The New Paper, 14 November 2015

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    • 56 1 ELDERLY MAN DIES OF HEAD INJURIES Bedok flat neighbour says: I went over and saw his son sitting on sofa in a daze ›5 POLY STUDENT JAILED FOR POISONING 13 BOYS OVER 3 YEARS WITH LAXATIVES He wanted to see them suffer to satisfy his sick ›2 sexual fetish PHOTO:
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    • 40 1 0 TAMPINES 1 MALL Mini fire, maxi smoke ›10 ACTOR VINCENT NG FINDS PEACE IN SENTOSA COVE APARTMENT: Not many recognise me here TNP PHOTO: DALENE LOW ›8 TNP PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO HARISS HARUN: We must get result against Syria›S24
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  • news
    • 733 2 / 3  -  Poly student made boys take laxatives and send him video clips of themselves being sick Reports by Reports by ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg He drugged 13 boys over a span of three years on the pretext of conducting an experiment for a
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    • 503 2 / 3 Ignoring a fetish could bring peril to a sufferer. This is the view of psychiatrist Munidasa Winslow who said that Sean Chew Jun Yang’s fetishistic disorder —where he derived sexual pleasure watching boys vomiting and defecating was no different from other forms
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    • 46 4 4.6% That’s how much retail sales in Singapore increased in September, compared with the same month last year. But this was mainly because of a 48.3 per cent jump in vehicle sales. Without that, takings fell 1.4 per cent from a year earlier.
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    • 180 4 The US targeted British Islamic State leader “Jihadi John” in an air strike in northern Syria and evidence was growing on Friday that he had been killed. A US official said that Thursday’s attack in Raqqa probably killed Mohammed Emwazi, a British citizen who was nicknamed
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    • 320 4 Minister: Do your part to conserve water The water level in Johor’s Linggiu Reservoir has dropped to a historic low and Singapore’s water supply could be affected if the dry weather continues, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said yesterday. Rainfall
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    • 181 4 Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad (left) has said there is a possibility that he may be charged after the police questioned him last week over his role at the Bersih 4 rally and asking the Prime Minister to resign. “Thinking it over afterwards, I
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    • 144 4 The People’s Action Party has unveiled its new line-up of backbencher committees that will scrutinise government legislation. There will be 12 government parliamentary committees (GPCs) for the 13th Parliament of Singapore, which will first sit on Jan 15 next year. All the GPCs are
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    • 148 4 Two Malaysian-registered buses one with students on board were caught smuggling cigarettes into Singapore over the past week, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said. Early on Nov 6 morning, 69 cartons and 112 packets of cigarettes were found on a bus taking six students
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    • 161 5 A housewife in Malaysia was sentenced to two years’ jail after she admitted to burying her nine-year-old son’s body under the kitchen floor in March this year. Tan Boa Jia (right), 33, told the Selayang magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur that she did
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    • 334 5  -  Man arrested after father dies in attack at home Report by MELANIE HENG mheng@sph.com.sg An elderly man died after he was attacked in his Bedok North Avenue 2 flat yesterday. A 41-year-old man, believed to be his son, has been arrested. Mr
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    • 844 6  -  Management takes action for ‘residents’ safety’ after cobbler’s drunk friend turns violent Report by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg Mr Ng Ah Bah, 70, is a wellknown figure at Katong Plaza. The cobbler was featured in The New Paper last year after taking his wheel-chair-bound
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    • 844 8 / 9  -  Former actor Vincent Ng may call Sentosa Cove home but he is still a heartland boy Reports by JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg Former local actor and martial arts champion Vincent Ng is best remembered as heartland cop Ricky Soh in the Channel 5 series Heartlanders in the
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    • 515 8 / 9 He paid $3.3 million for his three-bedroom The Oceanfront condominium apartment in Sentosa Cove four years ago. But celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee joked that he ended up buying the swanky 1,700 sq ft digs for his maid. The 44-year-old, who spends most of his time
