The New Paper, 20 January 2008

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  • SUN NEWS
    • 908 2  - DOCTORS SAID IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO S'PORE BIKER'S BRUSH WITH DEATH Karen Wong Karen (Qsph.com.sg EVERY time Mr Mohamed Zahrin Abdul Hamid looks at the mass of scars on his neck, he is grateful he is alive. It is a gory reminder of the accident he was involved in more than
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    • 130 3 LAST Wednesday, the High Court awarded Mr Mohamed Zahrin Abdul Hamid damages of over $95,000 as compensation for his pain, suffering and loss of income. Mr Mohamed Zahrin and the car driver's insurers had agreed that the driver was 87.5 per cent to blame for the
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    • 69 3 THE WAY r ST I as*. Rock-climbing, even bouncing on e giant trampoline this VWO will do whatever it takes to help wayward youths Fast news 21 Our Sun Gulf 3 LLW 1800- 733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg Fax 6319 8266 Operations Desk 6319 5544 Circulation Hotline 6368 3838
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  • Article, Illustration
    417 8  -  $30 million Keppel marina opens at S'pore's only privately owned island SUN NEWS Alvin Chiang alchiang @sph. com.sg ANEW place to wine and dine in style and enjoy a great view. And if you own a yacht, you can berth there too. Welcome to Marina at Keppel
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    • 618 10 Average cost per trip from Yishun to Orchard Road after fare hike: $20 Number of trips a day: 2 Number of working days a month: 20 Chery QQ Cost: $32,000 Fuel consumption: 14 km/I Monthly instalment (using 10 year loan): $313 Monthly petrol: $270 Insurance and road tax (per month):
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  • SUN NEWS
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      906 11  - Elysa Chen clysac@sph.com.sg HE had to wait more than 20 minutes for a taxi every morning. So bank employee Kenneth Liu, 27, decided to pay an additional $4 to book a cab to go to work daily. That meant $18 just to go to work. Then came the taxi fare
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    • 794 12  -  [sisters I I TOR N apart J TWOPROPERTIES, TWOSISTERS... Karen Wong karcn@sph.com.sg THIS IS a tale of how two sisters became bitter foes. The younger sister is a businesswoman while her older sister is a housewife, married to an orthopaedic surgeon. Together, they hoped to fatten
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    • 948 14  -  German HK4I6 rifle is more reliable, easier to maintain Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg IT'S no joke to say that the arms race between gun manufacturers is deadly serious. After all, a successful deal could translate into millions of dollars, especially when the weapon for an
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    • 165 14 THIS rifle was developed by Heckler Koch and ex-Delta Force operator Larry Vickers. Last year, it was made the standard assault rifle of the Norwegian army. STATS: Calibre: 5.56 mm x 45 Nato Method of operation: Gas Type of locking: Rotary bolt Overall
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    • 171 14 NEED to replace an aging armoury of Ml 6 rifles? Why not design our own? That's Singapore solution. In 1999, the long-serving Ml 6 was replaced with the Singapore Assault Rifle 21 (SAR 21) as the standard assault rifle here. The SAR 21 was
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    • 685 15 THE three men had stolen into a bird's nest factory, hoping to steal some of the tonic. They had planned everything in detail, how they were going to enter and exit the building, where the lookout was going to be. On early Friday morning, while it
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    • 526 16 'Bank staff 7 offer to help customers in queue. Then... ALONG queue at the bank was ahead of 19-year-old Ms Ma. And, like anybody else, she wondered how long she would have to wait. There to deposit HK$ 130,000 ($24,000) for her company, Ms Ma
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    • 291 16 Doctor may not have been qualified THE wife of a Malaysian member of parliament is fighting for her life after a cosmetic surgery procedure went wrong. The 44-year-old woman, a Datin, had an eye-bag procedure, a tummy tuck and liposuction done, reported
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    • 500 17 Thousands of foreign maids leave HK to work illegally in China border town Filipino helper Mildred rarely takes a walk around her neighbourhood in Shenzhen's Futian district in China. Her worry: Being arrested. She is working there illegally, and the Cebu native is one
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    • Article, Illustration
      389 18 r f so they did Gangster taunts Miami police on AN alleged gang member in Miami showed off his guns and taunted police on several Internet videos, even asking them to "come and get him". So they did just that, reported Fox News. "Last night, we granted
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    • 593 19 Lives shattered, communities destroyed, a coast blackened by oil. Residents say: THE blackened west coast beaches have been cleaned, a month after South Korea's worst oil spill. The residents of Taean in South Chungcheong Province, however, are still struggling to recover from their shattered
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    • SNAPSHOT
      • 35 20 BY THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY PASS ANYTHING, IT WILL BE PAST THE TIME WE NEED IT. James Paulsen, strategist at Wells Capital Management, commenting in the IHT on the US government's stimulus package.
