The New Paper, 20 July 2014

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    20 1 the new paper on sunday July 20 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS Sldj I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MCI (P) 087/01/2014
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      67 1 CAN’T WAIT LOSE WEIGHT TO More mums planning post-birth weight loss months before they pop 3 ~+<"\?.[=%?()==^~%+>'!^&-.(_!/@ July 20 2014 photo: YoUtUBE/Sinar harian TRAGIC TWIST TO MH17 DI ASTER ON HEDIES SAME FLIGHT ROUTE MET THEY Widow of H17 steward: My heart sank ON Uncle: We hope any remains can
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      69 2 Want to win National Day Parade tickets and funpacks? Tell us: What's your favourite thing about NDP? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #WhyILoveNDP by July 27! Remember to download The New Paper app for all the latest news, sports and entertainment! Download at tnp.sg/app
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      116 2 INDEX S2 SPORTS PULLOUT Not this season, Man Utd Iain Macintosh says van Gaal is good, but 2015 won’t bring EPL trophy to Old Trafford 26 Detox test They are all the rage. See how our writers fare when they try to cleanse 30TNPS Classified Jobs Pride yourself as a
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  • PEOPLE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon They want the perfect after-baby body
      1507 3  -  More mums are trying various methods to achieve rapid post-baby weight loss, but doctors caution against doing too much, too fast REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Because of peer pressure, she was determined to shed her pregnancy pounds as quickly as she could. The
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      Lock icon Pressure always on to look good
      485 4 / 5  -  REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg With more than two months to go before she pops, she already has a slimming plan and fitness regimen in place. “I am planning to breastfeed because everyone says it’s the most effective way to lose weight,” says full-time
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      Lock icon Mummy heaviest?
      413 4 / 5  -  CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg I blame it on genetics. Post-natal massage, breastfeeding, running after two kids everything the old wives say will help you lose the baby weight I’ve done them all. And yet, I’m still 15kg heavier than my prepregnancy self about four years ago. The weight
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      Lock icon Victims’ valuables taken, scattered
      325 8 / 9 M’sia calls for protection of MH17 crash site as reports of looters emerge Malaysia issued an impassioned plea yesterday for the MH17 disaster site to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost”.
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      Lock icon Dutch mark air tragedy with restraint
      354 8 / 9 The Netherlands mourned the loss of 189 of its citizens in the MH17 disaster in sorrow rather than anger on Friday. Prime Minister Mark Rutte also held back from pointing the finger of blame. In a country which avoids public display of strong emotion,
      PICTURES: REUTERS, AFP  -  354 words
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      Lock icon They met on the same route
      625 8 / 9  -  Family of flight steward on MH17 hoping to find some remains REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg She met her husband on that same flight route, from Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam. And in a tragic twist, she lost him on MH17. Madam Madiani Mahdi, 42,
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      Lock icon The moment a faraway crisis hit close to home
      329 8 / 9  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg The Russian-Ukraine conflict had been far from our minds. Sure, I knew it was happening and I would give news reports a cursory glance, but it never crossed my mind that it could hit so close to home.
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      Lock icon Last comic shops standing?
      857 10 / 11  -  An Archie comic has been taken off shelves for depicting same-sex marriage. Such bans aren’t the only problem for local comic book culture. SUE-ANN TAN (suetan@sph.com.sg) speaks to possibly the last three Western comic book stores left SUE-ANN TAN (suetan@sph.com.sg) Comics World is one of the
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      Lock icon Passing it down
      409 10 / 11 Comics are more than stories of superheroes to him they also symbolise a bond between father and son. General manager Benjamin Foo, 50, has been a regular customer at Comics World for more than 25 years since he was a student. Such is his dedication to comic
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      Lock icon All about Archie
      295 10 / 11 Who is Archie? Archie Andrews is one of the longest lasting comic book characters. (At 73, he is just two years younger than Batman.) There are many Archie titles, including a zombie comic called Afterlife with Archie. More than 2 billion Archie comics have been sold to
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      Lock icon Wheel they survive?
