The New Paper, 21 August 2015

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  • 31 1 the new paper FRIDAY AUGUST 21 2015 the new paper FRIday AUGUST 21 2015 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 137/12/2014 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838
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    • 296 1 wear ‘conservative’ costume for S’pore show›17 Skimpy resistible star promises to Cosplay CONVENTION COMIC ,GAME TOY SINGAPORE PHOTO: 70 (gntinentaliL nai-KEn TYRE SPECIALS AVAILABLE IN STORE! STamFORD runes l/VJj'J YOUR PURCHASE BACK* 19Jun-11 Sep 2015 PURCHASE ANY 4pcs OF TYRES at any Stamford Tyres outlets in Singapore and be one
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    • 35 1 0 Delinquent turned top student: NS stint with police turned me around›12 TNP PHOTO: SHONA CHONG Cheap and good? TNP does the taste test for some of S’pore’s cheapest hawker fare›2 TNP PHOTO: AZIM AZMAN
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  • news
    • 775 2 / 3  -  mti launches online directory listing the cheapest hawker food for different areas Report by: AZIM AZMAN maazman@sph.com.sg The neverending Singapore quest for cheap and good hawker food has become easier. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Trade of Industry (MTI) launched on its website a
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    • 404 2 / 3  -  Report and photos by YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg Can you eat on the cheap in the Central Business District? According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, budget eats are not confined to the heartlands. The ministry posted a directory of hawkers offering food at “budget”
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    • 34 4 $2.4 trillion The amount wealthy investors put in the hands of Singapore’s asset managers last year, 30 per cent more than the year before, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday.
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    • 226 4 The Elections Department (ELD) yesterday announced several changes to the election processes, in the strongest sign that a general election will soon be called. Included in the changes is an increase in the amount of money candidates are allowed to spend per voter, and the addition
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    • 304 4 Johor water levels hit by dry weather Singapore has been supplying additional potable water to Johor since Aug 14 because of the dry spell, national water agency PUB said yesterday. This is in response to a request for assistance from Badan Kawalselia Air Johor (BAKAJ),
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    • 141 4 Expect occasionally hazy conditions today, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has said. The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) may also rise to the low end of unhealthy levels again. With the prevailing winds forecast to blow from the south-west, occasional hazy conditions can still be
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    • 155 4 The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has apologised for misspelling the name of Singapore’s first president, the late Mr Yusof Ishak, in a folder that contained the commemorative SG50 notes released yesterday. His name was wrongly spelled as “Yusok Ishak”. MAS said that
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    • 158 5 Nine people were arrested and tear gas fired amid protests in St. Louis, Missouri, over the death of a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police. Teenager Mansur Ball-Bey was killed on Wednesday after he allegedly pointed a gun at police officers, reported Reuters.
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    • GE 2015
      • 546 6 / 7  - NSP’s recent high-profile departures cast doubt on stability. Political observer says: ‘This is coming going, not renewal’ Report by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Tan Tam Mei There have been at least eight highprofile departures from the National Solidarity Party (NSP) since the last General Election. The secretary-general post
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      • 180 6 / 7 Goh menG SenG Position in party Secretary-general Joined 2007 Left 2011 Where is he now Secretary-general of People’s Power Party NICOLE SEAH Position in party Assistant secretary-general Joined 2011 Left 2014 Where is she now Working at an advertising firm in Bangkok JEANNETTE CHONG-ARULDOSS Position in party
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      • 91 6 / 7 A LAWYER A DOCTOR GE SPOTLIGHT: NAME: Rahayu Mahzam AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Lawyer WARD CONTESTING: Bukit Batok East QUOTE: “I’m passionate about helping disadvantaged families, and I also hope to contribute to the development of policies to improve things for such families, as well as youths.” NAME: Tan Wu Meng
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      • 474 6 / 7 David Ong to contest Bukit Batok SMC Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam welcomed two new faces to his Jurong Group Representative Constituency team yesterday. They are former Syariah Court deputy registrar Rahayu Mahzam, 35, and oncologist Tan Wu Meng, 40. Mr Tharman also announced
