The New Paper, 18 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    • 87 1 the new i i uir Sunday as *fT T* r av I if f i *< 1 IIV Hi 5t* pages of action! MHMHM ITALY 1 US1 ree red cards, a disallowed effort and a bleeding player. It was a truly explosive encounter this morning m rt*K*Al >■ m ■4&
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1096 2  -  Judge orders rich wife to share assets in unusual divorce ruling Tan Ooi Boon tn p@sph.com.sg WHEN a marriage falls apart, it is often the wife who asks her husband to pay her maintenance. But when this Singapore couple took their divorce to court earlier
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    • 731 3  - FROM GETAI STAR TO BANKRUPT JAILBIRD TO DYING MAN "street performer Reports and picture by JoyceLim joycel@sph.com.sg HE was declared a bankrupt in 2004 and put behind bars for four months last year for leaving the country 36 times without official permission. But fans continued to mob the bankrupt ex-jailbird
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    • 295 4 LAST month, Mr Chen Jin Lang took a 14-hour coach ride from Singapore to Penang to seek treatment for his cancer. His condition did not improve and he returned to Singapore nine days later. Last week, he left again on a coach to Kuala Lumpur
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    • NOT SUCH A GREAT WAY TO FLY?
      • 1096 5  -  Carrier risks place as top airline, say travellers i Forgetful service staff Bias against Asians 'Templated' responses High price, standard service... shian® sph.com.sg Tay Shi'an SHE'S the globally recognised face of our national carrier. She's pleasant, friendly and represents the excellent service championed by Singapore Airlines (SIA).
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      • 565 5 SIA values all feedback from its customers. Every comment will be taken into consideration, a spokesman said. "We will, unashamedly, change an entire service process on the basis of one letter if we see that the process we designed stands in the way
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      • 688 6  -  He writes to newspaper about SlA's slipping standards. Airline takes him so seriously, it arranges meeting This 14-year-old business class traveller EstherAuYong estheray@sph.com.sg FOR years, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been a multiple award-winning carrier. But last week, the high-flying airline was given a timely reminder by
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 1186 8  -  Last week, some of our Super Weekend editions' male columnists shared with us their deepest secrets. Today, get close to our women writers AvisWong aviswong@ sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN JEAN could be mistaken for a sweet, innocent schoolgirl But she's more like a "schoolgirl from
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      • 75 9 The arrival of my son three weeks ago reminded me that being a parent is never easy. It demands commitment time, energy, patience, humour, and most of all, a sense of optimism for the future. It is a serious business, yet one of the most significant and fulfilling
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      • 70 9 'jkjA V' THIS woman can't bear the sorrow in the wake of an explosion at a plfipt in eastern China which kified 14 people and injured 30. Accenting to Xinhua news agency, His not yet clear what caused Friday's blast at the workshop in Anhui province.
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      • 74 9 NORTH Korea loaded booster rockets onto a launch pad and moved fuel tanks to a launch site in preparation to test-fire a missile that could reach as far as the US mainland, a South Korean newspaper reported. South Korea and the US made the assessment after
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      • 73 9 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong flew from Australia to New Zealand yesterday for a five-day official visit. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark welcomed Mr Lee at the airport in Auckland. They went on to watch a rugby match together. New Zealand's All Blacks were playing
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      • 97 9 BRITISH energy firm Powergen is closing its call centres in India, saying outsourcing has hurt customer satisfaction. Powergen, part of the German group EON, said all calls from its six million customers would be answered in the UK, where 980 people would be recruited and trained this
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      • 199 9 SHE HAD GONE TO BUY MLK FOR BABY IN KL SUBURB THE 24-year-old air stewardess had driven to a shopping centre in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Damansara around Bpm on Tuesday to buy milk powder for her 6-month-old baby. She parked in the basement,
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      • 191 9 WITH unemployment hitting record lows in Australia, many companies are finding it difficult to find skilled workers. Last week, web design company Reactive Media sent out an e-mail offering its 25 employees a bonus for finding new recruits, The Age reported. The message
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      • 55 9 Britain's Royal Academy art gallery put a stone and a stick on display, thinking it was a work of art. The stone was meant to be a plinth and the stick was meant. to prop up a sculpture. The sculpture, sent separately, was rejected because it was deemed unworthy
