The New Paper, 19 February 2007

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    • 56 1 $30 maid-levy cut: Who should benefit? Give savings to your maid to show...^ rs 5. »\i 19 February 2007 i IIe wish our ranters a Happy Chinese \ew )eur S'pore matchmaking agency's offer: 4% 4 9 downpayment r; ACTRESS IRENE ANG: Drug-addict mum chased me with chopper r 24 BRITNEY
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  • NEWS
    • SINGAPORE
      • 809 2  -  Matchmaking agency's gimmicks raise eyebrows ♦$1 downpayment ♦Interest-free instalments By Dawn Chia dawnchio@sph.com.sg T UST $1 as downpayment for a I traditional China bride. I With a baby bonus carrot to boot. That's the latest marketing gimmick by a matchmaking agency, Mr Cupid
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      • 305 2 Counsellor: CLEVER marketing gimmick, or a slap to the institution of marriage? This is the question which ran through the minds of some people we asked. And while some, like MP Halimah Yacob, didn't think a gimmick would push people into marriage, others had
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    • 1161 3  -  He made $3m from his $12m bet on Sentosa By Desmond Ng desmondn@sph. com.sg IT took nerve to invest big bucks when the first condo was launched in Sentosa. Six months after Sars, the property market and the economy still had the chills. The idea of even one
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    • SINGAPORE
      • 525 4  -  Emotions raw at famous opera troupe's last performance By Ng Tze Yong Ueyong@sph.com.sg Backstage at opera troupe Kim Eng's final show, the actors didn't betray their emotions. Owner Chua Hock Kee, 67, solemnly made his rounds, handing out hongbao quietly. The actors smiled and muttered thanks. After all
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      • 834 5  -  So you're a surgeon from UK or Australia and you want to join SGH's keyhole surgery fellowship. We 11... By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE'S colorectal surgeons are in demand as trainers. And they want to be trained at the Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) Colorectal Surgery
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      • 966 6  -  Nurses turned cheerleaders to get one mum to deliver, but controversy raises its head as another questions decision Ist babv in Year of the Pig By Veena Bharwani veenab@sph.com.sg EVERYONE was waiting for the midnight bawl to start. The clocks were set, the cheering section at
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      • NKF trial
        • 1005 7 In court lawyer Shanmugam has been described as the... In court, they pose tough questions and speak up stoutly for their clients. What are they like outside? Senior Counsel k Shanmugam, acting for the neu 7 NKF board, chats with NG TZE YONG LAWYER jokes make you feel
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        • 469 8 HERE'S an example of Mr Shanmugam's signature hard talk in court. It is an execrpt from an article that appeared in The Straits Times on 4 Feb. Background: NKF chairman Richard Yong had said that a public charity should be careful about spending money. The NKF
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      • 211 9  -  Crowds toss 'lucky' coins and get fortunes read at River Hongbao By Veena Bharwani vecnab @sph. com.sg THE wishing well has a tree with bells hanging from the branches. If you hit one of the bells with your coins, it is considered extremely
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      • 519 10  -  China residents here say closed shops and lack of firecrackers and snow make it dull in S'pore By Hon Jing Yi honjy@sph.com.sg THE Chinese New Year festivities and cork-popping action here is nothing when compared to China, according to Chinese nationals The New
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      • 136 10 WANT to get intoxicated this Chinese New Year season with Miriam Yeung and Daniel Wu? Then don't forget to tune in to the Hong Kong romantic comedy Drink, Drank, Drunk, a heady concoction about a popular barmaid who's determined to remain single but changes her
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      • 829 11  -  Maid levy cut? Who should benefit? Don't they deserve it for caring for home, family? Agents squeeze them, small wages hardly rise Show them we have a heart, S'pore Comment By Veena Bharwani veenab @sph.com.sg YOUR burden will be lighter, as an employer.