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    • 426 10  -  Mini Cooper at Tampines 1 carpark catches fire Report by MELANIE HENG mheng@sph.com.sg When the first of three fire alarms went off, he thought it was a false alarm as no one was panicking. It was only when the second fire alarm sounded and
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    • 104 10 The police appealed last night for information on the whereabouts of Mr Dinnis Fraser Gary Adam (left). The 50-year-old was last seen at Trevose Crescent around 4pm on Thursday. He was wearing a blue short-sleeved checkered shirt, long black pants and black shoes at the
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    • 660 11  -  Two cops who fought Little India hotel fire and helped to evacuate guests given award Report by SITI NUR AISHA OMAR omarsiti@sph.com.sg When a fire broke out at Broadway Hotel in Little India on Jan 25 this year, it could have ended with
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    • 142 12 AFP Undercover Israeli agents pretending to transport a pregnant woman raided a West Bank hospital and killed a Palestinian while arresting his cousin over a knife attack, officials said on Thursday. The Palestinian health ministry said 21 agents participated in the raid targeting Azzam
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    • 491 12 Three US teens charged with making terrorist threats in wake of University of Missouri turmoil The University of Missouri turmoil has raised tensions on US university campuses, where marches or walkouts have taken place this week as students protest what they see as
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    • 213 12 Reuters A holiday advertisement by Bloomingdale’s that encourages drink spiking was trending heavily on social media on Thursday with some critics saying the image promotes date rape. The ad, which was released in Bloomingdale’s 2015 holiday catalogue and was meant to advertise Rebecca Minkoff merchandise,
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    • 450 13 Nine East-West Line stations affected from tomorrow as SMRT replaces ageing sleepers The Straits Times Around 14 per cent of the ageing timber sleepers on the East-West Line (EWL) have been replaced with concrete ones, and the project is steaming ahead to finish
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    • 567 14 People living near KL highway mudslide barely had time to escape Fortunately, no one died in the landslide along the highway that people can use to get to Genting Highlands. But Wednesday’s disaster on the Karak highway saw some close shaves, not only
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    • VOCAL
      • YOUR SAY
        • 315 16  -  SINGAPORE-JAPAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER FROM READER C. L. CHEW I watched part of the qualifier between Singapore and Japan on Thursday with trepidation. What I feared would happen did —as it always does with Singapore football. A lot of hope and expectation that always end up with
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        • 158 16  -  FROM READER JOHNNY LEE The real supporters of Singapore football will turn up only if the national team has a transformation. The current crop of players can’t attract more supporters. Bernd Stange needs to do more scouting to get more players. I was wondering
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        • 181 16  -  VANDALISM OR ART? FROM TAN SEE NIN SENIOR DIRECTOR, PHYSICAL PLANNING, URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND KENNETH KWOK DIRECTOR, ARTS YOUTH, NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL We refer to Mr Joe Tan’s letter “Vandalism or work of art” (Nov 12). The space under the Commonwealth
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    • 146 17 AFP German police said on Friday they had found the bodies of “probably seven” babies in an apartment after being alerted by a woman in the southern state of Bavaria. “Officers found several bodies of infants. The police and prosecutor... believe that there
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    • 398 17 Woman gets eight years for tricking victim by posing as a man A woman was jailed for eight years by a British court on Thursday after tricking a friend she met on Facebook into having sex with her by disguising herself as a
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    • FASH BASH
      • 670 18 / 19  -  Selena Gomez turns a corner in her personal style and manages to escape the smorgasbord of sartorial nuttiness this week, says JEANMARIE TAN JEANMARIE TAN I could wear things I had long ruled out for myself, like Jean shorts and midriff-showing tops. Basically I could dress like
