The New Paper, 13 July 2014, Afternoon Edition

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    • 88 1 POSTING NAKED PICS OF EXES REVENGE PORN THEY AIM TO SHAME THE WOMEN WHO REJECT THEM 4 WORLD CUP NOON EDITION Fitting farewell Holland secure third place for departing van Gaal, who says Robben's welcome at Man United sPORTs PULLOUTS2 S4 THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF Brazil 0 Holland 3 (Robin van Persie
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    • 81 2 DON’T MISS OUR WORLD CUP NOON EDITIONS WORLD CUP FINAL TOMORROW JULY 14 Germany v Argentina FULLY REDEEMED ALL WORLD CUP MUGS ARE Watch out for the GRAND $1,000 DRAW on July 16 One lucky winner whose mug matches the number and country of the winning mug can claim the
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    • 102 2 INDEX S14SPORTS PULLOUT TWO VIEWS ON MESSI Gary Lineker says Argentine talisman looks jaded, but David Beckham is tipping him for World Cup glory PICTURE: AFP 10 Wanted: Foster parents Individuals tell of love and joy and sometimes heartbreak too 18 Breaking fast Prince or pauper, local or foreigner, Muslims
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  • PEOPLE
    • 505 3  -  REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg The turnout was not as super as previous red carpet events for comic book heroes. Earlier this year, when the cast of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 andX-Men: Days of Future Past graced similar promotional events here, legions of
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    • 271 3 Want to win a Harley-Da-vidson motorcycle? You can, with The New Paper today. Four Harleys will be appearing at heartland locations across the island today. To win a gleaming icon of American biking, all you need to do is step up
      TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  271 words
    • 713 4 / 5  -  He wanted revenge but the nude photo of his ex girlfriend he circulated got him into trouble instead. MAUREEN KOH (maureenk@sph.com.sg) talks to a man who says it was an act of sheer folly MAUREEN KOH (maureenk@sph.com.sg) All he wanted to do was to shame her.
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    • 638 4 / 5  -  Maureen Koh The first victim, who wants to be known only as Ellen, did not even find out about it until nearly a week later. By then, her ex-boyfriend had shared six of her naked photos on his Facebook account. He had more than 300
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    • 292 4 / 5  -  Maureen Koh Miss Joan Tan, 29, had taken nude and inti-mately-posed photos with her former boyfriend of five years. But in the last year of their relationship, she cheated on him. Miss Tan, a telemarketing executive, says: “He was hurt and angry when he found out,
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    • 818 10 / 11  -  ‘You need patience of a saint’ With 310 children in foster care, the Government is looking for people to become foster parents. CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph.com.sg) talks to a housewife who has fostered 11 kids and a first-time foster mother CHAI HUNG YIN (chaihyn@sph. com. sg)
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    • 485 10 / 11 She confesses that she is extra protective of her foster child. In fact, Madam Roszalita Mohamed is more careful with him than she was with her sons now aged 13 and eight when they were babies. “It’s because he is somebody else’s child and I’m
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      77 10 / 11 Singapore’s super foster mum is Madam Indranee Nadisen, who was herself adopted as a child and has cared for 45 children over 35 years. The housewife in her 70s stopped being a foster parent in July 2008 because of a persistent shoulder problem, but she resumed in
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    • 229 10 / 11 The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is on the lookout for more foster parents. Senior assistant director of MSF Fostering Service, Ms Fong Wai Mian, says: “Our foster mothers open their homes and their hearts to these vulnerable children. “They give them love and
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    • 639 14 / 15  -  Young people are not the only ones hawking their wares online. This 77-year-old is doing it too REPORTS: KERRI HENG kerrihyp@sph.com.sg Think blogshop and you may picture an online venture run by a woman in her 20s. But this 77-year-old great-grand-mother wants to give blogshops a
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      458 14 / 15 The word “blogger” suggests a young person savvy in all things social media. But taxi uncles? Mr Lim Chun Hai, 67, known as James Lim in the local blogosphere, is a cabby who blogs about the trials and tribulations of his job. His blog, Diary of a Singaporean
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    • 123 16 Footballers around the globe currently have their eyes on Brazil. But Ghana’s national amputee football team is gearing up for its own World Cup. To be held in Mexico, the matches are played with seven on each side for two 25-minute
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    • 364 16 An academic has made a controversial statement that schools should “give up” trying to get more girls into male-dominated subjects like physics as it will “deny human biology and nature”. Dr Gijsbert Stoet (right), who specialises in psychology at Glasgow University’s Robert Owen
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    • 287 17 Couple in trouble #1 A grand jury charged a Mississippi girls’ softball coach and his pregnant wife on Friday on charges that they engaged in oral sex with a 15-year-old female player on his team. Michael Porter, 27, the former softball coach at