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      • 112 11 THE new maid levy will come into effect from July this year. According to Budget announcement on Thursday, the $295 levy for all households will be cut by $30, to $265. And the households which employ a maid to help with the care of a disabled
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    • 731 12 M'sia plans Bill that will require employers to supervise workers' activities, even after work hours FOREIGN WORKERS: M'SIAN MINISTER SAYS... MALAYSIA AFP. MALAYSIA will soon introduce a foreign workers Bill to help curb rising crime, a minister said yesterday. Home Affairs Minister Mohamad Radzi
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    • WORLD
      • 405 13 Experts say it's due to family focus on academics ENGLISH is not their mother tongue. Yet, Chinese students in Britain have overtaken native speakers in mastery of the language. In fact, they led the list in a national curriculum test for 11-year-olds, with
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      • 275 13 Wire Services WANT to drive into central London? Well, now it'll cost you £8 ($24) just to get in. In a controversial move, London mayor Ken Livingstone has decided to extend the capital's most controversial traffic toll system to include London
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      • 838 14 BRITNEY GOES FROM THIS TO THIS Reuters WHEN a hairstylist refused to shave her head, singer Britney Spears picked up a shaver and did it herself. The troubled star had been crying in her car for 10 minutes before the deed. She went into
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      • 373 15 Rider thrown off, hospitalised but returns to play next day Reuters. HE lost his focus on the game and let down his side badly at the annual elephant polo event in Sri Lanka. Though 18-year-old Abey is said to be unpredictable and has
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      • 430 16 l^oiics umaemx FIND IN INDIA Reuters. IT has been two months since authorities in India discovered the remains of women and children in one of India's worst mass murders. Now, police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have recovered 390 pieces of bones
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      • 244 16 AFP. YOU'RE off to work or leaving the bar. And you don't want to drive. Take public transport? Maybe not. That's because scientists are developing the next generation of robot-driven cars. They predict the cars could be shuttling humans around by the year
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    • 166 17 r*|l! the ii Ttfrni# M,,f B f W«n! jak p f IK jHHHHHHBIiMHHiM |C pj J iij I m jiiii IN THEATRES MAR CH 22 SNEAK PREVIEW SNEAK PREVIEW ROCKY BALBOA (PG) PATHFINDER (NCI6) A final round of the Academy Award-winning Rocky franchise, former heavyweight After a shipwreck, a young
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  • NEWS
    • News watcher
      • 227 18 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that the Budget is a fair one and takes care of everyone. He said: "We have to be fair to everybody at the same time. So we balance the package carefully." "If you look at the benefits,
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      • 54 18 A member of the Kings of the Court attempting a slam-dunk at the National Basketball Association's All-Star weekend in Las Vegas on Saturday. Slated as one of the biggest events to hit the gambling capital, reports said that tickets were priced as high as
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      • 108 18 AT least four people were killed and 49 injured late yesterday when a series of coordinated explosions, arson attacks and shootings hit Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said. Fifteen explosions injured 26 people and killed one in Yala province, one of three insurgency-torn
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      • 101 18 THE US and Israel have agreed ahead of a three-way meeting with the Palestinians to shun any new Palestinian government that does not renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept existing peace agreements, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday. The platform of a new Palestinian
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      • 120 18 THE Malaysian government's bid to strengthen the economy is not an indication that general elections are round the corner, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. Datuk Seri Abdullah said: "What is important is that we have the momentum now and it is moving
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      • 96 18 THAILAND will discuss today how to reclaim a satellite concession that the ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family sold to Temasek, Singapore's government investment arm, a lawmaker said yesterday. Mr Suttichai Pokaiudom, who heads the communications and information ministry, said the government should
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        • 594 19  -  By Joanna Hughes Columnist Dear Sir, I am not, by any means, a sports fan. But following on the heels of our victory against the Thais, may I humbly suggest that we build on our victory and become a hub for sporting
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        • 170 19 Net BUZZ WALKING down the street, a dog saw a sign in an office window: "Help Wanted. Must type 70 words a minute. Must be computer literate. Must be bilingual. An equal-opportunity employer." The dog applied for the position, but he was quickly
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        • 301 20 ON 16 Feb around 10.15 am, I boarded a red Transcab in front of Blk 44, Sims Drive to go to Tampines Mart. I was with my two-year-old son. He got into the cab first and was standing on the seat, waiting for me to
