The New Paper, 18 May 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 21 1 the new paper on sunday May 18 2014 1 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI (P) 087/01/2014
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    • 59 1 Local billionaire Peter Lim buys top Spanish club, Valencia VIVA S’PORE Our young football talent can benefit, says Leonard Thomas >S2 MORE COUPLES HERE STRAY DURING EARLY YEARS OF MARRIAGE WIFE THE THE HUSBAND MISTRESS THE THE AFFAIR IN THEIR WORDS 3 S M ONG: AW, NO NEW NDP SONG
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  • UPFRONT
    • 455 2  -  JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg There’s something delicious about defying expectations. Some element of joy found in proving people wrong. I have to confess to liking the reactions that some restaurant staff still give me when they realise I’m able to
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    • 111 2 INDEX S24 PICTURE: ACTION IMAGES SPORTS PULLOUT Phelps wins first race since coming out of retirement; Joseph Schooling places 3rd in race 15 America horror Actress America Ferrera victim of red carpet prank at Cannes 26 23 K Pop How to get the Hallyu style down pat 12 Confessions Rotten
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • PEOPLE
    • 1106 3  -  What happens when a family breaks up because of infidelity? A couple share what they had to go through when confronted by betrayal. And the mistress caught in the same storm gives her side of the story THE WIFE REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg When she saw
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    • 732 4 / 5  -  THE HUSBAND REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg There are three points that Mr Charles Ng keeps repeating during our hour-long interview on Wednesday afternoon. His infidelity was not a result of lust or boredom. He admits that he is still trying
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    • 516 4 / 5 THE MISTRESS If there is a mistress stereotype, then Miss Noon, as she wants to be known, definitely does not fit it. Soft-spoken and petite, she dresses simply and her only accessory is a watch. Miss Noon, 21, who is from Vietnam, had to be persuaded
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    • 366 4 / 5 THE EXPERTS Infidelity can occur any time, anywhere, say two counsellors and one psychologist. And often, women who have been betrayed are found to heal better than the men. This is a finding that was confirmed in research conducted by Touch Family Services. The seven-month
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    • 543 7  - ‘I’m now single happier than before’ Politician ends relationship after boyfriend leaves her to face media storm alone Linette Heng Under the intense scrutiny of the media, Ms Nicole Seah’s boyfriend distanced himself as he was concerned about his reputation. She broke up with him and is now single, Ms
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    • 323 7  -  REPORT: REI KUROHI rkurohi@sph.com.sg At least two schools have postponed overseas educational trips to Vietnam and Thailand in response to recent violence there. The New Paper understands that AngloChinese School (Independent) andAngloChinese School (Barker Road) have rescheduled trips slated to have begun this weekend. In
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    • 1056 10 / 11  -  Meet two academics who took the road less travelled. One was a blue-collar worker until he pursued a university degree in his 30s, the other a school dropout before he plucked up enough cash and gumption to make it to the US and eventually
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    • 641 10 / 11 Dr Mohd Effendy Rajab is an associate lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). But if you had told him when he was a child that he would grow up to be a teacher, he would never have believed you. After
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    • 322 13 Incident could aggravate tense situation with violent attacks on Chinese property IN VIETNAM Even as tensions remain high after violent attacks on Chinese property and personnel in Vietnam, a suspected poisoning is likely to worsen the situation. The protests began after China deployed an oil
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    • 237 13 IN LAOS A Laotian military plane crashed yesterday, killing five senior officials on board, including the defence minister of the secretive communist country, Thai authorities said. The group was believed to be travelling to an official ceremony in a north-eastern province on an air
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    • 254 13 IN THAILAND The final battle is looming. Rebel Thai leader Suthep Thaugsuban has set May 27 as the latest D-Day for his crusade, urging millions of supporters to join him in the “last fight” to oust the government. His call comes after the Thai
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    • 295 14 Supermodel Irina Shayk slammed for topless shot apparently in support of kidnapped Nigerian girls This is a classic example of how to lend your name to a cause and somehow still look stupid. Supermodel Irina Shayk could have chosen any other pose to