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    • 647 8  -  S’porean fishmonger’s Vietnamese girlfriend ‘dived off’ moving motorbike on flyover climbed railing to jump Report by ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg The couple were on their way to see a medium in Chinatown when tragedy struck. Mr Yeo Yeow Liang and his Vietnamese girlfriend,
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    • 282 9  -  Reports by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has intercepted more parcels in Singapore with contraband items in the first six months of this year. The numbers went up by 1,404 to 7,992, the ICA said in
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    • 295 9 Officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) raided his home on Jan 7, 2013, seizing electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and related peripherals. But this did not stop Francis Chue Kar Fatt, 34, from dealing with e-cigarettes later that year. He was fined $16,000 yesterday after
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    • 184 10 / 11 A fifth Malaysian, who was a Singaporean permanent resident, has also been confirmed dead, the Chinese papers reported. Ms Lim Su See, 52, was sitting on the same bench where the suspected bomber had placed the explosives and bore the brunt of the blast,
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    • 322 10 / 11 Five of his family members died in Monday’s Bangkok bomb blast, but six-year-old Malaysian Lee Jian Han did not have an idea. Nobody had the heart to tell Jian Han that
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    • 242 10 / 11 Four days after being caught in devastating bomb blasts that hit Bangkok on Monday, several of the Singaporean victims have returned home. The blasts killed one Singaporean and injured another seven. Mr Ng Su Teck, who was injured during the explosion, flew back with the body
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    • 150 10 / 11 Two men identified as suspects in the bomb attack that killed 20 people in Bangkok said they were tour guides after handing themselves in to police, BBC reported yesterday. Police are now questioning the pair who were seen in security camera footage shortly before
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    • 206 10 / 11  -  Report by DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg A man was slapped and punched numerous times after an alleged racist rant on Wednesday evening. The incident happened at a McDonald’s outlet in Jurong Spring Community Club. A video of the incident was uploaded
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    • 634 12 / 13  -  MOE award winner says NS stint with police force changed his attitude towards future Reports by HISYAM NASSER nhnasser@sph.com.sg For many young men, it’s a duty. But for this man, serving national service as a police officer motivated him to turn his life around. As proof
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    • 522 12 / 13 Muhammad Salehan would often disappoint his parents during his early secondary school days. The then student of Bukit Panjang Government High would come home with poor results and often see them saddened by his performance. “I would become very frustrated that I kept disappointing
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    • 117 16 Two planes carrying civilian parachutists collided in mid-air yesterday in Slovakia, killing seven people. The parachutists on both planes were rehearsing for an air show, reported Reuters. The Slovakian spokeswoman of the rescue services said the crash happened near the
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    • 299 16 Queen Elizabeth (above) is due to become Britain’s longest-reigning monarch next month, after more than 63 years on the throne and with scant chance of her abdicating in favour of son and heir Prince Charles. On Sept 9, Queen Elizabeth will break the long service record
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    • Article, Illustration
      814 17  -  US cosplayer’s costume for S’pore event will be beautiful, ‘not skimpy’ Report by LISA TWANG lisat@sph.com.sg As a cosplayer who also does burlesque performances, it’s surprising to learn that Stella Chuu is also a full-time mobile app designer. “I really enjoy being part of two different industries cosplay
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    • 570 18 / 19  -  Light installations and street parade part of exciting line-up at S’pore Night Festival Report by KOK YUFENG yufengk@sph.com.sg Fire-breathers, an aerial carousel of angels and a pair of lovable Inuits. With the Singapore Night Festival returning for its eighth edition, the Bras Basah and Bugis area
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    • 587 20  -  New Face finalists hunt for the perfect pair of heels at New Look Report by TERESA LO tnp@sph.com.sg It can be difficult to balance comfort and style when choosing the perfect pair of heels. However, it became an even taller order for the finalists in
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    • 130 21 Malaysian police said yesterday they had arrested 10 Malaysians suspected of links with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), among them six members of the country’s security forces. The others arrested are two civil servants, a former interior designer and a kindergarten