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    • 355 10 Death faH MALAYSIA been rocked by a second mystery death fall in a week. Three days after former beauty queen Elaine Lee fell 22 storeys to her death (hiring a trip to China, a 24-year-old man fell six storeys to his death in Kuala j Lumpur on Friday
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    • 223 10 Death fall HER boyfriend was with her when she fell. That's the twist that has emerged in the wake of the mysterious death fall of Malaysian ex-beauty queen Elaine Lee from the 22nd storey of a hotel in China. According to media reports in Malaysia, Ms Lee
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    • 560 11 Deadly chain of tragedies in the us US MAN DRIVES WITH WIFE'S HEAD IN PICKUP TRUCK HE RAMS HEAD-ON INTO CAR, KILLING THE MOTHER AND CHILD INSIDE IMPACT SENDS SEVERED HEAD FLYING OUT WINDOW Wire services.. HE had his eye on the pickup truck as it
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    • 27 9 Weather CmM storms Harth Thunderstorms South Thunderstorms East Thunderstorms Ttiunderstorms Temperature max 132°C min 124°C High Tide first tide 2.8m I 3.09am second tide 2.5m I 5.07pm
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  • Morning Latest
    • 698 12  -  StaveBates Special Correspondent D WIGHT Yorke has warned England that they must mix up their tactics and stop launching long balls to Peter Crouch if they want to stay in the World Cup to the final stages. The former Manchester United, Aston Villa and Blackburn star
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    • 283 12 RUUD Van Nistelrooy is anticipating a head-on battle with Old Trafford pal Gabriel Heinze this week in the much-awaited clash between Holland and Argentina. Heinze, playing at centre back for Argentina, has made a strong recovery from the cruciate knee injury he suffered against Villareal
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    • 288 12 PETER Crouch insisted there's not a player in the world with the free-kick and crossing expertise of England skipper David Beckham and that includes the Brazilians. The Liverpool star smashed the deadlock against Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremburg with a header from a pin-point
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    • 518 13 ERNEST LUIS watches Brazil's Ronaldo from the sidelines TO the Brazilian people and media, one man will either make or break Brazil's 2006 World Cup campaign for now. He is Ronaldo, 29, otherwise known as the "The Phenomenon". But today, all over the world, he's known
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      772 14 ERNEST LUIS, The New Paper's Man on the Run in Germany, watches the Australian and Brazilian teams at training on the eve of tonight's second group game dash Dutch coach Guus Hiddink will retain the same Australia line-up that starred in the dramatic 3-1 comeback win over
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    • 75 15 FOUR additional free "live" World Cup matches will be made available via Starhub's Preview Channel, Channel 01. The four additional matches are: Togo vs Switzerland (19 June, Monday, 8.30pm) Ecuador vs Germany (20 June, Tuesday, 9.30pm) Portugal vs Mexico (21 June, Wednesday, 9.30pm) 3rd/4th Place
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    • 798 15  -  StaveBates Special Correspondent RONALDO might be fat, lazy and look a shadow of the super-star who once strutted the global stage as the world's greatest player but Harry Kewell isn't fooled that the Brazilian striker is all washed up. Parties, booze and birds Real Madrid
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    • 323 16 TNP'S SOCCER BABE TRACYLEE LET'S talk about Ronaldo, voted recently as World Cup pin-up boy in a Dutch gay magazine. His million and one stepovers can be mesmerising to watch, but how effective is it? It's used to trick defenders and wrong foot them, but it
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    • 178 17 Wire Services. TOUGH-guy coach Luiz Felipe Scolari denied showing a softer side as he celebrated Portugal's qualification for the World Cup knock-out stages last night. Scolari, known as "Big Phil" and "Sergeant-Major", insisted he was not crying as he crossed the field to greet his
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    • 49 17 SOCCER FEKER 'IM'AT THE BLUE BANANA CLUB IT S THE PORTUGAL 2 (Deco 63rd min, Ronaldo 80 penalty IRANO We can beat any team but we have to play game by game. All teams are equal, no-one is above average, we are all at the same level Deco 0
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  • 461 19 Wire Services. THE Czech Republic's 2-0 surprise defeat at the hands of Ghana this morning was worsened by a mounting crisis over a lack of available strikers. First-choice strikers Jan Koller and Milan Baros have been ruled out of the group
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  • 174 19 Reuters. GHANA coach Ratomir Dujkovic said only an outstanding display from goalkeeper Petr Cech saved Czech Republic from a drubbing this morning. "Petr Cech is an excellent keeper and he stopped it from being four or five-nil/' Serb Dujkovic told reporters after Ghana's 2-0
