The New Paper, 1 April 2004

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  • 20 1 the new paper WE'RE SINGAPORE'S NO.l TABLOID THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 the new paper
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    • 44 1 expected TlJ^l^^B Japan Ul^ulll goal-feast IlKlljS^l Lions B|^^^^HHH defy odds H|^HHH|H They are happy but were most punters Penang parents of 3 girls JJ with genetic disorder told: H Oldest, 9, (left) is half the height of average girl her age Plctnrcy feminine magazine
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  • NEWS
    • 902 2 PENANG GIRLS' GENETIC DISORDER WHEN the doctor handed her her baby girl in 1995, Madam Qiu Ying Zhen knew something was not quite right. The infant had a big bony lump on her chest. Doctors could not conclude what it was, so
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    • 159 2 THREE huge suitcases full of clothes and toys were standing in' the Guos' living room when a Guang Ming Daily reporter arrived. Pei Bao was standing guard over them. "We're going to Kuala Lumpur! I'm so excited," she told the reporter. Even Pei Fan and Pei
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    • 96 2 MORQUIO Syndrome is a condition where the body cannot absorb glucose. Children with Morquio lack an enzyme that breaks down complex sugars. The incompletely broken down sugars remain stored in cells in the body causing progressive damage. Estimates have varied between one in 40,000 births to less than
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    • 295 2 What's on TV? Pages 38 39 News IQ: Page 19 ffrwd&u 1 Wedding Do accept our heartfelt invitation to HOB Hub Auditorium where we have painstakingly arranged for an intimate and 9 spectacular Wedding Workshop to inspire you and your chosen one in every aspect of your wedding plans Rest
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 538 3  -  By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph. com.sg STEP into Tan Tock Seng Hospital today and be pleasantly surprised by the smooth flow of human traffic. There are no more queue posts and stations to take temperatures. Visitors no longer need to have a thermometer pushed
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    • 109 3 IN July last year, the then incoming Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan had said hospitals would be crossing over into yellow alert, from orange alert. He pointed out then that a true stand-down situation would be green, but it would come only when the world
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    • 86 3 Yellow: Temperature checks and full protective gear N95 mask, gown, gloves and goggles for medical staff in the emergency department, isolation wards and intensive care units. Masks also required when treating patients with fever. Orange: Restrictions on hospital visits. Full protective gear may be extended to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 461 5  -  Sold-out tickets for the S'pore-Japan match were being auctioned off at ridiculous prices. Yet nothing could stop these fans By Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph. com. sg FOR a moment, those of us lucky enough to have been around during the Malaysia Cup days,
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    • 267 5 AMID the sea of blue jerseys and colourful banners, someone with a head of white hair looked on eagerly as the players filed out. Mr Kawada Takeshi (with wife, in picture above) is 68, and an ardent fan of Hidetoshi Nakata. Sporting
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    • 326 6  -  ALLEGED DREAM JOB CON REPORT AND PICTURE By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph. com.sg WERE they happy when they heard the man who took their money had been arrested for alleged cheating? No, they shouted at the man who made a police report against him. The
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    • 54 6 A SINGAPOREAN was charged in court yesterday in connection with cheating the trainee oil-riggers. William Ong, 40, faces three charges of cheating. If found guilty, Ong can be jailed up to seven years and fined He is currently in remand at Central Police Division. He will appear in
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    • 49 6 EMANUEL B. COUTURE 2004 BRIDAL SHOW a Date: 11" 1 April 2004 (Sunday) Time 2:00 pm Venue CHIJMES Chapel Costs $18 per couple (refreshment inclusive) worth ofp rizes lo be won F'lease a'oss-':heque' Emanuel B. Couture 41 Tras Street. Singapore *****0 Utopia THEdge robin Flux photography photography photography photoimaging
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    • 106 6 Singapore's First CMa*>ar*e*e Indulge In Over 50 Varieties Of Traditional Handmade Chinese Dim Sum And Japanese Sushi E Lunch 16.80++ (Adult), $9.80++ (CMM betow 10 yrs old) Add $2 on Sal. Sun A P H. Dinner (Adult). $12,80.-. yrs old) I 14.80 m Muia $9.80** (Child Mow 10 yrs Old)
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  • 620 8  -  of the Singapore Sports School SINGAPORE SSS medal tally Athletics National Schools Cross Country: 1 gold, 1 bronze. SPH Schools Relays 4 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronzes, 4 meet records. (The SPH relays continue today.) Badminton First in North Zone C Boys' meet.
