a 2-1 win over South Korea in the pouring rainlast night and take them to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 40 years. Suarez netted
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        Lock icon ... WITH THIS STUNNING WINNER
        64 10 WITH THIS STUNNING WINNER He’sinthe running for Golden Boot Leading goalscorers: 3 goals David Villa (Spain) Luis Suarez (Uruguay) Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) Robert Vittek (Slovakia) 2 goals: Elano (Brazil) Tiago (Portugal) Keisuke Honda (Japan) Diego Forlan (Uruguay) Brett Holman (Australia) Kalu Uche (Nigeria) Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) Luis Fabiano (Brazil) Landon
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        Lock icon Who is Suarez?
        166 10 LUIS Suarez began his career in his home country with Club Nacional de Football, for whom he scored 12 goals in 29 appearances. He left South America for Europe when he was just 19, signing for Dutch side Groningen in a deal that was worth around £800,000m
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        Lock icon Spain not their usual selves despite victory
        685 11  -  ANALYST EUROPEAN champions Spain set up a mouthwatering last-16 showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo’sPortugalafterseeingoff10-manChile2-1inahard-foughtencounterinPretoria yesterday morning. Chile surrendered top spot in Group H to the Spaniards but still qualified for the knockout stages, where they will now face Brazil. CHUASIANGYEE BARRY WHITBREAD npsports@sph.com.sg How
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      • SPAIN REIGN
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          Lock icon 1. Victory helps European champions avoid Brazil in the Round of 16
          468 12  -  I ENGLISH HAKE GROUP H CHILE 1 (Rodrigo Millar 47) SPAIN 2 (David Villa 24, Andres Iniesta 37) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg A GREAT victory for football. With the world taking a Swiss victory for granted, this was to
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          Lock icon 2. What went wrong for Chile?
          134 12  -  IAIN MACINTOSH MARCELO Bielsa’s team is a wonderful side, a real pleasure for the connoisseur, but it has a bad temper and it cost them dearly. Marco Estrada can rightly claim that the foul that led to his dismissal was a harsh call, but
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          212 12  -  –IAINMACINTOSH MAGIC MOMENT: Alexis Sanchez doesn’t playsimple balls,he plays backheel taps. A bit fancy, but if you could, wouldn’tyou? LASER-GUIDED: Xavi, as always, played a series of lovely balls, but his chips to David Villa were absolutely superb. What a player. DANGER:I’mallfor full-blooded play, but Marco Estreda was far
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          Lock icon 3. What now for Fabregas?
          123 12  -  IAIN MACINTOSH BARRY WHITBREAD ANALYSIS: PAGE 11 CESC Fabregas received a visit from The Ghost of Football Future here. Vicente Del Bosque fielded a four-man midfield made up exclusively of central players and still Fabregas (right) couldn’t make the starting line-up. With three of the
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      Lock icon 'Portugal as good as Brazil'
      455 13 Spain coach Del Bosque is wary of facing the Portuguese in the Round of 16 PA Sport SPAIN coach Vicente Del Bosque does not feel his side has gained any advantage by securing a last-16 showdown with Portugal rather than five-time world champions Brazil. Spain’s
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Argentina v Mexico
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        336 14 / 15  -  Kenneth Chew STARSPOTLIGHT HIS phenomenal play has been described as breathtakingly majesticand simply unstoppable. Pundits have regularly run out of superlatives for the Argentina and Barcelona superstar since he burst on the scene at the tender age of 17, and took the footballing establishment by storm. With a raft
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        Lock icon So just how do you STOP HIM?
        716 14 / 15 MEXICO fear that a first goal from Argentina’s Lionel Messi in the second round could dash their hopes of revenge for their defeat by the same opponents at the same stage four years ago. Argentina, who won the 2006 meeting 2-1 after extra
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        Lock icon 1. Lightning will strike twice
        352 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg THE fast and the furious you could describe Argentina’sattackas such. With players like Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Angel di Maria at full tilt, the Albiceleste have definitely set the pulses racing with their flowing forays. How’sthisforastatistic? Argentina made 696 successful passes
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        Lock icon Mexico have to mark Messi
        375 16 / 17  -  tow ANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com. sg ARGENTINA may have dominated in the group stage but Nigeria, South Korea and Greece are not the strongest teams around. So it will be interesting to see how Diego Maradona’s team play against a more skilful Mexico team. Argentina
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        Lock icon 2. Can Mexicans wave hello, not goodbye?
