The New Paper, 24 October 2015

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  • 25 1 the new paper SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 2015 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 137/12/2014 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter .com/tnp To subscribe: 6388 3838
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    • 49 1 Did you win $9,000? Cheat, who preys on cabbies, cons businesswoman who gave her job. Boss says: WANBAO LIANhE phOTO: I CANNOT GIvE HER ANOTHER chance Ms Liu Meiqi being led away by plainclothes police officers ›2 *****1 11 *****1 Jordan Spieth exclusive and more in 12-page golf special
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    • 218 2 / 3  -  Tan Tam Mei Jurong Police Division will have a new commander from Monday. Assistant Commissioner (AC) Wilson Lim Hock Lee, 43, will be stepping down from the position to become the director of both the Public Affairs Department and Community Partnership Department at Police
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    • 712 2 / 3  -  Shop owner blows whistle on employee who allegedly stole $15,000 worth of cash, clothes Reports by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg Businesswoman Zoe Heng watched with relief as her former employee was taken away by plainclothes police officers on Monday. Her former shop assistant, Ms Liu Meiqi,
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    • 201 2 / 3 Beautician Kenneth Lee, 30, was busy with a client when Ms Liu Meiqi walked into his shop at Clarke Quay Central shopping mall in late August. She asked about a facial package and left the shop after making an appointment to come
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    • 187 2 / 3 Between October 2013 and March last year, Ms Liu Meiqi dodged having to pay 10 taxi fares totalling $133. The fares ranged from $6 to $35. Her ruse was often the same she would try to pay with her credit card but the transactions would
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    • 77 4 -0.6% -0.6%That’s how much prices in Singapore dropped last month compared with a year ago. It was the 11th consecutive month that inflation stayed negative. But the fall in prices was less than the -0.8 per cent in August. And core inflation, which excludes the costs of
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    • 137 4 Ferry services between Singapore and Batam were briefly halted yesterday due to poor visibility. The ferry services were suspended between 3.40pm and 5.15pm. The smoke from vegetation fires in Indonesia has also severely affected Malaysia and spread to southern Thailand and as far as
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    • 336 4 Bus and train card fares will drop by up to four cents a journey from Dec 27, the Public Transport Council (PTC) said yesterday after its latest annual review. The adjustment, which takes into account the drop in oil prices,
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    • 130 4  -  Natasha Meah A man who allegedly took an upskirt photo was pinned down by three passers-by yesterday at the Raffles Place MRT station covered walkway. A police spokesman told The New Paper they got a call for help at 10.30am. A 42-year-old man
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    • 110 4 Two more patients from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have tested positive for hepatitis C. Tests are being done to determine if they are from the recent cluster, SGH said yesterday. The two patients are among the 601 people screened so far. Both are
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    • 108 4 Convicted match fixer Eric Ding Si Yang will serve a sixth year in prison after he admitted perverting the course of justice and not providing a password to his laptop computer. Ding, 33, is already serving a five-year jail sentence for arranging free sexual
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    • CHC LEADERS’ TRIAL VERDICT
      • 1889 6 / 7  -  Judge says it was Kong Hee who decided to keep financing Crossover Project ‘discreet’ Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. In the context of the City Harvest Church (CHC) case, it can be
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    • 219 8 / 9 Two years ago, Mr Adrian Lim, 40, was retrenched from his job in the tourism industry. He has been unable to find another full-time job. Having a son and bills to pay, he decided to sign up as a FastFast courier while continuing his search for a
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    • 643 8 / 9  -  New courier service app FastFast aims to help those struggling to find work Reports by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg Though she is best known for her alternative fashion clothing chain, Ms Elim Chew is moving into the world of disruption. The founder of 77th Street
