The New Paper, 3 July 2010

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1 28 The New Paper
  • 12 1 The new paper SATURDAY JULY 3 2010 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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    • 54 1 I i theCUPNOONEDITIONvGHANAnewpaper GET YOUR WORLD CUP NOON EDITION URUGUAY v GHANA theCUPNOONEDITIONvGHANAnewpaper IN YOUR WORLD CUP PULLOUT Melo drama PICTURE: AFP Felipe Melo (left) creates Brazil’s first goal, then scores own goal and gets sent off for stamping on Arjen Robben I told you stamping Arjen HOLLAND BRAZIL I
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    • 20 1 Hunt for women in Geylang ‘KTV singers’ from China vanish soon after arriving in S’pore PAGE 2 887 81 *****1
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  • News
    • 904 2/3  -  Lounge manager may lose $10,000 security deposit if2runawayChinesewomencan’tbefound REPORT:GAN GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg FOR the past two weeks he has been getting his friends to pound the streets of Geylang, going door-to-door to look for two women. But Mr Zhuang, who declined to give
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    • 523 2/3 NEARLY a third of 33 KTV lounge operators approached by The New Paper said that they, too, have had foreign women employees disappear on them. The operators claimed they usually ended up forfeiting the $5,000 security deposit with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for
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    • 60 2/3 Blood&pus flowedfrom boy’s ear(TNP, Jun 26): It was reported that until three months ago, there was no vaccine to prevent childhood middle ear infection. A Pfizer spokesman has clarified that its vaccine, Prevenar, has been available in Singapore since 2005 and is approved for use in children up to
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    • 525 4  -  20,000participants among first to enjoy sights at Marina Bay promenade REPORT: ER YANBING eryb@sph.com.sg PRIMEMinisterLeeHsienLoongwillbesoaking in the fresh air, fun and sights with more than 20,000 walkers at this year’sTheNewPaperBigWalk@MarinaBay 2010onJuly18. PMLeewillflagoffthescenic5kmwalkat 7.30am. The Big Walk, which begins at
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  • News World Cup
    • 487 6  -  Keeping late nights to catch World Cup matches may lower immunity REPORT:NG NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg ENGLANDweren’ttheonlyonesfeelingawfulaftertheysanktoGermanyintheWorldCup. ForEnglandfanGNNg,itwaslikeablow tothegut. The 44-year-old business consultant was hit by stomach cramps and then vomiting anddiarrhoea. Healsolosthis appetiteandcouldnoteat for three to four days after the match last
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    • 9 6 Would you pay $50 for a vuvuzela? PAGE 14
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  • Local News watch
    • 39 8 FLASH YOUR FOOTBALL LOYALTY: The World Cup takes centre stage at Orchard Central this weekend with World Cup-themed manicures at LadyFinger nail spa. The event includes a Subbuteo table football workshop and tournament, and foot-ball-themed rock candy. PICTURE: LADYFINGER
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    • 231 8 Economic Strategies Committee dialogue RAISING the wages of the average Singapore worker by one-third in the next decade is one target of the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC). This would mean moving from a median wage of $2,400 today to
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    • 106 8 THREE in four motorists 75 per cent in Singapore polled in a road safety survey admitted to having driven over the speed limit, revealed the annual AXA Road Safety Survey. This is higher than the 63 per cent last year. The survey, conducted
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    • 95 8 WITH stiff global competition, gunning for gold is not good enough. That’s why the hospitality industry must strive to be better than the best, said labour chief Lim Swee Say yesterday during a session about the success ofon the Customer-Centric Initiative (CCI) of The