      802 12 / 13  -  Once a common mode of transport, trishaws are now a tourist novelty. KERRI HENG (kerrihyp@sph.com.sg) finds out whether they are becoming a thing of the past KERRI HENG novelty. (kerrihyp@sph.com.sg) The three-wheeled vehicles were one of Singapore’s earliest mode of public transport. Trishaws ferried housewives to the
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      Lock icon ‘Freelance’ riders: Every man for himself
      445 12 / 13 Occasionally, you can spot freelance riders on the roads in Singapore’s civic district. Some park themselves outside Raffles Hotel to wait for passengers. One of them, who declined to be named, tells TNPS in Mandarin: “Trishaws are going to be scrapped soon. He gestured
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      Lock icon Do you need a licence?
      175 12 / 13 “Companies operating trishaw tours, such as Trishaw Uncle, are required to apply for a Travel Agent licence from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB),” says Ms Ong Ling Lee, Director of Travel Agents and Tourist Guides from the STB. She adds that all trishaw operators and
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      Lock icon His cries for help were ignored
      344 15 US man dies of heart attack after cops pin him down New York authorities have promised a “full and thorough” investigation into an incident in which an unarmed man died after being put into a chokehold by a police officer. Mr Eric Garner, 43,
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      Lock icon Same clothes give away fast food burglar
      247 16 Police say he may be responsible for other similar burglaries A man has been nabbed for burglary in the US after he returned to a restaurant for lunch hours after he allegedly stole from it. Daniel Lee Warn, 29, was arrested on Wednesday
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      Lock icon He dresses as schoolgirl to challenge conformity
      268 16 Sailor suits, which are vastly popular in Japan, are usually worn by teenage girls. But one man has decided to turn the fashion trend on its head by wearing the outfit. The 50-something Hideaki Kobayashi is a bald man with a bushy moustache
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      Lock icon Petite gymnast wows the world
      472 17 She completes obstacle course US Navy Seals have failed at She has accomplished what many Navy Seals, Crossfit athletes and other fitness buffs have tried but failed to do: Complete the America Ninja Warrior obstacle course and qualify for the finals. And to think that
      PICTURES: FACEBOOK/ KACY CATANZARO ATHLETE  -  472 words
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      Lock icon THE GAZA STRIFE
      532 18 / 19 Israel launched a ground offensive into Gaza on Thursday, the 10th day of the escalating conflict. There is a long and immense backstory. For the sake of simplicity, this is a rough guide What is the Gaza Strip? The Gaza Strip is a small Palestinian territory located
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      Lock icon Would you pay for this?
      829 22  -  Crowdfunding is not just for movies and commercial projects. Sometimes it’s not for serious things at all... REPORT: KERRI HENG kerrihyp@sph.com.sg Over the past few months, crowdfunding has hit headlines. Possibly most famous in Singapore is blogger Roy Ngerng, who raised funds for legal fees
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      Lock icon DEFINITIVELY FOOTBALL
      255 23 Alternative meanings of popular terms starring S.League players FAN PROFILE When did you start supporting the club? When the S.League began (in 1996), Isupported Tanjong Pagar. I liked TPUFC’s attacking style of play. Favourite moment It has to be the ’98 season when we won both the Singapore
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      461 24 / 25  - ESPY, with our little eye Who scored and who completely missed the mark at sports awards JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg Wednesday saw the glittering ESPY awards 2014 take place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. An ESPY, for those wondering, is Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award. Essentially it’s the ESPN
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Guidelines on animal welfare submitted to AVA
      123 6 / 7 Codes of Animal Welfare have been submitted to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) for review. This was announced yesterday morning by Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC. Mr Yeo is a member of the Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
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      Lock icon Man triggers security alert in Geneva by stopping tram
      122 6 / 7 Reuters A man who stopped a tram to retrieve bags which contained a book with a radical Islamist image appears to have been drunk, Swiss police said. Police detained the man and closed off part of the downtown area in Geneva,
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      Lock icon Heathrow cancels flights as Britain braces for storms
      100 6 / 7 Reuters Heathrow Airport told airlines to cancel flights for a two-hour period on Saturday, as Britain faces heavy storms and lightning. Britain’s Met Office said yesterday that heavy, thundery showers will move across England and Wales, with amber warnings in place across
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      Lock icon Thousands protest against six-year-old’s rape in Indian school
      114 6 / 7 AFP Thousands of demonstrators marched yesterday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school in the Indian city of Bangalore. Two staff members at the private school are accused of the rape on July 2,
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      63 6 / 7 JUICING UP: Residents charging their mobile phones using generators provided free by the government during a blackout inside a town hall, after typhoon Rammasun battered the town of Rosario, south of Manila. Residents in the Philippines have started repairing houses and assessing damage to infrastructure. At least 54
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      Lock icon Dead dolphin washes up on East Coast Park
      362 6 / 7 Mr Rajeshpal Singh Khalsa was with his family at East Coast Park yesterday morning when they saw what was initially thought to be a large boulder on the beach. But when they got closer, he saw that the “boulder” had a fin.