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    • 268 17 Couple in trouble #2 A couple from Michigan in the US have been arrested for abusing a four-year-old girl. Authorities found the child wearing urine-soaked clothes and having bruises and cuts. Joseph Franks, 30, and his 27-year-old girlfriend, Andrea Limon, were
      PICTURES: INTERNET  -  268 words
    • 612 18 / 19  -  During Ramadan, mosques are filled in the evenings as the Muslim community comes together for iftar REPORT and PICTURES ARIFFIN JAMAR Jariffin@sph.com.sg It is around six on a Thursday evening. Nestled between Joo Chiat Road’s terrace houses, away from the rushhour traffic, lies Khalid Mosque. There
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 113 8 / 9 Reuters China and the US must avoid a “new cold war” in their relations, China’s top newspaper said yesterday, in the wake of high-level talks in Beijing between the two countries. China and the US agreed on Thursday to boost
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    • 109 8 / 9 Reuters The Philippines on Friday arrested an Australian with suspected links to foreign Islamist militants after he urged Philippine Muslims on social media sites to support conflicts in Iraq and Syria. The arrest is the first known link between foreign jihadists supporting
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    • 122 8 / 9 Reuters A former employee is suing a senior executive at Yahoo Inc in California, alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Yahoo, also named as a defendant, said the allegations against Ms Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering, were “baseless”. Ms
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    • 118 8 / 9 AFP Egyptian police said yesterday that they have arrested a driver for raping a Russian tourist in a resort town, as the government cracks down on an epidemic of sexual harassment and violence. Police said the mini-bus driver raped the woman
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 8 / 9 KITS DAY OUT: Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin at the Kits for Kids charity event where model kit collectors sold more than 1,300 unbuilt scale models for charity. More than 500 were from the minister’s private collection. It was initially planned as a two-day event, but all the kits
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    • 334 8 / 9 Fee waived, form simplified, free postage offered It will soon be easier and cheaper to appoint someone to make financial and health decisions for you in the event that you become incapable of doing so yourself. From Sept 1, there will be
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    • 228 8 / 9 AFP Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and artillery for a fifth day yesterday, killing 22 Palestinians as Hamas kept up its rocket fire. Both sides brushed off international calls for a truce and Israel kept up its
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    • 121 8 / 9 Singapore will get its first marine park in the latest conservation initiative by the National Parks Board. Plans for the marine park were announced by Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee yesterday at the Festival of Biodiversity
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    • 116 8 / 9 Nee Soon residents will be provided with low-emission joss paper burners throughout their estate for the coming seventh month of the lunar calendar. The 300 silver burners are touted to produce half the smoke and just three per
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    • 203 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad From Aug 3, fares for non-basic bus services run by SBS Transit will be raised, after the Public Transport Council approved an application to revise the fares. These include Nite Owl, Parks, Chinatown Direct and Premium services. The latest
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      33 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app This one’s for all the people whose jobs go unappreciated. To be featured, tag your own Instagram photos with #tnpsun and follow @thenewpaper TNP reader Azri Mohamed
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  • Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous


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  • CONFESSIONS OF A CLUB MED GENTLE ORGANISER
    • 792 13  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Imagine inviting yourself to a table of strangers for a meal and making small talk. And imagine organising and taking part in activities for someone else’s holiday. It may sound surreal but that is the life of a Club Med
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  • HUMOUR
    • 724 20  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES FROM BRAZIL By the time you read this column, I would have been in Brazil for more than a month and, hopefully, still not dead. As I mentioned before, my mother is adamant that I’m going to leave the World Cup in a
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 225 21 Wires They say when you have to go, you have to go. But police in a town in Massachusetts, US, are having a problem with people going to the toilet on the train. Or rather, onto a train. On
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      • 142 21 Wires It is usually a given that if you are doing something illegal, you try to stay as inconspicuous as possible. Not so for a woman in Florida, US. Michele Cernak was arrested on Wednesday after pulling her truck over and
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    • 846 21  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR On Thursday, I received an SMS from my daughter’s secondary school. It said: “All students are to report to school at 8.45am on 14/07/2014 (Monday) as SDL will be cancelled in view of the World Cup Final.” The