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    • 184 20 AFP After sparking ridicule with a proposal to build a prison island for drug convicts surrounded by crocodiles, Indonesia’s anti-drug chief has now gone further revealing yesterday that he also wants tigers and piranhas as guards. In an idea that seemed to
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    • 313 20 Man in China executed for murdering two officials who denied his children benefits AFP China has executed a man for murdering two birth control officials, state media said, in a case that has highlighted tensions caused by the country’s recently abolished “one child” restrictions. He
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 289 21 watch ’em 15TH GLOBAL CHINESE MUSIC AWARDS Channel U, 7pm The Global Chinese Music Awards is held annually in different countries. This highly prestigious music award ceremony is jointly organised by 7 major radio stations globally, including Singapore’s Y.E.S 93.3FM. Channel 5 VasanThaM pm 12.30 Films And Stars 1.00 Britain’s
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  • 373 22  -  By Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg Is exercising in the morning or evening better for you? Ms Jennifer Tang, 37, a personal trainer with 12 years of industry experience, said: “There has been no conclusive evidence to show whether exercising in the morning or evening
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  • sports
    • EURO 2016 QUALIFIER
      • Article, Illustration
        62 2 / 3 0 Sweden have not won or scored in a home qualifying game against Denmark (drawn once and lost once). 8 Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the jointthird highest scorer in Euro 2016 qualifying with eight goals. 2000 Morten Olsen will step down at the end of Denmark’s Euro
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      • 972 2 / 3  -  Swedes can’t rely on one-man band to down Denmark NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg With his prominent nose, sharp chin and ponytail, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has always looked like he should be standing at the head of a Viking ship. His appearance makes it more than
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      • 147 2 / 3 Three-time Olympic medallist Feng Tianwei is out of the Swedish Open table tennis women’s singles event, following her defeat by world No. 46 Tetyana Bilenko yesterday. The world No. 7 Singaporean lost 4-3 (6-11,11-7, 6-11,11-6, 6-11,11-9, 11-5) to the Ukrainian in the
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    • EURO 2016
      • 158 4 / 5 Wire Services The Germany football team had to vacate the posh Hotel Molitor in Paris for a few hours due to a bomb scare yesterday. The hotel said it received an anonymous call in the morning, claiming a bomb in its premises. Police
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      • 552 4 / 5 Eastern European side on the brink of first major tournament in 30 years PA Sport PLAY-OFF, 1ST LEG NORWAY 0 HUNGARY1 (Laszlo Kleinheisler 26) Hungary boss Bernd Storck stressed his side’s job was not yet done and called for focus in the return clash, after they pipped
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      • 146 4 / 5 Wire Services The World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil yesterday was rescheduled to this morning, after heavy rain made play impossible. A torrential downpour over the Argentinian capital left the pitch at the famed Monumental Stadium heavily waterlogged. “The bad weather made
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      • 493 4 / 5 After losing all five previous play-offs, Ukraine hope their sixth attempt will be successful Wire Services Ukrainian football fans could be forgiven for thinking that they have been hit with a play-off curse. The eastern European side have lost the two-legged knock-out ties all five times,
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    • 128 6 / 7  -  JESLEEN SOH The Singapore Swimming Association topped the figures event’s 13-15 and 16-18 age groups on the opening day of the National Open Sychronised Swimming Championships at the OCBC Aquatic Centre yesterday. Speediswim Club’s SPEEDI (SPEED) won the bronze for the 13-15s, while Aquatic
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 562 6 / 7 Mata and Xavi believe Rooney will rediscover his best form Wire Services Juan Mata believes Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney deserves respect rather than the scrutiny and scorn of late. The 30-year-old has enjoyed a record-breaking start to the season, but becoming England’s alltime top scorer
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      • 197 6 / 7 Wire Services He has won the Ballon d’Or for the last two years, but it won’t be a three-peat for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid superstar admitted that Argentinian Lionel Messi, who won the treble with Barcelona last season, is the favourite to win