        165 16 / 17  -  DAVIDLEE IT’SHIGHLY unlikely, ifhistory is anythingtogo by Mexicohave only wonfour oftheir previous25 meetings with Argentina, losing 11 and drawing 10. El Tri have also won just one of their 10 World Cup encounters against the South American opposition, losing seven of these matches.
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        Lock icon 3. Will Messi finally score?
        218 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE WELL,it’s unthinkableisn’t it? How canthe WorldPlayer of the Yearfail to findthe net at the WorldCup the platform that should have been his playground? That’snotto say LionelMessihasn’t stampedhismarkin allthe Group B games. The Barcelona maestro absolutely tore Nigeria, South Korea and Greece apart with
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        Lock icon We play for the shirt
        400 18 Argentina striker Sergio Aguero speaks to fifa.com about the World Cup and his relationship with his father-in-law and coach Diego Maradona Sergio, the Argentina squad is full of quality in midfield andattack,players whoply theirtradewith Europe’stop clubs. What is it like being in a squad packed
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        Lock icon Mexico will play to the death
        560 19 Wire Services. MEXICO midfielder Gerardo Torrado insists his team will “play to the death” to beat Argentina in tomorrow morning’s World Cup last-16 encounter at Soccer City in Johannesburg. The 31-year-old issued a rallying cry to the rest of the squad after they made
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Betting
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        Lock icon A great day for English sports
        325 20 / 21  -  BRIAN MILLER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg IT’S like Halley’s Comet. It’s visible once every 75 years or so. It comes in a flash and then it disappears. When was the last time three Englishmen excelled in sport all on the same day? Well, I know
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        Lock icon Bet on the fat man with the fit squad
        357 20 / 21  -  BRIAN MILLER BEFORE June 11, few would have said it could be Argentina. Mostly, it had to do with the Diego Maradona factor. They thought he was too crazy to manage a World Cup-winning team. Most were also held back by
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        Lock icon Old foes stir up tension
        566 20 / 21  -  FUTBOLITAS! ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE English and Germans have a rivalry dating back to the Industrial Revolution. Then, the Germans were beginning to eclipse Britain as economic powerhouses. Andtheywerealsomadeupofthe“masterrace”,underAdolfHitler. Interestingly, today’s Die Mannschaft is made up of different races among them Brazilian, Polish, Bosnian and
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        632 20 / 21  -  CONSPIRACY THEORY ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg BY now, most punters dread the sight of England. Fabio Capello’s men have successfully negotiated the group stage but punters have been losing money betting on them. Thatisquite amazingisn’tit? England got past the three group games unbeaten but
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      49 22 / 23  -  Ray Chen Iknow it’s theknockout stage and the stakes are high. But teams should stop acting like selfish lovers. Football is like sex. Both parties need to be satisfied. Go ahead and play to win, just make sure the fans get their kicks as well.
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      Lock icon PLAY WITHOUT FEAR
      787 22 / 23  -  COLUMNIST KEIR RADNEDGE npsports@sph.com.sg BRAZIL and Spain, pre-tourna-ment favourites to win the 2010 World Cup, go marching on. Well, “march” might be overplaying it; this is a word which conjures up images of honourable armies progressing inexorably towards grand victories. More appropriately, one might say that Brazil
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      Lock icon Same ol' same ol'
      386 22 / 23 Reuters. BRAZIL coach Dunga trotted out the same old excuses after histeam’sdismalgoalless drawwith Portugal, but his familiar complaints about over-cautious opponents are unlikely to cut much ice with the critics. The famously grumpy Brazil coach effectively accused Portugal of being spoilsports for packing their defence and
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      Lock icon WHAT A BORE!
      488 24 SoccerbabeNur’Aini Jailani, who supports Holland, feels the Brazil versus Portugal encounter failed to live up to its billing PORTUGAL0 BRAZIL0 TNP SOCCER BABES I WAS really looking forward to this match. With the two top teams from Group G playing each other five-time world champions Brazil and
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      Lock icon Other Soccer Babes say...