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    • 242 8 / 9 Uber, Airbnb and now FastFast. Apps that bypass traditional business models. They are disruptors, causing long-established services to take up their cudgels to defend their turf. Yet, in this day and age, they have become essential in providing a platform for information to be shared, matching
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    • 128 10 Pierre Chng Yuheng and his family used to rent part of a Paya Lebar Crescent house owned by Madam Khoo Kim Cheng. But his family repeatedly failed to pay the rent. Chng even used a tree branch to threaten Madam Khoo, who had gone to the house
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    • 634 10  -  Youth convicted of criminal intimidation apologises in court Report by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg Prison made me feel useless and drove me to turn my life around, said a youth who was convicted of criminal intimidation and contempt of court. Pierre Chng Yuheng, 20, apologised in the
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      • 351 11  -  Report by MELANIE HENG mheng@sph.com.sg Be part of the exclusive TNP SuperKaki club and reap members-only benefits. Mr Amsyar Abdul Razak, a 28-year-old graphic designer, used to buy The New Paper almost every day prior to getting a subscription. He said: “I thought, instead of
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      • 352 12  -  Siblings win Nespresso coffee machine in TNP Bonus Challenge Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg The sisters match the Candy Crush icons on their Bonus Challenge card every day. Yesterday, they won a Nespresso coffee machine, worth $240. Madam Hassinahbanu, 35, an assistant supervisor, said: “I’m
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      • 666 14 / 15  -  Million dolla baby hilary Swank easily hits the sweet spot and rises above the week’s head-scratchers, says JEANMARIE TAN JEAN MARIE TAN I always envy the people (who) are sexually sinewy, that they can Just throw on boyfriend Jeans and that just sort of drips off of
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    • 162 16 He engaged lawyer Rengarajoo Rengasamy Balasamy to represent him in a corruption trial in 2002. Taxi driver Govindasamy Nallaiah, now 70, later owed Mr Rengarajoo $38,000 in legal fees and was given a final opportunity to pay up by Aug 10, 2011. That morning, he went to
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    • 651 16  -  Lawyer says he couldn’t save wife from burning office Reports by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg The lawyer rushed from the rear entrance of the building to his sixth-storey office when he heard that it was on fire. Knowing that his wife could be inside, Mr Rengarajoo Rengasamy
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    • 138 17 Police are investigating the picture of a man touching the penises of two little boys on a beach in Sabah (right) that has been circulating on social media. Semporna police chief Superintendent Peter Umbuas said they were aware of the photo and were trying to
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    • 499 17 Former M’sian PM Mahathir Mohamad claims his former protege told him ‘cash is king’ Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad has described the man he groomed and endorsed for the top post, Prime Minister Najib Razak, as the most corrupt leader of the nation. In
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    • 229 17 A young boy got his head stuck in a small gap in the wall of his house in Semenyih near Kajang, Selangor. Luckily, the Fire and Rescue Department officers were quick to respond to the child’s cry for help and managed to get his
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    • 1061 18 / 19  -  Celebrity hairstylist Cherry Petenbrink was behind Jennifer Lawrence’s beautiful dark locks in The Hunger Games Report by LISA TWANG lisat@sph.com.sg Fans were blown away by Jennifer Lawrence in the 2012 blockbuster The Hunger Games and not just because of her take on protagonist Katniss Everdeen. It
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    • 133 20 AFP Fourteen criminal investigations were launched on Thursday into alleged rapes of aboriginal women by uniformed Quebec policemen in their patrol cars. Several victims have since been reported missing. The women said they were beaten, handcuffed and raped, and later dumped on the side of
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    • 335 20 Reuters A Colorado woman who was trapped inside her car for six days after losing control and rolling 90m down a mountainside is suing car company General Motors (GM). She claimed that her 2009 Chevrolet Malibu’s safety features failed, court records showed on Wednesday.