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      • 797 6 / 7 Ronaldo talks about respect for Ferguson, although he can’t understand his accent Wire Services Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he still cannot understand what Sir Alex Ferguson is saying. The Real Madrid forward describes Ferguson as a “father” figure who was vital in shaping
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      • 725 8 Rodriguez has a pop at Real boss, who questioned his fitness Wire Services CONMEBOL CHILE 1 (Arturo Vidal 45+1) COLOMBIA 1 (James Rodriguez 68) Real Madrid star James Rodriguez sent his manager Rafael Benitez a thinly veiled message while on international duty yesterday morning (Singapore
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      • 545 16 Spanish football chief fined and warned over bad behaviour Reuters Fifa’s ethics committee said yesterday that it had fined and warned Spanish football chief and veteran Fifa official Angel Maria Villar over his conduct during its investigation into the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World
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    • 125 16 Reuters Roger Federer believes tennis players should undergo more anti-doping tests to ensure the sport does not suffer the problems that have mired athletics. The 17-time Grand Slam champion said he is still surprised when he walks off court and is not routinely asked to
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    • racing
      • 107 9 YESTERDAY’S KRANJI TRACKWORK BY TOMORROW’S RUNNERS: RACE1: Deauville 42.8. Gold Pin 36.4. RACE 2: Warship (MM Firdaus) 44.3. Bail Out 45.1. RACE 4: Professor X (O Chavez) 36. Trinity (Firdaus) 40.6. Third Prince (CC Wong) 35.9. RACE 5: Mighty Kenny HH (Firdaus) 36.7. RACE 6: In Fact (B
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      • 638 9 LONGINES SINGAPORE GOLD CUP While opinions are divided whether STEPITUP can make history by becoming the first horse to win the Singapore Triple Crown tomorrow, trainer Laurie Laxon is not losing sleep over it. To the nine-time Singapore champion trainer, the valiant son of Hussonet
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      • 638 9 Race 1 Maiden Plate 1000M 2 MOMENTOUS 60 (29-10) Z Matwa (2) 1 3 WHINKING CASANOVA 60 (49-11) D Baase (5) 2 1 CAPTAIN KING 60 (10-7) Y Thuthu (3) 3 15 GRAND CHRISTINE 58.5 (999-121) T Mkhuthukana (14) 4 Trainer: T Laing. Margins: 1.25,
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      • 1928 10 / 11 Race 1 C5 D1 1200m 10 A LOT IN HAND 55 c 51 (44-18) A Syahir* (4) 2 2 1 (497) 12 HEAVENLY GIFT 53.5 c 51.5 (26-9) CC Wong* (5) 4 1 2 (464) 1 4 ZAC COMMAND 57 c 53 (48-14) CK
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      • 719 10 / 11  -  GROUP 2 EW BARKER TROPHY Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg GOLD RUTILE, the only female contender in the capacity field of 16, sprang a big upset by gunning down the $15 favourite Spalato in the Group 2 EW Barker Trophy over 1,400m at Kranji
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      • 222 10 / 11 Apprentice Syahir Abdul never knew the taste of victory let alone a placing until last night when he finally earned his first win aboard A LOT IN HAND in the opening race. The Ang Mo Kio lad (above) has stood in
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      • 1649 10 / 11  - 14-11-15 SATURDAY KOREA RACING RACE CARD (SAND TRACK) By Singapore Turf Club NO SIMULCAST FOR RACE 1 TO RACE 3 Race 4 12:00PM (KRW25,000,000) Seoul --1300m 1 *****6 Dia Banji 53 [1] Yoon Young Min 1.9% Choi Sang Sik 4.0% 2 55 Dangdae Geoljak 54 [2] Seo Seung Un 14.1%
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      • 979 12 / 13  -  Is there anything more thrilling for the owner, trainer and jockey than winning theLongines Singapore Gold Cup? Report by BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg How do you describe a horse race which has been around for, well, donkey’s years yet still manages to hold the affection of
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      • 446 12 / 13 Not one to give too much away before a big race, or any other race for that matter, British jockey Alan Munro was showing guarded optimism about his Longines Singapore Gold Cup ride FASTNET DRAGON. The Epsom Derby-winning jockey boasts four
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      • HONG KONG RACES
        • 1397 14 / 15  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) THUNDERSTROKE (6) gave a cheeky sight after being pressured on the lead for a third to rival Natural Eight and went one
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        • 1568 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$600,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 BERNARD’S CHOICE T K NG C K TONG 133 1 2 HEY PRANCER K L MAN K TEETAN 133 14 3 JET SET