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  • 438 9 Six Singaporeans nabbed in JB drug raids MALAYSIA ALMOST 850 large bottles of outlawed cough mixture were found during a raid on a warehouse in Johor on Sunday. The raid was one in a series by the Johor police over the past two weeks that
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  • WORLD
    • 604 10 HUSBAND SUSPECTED OF PLOTTING RICH WIFE'S MURDER IT was a murder that shook Atlanta's rich and famous in 1987. Mrs Lita McClinton Sullivan, 35, was fatally shot at the doorway of her townhouse by a gunman carrying a box of pink roses. The killing occurred
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    • 273 11 IT was supposed to be a night of family fun at a Returned Services League (RSL) club in suburban Sydney. But it soon degenerated into a brawl with two audience members taking on an entire troupe of costume-clad wrestlers. Ironically billed as "the brawl
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    • 328 12 Pilot tries to hold on to brain tumour man in US, but he tumbles out of plane ONE minute, the retired land developer was talking to the pilot. The next, he was taking off his helmet and trying to jump out of the
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    • 387 13 A FORMER fastfood outlet manager was accused of forcing a 19-year-old female worker to submit to a three-hour strip search in the restaurant's back office in South Dakota. But Mr Allan Mathis was acquitted last month of kidnapping and seconddegree rape in connection with
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  • 318 15 WORLD HIS lawyers insist there isn't enough evidence to link him to the crime. But on Tuesday, former nurse Daisuke Mori of Sendai, Japan, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing an elderly patient and attempting to murder four others. Asahi Shimbun reported
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 378 16 MRT fares might go up to help bear security costs Many buildings have no insurance cover against terror attacks DONT be surprised if your MRT fares go up. That is what commuters will have to do to bear part of the costs of increasing security on
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    • 58 16 A NEW statutory board plans to export examination papers prepared here. It is also considering setting tests for mathematics and science for overseas students to benchmark themselves since these are Singapore students' strongest subjects. The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board hopes that such papers will become standard
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    • 81 16 CLARKE Quay's G-Max reverse bungee ride has been given the permit to operate round the clock. However, operator Frontier Sports says it will not go on 24-hours just yet. For now, the ride will be open late only on weekends and public holidays, like New Year's
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    • 63 16 AUDIT, accounting and law firms here will enjoy a 50 per cent tax exemption on their overseas profits, says the Economic Development Board (EDB). This is to encourage professional services firms to use Singapore as their operational hub. All 5,000 such firms here could potentially benefit from
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    • 73 16 TWO daughters of the founding member of the Hong Leong Group of companies are suing their brother for more than $100 million. Madam Quek Seok Choo and Madam Kwek Lay Choo have filed a civil suit against Mr Kwek Leng Kee, the deputy managing director of Hong
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    • 269 16 WOODLANDS FLAT FIRE, CULPRfT DIES OF ASTHMA THE man who killed her husband and left her disfigured is now dead. But Madam Chua Yu Yan (above, wearing a pressure garment), 31, will never forgive him for what he did to her. "It's his retribution.