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    • 252 14 It seems that rich Chinese wives can’t have enough of young Taiwanese men. Apparently they are heading there for hen parties, much to the fury of Communist Party officials, Mail Online reported. Taiwanese media has been highlighting sex parties in which middle-aged
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    • 267 14 It could have been the deadliest plane crash to date. But the lightning reflexes of a pilot helped save hundreds of lives. And the time he had to react: a mere 15 seconds. The near collision happened last month over Hawaii, Atlanta
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    • 387 15 Notorious prankster strikes again on red carpet He is notorious for disrupting celebrity events with public pranks. Serial red carpet pest Vitalii Sediuk struck again this time at the Cannes film festival in France. The occasion: The premiere of How to Train Your
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 754 6  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg On May 8, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board and the Ministry of Manpower announced that the CPF minimum sum will be raised to $155,000, up from $148,000, for those who turn 55 between July 1 this year and June
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 113 8 / 9 AFP A Chinese road worker was killed and 10 others were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon. The attack is believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria, a police of- ficial said
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    • 129 8 / 9 AFP Taiwan’s parliament has approved a so-called “rich man’s tax” on nearly 10,000 of the island’s wealthiest people in a bid to narrow the widening income gap. Starting next year, those with annual net income of more than NT$10 million
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    • 108 8 / 9 AFP Google and Apple called a truce on Friday in a long-running patent war. “Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss all the current lawsuits that exist directly between the two companies,” they said in a joint statement. But the detente does
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    • 121 8 / 9 AFP A North Korean singer said to be leader Kim Jong Un’s ex-girlfriend and rumoured to have been executed last year has appeared on state television, apparently alive and well. State TV showed Ms Hyon Song- Wol, the head of
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 8 / 9 RISING STAR: Henry (in black) from Korea’s Super Junior-M performing with back-up dancers after his group received five awards, including the Most Popular Group, at the Singapore Entertainment Awards (SEA) 2014 yesterday at The Coliseum at the Hard Rock Hotel in Sentosa. The SEA, organised by Singapore Press
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    • 328 8 / 9 ‘Unique’ benefits announced Details of the health-care package for the pioneer generation, announced yesterday, show that they will get more help with their outpatient bills than the poor now get. The generous subsidies for Singaporeans aged 65 years or older this year
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    • 292 8 / 9  -  REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN, ARIFFIN JAMAR tnp@sph.com.sg Yesterday afternoon saw another construction site fatality as a worker in his 20s was found dead at the foot of an HDB block. His body was found near a new lift column, at Block 213,
      TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  292 words
    • 120 8 / 9 Four people were arrested on Friday in two drug-bust operations. The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) also seized about 2.12kg of heroin, 216g of Ice and 480 Er-imin-5 tablets, worth more than $252,000. CNB officers arrested a drug runner, 49, after she
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    • 198 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Seven out of 10 consumers reported a reduction in the number of unwanted marketing messages after the launch of the Do Not Call Registry in January. So far, more than 600,000 phone numbers have been listed on the Registry.
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    • Article, Illustration
      63 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app Simplicity. We tend to miss out on the little things in life as we get caught up in Singapore’s hectic pace. I shot this to showcase minimalism, where the subject is able to stand out. Sometimes, less is more. reader To be featured, tag
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PAEDIATRIC DENTIST
    • 818 12  -  TIMOTHY GOH timgoh@sph.com.sg Being bitten is par for the course in her line of work. “Once a bunch of skin on my finger got torn off... there was blood,” confesses our interviewee casually, as she sits in a room with pictures of lions and
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  • WHEELS
    • 534 16 / 17  -  These skate scooter moves are not for children or even faint-hearted adults TEXT PICTURES ARIFFIN JAMAR jariffin@sph.com.sg The sound of metal scraping on metal fills the air as a rider grinds his board down a 20-step rail. His body pulls shapes to keep balance. Forget skateboarding.