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      Lock icon HDB offering more than 3,800 BTO flats
      272 6 / 7 6 new projects in 5 towns The Housing Board launched 3,841 flats for sale yesterday, in six Build-To-Order (BTO) projects. They will be in Punggol, Sembawang, Woodlands, Yishun and Toa Payoh. The projects will include studio apartments, two- to five-room flats and larger
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      177 6 / 7 We rate the past week’s news good and bad A body was pulled from the Singapore River on Friday morning. A spokesman said the police received a call at 7.46am, requesting for assistance along the river near Eu Tong Sen Street. Police are investigating the unnatural death. Malaysian
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      80 6 / 7 Capturing life through an app At first, there were only two people in my camera frame. But as I was about to press the shutter button, the old man with a bicycle walked in that was when I decided to snap it. This picture, to me, shows that while
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PLUMBER
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      Lock icon He fished crab out of toilet pipe
      754 14  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Plumber David Chi has extricated everything from dead animals to compact powder cases from chocked toilet systems. But the most memorable involved a crab on the eve of Chinese New Year. “The home owner bought it as part of
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      100 15 G YOUR ITEMS, THEM ON STCLASSIFIEDS, CORE A PRIZE! Scan for more info. Hsaas nr U 7( CONTEST Period 2 June to 27 July 2014 STClassifieds.SG Si STCIassifiedsSG A product of SPH, Singapore’s trusted media group PRIZE 14 TO 27 JULY 2014 I TRAVEL VOUCHER X3 HOW TO TAKE PART
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Save our kids, ban these books
      732 20  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES I don’t know about you, but I believe children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense of pride and... I think I’ll stop
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Boy, 12, arrested for stealing school bus twice
        203 21 Wires It isn’t often that you hear of schoolchildren eager to take the school bus. But in Florida, US, a 12-year-old boy has been arrested for doing so for the second time in a month. Well, he stole the school bus and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Selfie on bread? We’ll toast to that
        160 21 Wires Taking the selfie revolution to the next step, a company in Vermont, US, is creating a way for you to eat yourself. The aptly-named Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation is creating toasters that will allow customers to toast a selfie onto bread. But
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      Lock icon NLB hurt my feelings...
      835 21  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR “Blitzkrieg.” That was the one-word headline for The New Paper report about Germany rolling over Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup semi-final over a week ago. I almost felt sorry for Germans despite their win. So almost 70 years after
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      132 24 / 25 WEDNESDAY IN GREEN WITH SEXY Zoe Saldana on making her Guardians of the Galaxy assassin more than just a deadly babe BACKSTAGE LORDE WITH M meets the 17-year-old star and finds out if she's as intense off-stage AMAZING BORNEO r MALAYSIA A m -T Let nature lead you on an
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  • LIVE RIGHT
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      Lock icon The skinny on detox diets
      1172 26 / 27  -  Detoxes are all the rage. We sent intrepid staffers BENITA AW YEONG (benitaay@sph.com.sg) and NATALIE SOH (natalie@sph.com.sg) into the fray, testing out the detox diets and their verdicts BENITA AW YEONG (benitaay@sph.com.sg) NATALIE SOH (natalie@sph.com.sg) Tea detox BENITA AW YEONG The expectations: I’ll admit it:
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      Lock icon Tea from all over for everywhere
      151 26 / 27 Tea tox, which uses tea to cleanse your system has gained traction over the past months, with multiple companies sprouting their own blends. Using two special mixes, the SkinnyMint Teatox programme aims to increase a person’s energy, reduce appetite and burn fat. The company,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bringing the juice bar trend to Singapore