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    • 351 21 Australian actress Maggie Kirkpatrick, 74, was yesterday found guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl more than 30 years ago. The abuse happened in 1984, reported The Mirror, when the unnamed victim was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. A woman who worked
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    • TV
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  • 888 14 / 15 Maritime diploma graduates awarded scholarships for university studies They had a dream that did not involve a desk-bound career. So Mr Eric Tan Wei Hao, 23, and Miss Yvonne Wiu Xuan Lin, 20, opted to study for a maritime career. That dream is becoming
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • 401 24  -  By Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg Ever wonder how to select the best fish for cooking at home? Mr Segaran Kogu, 39, director of Fish2Go, said: “Knowing what to look for when you buy your fish goes a long way aside from just ensuring that you select
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  • sports
    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
      • 724 2 / 3  -  Los Che have one foot in main draw, but there’s some way to go before they can match the big guns GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg PLAY-OFF, 1ST LEG VALENCIA 3 (Rodrigo 4, Daniel Parejo 59, Sofiane Feghouli 86) mOnaCO 1 (Mario Pasalic 49) On a day Nicolas Otamendi
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      • 520 2 / 3 Pellegrini confident ‘strong and technically good’ Argentinian will be a hit for City PA Sport Manchester City have announced the signing of Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia. The 27-year-old, who had been linked with a £28.5 million ($62.7m) move to the Etihad Stadium since
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    • LA LIGA PREVIEW
      • 165 4 / 5 Reuters La Liga fans will be able to watch their teams playing over the Christmas holiday period this season, after the calendar was amended to give Spain more time to prepare for Euro 2016. Matches originally scheduled for the first weekend of January
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      • 769 4 / 5 Pedro’s exit and wobbly early-season form put pressure on Messi and Co Wire Services Champions Barcelona will begin their bid for a sixth La Liga title in eight years at Athletic Bilbao on Monday morning (Singapore time) without forward Pedro Rodriguez. The Spain international yesterday moved to
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      • 389 4 / 5 AFP ATLETICO MADRID Last season: third Atletico’s title triumph in 2013/14 is the only time Barcelona and Real Madrid have been denied the title for the past 11 years. Diego Simeone’s men now look better placed to launch another challenge after another busy summer at the Vicente
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      • 109 4 / 5 PA Sport Slaven Bilic is optimistic Alex Song’s return to West Ham is imminent and the Barcelona midfielder will not have an issue in passing a medical. Hammers co-owner David Sullivan said a deal has been agreed to sign the Cameroon international on a three-year
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    • EPL
      • 319 6 / 7 Wire Services STRENGTHS 1 Delivers when team need him most Pedro’s extra-time winner in last week’s 5-4 Uefa Super Cup thriller against Sevilla was just his latest big goal in a big game. The forward also decided the 2009 Uefa Super Cup, scoring the only
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      • 625 6 / 7 Former Barca striker Henry says new signing will be an asset to Chelsea Wire Services Chelsea completed the signing of Barcelona forward Pedro Rodriguez in a deal believed to be worth slightly more than £21 million ($46m) yesterday. The Premier League champions stepped in to sign
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      • 600 6 / 7 Rooney insists he knows how to operate as a lone striker PA Sport Wayne Rooney has told manager Louis van Gaal he can still rely on him to deliver the goals for Manchester United this season despite a poor start to the campaign. Van Gaal has
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    • 570 8 Swiss star says Kyrgios should apologise to the fraternity for his crude remarks about his girlfriend TENNIS AFP Stan Wawrinka has accused Aussie bad boy Nick Kyrgios of failing to properly apologise for his lurid outburst towards the Swiss star, after struggling into the third round of
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    • 316 8  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg She gave away a few holes at the start of her final matchplay round, but experience and a cool hand eventually lifted Goh Jen to her second successive national amateur title yesterday. The 20-year-old (right) recovered midway through her 36hole showdown
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    • racing
      • AUSTRALIA RACES
        • 1031 10 / 11 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 WARWICK (1,350M) 2 ZANY LASS (11:1-3-0): No excuses 3¾-len 6th (55.5) to Blackjack Princess 1,350m Ipswich F&M C1 Good(3) trk Aug 14. Won run previous. Well drawn and might find this a bit easier.
