The New Paper, 4 January 2014

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1 20 The New Paper
  • 15 1 the new paper SATURDAY JANUARY 4 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA(P)084/01/2013
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    • 40 1 LIONSXII IN CRISIS BEFORE MSL STARTS Shahfiq has spine fracture sports pullout›s18 SATURdAy JANUARY 4 2014 Car and tipper truCk Collide on Bke after driver is rescued, burning car explodes ›2 More exclusive pictures TNP PhoTo: JoNAThAN Choo 1 *****1
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    • 22 1 DIDI HAMANN ON FA CUP’S BIG MATCH No reason for Spurs to fear Arsenal ›s2 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/tnp To subscribe: 6388 3838
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    • 11 1 0 MISSING MAN FOUND MURDERED family denies he had affair ›8
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  • news
    • 812 2 / 3  -  Hero who pulls driver from burning car on BKE says no one helped him in similar incident 25 years ago Report by RENNIE WHANG tnp@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by WEE JING LONG Twenty-five years ago, a crash near Lentor Avenue left his car in
      PHOTOS; by JONATHAN CHOO  -  812 words
    • 154 4 OCT 23,2013 A five-vehicle collision on the Ayer Rajah Expressway left a cab driver and his passenger trapped when the taxi was crushed by a tipper truck. Motorists stopped to help. Some scooped away debris from the tipper truck covering Mr Ng Kim Beng’s taxi while others
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    • 325 4  -  Rennie Whang He was on the way to drop his wife and sister-in-law at a hotel when he saw smoke at a distance on the Bukit Timah Expressway. When The New Paper’s senior executive photojournalist, Mr Jonathan Choo, 56, got nearer, he saw
      TNP PHOTOS: JONATHAN CHOO  -  325 words
    • 43 6 $3 million That’s how much Mr Muhammad Alagil, chairman of the Jahrir Group in Saudi Arabia, donated to the National University of Singapore. It will be used to establish a professorship in Arabia Asia Studies, in its Asia Research Institute.
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    • 269 6 Two Chinese nationals were jailed yesterday for stealing cash from a temple’s donation box. Qin Chaofan, 37, and Qin Zhipu, 31, stole $500 from the donation box of Cheng Hong Siang Tng Temple at Arumugam Road on Nov 26 last year. A similar charge
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    • 299 6 Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on disputes To save time and legal fees, parties involved in cases will be “actively encouraged” to consider settling their disputes out of court. Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said this at the opening of the Legal Year ceremony yesterday, report- ed
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    • 173 6 The bodies of two men found separately along two rivers here were identified yesterday morning by their family members. Mr Lee Eng Hock, 59, whose body was found in the Singapore River at about 4pm on Thursday, was jobless and suffered from depression, his
      PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  173 words
    • 107 6 The police are looking for the man above to assist with investigations into a case of theft in dwelling which occurred at a country club at Choa Chu Kang Way, on Nov 30 last year at about 12.44pm. The man is
      PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  107 words
    • 97 6 A Vietnamese national was charged yesterday with cheating by selling a counterfeit Hermes bag. Nguyen Phuong Bao Ngoc, 24, allegedly deceived Ms Arlene Darusman into believing that the bag she sold to her was real and got her to pay US$15,800 (S$20,000) for it.
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    • 95 8 Police have issued an alert for an Indonesian man, in connection with the death of production technician Dexmon Chua. The man, Mr Djatmiko Febri Irwansyah (right), who is in his late 20s, has left Singapore, said the police in a statement released yesterday.
      PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  95 words
    • 669 8  -  Family of murdered man denies relationship with married woman Reports by NG JUN SEN, RONALD LOH tnp@sph.com.sg There was no relationship between production technician Dexmon Chua and a married woman. This was what his brother-in-law, Mr David Goh, said at Mr Chua’s wake near his
      TNP PHOTOS: JEREMY LONG  -  669 words
    • 852 10 / 11  -  More than 250,000 p opl here roll over more than thr months’ worth of credit card debt S’porean who owes $218,000 from using 12 cards to roll over debts is one example Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg There’s a credit card here for
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    • 88 10 / 11 By June this year Banks will be required to review a borrower’s total debt and credit limits before granting a new credit card or an unsecured credit facility. 1 From June 1 next year You cannot get more credit cards if you have not made at
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    • 339 10 / 11 More people have been asking Credit Counselling Singapore (CCS) for help to deal with their spiralling debts There was a 14 per cent increase in the number of people who approached the agency last year compared with 2012, said CCS general manager Tan
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    • 54 10 / 11 Source: Credit Bureau Singapore. Figures as of October 2013 1,406,230 Number of credit card holders, as of October 2013 317,350 Number of credit card owners who let their debts roll over for three consecutive months 253,795 Number of credit card owners who let their debts roll over
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    • 674 12  -  S’porean musicians are snagging the No. 1 spot on local iTunes charts Report by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg The past year saw a handful of local acts scale new heights with their music. We are talking about Singaporean musicians such as rapper
      PHOTOS: TNP FILE, AGING YOUTH, HERMAN RAHMAN, THIRDBASE GROUP, EVAN TIANG  -  674 words
    • 217 12 POSTHARDCORE OUTFIT VILLES Song: The Levy feat. Steph Micayle (acoustic) released in June Their first single debuted at No. 55, but made it to No. 1 on the local iTunes rock charts after a few days. It was ahead of One Republic’s Secrets and John
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    • 153 13 1 THE PROMISE The victim learns about a box of “banknotes” stained black. These “notes” are usually just black construction paper. The victim is told that they are dyed black so they can be smuggled past customs. 2 THE MEETING The con artist tells the victim
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    • 337 13  -  KL ring dupes victims to pay for tainted banknotes which can be washed clean with ‘special liquid’ Report by WONG CONG XU congxuw@sph.com.sg A 54-year-old Singaporean was among three men arrested when Malaysian police busted a “black money” syndicate in Kuala Lumpur on
      PHOTO: HARIAN METRO  -  337 words
    • 122 14 As part of the road-widening project in the Kallang area, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will move the existing Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry on Kallang Road about 400m from its current location to Geylang Road. Works to install the columns for
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    • 348 14  -  The New Paper anniversary treat for readers Report by NATASYA ISMAIL natasyai@sph.com.sg For the last 20 years, his favourite breakfast has always been two slices of toast with peanut butter spread lusciously on them. It is hard for Mr Andy Tan to get sick of it
      PHOTO: SING KEE KAYA  -  348 words
    • 121 15 AFP Chinese police have seized three tonnes of crystal methamphetamine during raids in Lufeng, Guangdong. The authorities said the southern city is notorious for providing a huge share of the country’s supply of the drug. Police seized the crystal meth, which is also known
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    • 390 15 Father drops off wife, four other children at school but forgets about son sleeping in back seat The father was supposed to drop off his three-year-old son at a nursery after dropping off his wife and four other children at two separate
      PHOTO: NSTP  -  390 words
    • 70 15 Thailand’s anti-government protest movement reassured tourists yesterday that it would not target the airports or public transportation during a planned “shutdown” of Bangkok later this month. The demonstrators, who are seeking to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and curb her family’s political dominance, said they
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    • 685 16 / 17  -  You’d think the local and international celebs g acing the Celebrate TV50 countdown show here and the grand opening of Britney Spears’ Britney: Piece Of Me show in Las Vegas respectively would end 2013 and begin 2014 with a bang. But some didn’t bother to pull out
      TNP PHOTOS: LATASHNI GOBI NATHAN; PHOTOS: MEDIACORP, AFP  -  685 words
    • 483 18 / 19  -  Lantern maker spends three days studying durian to make a lantern based on the fruit Report by MATTHAEUS CHOO mattchoo@sph.com.sg Even though he does not like the taste or the smell of a durian, master lantern maker Guo Wanlin (above) spent three days studying the
      TNP PHOTOS: LATASHNI GOBI NATHAN  -  483 words
    • 33 18 / 19 WHEN Jan 29 to Feb 8 WHERE The Float Marina Bay OPENING HOURS Noon to 11.30pm daily (extended till 1am on Chinese New Year’s Eve). Admission is free.