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    • Article, Illustration
      605 21  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY Great innovators are rarely hailed on their first try. It takes time for the public to come around though they may then claim that they were in from the start. Take Spanish aftermarket brake company Galfer, for instance. It introduced its patented
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  • HUMOUR
    • 733 18  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES Shaking money tins for charity isn’t easy. Whatever the weather, those kids are on the streets, raising funds for worthy causes. The cheeky sods don’t target me. They head straight for my daughter. They shake their tins, they smile and they
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 214 19 Reuters Some people don’t look their age. It’s common in films and TV for high school students to be portrayed by much older actors. But doing that in real life can have consequences. In Texas, a 31-year-old woman has been arrested
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      • 136 19 Wires The beaches of Florida, where sun seekers go to display racy swim wear and even racier attitudes, may be less debauched in future. on Neptune Beach on the Us state’s north-west coast, the police chief is looking to ban people
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    • 857 19  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR For years, it was there for us to criticise, ridicule and complain about. For years, we wanted it to stop. But for years, it persisted. The criticisms, ridicule and complaints became so frequent and predictable
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    • 287 20  - Videos that will make you press play again again JENNIFERDHANARAJ cannot take her eyes off these viral videos JENNIFER DHANARAJ PAP’s youth wing video The video made me rewind and press play repeatedly... for all the wrong reasons. It made the headlines this week and no wonder. I get that
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
    • 454 23 The Korean Wave or Hallyu is not letting up. STEPHANIE GASCON shows you how to bring out the K-pop star in you Formed in 2009, 2NE1 became the first Korean girl group to go on a world tour. With more than 40 music award show wins, the
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  • EATS
    • 573 24  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Each time I eat here, I wolf down almost everything on the menu. It’s not that I want to, but it’s so easy to be seduced into nibbling on lovely nuggets on neat little platters. You sit there in the low, conducive
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    • Article, Illustration
      485 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Each time I walk past a particular roast meat stall at Lorong Ah Soo, I stop to admire the tantalising display. An entire rack of charcoal-grilled ribs usually glistens invitingly in the tungsten-lit glass case. The problem is roast meat stalls generally charge
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  • Article, Illustration
    283 27  -  Lifestyle By, 'Amanda Ng amandang@sph.com.sg As a young child, I heard about the Irish belief that whoever chances upon a four leaf clover will have good luck. Unfortunately, in my childhood, I never came across any despite always keeping a lookout during my walks outdoors. Apparently, there are
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  • 24 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • FOOTBALL
      • Article, Illustration
        710 2 / 3  -  Billionai e peter Lim’s purchase of Valencia can boost youth development in Singapore LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg COMMENT In June 2010, he pumped in $10 million to link up with the Singapore Olympic Foundation and offer scholarships to young sports talent in the country and give them the opportunity
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      • 658 2 / 3 Wire Services Singapore businessman Peter Lim has become the new majority owner of debt-ridden Valencia after buying 70.4 per cent of the shares owned by the club’s foundation, the Spanish club said yesterday. The Valencia foundation’s patrons unanimously voted for Lim’s proposal, made
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      • 667 7 Wire Services The furore over sexist e-mails sent by Richard Scudamore has intensified with a Football Association (FA) board member and several England women internationals calling for action against the Premier League chief executive. He has been urged to consider his position by Heather Rabbatts, an
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    • M’SIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 1076 4 / 5  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM KUALA TERENGGANU TERENGGANU 2 (Javier Estupinan 11, Zairo Anuar Zailani 68-pen) LIONSXII 1 (Khairul Amri 8) He had just lost a match that should signal the end of his team’s title defence. But LionsXII coach Fandi Ahmad was not in a
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      • 161 4 / 5 Terengganu made three substitutions during the match last night, but did they unwittingly make another before the match kicked off? The team list, signed by both teams’ coaches and managers, as well as the match commissioner, indicated Nor Farhan Muhd was supposed to be