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    • 39 19 ALL THE'Lltf' GAfflESffT THE CHAMBER IT'S TME (Asamoah Gyan 2nd min, Sulley Murrtari 82) It was a vtry tough game but my players played excellently. I was only surprised it wasn't more than 2-0. Ghana coach Ratomir Dujkovic 0)
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  • Morning Latest
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      88 20 catch on as a now 1 danc* cn&710m§IM can't i«y for cartafavbutltjust win th« World Clip 11^ |*Vjwr right, alternating as wmarchlngoittha spot, teUrffli feet apart. Your k#»iUftkA U ijf ic«_- > rivvivV vWnlV 00 ulSSv three maws at chest leve —a slicing movement (one hand on tep of
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      664 21 Wire Services. IT was a result waiting to happen. m Ghana provided the biggest shock of die 2006 World Cup so far when they sliced apart the highly-fancied Czech Republic 2-0 this morning (Singapore time). The African powerhouse's dazzling combination of speed and accuracy blew Group E wide
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    • 426 22 Reuters. GHANA striker Asamoah Gyan has made a bizarre error to rule himself out of their next crunch game against the United States. And he did it after firing his team back into World Cup contention this morning. The 20-year-old striker, who plays for Italian Serie B
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    • 301 22 LIKE Abedi Pele and Anthony Yeboah before him, Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien is a world-class piayer. Only Essien, however, has been lucky enough to display his talents at a World Cup and once given the chance he grabbed it with both hands in his side's 2-0
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    • 343 23 PA Sport. BRUCE Arena praised his team for gaining a World Cup point after playing most of the second half with nine men against Italy, who themselves had a player sent off. "Two red cards in the spread of five minutes is pretty
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      16 24 TIME: 22nd min SCORE: 1-0 Gilardino TIME: 27th min SCORE: 1-1 fog] Zaccardo
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    • 442 23 PA Sport. MARCELLO Lippi had harsh words at the final whistle. He directed his anger specifically at some of the senior players. "I'm disappointed and angry. We didn't go into this match in the right frame of mind and we paid for that
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      26 25 TIME: 23rd min FOUL BrBiBtoHj™ TIME: 47th mill FOUL TIME: 45th min F0U1 KHB TIME: 65th min I OFF BffilfB SIDE Man REFEREE: JORGE LARRIONlfiv
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      889 26  -  TV VIEW Wang Meng Meng npsports&sph. com.sg^j SPOTTED over Germany this morning The Grim Reaper. While Group C celebrates life as Argentina and Holland won the golden tickets to the Second Round, there is nothing but the prospect of death in Group E after a night when
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    • 42 24 FANATICS WATCH IT 'LIVE' AT THE DUfiLINER IRISH m IT'S Till ITALY 1 (Alberto Gilardino 22nd min) US1 (Cristian Zaccardo 27og) intrt is no way you can train a taam to play 1A against ntaafor 30 iomathing US coach Bruce Arena 0
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  • 496 27 Wire Services. DANIELE De Rossi has apologised for being sent off, but insists he did not intend to elbow Brian Mcßride. The Roma midfielder, whose World Cup could be over after the red card, said: "I was trying to be careful and didn't intend to hurt
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  • 531 27 SptcMComspondent i; T rp.%•*£ M L'-' DID the referee have a good Lefsanalyse each of his thmied-card decisions and the disallowed goal. Italian midfielder Daniele de Rossi was sent off just before the half-hour mark for elbowing Brian McBiide. Blood was all over the American's face but
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  • 437 28 Wire Services. WHAT drama! Three red cards, one disallowed effort and plenty of head-scratching by both managers in the end. The unofficial Man-of-the-Match? Official and referee-in-charge Jorge Larrionda. The Uruguayan presided over the ill-tempered 1-1 draw between the US and Italy this morning (Singapore time)
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    745 29 TERRYPATHMANATHAN TALKS TO WANG MENG MENG Morning Latest WANG MENG MENG: Three red cards from referee Jorge Larrionda. But do Daniele De Rossi, Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope deserve to get sent off? TERRY PATHMANATHAN: De Rossi was totally deserving of his red card. It was a clear-cut
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  • SPORTS
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    • 300 31  -  KUALA LUMPUR ROUND-UP Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg Former gaimour galloper Exaggerate returned to his brilliant best to take out the RM250.000 ($112,500) Sports Toto Trophy at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taking on a combined Classes 1 2 field over the Sungei Besi 1,400 m, the seven-year-old Zabeel gelding
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    • 65 31 (Raca 4 No. 4) TODAY'S BEST BET This Kranji exile, who notched a win over 1,600 m from six starts in Singapore, looks to have been drilled for a winning debut across the Causeway. Besides, his 10 rivals do not boast strong form coming into this 1,400 m aflair.