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    • 540 20  -  Australian celeb choreographer Adam Williams is one of the new judges on Asia’s Next Top Model Report by CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg To hear it from host Nadya Hutagalung, the A in AsNTM, or Asia’s Next Top M odel, could very well stand for Adam. That
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    • 19 2 / 3 See his pictures, now read his story TNP photojournalist Jonathan Choo gives his account of the event NEXT PAGE
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    • 43 1 FA CUP THIRD ROUND SPURS OF THE MOMENT SATURDAY JANUARY 4 2014 aRSeNal v totteNHaM Sherwood can trump Wenger in the North London Derby, says Dietmar Hamann ›S2 20-page pullout MSl: aNotHeR BloW FoR FaNDI aS SHaHFIQ INJuReS SpINe ›S18 PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES
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  • sports
    • FA CUP
      • 591 2 / 3  -  Our analyst tells GREGORY LOO why he picks Spurs DIETMAR HAMANN npsports@sph.com.sg It is the standout fixture of the FA Cup third round and has all the makings of a great match. Another North London Derby will take place at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow morning
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      • 55 2 / 3 3 Arsenal won their last three home games against Spurs, whose last away victory against them was a 3-2 win in 2010. 5 Spurs have won their last five away games in all competitions. 15 The last three games between both sides at the Emirates saw 15
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      • 591 2 / 3 Wenger wary of threat posed by former Arsenal striker Wire Services Arsene Wenger knows only too well who his players will have to be wary of when Arsenal take on Tottenham in the FA Cup tomorrow morning (Singapore time). Former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor (right) has been
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      • 699 4 / 5  -  Spurs boss’ early success is due to his man-management skills and allowing talented players to express their quality COMMENT FRANK MALLEY CHIEF WRITER, PA SPORT There is something about Tim Sherwood which should make true football fans hope Tottenham finish in the Premier League top four
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      • 127 4 / 5 PA Sport Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has given a brutal assessment of the fading status of the FA Cup in the modern football calendar. Lambert will take his side into tonight’s FA Cup third-round clash against League One Sheffield United insisting most
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      • 536 4 / 5 PA Sport Michael Dawson insists Tottenham have no reason to fear Arsenal tomorrow morning (Singapore time) when they travel to the Emirates Stadium for the second North London Derby of the season. Spurs are on a high after they picked up three wins out of four
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      • 742 6 Solskjaer spells out brand of football and insists he can work with Cardiff owner Tan AFP THIRD ROUND NEWCASTLE v CARDIFF New Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer watched the Bluebirds lose 2-0 at Arsenal on Wednesday and he said he wants the team to continue
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      • 592 7 PA Sport Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho is hoping 2014 will be the best year of his life as he targets success with club and country. The 28-year-old Brazil international got the new year off to the best possible start by scoring the opener in City’s 3-2
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      • 133 8 AFP Steve Smith savoured an Ashes Test century on his home Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday to put Australia in a strong position for a 5-0 series’ clean sweep over beleaguered England. It was the 24-year-old’s second hundred of the series and his third
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      • 450 8 Cleverley wants to help United win FA Cup for the first time since 2004 PA Sport Tom Cleverley is out to end Manchester United’s 10-year wait for another FA Cup triumph. United have not lifted the trophy since beating Millwall at the Millennium Stadium in 2004.
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    • LA LIGA
      • 165 9  -  ALI KASIM Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweights Tarec Saffiedine and Lim Hyun Gyu will square off in the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 34 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Hall D. The Belgium-born Saffiedine, a veteran of mixed martial arts
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      • 352 9 ROUND-UP PA Sport Lionel Messi will be back at the Nou Camp as leaders Barcelona resume their title quest after the winter break with a home game against Elche tomorrow. The Argentinian is close to recovery from a thigh strain, but is unlikely to play
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      • 674 9 Atl tico fullback ot thinking of Barca PA Sport Atletico Madrid fullback Filipe Luis has insisted his team are fully focused on their game at Malaga and is adamant they will not be reserving any players or energy for the top-of-the-table clash with Barcelona next week.
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    • EPL
      • 896 10 / 11  -  Refereeing co trovers es havethre tenedto overshadow the football on display in the EPL this season. GARY LIM singles out the main culprits GARY LIM 1 HOWARD WEBB Man United 1 Tottenham 2 (Jan 1, 2014) “Scandalous” was how David Moyes described the incident which he
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    • TENNIS
      • 107 12 Reuters US Masters champion Adam Scott has edged out world No. 1 Tiger Woods as Player of the Year in voting by the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA). The Australian beat Woods by five votes while Park Inbee of South Korea landed the female
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      • 468 12 World No. 1 outlasts Sharapova to set up final date with Azarenka AFP World No. 1 Serena Williams will meet second-ranked Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Brisbane International after the American downed Maria Sharapova in an enthralling semi-final yesterday. Williams (above), the defending champion, beat
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    • racing