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    • 52 16 S'POWE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 11.20/+0.78 Creative Technology 10.85/-0.05 Flextronics 17.15/unch Chartered Semiconductor 9.48/-0.02 Stats 9.971/-0.089 Yesterday's Percentage p action change ose Dow Down 0.23% (24 pts) 10,357.7 Nasdaq Down 0.32% (6.41 pts) 1,994.22 S+P 500 Up 0.02% (0.26 pts) 1,127.26 STI Up 0.8%
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 32 16 Dilbert /Scott Adams DOCTOR DOGBEftT SHOU)lj| T Hlf\ SLEEP AND THE PP.OBLEIA TODAY WELL MEET A AGIOANTIC HOT 000 |IS THAT HE^SNC^ES. COUPLE WHO HAVE A 4 I I COttf"\ON PROBLEM. j
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  • TECH
    • 588 17  -  Report and pictures By Lan Tan tanyhi@sph. com.sg In January, there was much fanfare when Creative and Microsoft announced the new breed of Portable Media Centers (PMCs). Essentially a "video iPod", these Windows-powered handhelds allow you to watch videos, view photographs
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    • 432 18  -  By Oo Gin Lee tnp@sph.com.sg NOW you can also choose an HP machine if you are looking to order a desktop PC directly from the manufacturer. HP Singapore has just launched its Configure-To-Order scheme where customers can call or go online to order
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  • 251 21 TECH Wire services. INTERNET security experts have warned that the creators of some of the latest viruses are using computers infected by the bugs to run online scams to get credit card information from unsuspecting buyers. Many recent bugs open a back door to
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  • 246 23 TECH Wire services. CHINA will intensify its crackdown on pirated movies, computer software and other goods. It is hoping to improve business conditions as it prepares to host the 2008 Olympics. Officials plan to launch an operation called Spring Thunderbolt to seize and destroy pirated
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  • 290 25 Developed by Indian scientists, it costs $370 TECH Wire services. A handheld computer, designed by Indian scientists for those with a low budget, is now on sale for 9,950 rupees ($370) after a delay of nearly three years. Simputer's software was developed by
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  • Hey! Showtime&Lifestyle
    • 726 27  -  STORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2004 By Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph.com.sg ITS that time of the year again when you dust off the pashmina, reach deeper into your pockets and turn culture vultures. The Singapore Arts Festival from May 28 to Jun 20 promises to
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    • 364 27 THIS may seem like flogging-a dead horse, but a reminder won't hurt. Etiquette. Do you want to be one of those people who gets locked out at an Esplanade performance? We didn't think so. So here's a couple of simple reminders: To eat or not to
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    • 192 28 Manager: I believe it slipped his mind ON Monday, we reported that Li Nanxing (right) had left Media Corp. He had told us that after signing a five-year contract with artiste management company LNX Global last June, he wasn't obliged to work with MediaCorp exclusively.
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    • 204 28 Mini Gu-er's bag goes missing GIRL band Mini Gu-er had a scare when they were in town to promote their debut album recently. One of the girls' bags was stolen from the resting area while they performed at the Republic Polytechnic last Tuesday. The quartet is made up of Weiyu
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    • 297 29 ONE little Singaporean girl left a huge impression on Taiwanese girl band S.H.E. Poh Wei Xi, a 13-year-old kidney patient, first met S.H.E in October 2002, when the band of three visited the Shaw NKF Children's Kidney Centre. The girls said they remembered her
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    • 286 29 STEPHEN Fung (extreme left) is the most handsome director in Hong Kong. This compliment came from girlfriend Karen Mok (above). Karen, who also has a role in Stephen's first directorial feature, Enter The Phoenix, said over the phone that Stephen was a very patient director
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    • 384 30  -  SHOP-A -HOLIC By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg IF the Miss Singapore Universe hopefuls reign in their slinky black gowns at this Saturday's finals, they have Perfect In Black to thank. This Asian clothing label, located at Scotts Shopping Centre, has been dressing beauty-queen-wannabes since it launched
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    • 129 31  -  By stylist Marcus AC It's okay to dress in black from head to toe to a cocktail party or a wedding dinner but not to the office. You can soften the look by wearing a coloured jacket or scarf in the day, then replacing it with
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    • 77 31 JEAN-PAUL QAULTIER This Parisian couturier simply can't get enough of black. Season after season, he unleashes sexy black pants, dresses and even sexier black corsets. Croatian pianist Maksim raided the boutique in Paragon Shopping Centre when he was in town last year. CHAOS AT
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    • 58 45 THE Singapore Totalisator Board has announced the following as Management Committee of the Singapore Turf Club with effect from today: Koh Yong Guan (Chairman), Chang See Hiang, Wong Nang Jang, Dr Kwa S6on Bee, Tan Soo Kiang, Yap Kim Wah, Peter Chong, Andre Ruyters, Kwah