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    • 92 8 EIGHT projects were awarded $5 million yesterday to study green chemical-manufacturing methods. The researchers are from the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Nanyang Technologi- cal University and the National University of Singapore. They will work on research projects to maximise resource efficiency
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    • SPOTTED
      • 249 10  -  REPORT:BENSON BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg CHINESEactressVickiZhaowasspottedvisitingabeautyandslimmingcentrehereyesterday.The elusive star left by the back door of a Mary Chia Beauty and Slimming Specialist outlet at Goldhill Centre,alongThomsonRoad.Itwasabout4.45pm. Wearing sunglasses, a black leaf-print dress and whiteslippers,shecarriedanumbrellainonehandand amobilephoneintheother. Zhao,34,whogavebirthtoababygirlthreemonths agoinSingaporeatGleaneaglesHospital,wasaccompaniedbyhermother. When approached by reporters, she would only say inMandarinthatshewasatthecentreto“seefriends”. She
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      • 384 10  -  REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg MEDIACORP television host Quan Yifeng has made a police report regarding her dispute with a taxi driver. The 36-year-old and her daughter, Eleanor, 11, arrived at the Bedok Police Divisional Headquarters at 3.45pm yesterday. They remained there for
        TNP PICTURE: LUKEYAN  -  384 words
    • 755 12  -  S’poreans’‘notinmyownbackyard’mentality REPORT:DESMOND DESMOND NG, SHREE ANN MATHAVAN tnp@sph.com.sg SPACE the final frontier. Here, My Space isn’t a website, but conflicting claims to a slice of space in land-scarce and crowded Singapore. There is the simmering issue over the Choa Chu Kang childcare centre. The New
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    • News World Cup 2010
      • 454 14  -  It’llbesoldhere tomorrowat21/2times its price in South Africa REPORT: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg THE sound of the vuvuzela is deafening and to most, downright annoying, especially when they are all sounded at the same time. Some Singaporeans like Mr Andrew Choy even wrote in to
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      • 156 14 Source: BBC WHAT IS IT? A brightly coloured plastic horn which was first seen at sporting events in South Africa in the early 90s. A standard vuvuzela is 65cm long but some can be up to 1 m long. WHERE IS IT FROM? No one is
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    • 715 16  -  Couple on scooter hurt in accident REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg SHE had dark bruises on her face, a broken nose and a gash in her left calf that was so deep that it exposed her bone. Her boyfriend’s jaw was dislocated, several teeth
      TNP PICTURE: DAMIAN TAN; TNP INFOGRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG  -  715 words
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  • Article, Illustration
    602 15  -  Written by Kim Ong Over 180 singles gathered for an animation adventure at the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, exhibition held on 20 June 2010 at the Science Centre Singapore. Singles from all walks of life trooped to the Science Centre to get reacquainted with their favourite Pixar
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  • Global News watch
    • 239 18 OBAMA ANNOUNCES MORE SPENDING AP. PRESIDENT Barack Obama (right) cast the state of the US economy in upbeat terms, declaring that it was headed in the right direction even as employers slashed payrolls last month for the first time in half a year.
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    • 102 18 A NEW high-speed rail service between Shanghai and Nanjing will cut travelling time between the two cities by half from 2hr 30min to just 73 minutes. The service, which began operat- Theservice,whichbeganoperating on Thursday, covers 21 stops, including the eight
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    • 80 18 AFP. MALAYSIA has suspended the publication of a key opposition newspaper in a move political rivals criticised yesterday as a crackdown on dissent. Authorities said that Suara Kead- ilan, run by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Keadilan party, violated publishing laws with a report this month