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        • 1037 10 / 11 12:12 Race 1 WARWICK—1350M 1 WIGGLE WIGGLE BROOKE AINSWORTH (6) 59 2 ZANY LASS MS S DRAKE (3) 57 .5 3 POP BUBBLE POP ALANNAH FANCOURT (5) 56.5 4 RITZY BELLE M SCHRAPEL (1) 56 5 ROCK ‘N’ TONE LESLIE TILLEY (9) 55.5 6 SMINCHA
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      • SOUTH AFRICA RACES
        • 428 10 / 11 FAIRVIEW PREVIEWS RACE 1 (2,000M) (1) FORT KALIMENTA stayed on well last start and will have come on from that effort. He goes well enough on the Polytrack and must be the one to beat. (6) STRICT BY COMMAND will appreciate a quiet ride from jockey
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        • 688 10 / 11 6:55 Race 1 Maiden Plate 2000M 1 FORT KALIMENTA M Yeni (2) 60 2 FABRIZIO S Khathi (4) 60 3 INQUISITION R Khathi (7) 60 4 TIME SHARE K Ramsamy(-4) (5) 60 5 LATINO RAMBO W Agrella (9) 60 6 STRICT BY STANDARD A
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      • 1290 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S FORM COMMENTS RACE 1 (1,200M) 1 CaiyayaHHH Significant drop in class and he should win if close to his best. 2 Saffir HHH Only career win was over the mile but has speed and will find Class 5 to his liking. 3 Super
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      • 1294 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 6.50 —1200m (Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 Caiyaya 57 (43) TR Barnabas* c3 7 (9nzg L Dragon-New Wing) 2 -***** Saffir 57 (43) MM Firdaus* c2 4
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      • 1188 14 / 15  -  Horse of the Year rockets home to win in fastest time of the morning KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Trainer Alwin Tan’s Horse of the Year WAR AFFAIR lit up the trials at Kranji yesterday morning. Taken out by jockey Alan Munro in
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      • 1220 14 / 15 21-8-2015 (Friday) p i_ AY(i) Do n °t bet iHeQcillyresponsibiyj Always play with care. Coupon Betting please mark “MAL” 12:30pm 1 Class 6 ₩25,000,000 sand1200m 1 0678 Gangho Dream 3-kor-g 1] Kim Nam Sung 1.9% 55 Choi Ki Hong 7.2% 2 8999 Peace Bery 3-kor-g 2] Jin
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      • 180 14 / 15 AFP Rank outsider ARABIAN QUEEN produced a stunning upset to inflict the first ever defeat on Epsom Derby champion Golden Horn in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York in England on Wednesday. The 50-1 chance, given a superb ride by jockey
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      • 53 16 Ignore his last-start failure against higherclass company. Back to a winnable race, he should be supported with confidence again in Race 6. He has shown his intention in his recent trial and trackwork. Tan Thean Loon, on his best
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      • 404 16 Tan Thean Loon RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X Happy Saga 5 Flaming Fireheart 9 Lady Shark 6 Saffir 2 Caiyaya 1 3 Super Eight Happy Saga 5 Zac Command 4 Happy
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      • 465 16 Popular apprentice jockey Kif Toh is again paying heed to his doctors when advised that a reasonable date to return to race-riding from his injury would be October. Last year, he suffered spinal fractures from a fall off Sir Fleetwood in a race in
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 610 18 / 19  -  Albirex coach satisfied with a point in their third game in seven days Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg ALBIREX NIIGATA 0 HOME UNITED 0 Playing three games in seven days is no joke. So, even though his side picked up only a point in their Great EasternYeo’s
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      • 462 18 / 19 Man United-linked German star says no one is worth $150m AFP Bayern Munich’s Thomas Mueller has laughed at reports that Manchester United want to sign him for up to 100 million euros ($155m), describing the exorbitant sum as “crazy”. German daily Bild has quoted the
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    • ATHLETICS
      • 707 20 / 21 Bolt confident of beating Gatlin at Worlds, but is saddened by endless doping talk Wire Services Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt might have endured a stop-start season, but he has vowed to defend his double sprint titles at the world championships. The 1.95m-tall Jamaican gets