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    • 493 46  -  RUGBY: IRB SEVENS SERIES (standard chartered sevens store 2004) By Ernest Luis npsports@sph. com. sg THERE'S good news for Singapore rugby fans who like to hold on to their money even if there's a world-class event on their doorstep. Firstly, tickets for the Standard Chartered Singapore Sevens
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    • 195 46 WHEN: Sat 11.30am-Bpm, Sun ll.3oarrvB.3opm WHERE: National Stadium COUNTRIES: 16 (Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, USA) TICKET: Grandstand $121 (18 and below $31); gallery $66 (13-18 $16); free gallery entry for children 12 and
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    • 375 47  -  WORLD CUP 2006 (ASIAN GROUP STAGE QUALIFIER): SINGAPORE 1 JAPAN 2 FIERY JAPANESE SKIPPER HIDETOSHI NAKATA SAYS: BY WANG MENG MENG npsports@sph. cotn.sg THIS is no April Fools'joke, Hidetoshi Nakata has spoken. Probably relieved of the tension of playing a pre-World Cup Qualifier for his country, the
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    • 318 47 FANATICAL JAPANESE FAN ASAHI UEDA SAYS: EVER wondered how the word 'Ultra Nippon' came about? The New Paper has the answer, thanks to our encounter with Japan's No 1 fan Asahi Ueda (right). His status as his country's Numero Uno supporter isn't a self-declared
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    • 644 48  -  By ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph. com.sg JAPAN would likely thrash Singapore by four goals or more. That was the strong sentiment among punters before the World Cup Qualifier at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The conventional wisdom was that Japan would go all-out to improve their goals tally
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    • 698 48  -  WORLD CUP 2006 (ASIAN GROUP STAGE QUALIFIER): SINGAPORE 1 (Indra Sahdan Daud 63rd min) JAPAN 2 (Naohiro Takahara 34, Toshiya Fujita 82) COMMENT WANG MENG MENG NOW that it's all done and dusted, it's time for some home truths. Sad to say, Singapore's blood-and-guts' 2-1
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    • 320 48 2ttl«taMbK Shinji Ono picks up a stray clearance from 25 metres out and lashes a volley that goes wide. M ate In a frenetic sequence, Atsushi Yanagisawa and Ono have excellent chances to score with headers but both power their efforts off target. lOlh ate Indra Sahdan nearly
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    • 454 49  - I SEE, I SHOOT MASUK* LAH! WORLD CUP 2006 (ASIAN GROUP STAGE QUALIFIER): SINGAPORE 1 JAPAN 2 INDRASAHDAN SCORES 'DREAM GOAL': s= By WANG MENG MENG npsports@sph.com.sg THAT'S how an ecstatic Indra Sahdan summed up his dream goal. Hailed a true football hero for the Lions, the quicksilver striker punctured
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    • EURO 2004 WARM-UP
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        692 50 IRELAND 2 (lan Harte 52, Robbie Keane 90) CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Milan Baros 81) Crowd: 42,000 20-MATCH UNBEATEN RUN OVER PA Sport. THE Republic of Ireland followed up their goalless draw against world champions Brazil with an impressive victory over the Czech Republic. The Czechs are one of
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      • 210 51 CROATIA 2 TURKEY 2 Reuters. TURKEY fought back twice to draw 2-2 with hosts Croatia this morning (Singapore time) as their friendly international ended in a flurry of late goals. Croatia led after only two minutes when Benfica striker Tomislav Sokota latched onto a loose ball in
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      • 410 51 BULGARIA 2 RUSSIA 2 PA Sport. BULGARIA twice came from behind to earn a draw with fellow Euro 2004 hopefuls Russia in Sofia this morning. Dmitry Sychev put the visitors in control on two occasions only for Dimitar Berbatov to strike a double of his own to
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      • 293 52 GREECE 1 SWITZERLAND 0 Greece took their unbeaten run to 15 games this morning with a 1-0 friendly win over Switzerland in Heraklion, Crete. Midfielder Vassilis Tsartas was the matchwinner, his 57th-minute goal making up for a penalty miss in the first half. He made
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      • 347 52 ESTONIA ON IRELAND 1: Northern Ireland finally ended their dire run of 15 games without a win spanning more than two years when they beat Estonia 1-0 in a friendly this morning. The visitors took the honours when striker David Healy latched on to a long
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      • 653 53 SPAIN 2 (Fernando Morientes 23rd min, Raul 60) DENMARK 0 Crowd: 19,000 PA Sport. Fernando Morientes reminded coach Inaki Saez of his ability by setting Spain on their way to a comfortable win over Denmark. The pre-match build-up in Spain had centred on which striker
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      • 501 54 GERMANY 3 (Kevin Kuranyi 45th min, Dietmar Hamann 55, Michael Ballack 81) BELGIUM 0 Crowd: 46,143 PA Sport. KEVIN Kuranyi scored his first international goal as Germany strolled past Belgium with a set-piece masterclass in Cologne. It was the Stuttgart striker's fourth appearance for Germany. His big moment
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        104 54 a really good game from us. The says it all. We played well at the back and did not give Belgium many chances. We had a few problems in the first 20 minutes but, after that, we were clearly in control and combined extremely well at times.