      288 26 / 27 He left brokering on Wall Street to juice fruits and vegetables. Mr Tan Choon Boon, 27, founder of Joob, confesses that he would hit the trendy juice bars in New York to get rid of hangovers. “It was good money, but there were
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Kopitiam that deserves a salute
      587 28  -  Father-son duo turns business around by attracting modern hawkers K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg Three years ago, Mr Chua Teck Ming, 63, and his son Kiat Tan, 25, took over a little coffee shop parked beside a row of car workshops, in an old estate. Back
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      Lock icon Indian-style fried fish
      395 29  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Looking for an interesting yet relatively fuss-free way to cook fish? This Indian-style fried fish, which you can prepare using besan (chickpea) flour in the batter, can either be served as a course of a meal or as a tasty snack. I
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      808 30 More young professionals suffering from burn-out For the past three years, investment banker Andy was plagued by nightmares because of stress from his 14-hour work days. Fie was moody all the time. Food became a source of comfort, and his weight went from 70kg to 80kg. Three weeks ago, Andy,
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      49 31 ALIFE AIR AUTOMOBILE PTE LTD Positions needed at Bukit Batok 1. PERSONAL ASSISTANT FOR DIRECTOR 2. ADMIN CUM ACCOUNTS 3. IT SUPPORT 4. MECHANIC (TRAINING PROVIDED) 5. LOGISTIC ASSIST 6. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE 7. CUSTOMER SERVICE Singaporean preferred Working hours 5 or 5.5days/week Send CV to: admin1@alife-air.com (Ms. Phuong-HR)
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      106 31 Chris-Ray Engineering Immediate vacancy for TECHNICIAN *Able to liaise with English Chinese speaking clients *Able to start work within short period *Salary negotiable *Singaporeans only Interested please email or fax resume to admin@chris-ray.net Fax: *****293 PRODUCTION PLANNER *Plan schedule work load for different printing jobs machine *Min 2 yrs experience
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      193 31 Hougang Pastry Shop near Kovan MRT urgently requires Part/ Full Time: 1) Experienced Moon Cake Makers Training provided 2) Admin Can handle English Chinese documents With book-keeping experience Able to work on weekends 3) Indoor Sales 4) Packing Staff 5) Delivery Driver << All above positions: Must be physically fit>>
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      201 31 Ruth’s Chris Steak House is looking for: Line Cook/ Side Cook 2-3 years restaurant experience in western fullservice restaurant kitchen, be able to follow excellent sanitation practices and to follow recipe specification. Candidates must be able to read and converse in English fluently. Monthly salary ranging from $1700 to $2000.
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      388 32 Marissa Mayer puts exdamation point If [NEW YORK] Marissa Mayer has made her mark on Yahoo in less than a year. The website chiefs US$1.1 billion deal to buy blogging site Tumblr on Monday goes a long way to restoring the faded and vainglorious exclamation point to the company's name.
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      63 32 PAPPAMIA GROUP PTE LTD Urgent position required for 1) FULL-TIME PART-TIME CAPTAIN $1600-$2200 2) ASST MANAGER $2200-$2600. 3) ASIAN COOK/ CHEF DE PARTIE $1800-$2500 Singaporean only SMS Joy 8222 1126 joy@pappamia.com.sg Western Restaurant Bar Sembawang hiring: 1) Full/ Part Time Service Crew 2) Chef De Partie with 2 years western
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      491 33 V Written by Belinda Wan The biq eiqht C, 4, for its dishe he generic term "Chinese food" does not quite show the complexity of the cuisine. Although it is constantly evolving, there are eight main types of Chinese cuisines, called the Eight Culinary Traditions of China the collective term
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      67 36 Fine Diners 11 L Eat, drink and be merry with Hsueh Yun and Ah Yoke hey tell you where to go for a great meal. Read their revi( in Life!, SundayLife! and in the SoShiok app. Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor I *lL ■'1 ■■■■THE STRATTS TIMES,! Wherever ■you are