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    • 226 20 Reuters At least 42 people died when a bus carrying elderly day trippers collided head-on with a lorry and caught fire near Bordeaux early yesterday, in France’s worst road crash in more than 30 years. Another eight people were
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    • 186 20 AFP Back To The Future writer Bob Gale has revealed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the inspiration for Biff Tannen, the villain. “We thought about it when we made the movie,” Gale told online news outlet The Daily Beast. In Back To
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    • 100 20 The Swedish town of Trollhattan was rocked by scenes of horror on Thursday as a masked man wielding a sword attacked students and teachers as they crouched in darkened classrooms of a school. The attacker, who was shot by police and
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  • Swing
    • editor’s letter
      • 460 2  -  BY S. MURALI I know it is cruel to point out, but the two players who choked at the conclusion of the recent Presidents Cup, which was played in Asia for the first time, were Asian. On the decisive 18th hole, India’s Anirban Lahiri
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    • 758 4  -  WBY SPENCER ROBINSON here are ASIA’S MAJOR MEN? hen Yang Yong Eun hunted down Tiger Woods to win the US PGA Championship in 2009, many sage judges predicted the floodgates would open for Asian golfers at the Major championships. More than six years on from
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    • 701 5 Q A WITH JORDAN SPIETH The 50th staging of the Singapore Open could not have attracted a bigger golfing personality. Jordan Spieth, world No. 2-ranked golfer, winner of two Majors this year and Golfer of the Year 2015 will lend his credentials to the country's national Open, which will be
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    • 915 6  -  BY CLIVE AGRAN ith a hard-earned reputation for being blunt and forthright, let me come straight to the point; how much would you be willing to pay for each shot that I could knock off your handicap? Since golfers will shell out vast sums
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    • Article, Illustration
      413 7  -  FIVE EXERCISES THAT WILL HELP YOU EXECUTE THE TOUGH SHOTS Ron Kaspriske ou might like to spend hours on the range grooving your swing, but from a neurological standpoint, that’s probably not F a good idea, says Golf Digest fitness adviser A Ben Shear. If you only train
      Illustration by John Ritter, exercises by Brown Bird Design  -  413 words
    • tried & tested
      • 266 8  -  BY TAN JU KUANG Titleist isn’t a brand that rolls out new clubs just for the sake of it. So when they bring out a new model, you can bet there’s something significantly progressive in it to help our game. The award-winning, highly popular Titleist
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      • 169 8 For most people, the wedge is the scoring club. You’d be surprised how many strokes you’d shave off your score if you hone your short game with accurate pitches and chips. That said, having the right shaft for your wedges might hold the key to hitting it closer
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    • play it
      • 102 8 Sportade is your go-to sports drink if you don’t like carbonation. Specially formulated to cool your body and to replenish liquid and electrolytes, the isotonic drink provides sodium, potassium and chloride in fruity flavours that please the palate at the same time. Proper hydration through sports drinks
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      • Article, Illustration
        137 8 Ponderosa Golf Country Club in Johor has the answer for golfers who don’t want to get stuck in the jam across the Causeway during the weekends. The club, located in Taman Molek just outside Johor Baru, is now offering tee times as early as 5am. The course
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      • 151 8 It appears that one of the best ways to hydrate is available right at our tropical doorsteps. Coconut water has been gaining traction as the health drink of choice, and UFC Refresh Coconut Water is one premium offering available here. The drink scored between 80 and 90 per
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    • singapore scene
      • 958 9  -  lub’s A Div team play leading role in overall triumph in drama-filled SGA League CSI’S great teamwOrk BY GODFREY ROBERT It has always been dramatic ecstatic for some and heartbreaking for many —on the final day of the English Premier League football season. We have seen shots
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      • 568 10  -  BY DAVID LEE sit S ow that they have conquered the local A amateur scene, the quintet who Won the Singapore Press Holdmgs Gaunt; 2 World Amateur Golfers __,.;-f Championship (SPII—\*\2\GC) are setting their sights on ruling the World. Ron Totton (()—5.4 handicap),
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    • 69 1 SCHOOL SPORTS It’s the final countdown to the 2015 the New paper School Sports Star award brought to you by H-tWo-o. Vote for the winners one boy and one girl at www.tnp.sg/sss15 THEY RAISE ROARSHalep and Sharapova grab the attention ahead of the Wta Finals S20-S21 TNP PHOTO: SHINTAR TAY
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  • sports
    • EPL
      • 1196 2 / 3  -  LVG’s erratic, confusing system must find consistency in Manchester Derby MATCH OF THE WEEKBROUGHT TO YOU BY NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg The Arsenal debacle was supposed to be the great unmasking. That was the moment when the real Red Devils revealed themselves to the world.