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  • WHEELS
    • 562 23  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg BIKER BOY He expects some abuse. After all, nobody likes to be told they are a potential danger to other motorists. But in his eyes, he is just doing his duty. Mr Amran Mohamad, 57, is one of about 40 road
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  • EATS
    • 609 24  -  Places to get your makan fix before the World Cup final tonight K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Are you for Germany or Argentina tonight? The good news is that whichever team you support, the World Cup final will be screened at the new Sports Hub. If you plan
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    • 422 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF If your idea of cooking is instant noodles, this is one dish you can easily manage. It can be made with minimal fuss yet be presented with pride as a home-cooked meal. A bowl of somen (Japanese wheat vermicelli) makes
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    • 45 1 final germany v argentina PRAY FOR HIM, ARGENTINA SUNDAY ~JULY 13 2014 sabella puts star man angel di maria through special session in bid to get him fit for final ›s12 28-page pullout PHOTO: afP history beckons for germany if they win world cup ›s28
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  • 28 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • WORLD CUP 2014
      • 917 2 / 3  -  Holland coach steps down in style, leading unbeaten Oranje to third place MORNING LATEST IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF BRAZIL 0 HOLLAND 3 (Robin van Persie 3-pen, Daley Blind 16, Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1) One mission is accomplished. Another is about to begin. Louis van Gaal took over Holland
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        46 2 / 3 6 l James Rodriguez (Colombia) 5 l Thomas Mueller (Germany) 4 l Robin van Persie (Holland) l Neymar (Brazil) l Lionel Messi (Argentina) 3 l Arjen Robben (Holland) l Karim Benzema (France) l Enner Valencia (Ecuador) l Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) l Andre Schuerrle (Germany)
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      • 74 2 / 3 GOLDEN BALL 1. Angel di Maria (Argentina) 2. Mats Hummels (Germany) 3. Toni Kroos (Germany) 4. Philipp Lahm (Germany) 5. Javier Mascherano (Argentina) 6. Lionel Messi (Argentina) 7. Thomas Mueller (Germany) 8. Neymar (Brazil) 9. Arjen Robben (Holland) 10. James Rodriguez (Colombia) GOLDEN GLOVE 1. Keylor Navas
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      • 131 4 THE GOOD THE BAD MAD How on earth did Chelsea manage to get £50 million ($106m) out of PSG for David Luiz? Jose Mourinho would definitely have accepted half of that. Luiz has had some bright moments in this World Cup and he’s never looked like anything less than a
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      • 478 4 Van Gaal drops hint to star forward, but seeks to temper expectations among United fans MORNING LATEST Wire Services THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF BRAZIL 0 HOLLAND 3 (Robin van Persie 3-pen, Daley Blind 16, Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1) Holland’s Bayern Munich forward Arjen Robben is welcome at Manchester
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      • Article, Illustration
        705 6  -  Scolari is not the man to rebuild Brazil with his archaic philosophy and tactical limitations MORNING LATEST NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF BRAZIL 0 HOLLAND 3 (Robin van Persie 3-pen, Daley Blind 16, Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1) REPORTING FROM BRAZIL Hope and despair have always been easy bedfellows
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        501 8 Disgraced Brazil coach peeved at questions about his future, leaves decision to CBF president MORNING LATEST Wire Services THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF BRAZIL 0 HOLLAND 3 (Robin van Persie 3-pen, Daley Blind 16, Georginio Wijnaldum 90+1) Luiz Felipe Scolari has left a decision on his future as coach of Brazil
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      • 1129 10 / 11  -  We’re here only to win, says ice-cool Loew in rare jovial mood at press conference MORNING LATEST NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RIO DE JANEIRO Joachim Loew didn’t just crack a smile, he laughed. The world was dazzled by his teeth this morning (Singapore time). On the eve
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      • 132 12 / 13  -  ALI KASIM Singapore drew 2-2 with Czech Republic side FC Brno in Salzburg, yesterday, in the first friendly match of their three-week training tour. The Lions scored first through Khairul Amri in the 43rd minute after some good work from Shahril Ishak. Brno’s Pavel
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      • 651 12 / 13  -  Argentina hope special training session will get winger fit for final NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM RIO DE JANEIRO Alejandro Sabella will do whatever it takes to get Angel di Maria fit for the World Cup Final tomorrow morning (Singapore time). The injured midfielder was sorely
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      • 134 12 / 13 Tampines Rovers were eliminated from the StarHub League Cup following a 3-2 defeat by Warriors FC at the Clementi Stadium last night. Former Singapore international Agu Casmir scored a hat-trick for the Warriors in a topsy-turvy game which saw the Stags twice take the lead.