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        • 216 20 I REFER to Mr Andy Ng Keh's letter, "No rebate for goods vehicle" (The New Paper, 10 Feb). Mr Ng would like to understand why goods-oum-passenger vehicles (GPVs) are not entitled to Preferential Additional Registration Fee (Parf) rebates. GPV, as the
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  • SHOW
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      • 1045 21  -  IRENE ANG Y REVEALS PAINFUL PAST By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph.com.sg THIS Chinese New Year reunion was exceptionally poignant for comedian Irene Ang. It's the first time in 20 years that all four members of her family sat down for a reunion dinner. After
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      • 192 22 IRENE'S mother received her yellow ribbon last September, at the Celebrating Second Chances ceremony. It was her commendation for staying drug-free for the past 22 years. They were invited to the event after Irene hosted the Yellow Ribbon Project TV docudrama Turning Point, and
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      • 502 23  -  Daniel Ong and Terence Cao on hiring ex-inmates for their business: By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph.com.sg LIKE Irene Ang, other local celebrities have taken the initiative to help out with the Yellow Ribbon Project. DI Daniel Ong has set up car grooming service Shine Again
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      • 548 25  -  Sexy, daring and so controversial, Korea's Uhm Jung Hwa would make the pop icon proud By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg SHE was clad in a long-sleeved but short black sequinned dress. Quite conservative, you think, until she shows off her back, peeking out of
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      • 170 26 BUZZ ARE Korean stars demanding too much for product endorsements? Advertisers are now''complaining'' of stellar fees", reported Chosun Ilbo. The newspaper surveyed 30 people in the advertising industry and found that top stars like Jang Dong Gun, Lee Young Ae and Jeon Ji Hyun command
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      • 85 26 THEY were the most envied Hallyuwood lovebirds in the past two years. But Korean movie stars Cho Seung Woo, 27, and Kang Hye Jung, 25, (together, above) have split, reported The Korea Times. Seung Woo's agency said he is spending time alone, while Hye Jung's said she
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      • 165 26 SHE may have worked with many top Korean hunks from Kang Dong Wan to Cho In Sung but not once has actress Ha Ji Won, 28, been mixed up in a love scandal. Her secret? "I always go home after work," she told My Daily,
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    • 393 27  -  thanks to parents' appeal Beastie Bovs concert By Stefanie Conceicao stefcon@sph.com.sg GOOD news, teens. You can catch the Grammy-winning trio Beastie Boys (above) and hip-hop group Jurassic 5 live tonight at the Good Vibrations Festival. Earlier, organiser Kinemat had said it would admit only those aged
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    • 467 30 J THE NEW PAPER Monday, 19 Feb 2007 PAGE 33 MOVIES IN TOWN mmmmmm*JUST FOLLOW LAW LITTLE CHILDREN (M 18) EPIC MOVIE Wfll ■MMF GV-VC 10.10 am, 10,50,11.45,12.30pm, GV-VC 11am, 1.55pm GV-VC 10.50 am, 12.55pm, 5.50, t|fff| 1 2.30,5.15,6.15,8,9,12.50 am, 120 SO-LD 10.15 am 7.55.10 HHI ill l it'l fV-M
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      210 38 Racini Editor Marc Tan a Deputy Racing Editor Danny KhooJ Tan Thean Loon a 1 R1 1 I R2 j R3 Mnl R4 R5 R6 R7 3TAKETHE i GOLD 2 Ace Esprit 8 Blushing Fame 12 Panther Arl 2 Venom 2 Triple Happy 10 Convince 1 Julian 6
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    • 78 38 TRIPLE HAPPY (Race 6 No. 2) This Simon Liew-trained charge is in rattling form and looks hard to beat in the Group 1 Tunku Gold Cup this afternoon come rain or shine. The speedy gelding by Bletchley Park is in impeccable form, evident by his hat-trick of convincing
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    • 1116 38 MUDLARKS n RACE 1: Julian, Enchanted River, Joe's Gino. RACE 2: Sea Diamond, Ace Esprit, Straight Flash, Boleh Boleh, Wild Queen. RACE 3: Shine On You. RACE 4: Strong N Free, King Of Durban. RACE 6: Golden Ace, Triple Happy,
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    • SINGAPORE TURF CLUB
      • 348 39  -  By Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg Reuters. HANDY youngster Jeram James brought cheer to punters on the first day of the Year of the Golden Pig when he made all the running in the opening event at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The Frank Maynard-trained three-year-old by Marooned, under the guidance
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      • 719 39 YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS GOING: GOOD (RACES 1-7). YIELDING (RACES 8 9) 1 JERAM JAMES 57 (7-5) L Soman (5) 1 1 1 (443) 2 SPECIAL mnm 56.5 (77-12) MWepner (7) 7 5 2 (492) 2.75L 5 MASTERPWPPET54.5(36-8) SSam (1) 3 3 3 (511) 2.25 Wlaaiat staMa: Gold Plus. Trainer
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    • 66 39 Saturday 17 Feb 2007 First Second Third 8242 7461 9687 Starters 3702 6350 2933 4639 0730 9580 2774 8648 7416 1594 Consolation 4214 0491 8766 1419 9487 5219 8298 5067 5502 1110 ,[M/ J Sunday. 18 Feb 2007 First Second Third 1815 5981 0735 Starters 9123 7363 6510' 6026 2015
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  • SPORTS
    • 811 40 MUSIC to my ears, this has been. I mean, it's just fantastic to hear some of the big names in the world's top-10 talking about toppling Tiger. Forget for a moment the enormity of the challenge or indeed whether it is even within their powers
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    • 267 40 Wire Services PHIL Mickelson was looking unbeatable. Just when you thought there was no way he could top himself unless he suddenly decided to parachute from his jet and float down to the first tee he managed to come up with the unexpected. Mickelson stuck