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      • 377 2 / 3 Smalling will be future United captain, says van Gaal PA Sport Louis van Gaal believes Chris Smalling is destined to become Manchester United captain. Smalling (right) will be one of the first names on Van Gaal’s teamsheet, when United host City at Old Trafford tomorrow. Van
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      • 252 4 / 5 PA Sport 1) GOAL OF FIRST TWO DECADES Wayne Rooney’s bicycle-kick against Manchester City in 2011 was voted the best of the Premier League’s first 20 seasons. It also helped the striker win the Goal of the Season award on the BBC’s Match of the Day for a
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      • 735 4 / 5 Rooney has much to prove as he turns 30 today AFP. When Wayne Rooney burst onto the international stage at the age of 17 and went on to excel at Euro 2004, the world seemed his oyster. And, as he turns 30 today, the
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      • 593 4 / 5 PA Sport Over two decades have passed, but Bob Pendleton remembers his first glimpse of Wayne Rooney like it was yesterday. On Long Lane playing fields in Aintree, Pendleton was headed for pitch two to collect some unpaid referees’ fees from “Big Nev”, the coach of Copplehouse
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      • 891 6 / 7 PA Sport Manuel Pellegrini has dismissed suggestions he is punishing his Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany for playing for Belgium. Kompany has been on the bench for both City games since Pellegrini expressed frustration that the defender played for his country in a Euro 2016
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      • 172 8 / 9 Wire Services Spanish football faces perhaps its biggest scandal yet, after a linesman claimed he had been told to favour Real Madrid in the El Clasico against Barcelona next month. The official, who has remained anonymous “because of possible reprisals”,
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      • 698 8 / 9 Walcott expected to lead attack again ahead of Giroud Wire Services. Arsenal can go top of the Premier League table, for 24 hours at least, if they beat Everton tomorrow morning (Singapore time) with manager Arsene Wenger in the enviable position of deciding which of his
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      • 201 8 / 9 AFP Germany’s former football chief Theo Zwanziger said yesterday that he was certain that there was a slush fund involved in the bidding process of the 2006 World Cup, as questions mounted over a murky 6.7 million euro ($10.5m) payment to Fifa.
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      • 373 8 / 9 PA Sport Roberto Martinez has stressed the importance of Everton not letting their promising start to the season go to waste. Prior to the disappointing 3-0 home loss to Manchester United last Saturday, the Merseysiders’ only Premier League defeat for the campaign had come at the
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      • 388 8 / 9 AFP Former French diplomat Jerome Champagne yesterday officially entered the running to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of football’s scandalhit governing body Fifa. “I have submitted my candidacy and have the support of five member states (of Fifa),” the 57-year-old Champagne (inset) said. The
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      • 176 10 PA Sport Under pressure Tim Sherwood insists he will deal with the growing uncertainty over his position at Aston Villa. Villa host Swansea tonight second bottom of the Premier League and without a win since the opening day of the season with David Moyes
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      • 630 10 Costa insists he is ‘no angel’ and will continue to be aggressive Wire Services Diego Costa says he is “no angel” but the Chelsea striker will not compromise his combative approach. The 27-year-old Brazil-born Spain striker returned from a threematch retrospective suspension for violent conduct against
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    • racing
      • 547 11 SINGAPORE/ MALAYSIA TRACKWORK Champion stayer QUECHUA looks set to win another piece of silverware tomorrow’s Group 1 Raffles Cup from the way he worked at Kranji yesterday morning. With regular jockey Corey Brown in the saddle, the Patrick Shaw-trained Longines Singapore Gold Cup-Emir-ates
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      • 1634 11  -  By Singapore Turf Club 12:00PM Race 1 (A$*****0) M.V.--1200m 1 2161 Serene Majesty K McEvoy [10] 57 2 1039 Antelucan Scratched [3] 57 3 0761 Haybah S Baster [8] 56 4 2213 Harlem River Ryan Moore [4] 56 5 1348 Lake Geneva J Winks