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      • Article, Illustration
        382 12 / 13 MORNING LATEST IT WILL BE GERMANY Germany will not have a better chance of winning a World Cup. By far a better team than Argentina, and better subs to make a difference, too. Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand on Twitter IT WILL BE ARGENTINA I think
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      • 126 14 / 15  -  ALI KASIM Singapore golfer Jonathan Woo became the first local to qualify for both the US Amateur Public Links Championship and the US Amateur Championship in the same year. The 23-year-old University of Oregon undergrad (above) returned scores of three-under 141 (69-72) and nine-under
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      • TWO VIEWS ON MESSI: WHICH ONE WILL SHOW UP?
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          580 14 / 15 Former England striker Lineker disappointed with Messi despite some magical moments, tips Germany to win Reuters Argentina’s Lionel Messi has looked “jaded” and “staccato” in a disappointing World Cup overall despite some magical moments, former England striker Gary Lineker said this morning (Singapore time). The four-time World
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        • 585 14 / 15 Beckham waxes lyrical about Messi, backs him to lift his first World Cup MORNING LATEST PA Sport David Beckham is thrilled to see Lionel Messi feature in the World Cup final and is backing the Argentina star to lead his team to victory. Messi has
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      • 161 14 / 15 Wire Services Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay. After years of dismissing speculation about his sexuality, Thorpe made the admission in a tell-it-all interview with Sir Michael Parkinson, reported News Corp. The interview, which will air on News Corp’s Channel
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      • 436 14 / 15 AFP Everyone in Rosario has a tale to tell about Lionel Messi, the Argentinian city’s most famous son who rivals Pope Francis as a national icon. Messi’s link to the city has made the people of the port city doubly nervous about tomorrow morning’s (Singapore
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      • 476 25  -  TNP’s resident tipster is hoping to pull away from the Neighsayers in the final straight BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg For the last three weeks I have been saying some nasty things about the Neighsayers. I like to take some of it back. You see, I have come
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      • 140 26 / 27 AFP England’s Justin Rose must overcome what promises to be a patriotic home crowd if he is to capture the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen today. Rose will tee up in the final round alongside Scotland’s Marc Warren, after both players completed the third round
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      • 142 26 / 27 AFP South Korea’s Park InBee celebrated her 26th birthday yesterday by grabbing a one-shot lead at the Women’s British Open, after compatriot Ahn Sun Ju was penalised two strokes. With a third-round, four-under 68, the former world No. 1 claimed the lead after
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      • 705 26 / 27 It boils down to who’s got the balls dead balls and final balls MORNING LATEST Wire Services Flags of Germany and Argentina will adorn the Maracana Stadium tomorrow morning (Singapore time), with the stage set for two giants of international football to vie for the sport’s
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        • 45 26 / 27 WORLD CUP FINAL Tomorrow: GERMANY V ARGENTINA SingTel mio TV Ch 141; StarHub TV Ch 223 (World Cup); MediaCorp okto, 3am *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/ miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times provided by SingTel StarHub subject to change
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        • 48 26 / 27 GOLF WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 210 (FOX Sports Plus HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports HD), 8pm SCOTTISH OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213(Golf Channel), 9.30pm JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV 255 (Sports HD), 1am
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        • 1185 16 / 17 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE1 (1,400M) SUNSHINE COAST 8 GODDESS OF LUCK (Runs:7 Wins:1(1G) Places:1): Lg hd lg hd 3rd 54kg to Don Ella 1,350m Ipswic Cls 2 June 27. 7th settling, 6th at 400m. 6 JACKSON MOONWALK (Runs:7