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    • 182 31 RACE 1: Dane Hero, Mahadesa. RACE 2: Soonsoon Leelee, Wilful Heart. RACE-3: Mechanic Man, Non Negotiable, Best Wrestler, It All Takes Time, Tashi Delek. RACE 4: Running Flame, Baby Star, Bintang Melang, Jeram, Business King, Jaimee Blue. RACE 5: Wild Queen, Imperial Sapphire, Golden Arrow, Winning Eleven, Intervention. RACE
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      86 34 US OPEN Reuters SWEDEN'S Peter Hedblom achieved the first hole-in-one at the 106 th US Open when he aced the par-three third in this morning's third round. Playing in the tournament for the second time, the 36-year-old used a three-iron at the 238-yard hole on Winged Foot's par-70
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    • Mad about golf
      • 348 35 Reuters. BRITON Kenneth Ferrie, helped by a tap-in eagle, shared the lead with American Phil Mickelson after the third round of the US Open yesterday. But Scotsman Colin Montgomerie, who was lying second a shot behind Steve Strieker overnight slumped badly at Winged Foot. Ferrie, who began
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      • 322 35 Reuters LESS than 48 hours after leading the US Open by three shots, Britain's David Howell felt battered and bruised by the exacting demands of Winged Foot Golf Club. Howell ground out a four-over-par 74 in yesterday's third round, finishing 10 strokes behind joint-leader Kenneth Ferrie
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  • 873 37 Stree^o^^l When the World Cup kicked off last week, the Ronaldinho in all of us was unleashed after being inspired by the razzle-dazzle on our television sets. Here, Infographics journalist JACEN TAN presents our ri 11 r i I Maximun local version of the g utilised
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  • 544 38  -  AL R.Dizon npsports@sph.com.sg WHAT a day the eighth day of the 2006 World Cup Finals has been! Nine goals in all a frightening display of raw, attacking power from Argentina, a heart-breaking loss for Didier Drogba's Ivory Coast at the hands of the Dutch masters, and a heart-warming
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  • 420 39  -  WORLD CUP LEGENDS StarHub JeffreyOon npsports@s ph.com.sg LONG before there was David Beckham, there was Bobby Charlton. Without doubt one of the most famous English players of all time, the name of the Manchester United great is synonymous with England's World Cup victory in 1966. On a
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  • Germany. France. England. Brazil. Stay tuned to all the action with ! Whose side are you on?