      275 24 SO LONG, AZZURRI MY TWO brothers, who are big Italian fans, came over to my house to watch the match between Italy and Slovakia. Before the match, we were discussing the team line-up and were optimistic about Italy’s chances of winning. But when Slovakia scored a
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      Lock icon ON TV
      105 24 WORLD CUP 2010 Tonight: GERMANY v ENGLAND StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88,10.00pm Tomorrow: ARGENTINA v MEXICO StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88,2.30am Catch live telecasts of the World Cup matches at your nearest CCs Tonight’smatch: GERMANY v ENGLAND, 10.00pm Where: Braddell Heights, Cheng San, Choa Chu Kang,
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      757 25 PICK YOUR FAVOURITE SOCCER BABE AND YOU COULD WIN $200. NOWthatyou’ve metall12 TNP Soccer Babes 2010, you have a chance to pick your favourite. You can pick her for her knowledge, personality, the connection she has with you or simply because she
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      Lock icon 1. HOW TO TAKE A 'PERFECT' PENALTY KICK
      122 26/27 TIPS FOR PENALTY-TAKERS metres per second. Why not faster, you ask. Because any more powerful 1.1s54%77%%-taker has tocy for pow-ow, and the penalty-taker has to sacrifice accuracy for pow9 78.1% 1.1s54%77%%-taker pow-ow, obvi-omesthe er. If it's too slow, obviously then it becomes
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      Lock icon 2. HIGHER THE STAKES, HIGHER THE CHANCE YOU'LL MISS
      185 26/27 IT LOOKS simple enough. Put the ball on the spot, and place the ball where the goalkeeper can't reach it. But if was really that easy, then some of the world’s best players would not have missed it. Just ask Roberto
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      188 26/27 EVEN the most minute detail is taken into account. Sometimes, it's not just about goingleft, rightor centre. It’s alsoabouthow long theplayer takes to place theball. That is, if you trust the movement scientists from Norway and Holland, who studied all penalty
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        Lock icon 1. GOALKEEPERS, LURE YOUR TAKERS
        145 26/27  -  \M W TMAN SOMEthinkit’sa lottery.Othersinsist thatit’sanart. But with the World Cupintotheknock-out phase,loomingahead issomethingwhich every England fan dreads: Penalty shoot-outs. Expertshavefound outthatthese16teams in the second round, Englandincluded,can helpthemselves,rather thanleaveittoluck TIPSFORGOALKEEPERS GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT’Salmostlike luringthe preyinto the trap. Considering that between two-thirds and three-quarters of penalties
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        Lock icon 2. SHOW YOUR COLOURS
        301 26/27 IN THE case of Jorge Campos, former Mexican World Cup goalkeeper, his choice of bright colours is a fashion statement. Petr Cech (below), however, chooses his colours to play with the mind of the player. He believes that a bright orange strip attracts the opponent and
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      Lock icon Kick of death (or life)
      568 28 Penalty shoot-outs may play crucial role from now on Reuters. THE World Cup moved into the knockout stage yesterday, and although no-one can predict exactly what will happen, one thing is likely: penalty shoot-outs are about to cause more joy and heartache. Since the first
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      Lock icon FAMOUS PLAYERS WHO MISSED
      69 28 Stuart Pearce (England), 1990 His miss against Germany cost England a place in the World Cup final. Roberto Baggio (Italy), 1994 Skied the ball in the World Cup final againt Brazil which eventually won. David Beckham (England), 2004 Beckham’smiss saw England dumped out of Euro quarter-finals
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      441 2 / 3 Nothing strikes fear into the heart of an EnglishmanlikearesurgentGermany. Justcheckoutourtabloids. TheDailyStar,admittedlyanewspaperso makesense. The much-loved playground and terrace song “Two World Wars and One World Cup” forinstance,neglectstomentionthatwithout American assistance, those two World Wars wouldhavebeentwogoallessdraws. And,thoughSirAlfRamseywassuccessful in 1966, Germany have since won two World Cups of their own, as well as knocking
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