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      • 91 20 IT'S becoming less of a sellers' market, with some analysts here saying that buyers might delay purchases until a clearer picture emerges about a possible recession in the US The days when speculators could make quick, easy profits are almost certainly over, they say. Analysts do not expect
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      • 63 20 A TRAILER truck was involved in an accident on Friday afternoon at Bendemeer Road. While negotiating a right turn, the trailer, which was carrying two concrete walls, was believed to have lost balance and overturned. One of die walls hit a pillar of the overhead signboard of Bendemeer
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      • 69 20 INDIAN rights group Hindraf is under investigation by the Malaysian police for allegedly misusing several hundred thousand dollars in donation funds, reported The Star yesterday. The investigation follows the arrest of five Hindraf leaders last month. Deputy police chief Ismail Omar said police had
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      • 98 20 Reuters THE People Power Party unveiled a six-party coalition government yesterday, ending four weeks of suspense following last month's general elections. The elections had left the PPP, which supports deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, just shy of a majority in parliament. In announcing the deal, PPP
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      • 177 20 DR BALAKRISHNAN ON NEW SPORTS HUB: FRENCH-LED consortium Dragages Singapore will build and operate the Republic's sports hub. The Government will pay the group $1.87 billion over the next 25 years for the Kallang project, announced Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and
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      • 178 20 INDONESIAN anti-riot police clashed briefly with about 100 demonstrators yesterday as they called for former Indonesian president Suharto to be brought to justice. The 86-year-old is critically-ill and being treated inside a Jakarta hospital. Police barred protesters from entering the hospital, and later, anti-riot police
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      • 65 20 A NEW Yorker took his snake for a walk and got into trouble for it. Curtis Dewberry, 35, was arrested after walking down a major road with a seven-metre 30kg Burmese python wrapped around his body. K' V He has been charged with animal cruelty and failure to protect
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    • 25 17 www.seletarbroadwav.coni C3 2008 ridal Exhibition 19 to 20 January Singapore, Venue Suntec Level 3 Meeting Room 320 Tel: 6457 0351 Hp: 9815 7446 (Mr Phua)
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  • OUR Sunday
    • 749 21  -  Rock-climbing, dragon-boating and trampolines. One volunteer group believes its alternative approach to counselling can help wayward youths Zubaidah Nazeer l zubaidah@sph.com.sg OUT with serious talks and counselling sessions. In with hip activities dragon-boating, percussion performances, movie screenings, soccer tournaments and hiking. A young VWO (Voluntary Welfare
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    • 526 22  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THE only reason I remember Fattie Sultan was that he was the first student in Pasir Panjang Primary to own an autograph book. The expensive-looking book (at least $1.50) had a glittering gold cover with Elvis Presley's face
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    • 836 23  -  For old faves at prices out of the goodold days, visit KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg PRICES of makan will naturally rise as the world just cannot produce enough of everything. Slowly but surely, that hawker centre plate of chicken rice will soon hit the
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    • 654 24  -  Want to feel good? Look at yourself through Joe Nathan Columnist tnptQsph.comsg IT's nearing the end of January and time for a quick check on how you feel about yourself. You might have made a few New Year resolutions and broken them. You might have felt lonely
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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    • 64 25 A TRIBUTE TO OUR PIONEERS Q Which roi taught David Marshall They are our founding fathers. Know all of them? Learn more about the 10 political pioneers who made a difference to all our lives. Get this value gift pack at < all bookstores: $37 for a set of 10
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  • 559 26  -  YOGA FOR GOOD SEX UFE final OUR SUNDAY Bharat Thakur tnp@sph.com.sg IN my travels I meet so many couples who are happy in other ways but unhappy or unfulfilled in their sexual relationship. In the last few weeks I've given you exercises that will