      • 173 13 WINNER 1 After saddling Ami to finish a neck second in Race 2, trainer Shane Baertschiger (right) was bang on target in Race 3 with $13 favourite MAKAWAO. His four-year-old was third-time lucky, leading all the way to beat his main challenger Toast’s Angel by
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      • 1746 13 race 1 KS-D D2 1200m 2 SIR FLEETWOOD 58 (37-10) D Flores (4) 4 2 1 (508) 3 HOPKINS 58 (17-9) M Nunes (7) 3 3 2 (531) Hd 6 PERFECT CHALLENGER 58 (40-12) O Chavez (11) 5 10 3 (496) Nk 12 STAR RAINBOW 55
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      • 439 13  -  Reports by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg There was no question that EASY MAN carried a bit of condition in his bid for his fifth success on the trot in Race 7 at Kranji last night. He weighed 544kg, 14kg more than his last-start
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      • 2567 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS Race 1:8 Best 1 Allen’s Victory 10 Win A Little 9 Dragon Flying Race 2:10 Blessingindisguise 5 Sunny Star 3 Silent Judge 6 Lady Killer Race 3: 8 Idea Of The Good 1 Beautiful Alloy 6 Pearl Tahiti 7
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      • 183 14 / 15 NST Claybury wound up preparations for a comeback victory with a two-round workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old Australian-bred trotted one round and then followed up with a round of cantering exercise. He looked fit. The going was good. Clayburd, who arrived
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      • 381 14 / 15  -  KRANJI TRACKWORK Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg A four-and-a-half-month spell did DREAM ON a world of good last start. The Patrick Shaw-trained Australian-bred resumed fit and fresh to come from behind for a shorthead win over Cool Customer. That was on Nov 17 in
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      • 728 14 / 15 Race 1 Maiden plate 1000M 15 MISS FRISKIE 58 (84-25) C Ndlovu (2) 1 11 CAPTAIN TURNER 60 (32-10) K Latham (5) 2 2 FIRST SURPRISE 60 (20-6) G Cheyne (12) 3 3 STUNNING VISION 60 (14-6) F Herholdt (9) 4 Trainer: A Greeff. Margins:
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      • 1003 16 / 17 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS THAMES/BUNBURY/ROSEHILL/ TOOWOOMBA COMMENTS RACE 1 THAMES (1,200M) 7 ALCHEMY’S FLIGHT: Beaten favourite similar race Dec 28. Can atone. 2 WHO SAID: Lightly tried 6yo with ability. Drawn to get a sweet trip. Eachway.
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      • 1377 16 / 17 TODAY’S NZ (THAMES) AUSTRALIA (BUNBURY/ROSEHILL/TOOWOOMBA) RACE CARD 12:31 Race 1 THAMES—1200M 1 RED LAMAR (9) 59 2 WHO SAID R HUTCHINGS (1) 59 3 EVEREADY T D THORNTON (6) 58 4 SIMBAAH A B COLLETT (3) 58 5 COMMAND B E GRYLLS (8) 57 .5 6 PIPELINE S C SPRATT
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      • 858 16 / 17 12:28 Race 1 MORPHETTVILLE—2600M 1 CHIEFTAIN JACK M NEILSON (4) 59 2 VAL MONDO J FREW (2) 57 .5 3 DISTILLATION S PRICE (6) 57 4 BONO VOX J BOWDITCH (10) 56.5 5 STAR OF JEUNE JAMIE KAH (9) 54 6 STAKHANOVITE J HOLDER
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    • MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 150 18 AFP Michael Schumacher’s family hailed the Formula One legend as a fighter “who will not give up”, as he spent his 45th birthday yesterday lying in a coma in a French hospital following a skiing accident. The retired seven-time world champion slammed his head against a
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      • 608 18  -  Forward Shahfiq will miss the start of the season with a fractured spine Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg The new Malaysian Super League (MSL) season is only two weeks away, and Fandi Ahmad already has a selection crisis on his hands. Yesterday morning, the 51-year-old LionsXII
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 138 19 MIAMI HEAT 114 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 123 Guard Stephen Curry scored 36 points as the Golden State Warriors, the hottest team in the NBA with seven consecutive wins, beat two-time defending champions Miami Heat *****4 yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Warriors (21-13) and Curry dented
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      • 482 19  -  S-League club to cover teen’s living expenses in Brazil, but search goes on for an international school Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg Mahathir Azeman will return to Rio de Janeiro tomorrow to rejoin Boavista, but he may be able to fulfil only three months of his
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      • ON TV
        • 255 19 FA CUP Tonight: BLACKBURN v MAN CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 8.40pm MACCLESFIELD TOWN v SHEFFIELD WED SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 10.55pm ROCHDALE v LEEDS UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 112 (mio Sports), 10.55pm GRIMBSY TOWN v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN SingTel mio TV Ch
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        • 27 19 NBA Today: HOUSTON ROCKETS V NEW YORK KNICKS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am DENVER NUGGETS v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 10am
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        • 46 19 BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL Today: MEN’S SEMI-FINAL 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 11am MEN’S SEMI-FINAL 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 1pm AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN Tonight: SEMI-FINAL 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 7.30pm SEMI-FINAL 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm
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        • 21 19 ASHES 5TH TEST Today: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 236; SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (STAR Cricket), 7.30am, 10.10am 12.30pm
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      • Article, Illustration
        416 20 Fifa boss Blatter slams cheaters, wants time penalty for injury fakers Reuters Fifa president Sepp Blatter is fed up with “preposterous” simulation and “extravagant” diving by players. The Swiss football supremo said it is up to referees to solve the problem. “This kind of thing is treated with
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