    • 352 42 DANIEL FINKELSTEINS PREDICTIONS JAPAN v CROATIA (Japan win 26 per cent, Draw 27 per cent, Croatia win 47 per cent). CROATIA'S performance against Brazil demonstrated why Japan's collapse in the final minutes of the Australia game was such a disaster. Croatia, while not absolutely fabulous up
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    • 347 42  -  BETTING Dale Tempest Special Correspondent FOR tonight's games, the temptation has to be to simply go for a Brazil win. But there is no value in the price and Australia showed against Japan that they are real fighters. Ronaldo is going to play but
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      455 42 BRIAN'S VIEW LIKE a big fish at the end of a line, it has requires quite an effort to reel i! in. Believe me, I'm trying. I got plenty of help yesterday froi that perfect score in the game involving the Dutch and it gave me quite a
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    • 525 44  -  Brian Miller npsports@sph .com. sg HOW does a team, who exploded with two great goals, suddenly implode? What makes a group of men ignite and extinguish themselves all at once? Go ask the Dutch. How does a slick outfit, who put in three stylish goals in their
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    • 540 45  -  FAFDA BRIAN MILLER TEAM UPDATE: All of Japan must be breathing a sigh of relief, now that Akira Kaji has been passed fit to play. The defender from Osaka was ruled out of Japan's opener against Australia because of an ankle injury he picked up
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    • 540 47 TEAM UPDATE: Will he or won't he play? Ronaldo, that is. This question has torn apart Brazil for the whole of this week and it now appears likely he will start against Australia. He said he is well and good. The headaches have gone and,
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    • 557 48  -  TEXT BY BRIAN MILLER TEAM UPDATE: France are not happy campers. That 0-0 draw with the Swiss meant that they do not lead Group G as many expected them to. Have they learnt from that opening draw? As usual, coach Raymond Domenech isn't saying
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      477 49 Wire Services. T APAN have played down I fears playmaker Shunsuke I Nakamura could miss tonight's must-win Group F clash (9pm, Singapore time) with Croatia after coming down with a fever. "He's fine," Japan's media liaison officer Ichirota Fukushi said yesterday. "He's with the team as normal and
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    • 198 51 18/06/2006 Frankenstadion Cap 45,500 KO: 9.00pm (local time) gb L Jtfl Shot*: Santos 2. Free-kicks won: Nakamura 5, World Cup Group H (20/06/1998) Shots: Prso 2 Jaoan 0 Croatia 1 1 nl 1 ri n n 1 ll n international Maicn Japan 4 (08/06/1997)
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    • 214 51 Zentralstadior Cap 44,194 KO: 3.00am (local time) w» > > L. Q irr-wi Coed Coach D Advocaat 1 r 1 1 1 1 Shots: Henry 5. Free-ticks woo: 5dane4. ii II WIIIB ii "Ouis commmea. International Match (26/05/2002) Sth Korea 2 France .3 RFA
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    • 292 51 FRANCE SOUTH KOREA PA Sport FBANCE defender Willy Sagnol has insisted Les Bleus can repeat their World Cup-winning exploits of 1998. He also opened up a new front in a simmering war between the 2006 team and the French media. France were criticised for
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    • 352 51 BRAZIL v AUSTRALIA Wire Services. Ronaldinho has total faith in Ronaldo to help Brazil lift the World Cup. The Samba star's equally famous team-mate has again been attracting headlines for all die wrong reasons. Substituted in Brazil's lacklustre win over Croatia, Ronaldo's excessive weight has been
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  • BIG MATCH FRANCE v SOUTH KOREA
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      600 52 FRENCH FRANCE suffered the opening day blues when they turned in a be low-par performance in the 0-0 draw against Switzerland. Raymond Domenech's priority will be to get his former world champions going, but standing in his way will be a tough South Korea outfit, led by
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    • 76 52 STRIKER: Thierry Henry Club: Arsenal Age: 28 Height: 188cm Weight: 83kg International Caps: 79 International Goals: 33 First Cap: v South Africa (11 Oct 1997) MIDFIELDER: Zinedine Zidane Club: Real Madrid Age: 33 Height 185cm Weight: 78kg International Caps: 103 International Goals: 28 First Cap: v Czech Republic
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      53 52 MIDFIELDER: Park Ji Sung Club: Manchester United Age: 25 Height: 178cm Weight: 70kg International Caps: 61 International Goals: 5 First Cap: v Laos (5 Apr 2000) STRIKER: Ahn Jung Hwan Club: Duisburg Age: 30 Height: 177cm Weight: 71kg International Caps: 62 International Goals: 17 First Cap: v Mexico
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    • 67 52 HBF 1 Ciwlif J Republic of Korea V J Capital: Seoul dkits: Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Ulsan 'JmtF* Cvmcy: Won Official laagaafes: Korean f f 4, PqwlßtlM. 48.29 million ■HREfIM FACT Korea now has a thriving automobile, electronics and shipbuilding industry, as well as numerous K-pop icons worshipped all over the