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    • 105 18 AFP. THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he had no plans to hold elections this year because more time was needed for reconciliation following the deadliest political unrest in decades. “The government is not ruling out dissolution (of the lower house of parliament)
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    • News Gulf Oil Spill
      • 433 20/21 BP buys 32 oil-cleaning centrifuges from company owned by Kevin Costner (above) KEVIN Costner saved the world in the 1995 sci-fi movie, Waterworld. Now, the Hollywood star is on another rescue mission to clean up the oil-laden waters off the Gulf of Mexico. The spill
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      • 357 20/21 BP STILL UNDER FIRE: IT’Snot gettingany betterfor BritishPetroleum (BP). First, its chief executive Tony Hayward drew worldwide condemnation when he spent a day last month watching his yacht compete in one of the world’slargestraces. That came two days after he angered
        PICTURE: AFP  -  357 words
    • 394 22 A MAN slashed a woman and left a trail of destruction before he jumped into the sea in George Town, Penang, on Thursday. At about 1.30pm, passing motorists saw a woman in her 20s writhing in pain from a stab wound at Jalan
      PICTURE: NSTP  -  394 words
    • 399 22 A FORMER horse owner was brutally murdered, chopped into 10 pieces and packed in plastic bags and then dumped along a roadside in Thailand. The remains of Mr Kwa Hock Choon, 41, from Penang were found at a road near the Ping river in
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    • News World Cup 2010
      • 658 24 Rumour ofSteven Gerrard getting sis-in-law pregnant proven to be false SEX and the England football players seem to go hand in hand. Extramarital affairs and reports of one-night stands by players are all staple for the media the world over. But an allegation connected to
        PICTURES: REUTERS, ACTION IMAGES  -  658 words
      • 332 24 PARAGUAY’S historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals is being lived and breathed by Salvador Cabanas, their star striker who had to miss the finals after being shot in the head in January. However, the 29-year-old Mexi-co-based star who was shot
        PICTURE: AP  -  332 words
    • 600 28 Ex-varsity lover says Russian femme fatalespy(above)was‘wildinbed’ THE flame-haired Russian spy was not only good at networking. She was also great in bed. A law student claims that he had a fling with Anna Chapmanandgavehera“14outof10”forherprowess in bed. Mr Charlie Hutchinson, 31, told The Sun that
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    • 278 28 OSCAR-WINNING director and actor Mel Gibson (below), who caused a media storm four years ago over an anti-Semitic statement, is again making headlines for using an apparent racial slur in an argument with his ex-girlfriend. Celebrity news website Radaronline.com published excerpts of an
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 13 18 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low28˚
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    • 24 27 The New Paper on Sunday Exclusive Street trade in illegal workers EXPOSED STARS BEHAVING BADLY Local actor gets touchy-feely backstage. This other antics EXPOSED
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  • You
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      53 30 FROM READER TAY LIN JACK RISKY MOVE: This excavator driver was spotted attempting to lift the excavator onto the lorry using the front fork as a support along Yishun Street 81. E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken. Please include your full name
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    • 357 30 Missing out on sports programming FROM READER DANIEL CHUA IN MOST instances, competition is good for the consumer. But this does not seem to be the case for cable TV in Singapore. I subscribe to StarHub TV because I am an ardent F1
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  • Show
    • 784 31  -  Ex-Weakest Link hostAsha Gill (right) is back in new cooking show REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg COLD,meanandstandoffish.Malaysia TV host Asha Gill is probably best remembered locally as the host of Channel 5 game show The Weakest Link. But the gig, which she did in 2002, turnedouttobehermostcriticised.
