The New Paper, 27 June 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 SundayJUNE on on Paper Paper New New The The WORLD CUP NOON EDITION 27 2010 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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        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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      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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        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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        516 34/35 Race1 C*****m 1 KNIGHTGREG57(145-43) JoseDeSouza (14) 2 2 1 (448) 4 WORDOFHONOUR56.5c56(20-15) RBurnett (2) 6 10 2 (483) 1.5 7 THAT'SFAST56c55(54-17) BTai (10) 8 5 3 (458) Nk 14 TEXAS52.5c50(66-19) IRazif* (11) 12 11 4 (450) Ns ?Winning stable: Alpha One. Trainer: JH Tan. Time: 1min 14.5sec
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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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        392 39  -  MORNING LATEST LUKE NETTO npsports@sph. com.sg F1 Analyst MERCEDES GP just suffered their worst qualifying session of the season so far with both cars not making it into the top 10. What’s happening to the team which was almost untouchable last season? This year, with
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        217 39 GOLF Reuters. AMERICAN Cristie Kerr stretched her lead to a record eight strokes after the third round of the LPGA Championship this morning. The 32-year-old, who won the 2007 US Open, will climb from fifth to first in the world rankings if she wins and current world
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        477 41 MORNINGLATEST AFP. BRITISH fourth seed Andy Murray surged into the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon this morning. Murray came into Wimbledon on a dismal run after failing to get past the quarter-finals of any tournament since
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        99 41 Men’sThird Round(selected): Rafael Nadal (2) bt Philipp Petzschner (33) 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 Andy Murray (4) bt Gilles Simon (26)6-1,6-4,6-4 Robin Soderling (6) bt Thomaz Bellucci (25) 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 David Ferrer (9) bt Jeremy Chardy 7-5,6-3, 4-6,3-6,7-5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) bt Tobias Kamke 6-1,6-4,7-6 (1)
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      525 43 MORNING LATEST AFP. RAFAEL Nadal is into the fourth round of Wimbledon but he is not happy. The world No. 1 was accused of being coached on Centre Court during the 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 marathon win over German Philipp Petzschner in the third
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      81 41 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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      30 1 NOON EDITION thenewpaper WE HAVE EXPERIENCE Steven Gerrard feels that will give England the upper hand over Germany tonight.Page 4 Ghana do it for Africa beating the US Page 16
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      55 2/3 INSIDE Ray Parlour on England /Page 4 EXCLUSIVE with England legend Martin Peters /Page 7 Preview: Argentina v Mexico /Pages 9-11 Betting/Pages 12-13 Jeffrey Low /Page 14 US 1 Ghana 2 /Pages 16-20 Keir Radnedge /Page 21 Uruguay 2 South Korea 1 /Pages 21-23 Soccer Babes Contest details /Page 24
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        718 2/3  -  fV WSPHUN GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RUSTENBURG FATE dealt them a kind hand. But England being England, they threw it all away. Never mind the chest-pounding and bravado moments after scraping through to the second round, following the 1-0 victory over Slovenia in
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        487 4 AFP. STEVEN Gerrard is confident ahead of the clash with Germany tonight. And for one main reason experience. The Liverpool midfielder believes that will give them a significant advantage over an emerging German side with an average age of 25. “Experience helps,” England’s captain
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        Lock icon England to end Germany hoodoo
        835 4  -  kisiNSIDE RAY PARLOUR npsports@sph.com.sg I KNOW exactly how it feels to lose to Germany in a World Cup match. OK, it was a World Cup Qualifier but let’s not be pedantic and I’m praying the current England team don’t suffer the same fate after tonight’s
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        655 6  -  OUR MAN IN SOUTH AFRICA ED AARONS AARONS npsports@sph.com.sg Young Germans fired up to repeatvictoryovertheEnglish ThewriterisaBritishfootballjournalistbasedinSouthAfricawhohasworkedforSkySports,theBBC,AFPand variousotherpublications. HE MAY only have been still two months short of his first birthday but Thomas Muller knows all about that semi-finalatItalia’90. The attacking midfielder from Bayern Munich is one of
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        501 8  -  GREGORY LOO EVER since he made his professional debut, Wayne Mark Rooney has been making headlines for the right reasons as well as the wrong ones. The Englishman has developed into a world-class striker at his club Manchester United and plays an integralrolefor bothcluband country. After emerging from the
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      414 5  -  TSANG WING HAN 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 useBeckenbauer’swordsasaformofmotivation for the players. England will
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      Lock icon Don't score, Frank
      433 7  -  EXCLUSIVE ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg WHENEnglandtakeonGerma-ny in a nail-biting encounter tonight, one former World Cup winner will be watching Frank Lampardclosely. And secretly, he’llbe hoping for the Chelsea star not to put a goal past the Germans. Martin Peters, who was part of that celebrated England squad in
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      384 7  -  ASHIKIN HASHIM JOHN Terry should never have gone to the media over his alleged unhappiness over manager Fabio Capello’s handling of England’s World Cup campaign, says 1966 England star Martin Peters. The move led to the Italian manager proclaiming it to be a “very huge mistake”
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        378 9  -  STAR SPOTLIGHT Kenneth Chew HIS PHENOMENAL play has been described as breathtakingly majestic and 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
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        Lock icon 1. Lightning will strike twice
        354 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg FAST and 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 against Greece
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        169 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE IT’SHIGHLY unlikely, ifhistory is anythingtogo by. Mexico have only won four of their previous 25 meetings with Argentina, losing 11 and drawing 10. El Tri have also won just one of their 10 World Cup encounters against South American opposition, losing
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        Lock icon 3. Will Messi finally score?