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    • WORLD CUP
      • 142 6 Three cities at higher dengue risk study AFP Three Brazilian host cities Fortaleza, Natal and Recife are at higher risk than the other nine of a dengue fever outbreak during the World Cup, scientists said yesterday. In absolute terms, the risk is low in all Cup venues, but comparatively greater
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      • 487 6 Police fire tear gas to break up protest Wire Services Brazilian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a protest on Friday near the airport in Sao Paulo, the city hosting the World Cup opener in less than a month. Scores of protesters
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    • EPL
      • 92 8 Singapore bowler Cherie Tan finished second in the Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge in Philippines yesterday. The 26-year-old (right), who won the Malaysian International Open women’s Masters last week, faced top qualifier Sin Li Jane in the step-ladder final but lost 215-198 she left the seventh
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      • Article, Illustration
        426 8 saints defe der Lovren may join teammate Lallana at Liverpool as Reds look to bolster squad Wire Services Another Saint may be on the way to Anfield next season. According to newspaper reports in England, Liverpool are preparing at £40 million ($50m) double swoop for Southampton’s Adam Lallana
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      • 321 8  -  Report by STEPHANIE GASCON sgascon@sph.com.sg It began 26 years ago when he picked up his uncle’s copy of Shoot magazine. Alex Low, 34, recalled: “Back when we couldn’t watch the matches on TV, all we had were magazines.” On that fateful day, he saw pictures of
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    • racing
      • 583 9 RACE1 PROBO CHANDROSO: Lame nearhind and was withdrawn. TROPICAL FOREST: Severely crowded; hung outwards. TOMORROWS DREAMS: Severely crowded; bumped. GOOD SCORE: Jumped inwards. FRAGRANCE EMPIRE: Bumped; hung outwards. FRANCES: Slow into stride. HOPKINS: Crowded; raced wide. SO FREE NOW: Difficult to settle. SATELLITE KING: Laid
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      • 1126 9 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS RACE 1: 8 Dusky Maiden 2 Racing Man 12 Oil Town Captain 9 Full Power RACE 2: 1 Berni Dancer 8 Triple Coin 4 Love Me 2 D’Creator RACE 3: 9 LUCKY COMET 2 He Can Dance 12
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      • 983 10 / 11  -  Reports by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg While defending champion Military Attack stands out in the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup (2,000m), the $1 million KrisFlyer International Sprint (1,200m) in Race 9 looks quite open. At least half the field can win. But
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      • 1008 12 / 13  -  Reports by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg With a well-mapped preparation by his trainer John Moore, MILITARY ATTACK is poised to retain his crown in tonight’s $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup over 2,000m in Race 10 at Kranji. After several fair
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      • BEST BET RACE 7 NO. 9
        • 196 14 / 15  -  Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Rising star WALL STREET BOY is in sizzling form. Count on him to score win No. 4 from his last five starts in tonight’s Race 7. The Cliff Brown-trained four-year-old drew attention to his chances with a top trial
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        • 517 14 / 15 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 10 8 12 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Power Lion Luwak Coffee These Streets 4 Forever Lucky These Streets 12 Power Lion
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        • 485 14 / 15 Race 1 MS (STRAIGHT) 1100m 7 LIGHTNING ROD 50 c 49 (39-7) KC Wong* (1) 3 1 1 (420) 5 THE THINKER 52.5 c 49.5 (26-9) KK Chin* (3) 2 2 2 (508) 0.5 2 STORMY BRUCE 58 (15-8) J Shankar (4) 7 6 3 (480) 0.5
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        • 752 14 / 15 RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF—1200m 7 RIGHTEOUS 125 (20-10) Z PURTON (8) 1 10 MR VANILLA 118 (28-8) T BERRY (2) 2 9 SNOW SLIDER 121 (268-56) N CALLAN (4) 3 1 RAZOR QUEST 133 (472-75) H BOWMAN (12) 4 Trainer: TP Yung. Margins:
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        • 832 14 / 15 RACE 1 (BELMONT) lst 1 Rebel King ($6-$5.10) 2nd 4 Circle Of Friends ($11) 3rd 5 Malibu Style (no 3rd dividend) 4th 6 Mysticity Forecast $8 Tierce $29 Trio $14 Quartet $89 Quadro $17 Scratching: 3 Sass ‘N’ Glam RACE 2 (KEMBLA GRANGE) lst 8 Rock On
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      • 2235 16 / 17 TODAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG SHORT COURSE A) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C4 D1 Singapore Airlines A380 Sydney Stakes 3.00 —1400m (LC) (Turf) Stakes: $60,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 Iking 58.5 (61) WS Chan* c4 3 (5ag M Walker-Fairdeal M