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      • 318 33 We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about What’sthenoise? It pays to have a Hollywood actress as a girlfriend. British indie rock group One Night Only has managed to get Harry Potter star Emma Watson to do a guest spot
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      • 201 33 What’sthenoise: Pop princess Britney Spears has collaboratedwithclothingbrandCandie’stolauncha limited-edition fashion line. The line went on sale earlier this week at US department store Kohl’s along with ads showing Spears donning these casual threads of mostly sweaters, miniskirts and jeans. On the ads are catchy messages in Spears’
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    • 415 34  -  20-min film Hush gets R21 rating REPORT:TAN TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg HUSH, the short film touted as “the most erotic movie ever made in Singapore”, has been passed uncut with a R21 rating by the Media DevelopmentAuthority’s(MDA)BoardofFilmCensors (BFC). The locally produced short film, about
      PICTURE: KELVIN SNG PRODUCTIONS  -  415 words
    • Show Gadgets & Games
      • 296 35  -  >- B H 0 tJ) cd o REVIEW:EUGENE EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg BLUETOOTHheadsetsformo-bile phones work great, but why do so many of them make users look like style-blind cyborgs? Callmeshallow,butthisiswhyI have yet to buy one, although it would be a great aid in answering thephonewhiledriving. For those
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      • 282 35  -  Q a Q > a REVIEW:TAN TAN MAE LYNN maelynn@sph.com.sg FUMBLE for your headset no more (if you tend to leave it lying around in the car). No need to struggle with the tiny buttons to turn it on either. Speakers on mobile phones have
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      • Article, Illustration
        77 35 DESPITE being encased in an all-metal chassis, the sleek Pavilion dm4 weighs just under 2kg. Less than 3cm thick, the gizmo comes with a choice of an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, up to 8GB of memory and up to 500GB of hard disk space. It
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      • 89 35 THINK of the twin touch screen liberetto as two mini-tablet PCs joined at the hip. Instead of a keyboard, this limited edition netbook has another 7-inch touchscreen display, which can turn into a virtual keyboard when you need to type. Flip it on its side and it
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      • 82 35 IFYOU’RE an old-schoolphotographerwho prefers film, the CanoScan 9000F is a great way to digitise your shots. It features attachments that let you scan 35mm film slides, film strips and even 120mm-format film. And its 9,600 x 9,600 dpi CCD sensor can handle scans
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    • 528 50  -  Newsigning’stest results worse than clubchairman’s SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL npsports@sph.com.sg ITISN’Toftenthatthechairmanofafoot-ballclubisfitterthanoneofhisplayers.But that was the case for Etoile chairmanJohanGouttefangeasyesterdaymorning ashetooktheBeepTestalongwithtwoofhis newsigningsattheWoodlandsSportsHall. And while he might not have passed, he finishedattherespectableLevelof12.8. The Beep Test is a mandatory S-League fitness test where players run between two points20mapart,tryingtokeepupwithaCD playingbeepsatsetintervals. ToplayintheS-League,playershavetohit
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    • 138 50 THEY’RE the only all-girl team in the Nike Cup Singapore 2010. But that hasn’t stopped Blasto from making it through the West Zone qualifiers. And you can watch them compete with 99 other teams in the Junior category tomorrow at the Grand Finals at the
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    • 149 50 GOLF THE sponsor who coughed up the US$5,000 ($6,900) fine by the Asian Tour would be pleased with Mardan Mamat. The Singapore No. 2 pro had to pay the fine to take part in the OneAsia (a rival body to the Asian Tour of which
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    • 449 51 WIMBLEDON SEMI-FINALS AFP TWOdaysaftersendingtop-seededRogerFedererhome, Czech Tomas Berdych continued his gi-ant-killingexploitsbyknockingthirdseedNovak Djokovicout. The6-3,7-6(11/9),6-3winhelpedBerdychbookhis firstappearanceinthefinal. Berdych also became the first Czech man to reach theWimbledonfinalsinceIvanLendlin1987. Thoughthe24-year-old hasbeenadangerousforce on the ATP Tour for the last five years, he hasn’t been able to translate his talent into success at the