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  • 624 53 Will Henry's sulks cost Les Bleus? CAN KIM-CHI FOOTBALL DO IT AGAIN? The cynics have branded them one-hit wonders who relied on home advantage and dubious refereeing to reach the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. But the plucky Koreans are not having any of that and
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  • BIG MATCH BRAZIL v AUSTRALIA
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      369 54 Defending champions Brazil take on underdogs Australia in Munich tonight. Can Ronaidinho and company stamp thoir dass or wffl Guus Hiddink work his magk for the Socceroos onca mora? UM HAN MING gives tha lowdown on the mouth-wataring dash AUSTRALIA are living a dream they hope they
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      84 54 MIDFIELDER: Tim Cahill Age: 25 Height: 1.80m Weight: 69kg Club: Everton (England) International Caps: 17 International Goals: 11 First cep: Australia v South Africa (30 March, 2004) MIDFIELDER: Harry Kewell Age: 27 Height: 1.83m Weight: 85kg Club: Liverpool (England) International Caps: 21 International Goals: 6 First cap:
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    • 58 54 Capital: Canberra J Majoroltloe:Sydney, V Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, W jSm Wollongong 1 Currency: Australian dollar Papulation (In millions): 19 73 BDP par Inhabitant (In US dollan): 27,000 Density (Inhabltante per square km): 2.57 Average age (In years): 36 Life expectency at birth (In yeere): 80.13 <»—> i Tinnmwiw
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    • 161 55 NIVEA /ten f As we saw against Japan, Australia have steam of 11 bulls. Supremely fit, the Socceroos covered every blade of grass against the Japanese. Their fitness will give them the edge over a slower but technically gifted Brazilians. Australia must be more adventurous down
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    • 258 55 THE beat has taken its toll on the competing nations at this Finals, most notably England, whose players guzzled down 70 litres of water during their opening match. Japan were another casualty of the heat as thifgRlowed down considerably Pin the later stages of their match against
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    321 56 PA Sport. RONALDINHO has urged Brazil's galaxy of attacking stars to shoot on sight when they face Australia in Munich at midnight (Singapore time). Encouraged by the ultra-light World Cup ball, Ronaldinho believes Brazil can take the long-range route to glory by firing at goal whenever the
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  • 274 56 Reuters. AUSTRALIA coach Guus Hiddink is preparing to gamble everything on the Socceroos upsetting Brazil. Hiddink had hinted he would field a weakened team against the world champions to save his best players for the final Group F World Cup match against Croatia, but now
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  • 406 57 Wire Services. WAYNE Rooney is incensed that Manchester United tried so hard to delay his World Cup debut. Pardon the pun, but the England star made no bones about it when he told his team-mates that he was bewildered, fed-up and angry by all the political
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  • 839 58 PORTUGAL progressed to the second round for the first time in 40 years with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Iran in Frankfurt last night. The New Paper's soccer analyst TERRY PATHMANATHAN tells LIM HAN MING that the deadly trio of Cristiano Ronakflo, Luis Figo and Deco made
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  • 46 58 PORTUGAL 2 (Daco 63rd mkv Ronaklo 80 pen) IRANO W« respected Iran but we imposed our quality. I thought better than they hava dona in tha last seven or eight games. Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari
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    • 172 59 TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Holland and Portugal were touted among the favourites. But having played two matches each, they have scored a meagre three goals apiece. How far will they go in Germany? Email tnp@sph.com.sg with your views. For verification, we need your full name and contact number. We
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    • 30 59 isSa When Deco was at Benfica in 1998, the club manager did not think Deco would develop into a player worth keeping, subsequently trading him away. The manager? Graeme Souness.
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    16 60 TIME: 63rd min GOAL: 1 0 PECO TIME: 80th min PENALTY: 2 0 BONfllDO
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  • 467 61 FOR PORTUGAL- Reuters. PORTUGAL, one of the early favourites to go all the way, are through to the second round of the World Cup Finals for the first time since 1966. A stunning strike from Deco and a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty gave Portugal a 2-0 triumph
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