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        • 870 16 / 17 TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD 12:23 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST —1400M 1 VIVE LE VENT M CAHILL (2) 59 2 THOMAS THE WELSH E A WILKINSON (8) 57.5 3 MELATTE A BEST (3) 57 4 WHISPERING TESS SAIRYN FAWKE (10) 56.5 5 FOREGONE K WHARTON (6) 56 6
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        • 597 16 / 17 7 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 2 New York City 8 Mulan 6 Californian Jet Gold Line Tan Thean Loon New York City 7 4 Meaisin Demon King 9
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        • 143 16 / 17  -  TAN THEAN LOON Last-start impressive all-the-way winner GOODMAN is the unanimous choice of The New Paper’s tipping panel and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know why. The Laurie Laxon-trained consistent three-year-old (above) is ranked just below than Kranji’s best three-year-old War Affair and
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      • 19TH EMIRATES SINGAPORE DERBY
        • 1479 18 / 19  -  Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Today’s $1.15 million Group 1 Emirates Singapore Derby certainly looks an intriguing race. There’s no stand-outs per se in the capacity field of 16 and racegoers can expect an unexpected result from the many aspirants. Well, last season’s
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      • 2004 20 / 21 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C4 12.50 —1600m (SC) (Turf) Stakes: $60,000 Hello Singapore Stakes No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****9 Flying Ahead 57 .5 (61) C Brown 10 (5ag RB Marsh-Flying Ahead) 2 660-01 Mulan
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      • 2003 20 / 21 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,600M) 1 Flying AheadHHH Will be motoring late over more suitable trip. 2 MulanHH Looked to be battling till winning at odds last start. Have to take on trust. 3 SunnyH Not yet. 4 MeaisinHHH
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      • 2018 22 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 3 Turningold 2 Good Code 1 Belwins 6 Black Ahead RACE 2: 2 Cavorting 12 By Invitation Only 1 Jai Ho 4 Lazaroo RACE 3: 6 Perhaps 1 Sacred Dew 9 Waverider 3 Rumpelstiltskin RACE 4:
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      • 142 23 Last Wednesday, the stewards concluded an inquiry into the reasons for SIR FLEETWOOD falling and apprentice K Toh (left) being dislodged approaching the 500m mark when racing between Probo Chandroso and Intention in Race 8 on June 6. It was established that
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      • 615 23 RACE 1 REAL GOODMAN: Crowded. HOST THE NATION: Jumped awkwardly outwards; difficult to settle; bumped. HUMOR TOWN: Jumped awkwardly; made contact; unbalanced; raced keenly; got his head up; raced wide. SUPER STAR: Made contact. FANTASTIC WARRIOR: Jumped awkwardly; steadied. WARISAN: Eased; raced keenly; awkwardly placed.
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      • 359 23 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m 1 STUB 57 c 53 (24-8) CC Wong* (4) 1 1 1 (485) 7 NOT FREE NOW 54 (10-7) J Shankar (5) 6 4 2 (494) 2.5 5 DIAMOND FLAME 55 c 52 (63-13) SU Lim* (7) 4 6 3 (417) 2.25
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      • 176 23 APPRENTICE KTOH Offences: Careless riding on PATERSON ROAD in Race 3 on June 6 and returning to scale 1kg more than the declared weight that he weighed out for the race. Penalties: Four race days (from July 9 to 18) for the first charge and three race days (July
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    • 764 24  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg At one stage, World Cup 2014 was dominated by shock results and overachieving minnows. But now the tournament has whittled the wannabes down to two powerhouses, Germany and Argentina. Judging from how the odds for a Germany win have dropped from $2.10
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    • WORLD CUP
      • 698 28  -  Germany will achieve several firsts if they win the World Cup MORNING LATEST Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg If Philipp Lahm and Co pip Lionel Messi and gang tomorrow morning (Singapore time), it will be Germany’s first World Cup final victory. Yes, you read it right. The Germans
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