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    • 119 51 Reuters. MANCHESTER City flexed their financial muscle again yesterday when they signed Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure on a five-year deal. No financial details were disclosed of the 27-year-old’smove,which comestwodays after the capture by City of Valencia winger David Silva. Toure, who played for the Ivory Coast
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    • 41 1 HOLLAND 2 BRAZIL 1 Super Sneijder Playmaker scores winning goal in inspirational performance Page 4 INSIDE HE STAYS, THEY GO England FA decides to stick with Fabio Capello until 2012 but other coaches are not so lucky Page 20 PICTURE: AP
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      • 303 2 / 3  -  QUARTER-FINALS HOLLAND 2 (Felipe Melo 53 og, Wesley Sneijder 68) BRAZIL 1 (Robinho 10) EMLISHKAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg HOWonearthdidthathappen?Agoaltothegoodathalf-timeandresolutelyincontrolofthegame,Brazilimplodedindramat-ic fashion, somehow contriving to lose 1-2 to a Dutch sidethathadbarelythreatened. TwosoftgoalswillfrustrateDunga,butthedismissal of Felipe Melo, for a cynical stamp on Arjen Robben, willinfuriateanentirenation. Too much has been written about
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      • 108 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH HEcertainlydidn’thelpmatters. Robben was irritating, making a meal of every challenge and writhing so much, you’d suspect that someone had poured fire ants into his underwear, but this is hardly untypical. Robben is notorious for this and Brazil should have left him to
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      • 210 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH NOT for the first 53 minutes, no. They looked desperately short of creativity. Though Slovakia didn’t seem to realise that Arjen Robben had a special move, Dunga had done his homework. Every time the Dutch winger took possession, the Brazilians shut down
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      • 143 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH SAFE HANDS: Maarten Stekelenburg pulled off one of the saves of the tournament here, somehow twisting to paw Kaka’scurling shot away. FLOODLIGHT SMASHER: Robin van Persie is not having the best of tournaments. Keep an eye out of your window. His 80th-minute free-kick should land in
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    • 284 4 / 5 THEY laughed and called him a bird-brain, for picking Holland to knock the mighty Brazilians out of the World Cup. But Mani the Parakeet proved his doubters wrong last night. As Holland came from a goal down to beat Brazil, Mani’s underdog prediction for the
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    • Article, Illustration
      440 4 / 5  -  KENNETH CHEW npsports@sph.com.sg THE Oranje had looked dead and buried at half time, having been dominated by Brazil and 1-0 down to an early Robinho goal in their World Cup quarter-final in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. But something changed when the players emerged from the dressing room
      .PICTURES: AP; PICTURE: REUTERS  -  440 words
    • 73 4 / 5 Brazil’s defender Felipo Melo was Jekyl and Hyde in this World Cup quar-ter-final. After sending a de-fence-splitting pass that resulted in Robinho’s opening goal in the first half, he headed in Wesley Sneijder’s free-kick to make it 1-1. Sneijder made it 2-1 before Melo
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Argentina v Germany
      • 221 6 / 7  -  QUARTER-FINALS ARGENTINA v GERMANY (Tonight, 10pm, Live on StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88) ENCUSHKAKE IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg WEHAVEarrived.Yes,we’vesatthroughthe0-0sand the 1-0s, we’ve yawned our way through the Greek games and some of us, those poor unfortunates with the thousand-yard stares,
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      • 143 6 / 7  -  IAIN MACINTOSH BECAUSE as exciting as both teams are on the attack, neither is particularly strong at the back. Manuel Neuer (right) is an excellent shot-stopper and his positioning is first class, but he’s not comfortable in the air.
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      • 109 6 / 7  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOU don’t change a team when it has just walloped four goals past one of your most bitter rivals. Low will almost certainly send out the same 11 who destroyed England in the Round of 16. For Maradona, it’s a little more tricky.