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      • 1630 14 / 15  -  By Singapore Turf Club AUSTRALIA FEED (#OTH2) 12:13PM Race 1 (A$18,500) Tauran--2100m 1 6091 Martiniz Special Z W Moki (3.0) [7] 59 2 4514 Maid Of Steel V Colgan [12] 58.5 3 1216 Eksuude S Collett [2] 57.5 4 3580 Augusta National U A Holmquist
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    • 164 18 AFP Stephen Curry scored 46 points as the Golden State Warriors parlayed the perfect start to the season into the best in franchise history with a 129-116 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday morning (Singapore time). Curry scored 21 of his game-high total
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    • 724 18 IAAF could impose Olympics ban on country for ‘state-sponsored’ doping AFP Russia, accused of “statesponsored” doping, have said they are ready to establish a new anti-doping agency hours before world athletics chiefs meet with exclusion from the 2016 Olympics a potential long-term consequence for Moscow. Sebastian Coe,
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    • 350 19 Reuters Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was feeling good for Monday morning’s (Singapore time) Brazilian Grand Prix after making a delayed arrival in Sao Paulo on Thursday due to sickness and a car accident. “I’m on the up-slope, so I am a
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    • GOLF
      • 159 20 / 21 Reuters Park Inbee put down her golf clubs for eight days after withdrawing from her last start due to a cyst in her finger, but showed no ill effects as she took the opening-round lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational yesterday morning
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      • Article, Illustration
        801 20 / 21  -  Local knowledge puts Laguna pro in comfort zone, but two Thais could change the equation Report by IAN DE COTTA npsports@sph.com.sg l The writer is a freelancer Scott Barr went out to meet The Beast yesterday morning, focused on keeping his nose clean. That’s what the World Classic
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      • 183 20 / 21 AFP Justin Rose may need to overtake Lucas Bjerregaard again, if he is to seize pole position in the Race To Dubai after the Dane moved three shots clear at the BMW Masters yesterday. Bjerregaard, who was pipped by Rose to
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      • 628 20 / 21  -  Lee shows great fighting spirit to preserve unbeaten record Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg She was born in Canada, grew up in Hawaii, and relocated to Singapore. And “homesick” mixed martial arts fighter Angela Lee admitted the overwhelming pressure and emotions almost did her in when she represented
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      • 864 22 / 23  -  Tampines’ title fight with DPMM will go down to the last day of the season report by GABRIEL TAN npsports@sph.com.sg ALBiREx NiiGATA 0 TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Rodrigo Tosi 53) Jurong East Stadium is a place that V Sundramoorthy holds dearly to his heart. It was where
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      • 258 22 / 23  -  GABRIEL TAN For the third time in four years, the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League title race will go down to the wire. Tampines Rovers’ victory over Albirex Niigata last night has kept alive the twohorse race between them and Brunei DPMM till the final day next
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    • 397 22 / 23  -  Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Some 100 school children from West View Primary School and Regent Secondary School received an early Christmas gift yesterday from the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) and Quanhe Woo Palmer (QWP) LLC. The children each received a rugby ball
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      • 29 22 / 23 NBA Today: TORONTO RAPTORS v NEW ORLEANS PELICANS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 8.30am NEW YORK KNICKS v CLEVELAND CAVALIERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am
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      • 47 22 / 23 WBSC PREMIER 12 Today: VENEZUELA v DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 12pm HOLLAND v PUERTO RICO Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 12.30pm USA v JAPAN Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 6pm TAIWAN v CUBA Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 6.30pm
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    • 697 24  -  After deserved Japan defeat, Hariss is out to avenge undeserved loss to Syria WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Against Japan on Thursday, the Lions were the hunted as the Samurai Blue successfully set the record straight with a 3-0 win over a Singapore side
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