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      • 479 55 HOLLAND 0 FRANCE 0 M Crowd: 47,000 PA Sport. FRANCE failed to make-it a record 15 wins in a row as they struggled to a goalless draw with Euro 2004 rivals Holland in Rotterdam. The French were hoping to surpass Australia's and Brazil's mark of
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      • 240 55 Wire Services. FRANCE coach Jacques Santini was pleased with his injury-ravaged side's draw with Holland in Rotterdam. Santini was without key men Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires and Sylvain Wiltord but the French held out despite being outplayed for large parts of the game. And
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      • 477 56 HOLLAND 0 FRANCE 0 PA Sport. NEWCASTLE winger Laurent Robert has revealed his "enormous disappointment" after missing out on a call up to France's injury-hit squad. The former Paris St Germain ace thought he stood a good chance to represent Les Bleus
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      • 721 57 PORTUGAL 1 (Nuno Valente sth min) ITALY 2 (Christian Vieri 40, Fabrizio Miccoli 75) Crowd: 20,000 PA Sport. WHAT a way to win a game. Fabrizio Miccoli scored his first international goal for Italy direct from a corner. And his team showed they will be
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      • 545 58  -  TVVfIEW ERNEST LUIS THE joker card for England could have the face of Jermain Defoe. In Defoe who's 1.7 metres tall and weighs 65 kilos England have a striker about the size of the average Singaporean. Yet, both Singaporean and English fans saw enough in this slim-built man
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      • 503 58 SWEDEN 1 ENGLAND 0 PA Sport. SVEN-GORAN Eriksson insisted the door to the Euro 2004 Finals could still be open to Jermain Defoe after the striker made an immediate impression on his senior England debut in Sweden. Defoe, 21, will almost certainly have to rely on
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        93 59 SWEDEN 1 (Zlatan Ibrahimovic 54th min) ENGLAND 0 Crowd: 40,464 PIbrahsmop^ with their all-action M performances and a goal A Swedish ball forward ends up at the feet of Kallstrom on the left corner of the box. His high ball across goal finds Ibrahimovic, who just flicks
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      • 706 60 SWEDEN 1 ENGLAND 0 IF Sven-Goran Eriksson is nursing a raging headache. And it has really nothing to do with any of the clandestine meetings with Chelsea those which have been fodder for the gossipers. It is not even about England's 1-0 defeat to Sweden in
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      398 61 EURO 2004 WARM-UPS PORTUGAL 1 Nuno Valente 5 ITALY 2 Christian Vieri 40, Fabrizio Miccoli 75 SPAIN 2 »P^P Fernando Morientes23, DO MARK 0 w| 1 BULGARIA 2 ife Dimitar Berbatov 14,67 > RUSSIA 2 Wi Dmitry Sychev 9,31 SLOVENIA o V Maris Verpakovskis 36 W LATVIA 1
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    • 131 60 EURO 2004 WARM-UP GERMANY v BELGIUM Delayed, Ch i, 1.30 am, tomorrow FA CUP SEMI-FINAL ARSENAL v MAN UNITED Ch 22,6.55pm, Saturday PREMIER LEAGUE TOTTENHAM v CHELSEA Cti£3, 9.55pm, Saturday Jl NEWCASTLE vEVEKTON Ch 24,9.55pm, Saturday LIVERPOOL v BLACKBURN Ch 23,9.55pm, Sunday LEEDS v LEICESTER Ch 24,2.55 am, Tuesday ITALIAN
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