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        468 6 / 7  -  STAR SPOTLIGHT CHUA SIANG YEE ITIShardto imagine thatMesut Ozilis only21. After all, this was the player who helped Germany destroy England4-1 with ascintillating display– the same player who toreAustraliaapart with hispenetrative runsand incisive passing. People always say the World Cup is the best place to announceone’sarrival on the
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      • 524 8 / 9 Show us some respect' Demechelis chides Germans for starting war of words QUARTER-FINALS ARGENTINA v GERMANY (Tonight, 10pm, Live on StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88) PA Sport. THEshotsofangerhavealreadybeenfiredintheArgentina-Germanymatchtonight.Notfrom a cracking German volley or a deft Argentinianlob. Theyaretheslursandinsultsflunginthemind war between these two footballing powerhouses. And Argentina defender Martin
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      • 290 8 / 9 AFP. ITMAY be toogood tobe truefor someof Germany’s players like rising stars Thomas Muller and Holger Badstuberwhen theythink abouthowfar they’ve come. At times, they have to pinch themselves to make sure their path to the World Cup is not just a dream. In the space
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      • 91 8 / 9  -  H&CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Watching gripping action on the pitch calls for hassle-free snacks. These little crostinis are a tasty Saturday night treat. Just remember to brush your teeth before you start cheering for the team of your choice. Garlic crostinis 1/2baguette,sliced 1 whole head of garlic 1/4tspparsley
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      • 257 8 / 9  -  ommLYST v TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg A TITANIC battle between two immensely entertaining teams is in store, withsome ofthe world’smost exciting attacking talent set to take the stage in Cape Town tonight. Doubts about the quality and consistencyof Germany’s new generation were emphatically brushed away after their
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Paraguay v Spain
      • 369 10 / 11  -  QUARTER-FINALS PARAGUAY v SPAIN (Tomorrow, 2.30am, Live on StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg PUT IT this way, it could have been worse. Much, much worse. Finishing top of Group H despite a shock 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their
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      • 166 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE UNBELIEVABLE but true, David Villa, with four goals, has scored more at this World Cup than the entire Paraguay team. AndnoneofLaAlbirroja’ssixforwards,including the much-vaunted Roque Santa Cruz, have contributedtothethreegoalsthey’venetted,with defender Antolin Alcaraz and midfield duo Cristian Riveros and Enrique Vera sharing the spoils. After
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      • 90 10 / 11  -  DAVID LEE NOT REALLY. Well, for one, Paraguay have already overcome one major mental obstacle by beating Japan to qualify for their first-ever World Cup quarter-finals. Thus, from this point on, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. GerardoMartino’smenwill also have the confidence from
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        408 10 / 11  -  STAR SPOTLIGHT CHUASIANGYEE SINCE his La Liga debut in 2001, David Villa has been spinning headlines for his ability to hit the back of the net with alarming regularity. Calm,quick and clinical, he iseverydefender’s nightmare,his movement and finishing making him incredibly difficult to mark. Villa is currently high
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      • 381 12  -  m ANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg PARAGUAY have exceeded all expectations with a series of effective, if limited performances to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time ever. But their run will surely come to a resounding end against the collective
        PICTURE: AP  -  381 words
      • 72 12  -  KENNETH CHEW TALK of a New World Order among the footballing elite arose after several surprising results in the early group stages. And now as we progress through the quarter-finals, will the unfancied likes of Ghana or Paraguay do the impossible and lift the World Cup
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    • 930 14 / 15 BRAZILIAN footballing legend Pele’swarofwordswithArgentina coach Diego Maradona continued on Thursday as he said the latter was not a good coach because of the troubled private life he had led. Pele, who earlier during the World Cup Finals said that Maradona had only taken the Argentinian coaching
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Betting
      • 374 16 / 17  -  pnPSTER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg THIS is no bull. After lying dormant or merely sputtering since June 11, Spain are about to erupt into one loud“ole”. And when it happens, it will send tremors all the way to South America. After all, their conquistadors are
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      • 313 16 / 17 HOW many of you would like to see a fat man with a beard and I’m not talking about Santa Claus running naked down a main thoroughfare in Buenos Aires? Notme.That’s for sure. The Paraguayan lingerie model with her handphone in her cleavage? Sure. She
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      • 499 16 / 17  -  CONSPIRACY THEORY ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg IT IS not difficult to notice that the South American countries are doing particularly well at this World Cup. All five countries made it to the knockout stages and four came through as group winners. In fact, Chile were the