        188 10 / 11  -  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 be 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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        434 10 / 11  -  TSANG WING HAN ARGENTINA may have dominated 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 plays against a more skilful Mexico team. Argentina have an average
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      81 14 / 15  -  KENNETH CHEW ACROSS continents, within households, and indeed among unlikely bedfellows, a footballing frenzy engulfs one and all once every four years. Pubs, cafes and coffeeshops are awash with people from all walks of life. Hardcore gamblers on your left. Die-hard fans clad in the latest
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      Lock icon SIX WONDERS OF THE WORLD CUP
      666 14 / 15  -  K COLVMNIST JEFFREY LOW npsports@sph.com.sg THAT tingling sensation is back, that familiar fluttering of the heart that reminds us, oh yes, the real World Cup has begun at last. Gone is the hype and hope of the bottom 16, gone is the dreaded defensive
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        Lock icon 1.Black Stars shine brightly
        674 16 / 17  - 1. Black Stars shine brightly A King, a Prince, and a Baby Jet propel Ghana to their first World Cup quarter-finals DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg ROUND OF 16 UNITED STATES 1 (Landon Donovan 62-pen) GHANA2 (Kevin-Prince Boateng 5, Asamoah Gyan 93) Score was 1-1 after 90 minutes RICHARD KINGSON HE IS
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        105 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE THE BLACK Stars will no doubt celebrate, but Jonathan Mensah and Andre Ayew will feel a tinge of regret. Both youngsters were the only Ghana players to receive a booking yesterday but unfortunately for them, they have already been awarded a yellow card
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        190 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE THEY just ran out of fairy dust, didn’t they? For the fourth time in four games, the United States had to mount a comeback. They did it once when Landon Donovan’s penalty cancelled out Kevin-Prince Boateng’s early strike, but the Americans
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        341 16 / 17 ANDRE Morgan Rami Ayew, often known simply as ‘Dede’, has seemed destined for a glittering career right from an early age. As the son of legendary Olympique de Marseille lynchpin and former Ghanian captain Abedi Pele, it has been almost expected that the young
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        353 16 / 17  -  DAVID LEE MAGIC MOMENT: The strength to hold off two defenders, the presence of mind to check where the goalkeeper is placed, the ability to lash in a volley in injury time make Asamoah Gyan’sgoal amoment toremember.And Ithoughtthis fellacould only score penalties! LASER-GUIDED:Takingover fromRicardo Clark’sloose ball,Kevin-Prince Boateng’s piercing
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        Lock icon Korea pay for missed chances
        575 22/23  -  }?<»<ANALYST PERES DE OLIVEIRA npsports@sph.com.sg Do you think it was a fair result? YES. AT the end of the day, if you don’t take your chances, you don’t win the game. South Korea played well and I thought they created the better chances. Unfortunately, they
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        6 20 GhanacontinuetoflyAfrica’sflagin SouthAfricaafterbeatingtheUSto makethequarter-finals.Wehighlight thekeyplayerswholedthemtovictory TNPILLUSTRATIONS: TEOHYICHIE,KELVINCHAN
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        516 18 / 19  -  \m% D MAN OurWorldCupManatGhana’spressconference GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RUSTENBURG IVORY COAST have Sven-Goran Eriksson. Cameroon have Paul Le Guen. Nigeria have Lars Lagerback. South Africa have Carlos Alberto Parreira, And who do Ghana have? Milovan Rajevac. Remember the name. While almost all the African
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        676 18 / 19  -  CHUA SIANG YEE How did you find the game? IT WASN’T a very good game in terms of quality. Both sides were nervous and limited in terms of ability, so there wasn’t much action overall. The early goal gave Ghana the impetus and they started playing
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        Lock icon KOREA SURPRISED US
        533 21 Uruguaycoachpaystributetothe vanquishedSouthKoreans AFP, SOUTH Korea take their leave of the World Cup with their heads held high after pushing Uruguay hard in last night’s last-16 defeat, the South American team’s coach Oscar Tabarez said. The Asian giants head home after a Luis Suarez double sandwiched Lee Chung
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        Lock icon In with the old, and in with the new too
        649 21  -  COLMNIST KEIR RADNEDGE npsports@sph.com.sg RING in the old, ring in the new. Football’s wonderful natural gift for continuous evolution was represented by the second-round successes of Uruguay and Ghana. They will meet in the quarter-finals after who knows what further
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        Lock icon Suarez set for the big time
        204 22/23 MAN-OF-THE-MATCH LUIS Suarez may not be a household name but his scintillating performances in South Africa is sure to change that. The Fifa Man-of-the-Match’s winner against South Korea last night, the last of his three goals so far, particularly caught the eye a curling