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      • 403 12 / 13 GROUP 1 RAFFLES CUP Trainer John O’Hara has no reason to doubt SPALATO can bounce back to his best in the $500,000 Group 1 Raffles Cup over 1,800m at Kranji tomorrow. The Elusive City six-year-old was a pale shadow of him- self in the
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      • 1739 12 / 13 24-10-2015 Saturday Race 1 to 3 No Simulcast KOREA 12:00 PM SEOUL 4 CLASS 6 KRW25,000,000Class 6 Allowance 1000m No Form Name 1 02 2 3 4 5 *****9 6 *****7 7 8 75 9 *****2 10 2 11 12 *****5 AgrippaVol Swing Clear First K
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      • 1925 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 1.00 —1600m (LC) (Turf) Stakes: RM18,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 --4052 El Comandante 59 (42) J Daniel* c4 10 (5ag KL Chong-Lucky Nine) 2 11--87 Stub 59 (42) L Sofhan 9 (7arig
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      • 732 14  -  Last night’s Singapore races cancelled because of ‘worsening haze condition’ Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg For the second time, the thick haze from the Indonesian forest fires has claimed a Kranji race meeting. Yesterday, the Singapore Turf Club (STC) had to cancel its race
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      • 564 14 Race 1 Maiden Plate 2200M 1 BAKSTEEN 60 (14-5.10) G V Niekerk (1) 1 5 RHUMBA MAGIC 57 (190-26) T Gould (7) 2 3 KING ONASIS 60 (162-18) K Ramsamy (2) 3 2 SEVENTH BROTHER 60 (33-8) R Danielson (4) 4 Trainer: M Bass. Margins:
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    • EUROPA LEAGUE
      • 148 15 Group A l Fenerbahce 1 Ajax 0 l Molde 3 Celtic 1 Group C l Qabala 1 Dortmund 3 l PAOK Salonika 0 Krasnodar 0 Group D l Midtjylland 1 Napoli 4 l Legia Warsaw 1 Brugge 1 Group E l Rapid Vienna 3 Viktoria Plzen 2 l
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      • 719 15 Klopp confident Reds will improve and insists he’s not on a mission to ‘change football’ Wire Services GROUP B LIVERPOOL 1 (Emre Can 37) RUBIN KAZAN 1 (Marko Devic 15) Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is confident better things are just around the corner after his Anfield
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    • EPL BETTING
      • Article, Illustration
        750 16 / 17  -  GARY LIM BRIAN MILLER DAVID LEE BANKER Expect goals when Foxes play The traditional football punter backs one team and prays hard for that team to come good. It can be an exasperating experience. But there are some bet options that spare you the agony of backing the
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      • 1479 16 / 17  -  Everton unlikely to survive at the Emirates BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg ASTON VILLA v SWANSEA Last season, Swansea beat Villa 1-0 in both their meetings. There have been goals in all but two of their last 10 meetings. The Villans have yet to win at home this season.
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    • 123 18 / 19 England’s Justin Rose took a slender one-shot advantage by carding a second-round four-under 66 to lead the UBS Hong Kong Open yesterday, reported asiantour.com. The world No. 7 posted a twoday total of nine-under 131 to sit atop the leaderboard at the US$2
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    • 140 18 / 19 Young Thai talent Poom Saksansin grabbed the outright lead, after shooting a second consecutive three-under 67 in the second round of the 54-hole PGM Kinrara Championship yesterday. The 22-year-old Thai, who held a share of the overnight lead, broke free of the
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    • 325 18 / 19 Wire Services Non-playing captain Tim Sung insists his young Taiwanese team have “just come here for learning”. But at the halfway stage of the 27th Nomura Cup at Yas Links Abu Dhabi, they are the ones taking their amateur men’s golf rivals
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    • FORMULA 1
      • 621 18 / 19 Vettel penalty boosts Briton’s push for world title on one of his best tracks Reuters Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of winning his third Formula 1 world championship at the US Grand Prix were boosted yesterday morning (Singapore time), when closest rival Sebastian Vettel revealed he would have a
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      • 449 18 / 19 Hamilton says F1 can use big-name US sportsmen to promote racing in the country Reuters Formula 1 should link up with mainstream American sports like basketball and football to reach new audiences in the United States, world champion Lewis Hamilton suggested yesterday morning (Singapore time).