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      45 1 PHOTO: afP no instant fix SUNDAY JULY 20 2014 20-page pullout louis va gaal needs more than one season to turn Man united into champions again, says Iain Macintosh ›S2 We’Re Not goINg oN HolIDaY, SaYS C’WealtH gaMeS CHeF De MISSIoN loW teo pINg ›S18
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  • 20 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
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        Lock icon WHY UNITED WON’T WIN
        798 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK Harry Redknapp has declared that Manchester United will not win the title next season, and it’s a point that’s hard to argue. New manager Louis van Gaal is good. But he’s not that good. No-one is. But, while the
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        Lock icon Redknapp: Van Gaal needs fantastic four
        166 2 / 3 Wire Services Veteran EPL manager Harry Redknapp believes Manchester United still need “four more fantastic players”, besides new signings Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera if they are to win the title. Redknapp (right), who will take charge of newlypromoted Queens Park Rangers in the
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        Lock icon Vlaar can fit in at United: McGrath
        143 2 / 3 Wire Services Former Irish international Paul McGrath believes Aston Villa’s Ron Vlaar can solve Manchester United’s defensive problems. With the departure of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, the Red Devils look undermanned in the centre of defence. New manager Louis van Gaal has
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        Lock icon RED DEVILS HIT THE BEACH
        311 2 / 3 PA Sport Louis van Gaal took his players for a stroll on Santa Monica beach as he started trying to develop a bond with his new Manchester United players. Van Gaal and his 25-man squad touched down in Los Angeles yesterday morning (Singapore time) for
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        Lock icon Drogba set for Mourinho reunion
        113 4 / 5 Wire Services Chelsea have reportedly started discussions with former striker Didier Drogba to bring him back to Stamford Bridge as a playercoach next season. It is believed that Blues boss Jose Mourinho wants to re-sign the 36-year-old as a second striker and will tempt him
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        Lock icon BLUES ARE CESC’S FIRST CHOICE
        373 4 / 5 PA Sport Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho maintains it took him only 20 minutes to convince Cesc Fabregas to sign from Barcelona and reckons the former Arsenal captain never wanted to return to his old club. Arsenal had first option to bring Fabregas back to the
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        Lock icon WHY CHELSEA WILL WIN
        638 4 / 5 PA Sport Manager Jose Mourinho is confident Chelsea have assembled a squad capable of winning the English Premier League next season. But he also knows any of the title hopefuls could also easily end up fifth. The Blues have moved quickly in the summer transfer market,
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        Lock icon WHY ARSENAL MIGHT WIN
        724 6 / 7 Wire Services Arsene Wenger has sounded out a warning to the rest of the English Premier League Arsenal will be gunning for glory next season. He said his side is better than last season, adding that last year’s FA Cup win which ended a nineyear trophy
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        Lock icon In a spot of brother
        392 6 / 7 Wilshere’s sibling appears to light up for Arsenal star Wire Services The controversy surrounding Jack Wilshere’s smoking saga has become more muddled with the news that his brother gave him the cigarette. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that it was his older brother “Tom who
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      • SOCCER SHORTS
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          Lock icon DUNGA FAVOURITE FOR BRAZIL JOB
          88 6 / 7 Former Brazil captain Dunga has emerged as the favourite to secure a second term as coach of the Brazilian national team, following the resignation of Luiz Felipe Scolari. During Dunga’s first stint from 2006 to 2010, they won the Copa America and Confederations Cup. His
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          Lock icon OVERWEIGHT BEN ARFA ON THE WAY OUT?