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        Lock icon Forlan and Co take stellar run in their stride
        282 22/23 AFP. URUGUAY may be enjoying their best World Cup campaign in 40 years yet Diego Forlan insisted he and his teammates were taking it all in their stride. In-formForlan (left) set up Luis Suarez forthefirstgoalofhisdoubleinUruguay’s2-1 second round defeat of South Korea
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        Lock icon Heartbreak for Du Ri
        257 22/23 Son of Cha Bum Kun hurt by dramatic exit Reuters SOUTHKorea’s Cha Du Ri,the sonofoneofAsia’sfinestplayers, broke down on the pitch when his team failed to qualify for the quarter-finals in what may be thedefender’slastWorldCup. The son of Cha Bum Kun, regardedasoneofAsia’sbestplayersofall time, said the 2-1 defeat
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      770 24 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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      522 25  -  }M W CTMAN TODAY: ATA PRESS CONFERENCE... GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg YOU CAN tell the popularity of a team from the number of reporters at its press conference. The early indication is in the ease with which a reporter manages to acquire a supplementary access device
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      105 26/27 WORLD CUP 2010 Tonight: GERMANY v ENGLAND StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88,10.00pm Tomorrow: ARGENTINA v MEXICO StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch 88,2.30am Catch live telecasts of the World Cup matches at your nearest CCs Tonight’s match: GERMANY v ENGLAND, 10.00pm Where: Braddell Heights, Cheng San, Choa Chu Kang,
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      517 26/27  -  Soccer Babe FAITH LIM, who supports Brazil, hopes England stars will unite to beat Germany FAITH LIM GERMANY v ENGLAND IT’S MAKE or break for my other team, England. They have strong individuals but are not united as a team, and will need to rely on some sheer
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        Lock icon URUGUAY DESERVE TO BE IN LAST EIGHT
        117 26/27  -  Wahidah Ibrahim (Wid) IT’S A pity to see a more energetic and hardworking team bow out of the competition. I thought the South Koreans worked harder than their opponents. Uruguay should thank uis Suarez for sending them into the last eight. The whole
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREA'S LOSS HEARTBREAKING
        99 26/27  -  Carine Heng EVEN though South Korea may not be one of my favourite teams, there seems to be an “automatic” Asian affinity which I find difficult to detach from. Uruguay are more superior in terms of skills and they are more attractive to watch. But it
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREA DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE
        78 26/27  -  Nur'aini Jailani SOUTH Korea may have lost, but they will always be in my opinion the most energetic and hardworking team at this World Cup. Maybe they were taken aback by the early goal from Luis Suarez and poor goalkeeping by Jung Sung Ryong.
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      177 26/27 THE WORLD Cup Finals has just passed its half-way mark and while some players and coaches have lived up to the mark, others have been mediocre. Readers, help us judge the players and coaches according to the following categories: GOOD PROGRESS AWARD THIS player or coach was
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      Lock icon Old rivalry revisited
      506 26/27  -  FUTBOLITAS! ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg GERMANY v ENGLAND THE English and Germans have a rivalry dating back to the Industrial Revolution. But Futbolitas Claire Rourke and Julia Richter are not thinking about their nation’shistories. Richter said that the enthusiasm for “fussball” in her country has escalated to a
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      Lock icon Should Rooney be dropped against Germany?
      277 26/27 CENTRE CIRCLE ENGLAND have looked to Wayne Rooney for goals at this World Cup, but he has failed to deliver. Should Fabio Capello risk England's qualification for the quarter-finals by dropping a misfiring and frustrated Wayne Rooney against Germany tonight? TNPPostman NO, WAYNE Rooney
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      Lock icon Blame it on Domenech
      516 28  -  Skipper Evra says sorry and explains reasons for the in-fighting in South Africa THE“INSIDE”ONTHEFRANCECRISIS BEN LYTTLETON Special Correspondent The writer is based in Britain and writes for The Sunday Telegraphandguardian.co.uk FRANCEcaptainPatriceEvrahasbrokenhis silence on the fiasco of his team's WorldCupexit. He blamed coach Raymond Domenech forstartingawarwiththepress,whichcontributed to
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      638 12 / 13  -  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 amazing, isn’tit? England got past the three group games unbeaten
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      Lock icon Bet on the fat man with the fit squad
      362 12 / 13  -  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 A great day for English sports
      334 12 / 13  -  .STIPSTER BRIAN MILLER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg IT’S LIKEHalley’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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