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    • 1044 41  -  WHA T'S BEHIND THE DESIGN OF A GOLF COURSE? By Lim Han Ming npsports @sph. com.sg LINKS, parkland, heathland, xeriscape and desert you name it, they have it. Like one's golf swing, there's no two golf courses which are identical. Each course is unique and special in its
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    • 161 42 Step 1: Market feasibility study Study the existing golf market. Can the area support another golf course? If yes, what kind of golf course? Will the course serve the needs of the target market and does the course's budget allow you to build
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    • 132 42 1 St Andrews (Old), St Andrews, Scotland 2 Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Australia 3 Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland 4 Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, Northern Ireland 5 Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch,
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    • 516 43  -  By Lim Han Ming npsports @sph. com.sg SO you think the job of a golfer is simply to win tournaments? Think again. Many professional golfers are jumping onto the bandwagon of golf course designing. In a trend probably kick-started by golfing
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      516 44 MIKKO Ilonen inked his name in the record books when he emerged as the first ever Finn to win an Asian Tour and European Tour co-sanctioned event at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open yesterday. Ilonen, 27, battled through the inclement weather and fended off a charging field to
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    • 161 44 AP. PAULA Creamer won the LPGA Tour's season-opening SBS Open on Saturday for her first victory since 2005, handling the whipping wind to hold off Julieta Granada by a stroke in Hawaii. The 20-year-old Creamer closed with a two-under 70 for a nine-under
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    • 835 45  -  Does your birthdate dictate your sporting destiny? Are you Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS and LIIVI SAYHENG take a closer look at a recent study y done
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    • 247 45 Mohd Noh Alam Shah (football): 3 Sept 1980 (2007 Asean Championship, 2005 Tiger Cup winner) C Kunalan (athletics): 23 Oct 1942 (Held national 100 m sprint record of 10.38s for 33 years before U.K. Shyam broke it in 2001. Five Asian Games medals over his
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    • 249 45 Tan Howe Liang (weightlifting): 5 May 1933 (Lightweight silver, 1960 Olympics) Joscelin Yeo (swimming): 2 May 1979 (Total SEA Games haul: 40 Golds. 14 Silvers, 6 Bronzes; Asian Games: 2 Bronzes) Valerie Teo (bowling): 2 July 1985 (Women's doubles gold, Asian Games
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    • 321 46 Bring back past present stars LETTER of THE WEEK Have an all-star event TNP readers say: BEFORE THE NATIONAL STADIUM IS BROUGHT DOWN... THE National Stadium will soon be torn down and we should celebrate her role in the history of Singapore football with an All-Star event. Here are my
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      • 134 47 I SUGGEST making it a night to remember with a nostalgic theme. We will kick off with a presentation of the history of the stadium its birth, the achievements in the Malaysia Cup, Tiger Cup and Asean Championships as well as the sporting heroes who once graced
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      • 131 47 A FITTING finale would be a week-long sports carnival outside the stadium, with a tournament featuring our national team and top European teams on pre-season tours. Up-and-coming teams like Bolton, Palermo and Villarreal will be attractive enough to draw curious fans to the stadiums. The carnival could
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      • 134 47 AS a curtain-raiser, Fandi Ahmad should lead a team of ex-Lions to play against their Malaysian counterparts before withdrawing to their seats for the real highlight, which could be a match between Singapore against top quality opposition. This will allow the younger generation to know our footballing
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      • 154 47 WE should invite our old footballing foes from the last 30 years, such as Malaysia's Zainal Abidin, to join us for a football fiesta. The organisers could open the team selection of these legends to the fans. That means the fans will decide what teams
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      • 152 47 IN the months building up to the closure, MediaCorp should broadcast Malaysia Cup matches from the classic 70s to the heady heights of the 1994 Double, and crucially our successes in the Asean Football Championships. Let's also hear Kallang Roar, feel the earth-shattering Kallang Stomp
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      • 104 47 IT would a fitting farewell to the Grand Old Lady of Kallang if we could arrange for matches between the Lions and countries such as South Korea, Japan or those from the Middle East that are preparing for the upcoming Asian Cup. I am sure
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    • 401 47  -  That old Kallang kick By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg KALLANG still gives Singaporeans a kick. Yes indeed, even in this day and age of cable television, when European football hogs the television screens at home, at the pub or coffeeshop. An old journalist friend of mine got it spot on
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      1060 48 OLE REAL MADRID 0 REAL BETIS 0 Wire Services. DAVID Beckham's return to Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium turned sour on Saturday when the former England captain was sent off in the dying seconds of the 0-0 draw with Real Betis. Beckham was recalled last week after
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    • FORZA!