          92 6 / 7 Newcastle’s French playmaker Hatem Ben Arfa could be on his way out of St James’ Park after reporting for pre-season training overweight. According to French newspaper Le Parisien, the 27-year-old was fined £1,580 ($3,400) by the club for being 1.5kg above the acceptable
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          Lock icon CHELSEA COME BACK FROM 2-0 DOWN
          79 6 / 7 Manchester City ended their tour of Scotland with a 2-1 victory over Hearts at Tynecastle yesterday morning (Singapore time), with goals from Scott Sinclair and Aleksandar Kolarov. Liverpool bounced back from a loss against Brondby with a 2-1 win over Preston North End with
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    • racing
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        Lock icon BEST BET DANNY (Race 9 No. 4)
        166 8 / 9  -  BRIAN MILLER DANNY’S win in his last start was something special. Sent out as favourite, he had to work real hard for the money. Well back in the early stages, he didn’t reckon encountering trouble in the final third of the race. Well,
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        Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
        519 8 / 9 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 4 3 8 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Amazealot Stormy Along Intention 9 Macau Roulette Stormy Along 3 Amazealot 4 Sacred Crown
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S IPOH RESULTS
        493 8 / 9 Race 1 MS (LC) 1200m 1 STORMING JOE 57 c 56 (103-22) M Djulkifli (3) 1 1 1 (472) 5 EL COMANDANTE 56 c 52 (16-5.10) KC Wong* (6) 3 4 2 (438) 0.5 4 SNATCH LAW 56.5 (27-10) Jose De Souza (1) 6 5 3 (440)
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        Lock icon It’s been a GOLDEN season so far for O’Hara
        563 8 / 9 Riding a wave of positivity following his Emirates Singapore Derby win last Sunday, trainer John O’Hara is targeting his best ever season at Kranji and will turn to another potential star in his yard to continue his winning run. The Singaporean
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        Lock icon TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD
        1094 8 / 9 GOING FORECAST: GOOD C5 2.05 —1400m (SC) Stakes: RM35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) RACE 1 1 *****-Berni Dancer 57 (42) R Burnett c1 5 (4amm P Pereira-Hudson) 2 6-41--Jack Of Hearts 56.5 (41) M Zairi c3 2 (5ag LN
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        Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE B/ POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
        1804 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD KS-D D1 12.50 —1000m (Polytrack) Stakes: $38,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) RACE 1 1 -***** Bingo 58 (52) I Santana 5 (5argg Steven Lam-Happy Song) 2 *****8 Scarlet Star 58 (51) T
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        Lock icon GOLDEN BRILLIANT LOOKS JUST TOO SMART
        1678 10 / 11 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,000M) 1 BingoHH Far from reliable. Take on trust. 2 Scarlet StarH Watch for support. 3 Stormy Along HHH Maiden who has placed five from 11 on Poly. Will race handy and give a bold
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        Lock icon DYNA ROSE TO WIN ON THE COAST
        1193 12 / 13 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNSHINE COAST/KALGOORLIE RACE 1 (1,400M) SUNSHINE COAST 8 ELIZABETH’S DREAM (Runs:11 Wins:0 Places:3): 4 len lg nk 3rd 55kg to Next Era in 1,800m Suncst Mdn June 29. 5th settling, 3rd at 800m, 4th at 400m.
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (SUNSHINE COAST/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
        975 12 / 13 12:25 Race 1 SUNSHINE COAST —1400M 1 CAVENDISH ROAD JAMES ORMAN (5) 57.5 2 QABLA M HELLYER (3) 57.5 3 SENDAI ARROW MS C SCHMIDT (10) 57 .5 4 TAZI ARAZI LUKE TARRANT (13) 57.5 5 INVICTUS MANEO C KEARNEY (4) 57 6 FRENCH
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NZ (TE RAPA) & AUSTRALIA (FLEMINGTON/BELMONT/TOOWMBA) RESULT
        894 12 / 13 YESTERDAY’S NZ (TE RAPA) AUSTRALIA (FLEMINGTON/BELMONT/TOOWMBA) RESULT RACE 1 (TE RAPA) 1st 5 Sky Idea ($65-$21) 2nd 3 Jesshanimo ($22) 3rd 9 Sophie’s Gem ($13) 4th 18 Super Thunder Forecast $101 Place Forecast (3-5) $35, (5-9) $33, (3-9) $17 Tierce $535 Trio $181 Quartet No winner ($2076 jackpot carried forward
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        Lock icon FRIDAY’S STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        720 14 RACE1 LAM EDITION: Fractious in the barrier, reared and became cast. Examined by the veterinary surgeon and withdrawn. HAPPY FOREVER: Bumped on jumping. VOLKOV: Bumped on jumping. STREET RUFFIAN: Eased. GOOD SCORE: Rolled outwards. STATE TROOPER: Steadied when crowded; apprentice K A’Isisuhairi reported that STATE TROOPER
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        Lock icon GENERAL: Nunes suspended 2 race days
        132 14 At the conclusion of an inquiry, Jockey M Nunes, the rider of TAKEOVER, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding in that while riding TAKEOVER in Race 2 on July 6, near the 1,100m, he allowed his mount to shift inwards when insufficiently
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    • STARHUB LEAGUE CUP
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        Lock icon Lions downed by Torpedo Moscow
        104 15 The Singapore national team lost 3-0 to Russian Premier League outfit Torpedo Moscow in a friendly in Austria yesterday. The Lions’ best chance came in the 66th minute, when striker Khairul Amri saw his shot saved by the goalkeeper, although by then they were already
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        Lock icon TIGERS LACK BITE
        608 15  -  Balestier’s easy win sets up Plate final against Tampines Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg PLATE SEMI-FINAL BALESTIER KHALSA 2 (Goran Ljubojevic 16, 23) SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB 0 They have reached a final for a third year running. But, going by the muted celebrations after beating Singapore Recreation
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    • GOLF
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        Lock icon CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
        695 16 / 17 mcIlroy six strokes ahead going into final round, after double eagle finish AFP A sensational double eagle finish from Rory McIlroy gave him a sixstroke cushion going into today’s final round of the British Open as he crushed a chasing pack of challengers who tried
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        Lock icon Borini out of Anfield?