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      • 22 16 / 17 BRIAN MILLER STRIKE CARD HITS 122 FGARY LIM STRIKE CARD HITS 104 ERIC DING STRIKE CARD HITS 103
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    • 953 18  -  ANDREW WARSHAW Special Correspondent Andrew Warshaw is a former sports editor of The European. Before that, he worked for the Associated Press for 13 years in Geneva and London. He is now the chief football reporter for insideworldfootball. ENGLAND’S Howard Webb is emerging as
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    • Article, Illustration
      1177 20 / 21 AP. IN A glaring example of the most predictable side effect of a World Cup, the coaches of the five African teams eliminated in the first round, including South Africa’s veteran Brazilian manager, Carlos Alberto Parreira, have either already quit or have their positions under review. Several
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    • 621 22 / 23 ASIA PROVES IT BELONGS WITH BIG BOYS AP WHILE Asia’s World Cup is over, the world’s largest continent is quietly satisfied with its performance in South Africa. Asia sent four teams to South Africa and two South Korea and Japan survived the first stage to reach the second
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    • 382 22 / 23 Wire Services A FRENCH parliamentarian blew the secrecy off the hearing held over France’s dismal performances at the World Cup by tweeting what went on inside. Following their first-round elimination, infighting and player protest during the World Cup, French national coach Raymond Domenech and
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    • 301 22 / 23 Reuters NIGERIA will not reverse a decision to withdraw the national soccer team from international competition despite the threat of suspension from Fifa, a Nigerian presidency source said yesterday. Soccer’sworldgoverningbodyhadearlier issued an ultimatum warning that the Nigerian Football Federation would be barred from all Fifa-related
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    • 1355 24 Fifa.com spoke with Jose Luis Chilavert who, true to form, shared his colourful views in an interview where no topic was off-limits Jose Luis, how and why did you end up becoming a goalkeeper? JOSE LUIS CHILAVERT: It was fate, really. I started
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    • 456 25  -  .OIIRZVMAN »«055® TODAY: The weather in South Africa GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG BEFORE this World Cup, I had not imagined that South Africa had four seasons. Even when armed with the knowledge, I thought that it would be mild and nice, much like
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    • 117 26/27 READERS, we want your say on tnppostman.com. ■CENTRE CIRCLE EVERYday, wewill postthe day’s hottest World Cup issue in our Centre Circle section because we want to know what you think. MATCH REACTIONS CAN’Tbelieve FernandoTorres missed that easy shot, or wonder why the referee made that dubious decision?
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    • ON TV
      • 29 26/27 Tonight: ARGENTINA v GERMANY StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88, 10.00pm Tomorrow: PARAGUAY v SPAIN StarHub TV Ch 261 mio TV Ch 88, 2.30am
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      • 81 26/27 Tonight’smatch: ARGENTINA v GERMANY 10.00pm Where: Braddell Heights, Cheng San, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Eunos, Fengshan, Gek Poh Ville, Mountbatten, Sengkang, Tampines Central,Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green, Toa Payoh East, Woodlands, Zhenghua Tomorrow’smatch: PARAGUAY v SPAIN, 2.30am Where:
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    • 469 26/27 Is it time to implement goal-line technology and video replays? FIFA president Sepp Blatter has apologised to the English and Mexican football associations for refereeing gaffes that went against these two countries in their respective Round of 16 games. Blatter also said that it would “beanonsense tonot reopen
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    • 182 26/27 JOANNA LI, Brazil fan ARGENTINA v GERMANY THIS is a much-anticipated match-up between the two top scoring teams who have nine goals each. As that statistic shows, both teams are unafraid to attack and, hopefully, this could turn out to be a high-tempo match filled with end-to-end
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    • 248 26/27 Reuters WHEN he made his World Cup debut in 1982, he was a big hit. Because the soccer quadrennial was held in his home country, Spain. However, Spain’s No. 1 soccer fan, “Manolo el del bombo”, had short-lived joy in Madrid and Barcelona, the two
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    • 51 2 / 3 thefirsttime the tournament,weplayed againstopponents that gameand us Hollandwon 2.DidMelocost Brazilthegame? meal of every you’d suspect into his underBrazil should his studs into being entirely understandable,anactofprofessionalsuicide. Robinho,too,wasfortunatetosurvivetwoseparatetantrums,bothofwhichwentunpunished. don’t come muchmorepressurisedthanWorldCupquarter-fi-composure like –IAINMACINTOSH 3.DidtheDutch They looked realise that Dunga had possession, preferred option of Theyformedanimpenetrablebluewallofsteel andblockedhimwithoutbreakingsweat. even before the Joris Mathijsen replaced
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