      • 598 49 INTER-MILAN 1 CAGUARIO AFP. INTER took a huge step towards the Serie A title on Saturday after they beat Cagliari 1 -0 and closest rivals Roma lost by the same score at Empoli. Inter's victory at the San Siro, sealed by Nicolas Burdisso's first-half header, stretched their
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      • 244 49 AFP. ALESSANDRO Del Piero scored a hat-trick as Juventus opened up a three-point lead at the top of Serie B with a thumping 5-0 home victory over Crotone. Early goals from Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved and Federico Balzaretti put Juventus in control before
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    • 913 50  -  usiyL. FORMER U. S. WORLD CUP STAR AND GM OF LA GALAXY: Dominic Ying npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES THE glare in this galaxy will be blinding, as it makes way for the arrival of a megastar. The LA Galaxy are awaiting the arrival of David
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    • 379 50 MORE than 1,000 hopefuls from as far away as Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, Mexico, Germany and England want to be David Beckham's team-mates. That was the kind of response when American soccer club LA Galaxy opened its online registration doors for
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    • FACUP
      • 552 51 sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY) Mi CHELSEA 4 Shaun Wright-Phillips (38th min), Didier Drogba (51), Michael Essien (90+1), Andriy Shevchenko (90+4) NORWICH 0 TOO easy. Chelsea eased effortlessly into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of Championship side Norwich at Stamford Bridge. It was the
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      • 303 51 Wire Services. JOSE Mourinho is looking forward to the week ahead. Apart from the injury sustained by Khalid Boulahrouz, Mourinho said the 4-0 win over Norwich was a perfect boost for the big games coming up Porto away in the Champions League and
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      • 498 52 sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY)! PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2 Kevin Gallen (14th min penalty), Scott Sinclair (83) DERBY COUNTY 0 Wire Services HIS team's nickname are the Pilgrims and they're making a real journey of the FA Cup. Plymouth boss lan Holloway reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for
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      • 239 52 sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY) MMR MIDDLESBROUGH 2 Julio Area (28th min), Ayegbeni Yakubu (45pen) WEST BROM 2 Diomansy Kamara (41), Kevin Phillips (58) PA Sport. ALL square, now for a replay. West Brom twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in
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      • 240 52 sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY) WATFORD 1 Damien Francis (88th min) IPSWICH 0 PA Sport WATFORD had Damien Francis to thank for the late winner which downed 10-man Ipswich and allowed the Hornets to book a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. The former Norwich midfielder struck with
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      • 764 53 sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY)! ARSENAL 0 BLACKBURN 0 BRAD Friedel made a stunning double save from Thierry Henry and Justin Hoyte in the last three minutes after Arsenal were denied a 77th-minute penalty at the Emirates. Blackburn earned a replay that adds to both teams' already overcrowded
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      • 567 54 PA Sport Blackburn manager Mark Hughes had a run-in with teenage Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas when the Spanish teenager asked him after a goalless, soul-destroying fifth-round draw at The Emirates: "Did you really play for Barcelona?" Rugged Rovers had battled for a replay from the
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      • 401 55 sth RDHHHi PRESTON 1 David Nugent (Bth min) MAN CITY 3 Michael Bail (35), Matthew Hill og (85), Stephen Ireland (90) AFP A SUPERB voUeyby Ireland international Stephen Ireland rounded off a3 -1 victory for Premiership strugglers Manchester City over Championship opponents Preston North
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      • 157 55 PA Sport. RAFAEL Benitez has warned his Liverpool players that disciplinary action would be taken if anyone was found to have breached club rules during the training trip to Portugal. Liverpool went to Portugal to prepare for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Barcelona and woke
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      • 638 56 AFP. TV people, please be reasonable. Sir Alex Ferguson has demanded fair treatment from television companies ahead of the FA Cup fifth-round replay at Reading later this month after Manchester United were held to a 1 -1 draw by Steve Coppell's team on Saturday.
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      • 1320 57  -  ERNEST LUIS speaks to lite Next l Paper's football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN and asks about Man U's biggest worry this season sth RD (PLAYED SATURDAY) MANCHESTER UNITED 1 Michael Carrick (45+2) READING 1 Brynjar Gunnarsson (67) TV VIEW By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg DEFENSIVE
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