        73 16 / 17 Liverpool have agreed a £14 million ($30m) transfer fee with Sunderland for the release of Italian striker Fabio Borini. Borini spent last season on loan with the Black Cats, for whom he impressed with several important goals that helped them stay in the premiership. however, the
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        Lock icon Kiradech suffers unkind cut
        490 16 / 17 Wire Services Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat believes he has turned the corner of his lacklustre season despite missing the halfway cut at the British Open for the second straight year. Two late bogeys in his round of 75 (after Thursday’s 72) at Royal Liverpool proved costly
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    • C’WEALTH GAMES
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        Lock icon LOW: BETTERING OUR BEST
        1068 18 / 19  -  Singap re’s commonwealth games chef de mission Low Teo Ping tells DAVID LEE his team are aiming for a best-ever medal haul DAVID LEE You were Team Singapore’s CDM at the 2007 South-east Asia Games and 2010 Asian Games, are the challenges of being a Commonwealth
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        Lock icon Gatlin runs season’s best 200m
        110 18 / 19 AFP Justin Gatlin stormed to the fastest 200m of the year at the Monaco Diamond League meeting yesterday morning (Singapore time) with the eighth-fastest time ever in the distance. The 32-year-old American (right) won in 19.68sec, just two weeks after he clocked a season-leading 9.80sec
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      • ON TV
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          Lock icon BASKETBALL
          41 18 / 19 ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE SINGAPORE SLINGERS v LASKAR DREYA Today: StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 4pm *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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          43 18 / 19 BRITISH OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 208/210 (FOX Sports/FOX Sports Plus HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 114/117 (FOX Sports/FOX Sports SEA), 6pm LPGA TOUR MARATHON CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 3am
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          19 18 / 19 CHINESE TAIPEI GRAND PRIX GOLD Today: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 12pm
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          32 18 / 19 ATP 500 GERMAN TENNIS C’SHIPS Today: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 9pm ATP 250 CLARO OPEN Tomorrow: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 4am
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          Lock icon FORMULA ONE
          65 18 / 19 GERMAN GRAND PRIX Today: PREVIEW StarHub TV Ch 209/210 (STAR Sports/FOX Sports Plus HD); SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports SEA), 7pm MAIN RACE StarHub TV Ch 209/210 (STAR Sports/FOX Sports Plus HD); SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports SEA), 7.30pm CHEQUERED FLAG StarHub TV Ch
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          24 18 / 19 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 8.05am Thursday: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 8.20am
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    • FORMULA 1
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        Lock icon ROSBERG ON POLE AS HAMILTON CRASHES
        524 20 AFP Nico Rosberg grabbed pole position for his home German Grand Prix for the first time yesterday, taking advantage of a 260kmh crash by his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg now has a 5-4 advantage over Hamilton in poles this year and he has
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      85 6 / 7 For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg IW BeShire] Live wire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) lw |_j vew j re (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip yA Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore
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      31 8 / 9 4-D Sat 19/07/14 FIRST SECOND THIRD 7949 3335 0176 STARTERS 9265 9204 9816 4831 6374 2479 9044 5557 5629 7414 CONSOLATIONS 0624 4118 6917 4970 5198 6018 2756 9452 6236 9354
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