        Wire Services; PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS  -  707 words
      • 127 20 / 21 Tomorrow l Men: 10,000m, marathon l Women: Shot put Sunday l Men: 100m, hammer, shot put, 20km race walk l Women: Heptathlon Monday l Men: 3,000m steeplechase, pole vault l Women: 100m, triple jump, 10,000m Tuesday l Men: 400m hurdles, 800m, long jump l Women: 1,500m, discus
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      • Article, Illustration
        409 20 / 21 AFP ABDUL HAKIM SANI BROWN (Japan, sprinter) Born in Fukuoka, Japan, to a Ghanaian father and Japanese mother, the 16-year-old will be the youngest athlete ever to compete in 200m at the world championships. Sani Brown, who is also down for the 4x100m relay, was one of
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    • 147 22 / 23 AFP Outgoing athletics boss Lamine Diack yesterday warned that the sport could implode if it failed to win the battle against drug cheats, but flatly rejected comparisons to cycling. “We are not cycling,” Diack told a news conference in Beijing a day
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    • FORMULA ONE
      • 172 22 / 23 Reuters Kimi Raikkonen expressed his love for Ferrari on Wednesday, after the Formula One team said the Finn would be staying with them next year in an unchanged line-up with Germany’s Sebastian Vettel. “What can I say? For me, to be able to stay another
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      • 665 22 / 23 Hamilton and Rosberg ready to put last year’s collision behind them AFP Four weeks on from a poignant and incident-packed Hungarian Grand Prix, the Formula One circus is back this weekend, with defending champion Lewis Hamilton aiming to increase his lead in this year’s title
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      • 411 22 / 23 AFP Fernando Alonso wishes he had left Ferrari sooner and, contrary to much speculation, feels he made the right decision to join struggling McLaren’s “new project” with Honda. The two-time world champion admitted yesterday that he felt things had been “getting more and
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      • 253 22 / 23  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Singapore Airlines (SIA) has extended its title sponsorship of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix for another two years until 2017. The airline was first announced as the title sponsor in 2014 when it signed a two-year contract, taking over from
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    • ON TV
      • 132 22 / 23 S.LEAGUE Today: TAMPINES ROVERS v BALESTIER KHALSA Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 7.30pm ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tomorrow: MAN UNITED v NEWCASTLE StarHub TV Ch 227 Singtel TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 7.45pm CRYSTAL PALACE v ASTON VILLA StarHub TV Ch 228 Singtel TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium), 9.55pm
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      • 22 22 / 23 WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Today: LAST 16 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7am QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm
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      • 74 22 / 23 MADE IN DENMARK Today: DAY 2 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 5.30pm DAY 2 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 9.30pm US AMATEUR 2015 Tomorrow: QUARTER-FINALS Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports 2), 3am WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub
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      • 65 22 / 23 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Today: PRACTICE SESSION 1 Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports 2), 3.55pm PRACTICE SESSION 2 Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports 2), 7.55pm Tomorrow: PRACTICE SESSION 3 Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports
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    • 700 24 Azinger says Woods’ issues are more mental than physical, hails ‘prototype golfer’ Spieth (62). Wire Services. Jordan Spieth is “the prototype” of the modernday golfer while Tiger Woods “continues to go in the wrong direction” with his focus on the physical rather than the mental, according
      (62). — Wire Services.; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP  -  700 words

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