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    • 157 20 / 21 Reuters Precocious 12-year-old Japanese paddler Tomokazu Harimoto faces the most daunting of prospects, after becoming the youngest player to qualify for the main draw of an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world tour event. Harimoto, ranked 286th in the world,
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    • 186 20 / 21 Reuters World No. 2 Lydia Ko stormed into contention at the LPGA Taiwan Championship after firing a second-round five-under 67 yesterday, but South Korean Ji Eun Hee remained in front. Ji, the overnight leader, carded an eventful second-round 69 for a nineunder 135
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    • TENNIS
      • 658 20 / 21  -  All potential winners, Halep, Sharapova and Muguruza grab the spotlight Reports by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg When Spanish darling and the No. 2 on the WTA Road to Singapore singles leaderboard, Garbine Muruguza, was introduced by emcee Andrew Krasny, schoolgirls’ shrieks of “Simona!” could be heard
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      • 495 20 / 21 Great excitement as two top guns drawn together for opening stage of WTA Finals It drew oohs and aahs from the crowd, and a few gasps as well. But, when Singapore Tourism Board chief executive Lionel Yeo drew top seed Simona Halep and five-time Grand
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    • 125 22 / 23  -  JESLEEN SOH The Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) and Republic Polytechnic signed a three-year agreement yesterday in an effort to raise the quality of aquatic sports in the country. The collaboration between the SSA and RP’s School of Sports, Health and Leisure aims to capitalise on
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    • 102 22 / 23  -  DAVID LEE Brunei DPMM FC beat Harimau Muda 2-0 in Malacca to extend their lead at the top of the Great EasternYeo’s S.League standings to six points over Balestier Khalsa. Both goals were scored in a six-minute spell in the first half, with Brian McLean netting
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    • RUGBY WORLD CUP
      • 623 22 / 23 All Blacks will have one eye on Habana, who is more than just a rugby superstar AFP South Africa’s Bryan Habana goes into today’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Twickenham just one try short of breaking Jonah Lomu’s tournament record of 15. Habana (right), who as
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      • 429 22 / 23 Attacking style has reaped dividends for South Americans Reuters Argentina’s Matias Moroni is part of a new generation of Pumas making their mark at the Rugby World Cup with a daring attacking game that has yielded 26 tries in five matches and a place in the semi-finals.
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      • 654 24 Showing off different styles, two old rivals meet in a ‘do-or-die’ mission Wire Services The All Blacks and Springboks clash again in rugby union’s biggest rivalry today, when New Zealand speed takes on South African muscle in a World Cup semi-final at Twickenham. All Blacks coach
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    • ON TV
      • 147 22 / 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: ASTON VILLA v SWANSEA Singtel TV Ch 103 StarHub TV Ch 228 (mio Stadium), 9.55pm LEICESTER v CRYSTAL PALACE Singtel TV Ch 104 StarHub TV Ch 229 (mio Stadium), 9.55pm STOKE v WATFORD Singtel TV Ch 105 StarHub TV Ch 230 (mio Stadium), 9.55pm NORWICH
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      • 59 22 / 23 WTA FINALS SINGAPORE Tomorrow: OPENING CEREMONY StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 7pm SINGLES AND DOUBLES ROUND ROBIN StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 7.30pm LUXEMBOURG OPEN Today: day 6 StarHub TV Ch 212 (Eurosport), 9pm KREMLIN CUP Today: SEMI-FINALS Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 8.30pm VIENNA OPEN
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      • 32 22 / 23 UBS HONG KONG OPEN Today: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 1pm LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 3 Singtel TV Ch 114 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 12pm
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      • 19 22 / 23 US GRAND PRIX Tomorrow: QUALIFYING Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports 2), 1.30am
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      • 22 22 / 23 WORLD CUP Today: S-FINAL: SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND Singtel TV Ch 115 StarHub TV Ch 209 (FOX Sports 2), 10.55pm
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