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      • 2067 16 / 17 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 IkingHH Only Singapore win over this trip/ grade, so this is suitable. Could surprise. 2 Scrapper WellHH Disappointed last start. 3 FarrandHHH Tongue tie back on. Did not do much when
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 613 18  -  Veteran forward says Stags in danger of losing sight of league leaders Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg No more slip-ups. That’s the message Tampines Rovers striker Aleksandar Duric has for his teammates, as they prepare to take on Home United in a mouth-watering clash in
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    • SPORTS
      • 627 19  -  Devito hires world’s best coach in a bid to form a kettlebell team for the World Cup Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg He’s roped in possibly the best coach in the world, and now David Devito is on the hunt for people who dare to
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    • TENNIS
      • 346 20 AFP Novak Djokovic reached the Rome Masters final yesterday after coming through a tough semi-final with Milos Raonic, beating the Canadian 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3. Djokovic, the No. 2 seed, will face world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final, should the Spaniard defeat Bulgaria’s
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      • 221 20 Surprisingly able to withstand the heat and humidity, former Arsenal star Ray Parlour played all three matches for the CLA All Stars team on the first day of the Singapore Cricket Club International Soccer Sixes event held at the Padang yesterday. With former Manchester United defender
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    • GOLF
      • 124 21 AFP Park Hee Young fired a threeunder 68 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to seize a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, where rain wreaked havoc on the second round. South Korea’s Park was in the clubhouse with a 36-hole total of eight-under
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      • 351 21 From the verge of missing the cut, Englishman fires 27 on back nine Reuters Paul Casey came within one stroke of the PGA Tour scoring record for nine holes, when he stormed home in 27 shots in the second round at the HP Byron Nelson
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      • 217 21 AFP South Korean-American Chan Kim overcame a horror quadruple bogey to grab a one-shot lead after the third round of the Philippine Open in Manila yesterday. Kim nailed three birdies after his stumble at the tricky par-three eighth hole at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
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    • NBA
      • 761 22 / 23 After their recent struggles, few give Pacers a chance against mighty LeBron and Co AFP Hungry for revenge and inspired by doubters, the Indiana Pacers will try to dethrone the two-time defending champions Miami Heat starting tomorrow morning (Singapore time) and win a place in the
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      • 262 22 / 23 The Oklahoma City Thunder were dealt a severe blow ahead of their Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs with the news that forward Serge Ibaka is likely to miss the rest of the NBA play-offs due to a calf injury. Ibaka (below) had
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    • ON TV
      • 93 22 / 23 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tuesday: LIONSXII v JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), Ch 255 (Sports HD) 76.25MHz, 7.30pm Saturday: LIONSXII v ATM StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), Ch 255 (Sports HD) 76.25MHz, 7.30pm S.LEAGUE Friday: COURTS YOUNG LIONS v TAMPINES ROVERS StarHub TV Ch 201
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      • 50 22 / 23 SK TELECOM OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 11.30am OPEN DE ESPANA Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 7pm HP BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1am
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      • 43 22 / 23 ITALIAN OPEN Today: WOMEN’S FINAL StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 7.30pm MEN’S FINAL StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 10pm NICE OPEN Wednesday: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 9.30pm Thursday: SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 8.30pm
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      • 74 22 / 23 LI NING THOMAS UBER CUPS 2014 Today: DAY 1, SESSION 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4.30pm DAY 1, SESSION 3 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 9.30pm Tomorrow: DAY 2, SESSION 4 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), Ch
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    • 564 24  -  Singapore star happy with form after finishing third behind the great man Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Joseph Schooling intends to make a historic breakthrough for Singapore at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The butterfly sprint star, who will turn 19 next month, aims to become
      PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS, TNP FILE  -  564 words








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