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 109 27 I r I I «n I i «%> < V f v kV^ <v 4 <? -v v-V CELESTIAL MOVIES brings you the hottest movie stars from Asia! Andy Lau. Daniel Wu, Tony Leung, Louis Koo and Donnie Yen are only one step away from your StarHub Digital Cable! The
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 286 27 TView Cellular Channel 5, 730pm A young man receives an emergency call on his handphone from an older woman who claims to have been kidnapped and that the culprits are after her husband and child. Starring Chris Evans, Kim Basinger. Wasiat Suria, 930pm In this new Malay dramedy, the death
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    • 217 27 The Night Time Pknk Celestial Movies (Star Hub Ch 61), 9pm A couple who are attracted to each other but keep each other at arm's length infuriate their Mends who try to break down the barriers that separate them. Starring Mikako Tabe, Takuya Ishida. Flyboys Star Movies (Star Hub Ch
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      251 28 Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages t0... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Just a lovely photo to remind us to love one and another as siblings Gilliah and Joen. From
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    • 125 28 What are you waiting for? Send us your photos and win attractive prizes from Ning Aesthetics Are you a photogenic couple? This Valentine's Day/ Ning Aesthetics will reward 10 couples with a $1,000 modi spa voucher each, with two winners in the
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  • SUN RACING
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      501 30  -  $200,000 S'PORE THREE-YEAR-OLD SPRINT S'PORE CROUP 3 1,200 M (LONG COURSE E) Fradd's patient ride pays off for Oneninetyfive... Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg THEY electedto ride Oneninetyfive quietly and the move paid off handsomely for Australian trainer Brian Dean and South African hoop Robbie Fradd yesterday. Oneninetyfive took
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    • 2155 31 GOING: GOOD Race 1 C5 D1 1700m 6 SILENT WIND 55.5 c 53.5 (15-5) 3 WICHITA 59 c 56 (17-10) 10 ALWAYS NATURAL 52.5 C 50.5 (33-11)... 7 VALERIAN 55 c 54 (55-16) 11 LEOPARD STRIKE 50 c 48 (63-16) 9 MAGIC EIGHT
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    • 151 31 WHITE LIGHTNING (No. 3 on left) is no world beater. But for his connections, Oriole Stable, the four-year-old son of Iglesia is one special horse. Not only is he versatile he has won both on turf and fibresand he is as game as they
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    • 1358 32 RACE 1 BENGAWAN was slow. RED AUSPICE, who began awkwardly, steadied shortly after away from the heels of TOMAHAWK, who shifted in. Near the 450 m, BENGAWAN hung out and had to be checked off the heels of TAXI MASTER. Making the turn
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    • 454 32 GOING: GOOD 8 ROSADi LMO 53.5 (36-8) L Camillfri (1) 1 1 BMMEC4 NOIRE 55 (212-36) A Kmrtj (9) 2 2 BORSOU EH 55 (10-7) T Twatr (3) 3 Tralaor SK Knight. MarfiaK 1,1.25, ns. Ttaae: 59.145ec. Forecast: $279. Place Forecast: $19 (Nos. 1-2), $91 (Nos.
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    • 231 33 ONE-HORSE AFFAIR IN $200,000 S PORE FOUR-YEAR-OLD SPRINT? #UNBEATEN IN LAST 4 STARTS... m IT WILL have to take something special to get the better of the exciting Waikato (right, with jockey Saimee Jumaat astride) in this $200,000 Group 3 event over 1,200 m in Race
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    • Article, Illustration
      236 33 Denotes tipster's best bet of the day SUNDAY TOPTIPS K^\ nl^J I KmJ m r n/^fcJ ffl Fjjgj m l»: mtm i 3 SHuat Chai 6 The Big Gee i 8 Triple A CSB 1 Waikato STange* 8 Ace Arriba 9 Breadwinner lr^ .-,4... 6 Messina |gpp 5
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    • 1581 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 Hi. Last In m HORSE VI Ml No May OarrV m (IpMrtoMMi. fraMr-caracr) 1 ***** Cm*m Strip* 59 (53) trMd* S <5arom P Shaw ALA Crab&a) r wiw.i lip 56.5 (48) OOeaaMy 10 (4rcm Sam Chua-Homet) 3
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    • 60 34 RACE 4: Superb Challenge, Wind Chaser, Lim's Zerperb, Helium, Lim's Oasis, Coup Leader, Silent Force. RACE 7: Breckenridge, World Airlines, Crusoe, Lim's Fighter, Bambaazon, Kilat Dharma, Graduate Boy, Mushroom. RACE 8: Future Baby, Safety Outlet, Blade Liger, Royal Smile. RACE 9: Supreme Strike, Landau, Daring Commander, Golden Hawk. RACE
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    • 2085 35 LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS AND TIPS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,200 m) 1 Candour Stripes Fresh, shown pace and drawn well enough to run a big race. 2 Perfect Align Lost no marks last two starts when found one to beat and can go
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    • 963 36 RACE 1 (1,200 m) Flying Kenny (11) can figure in the finish. He is one of only two starters in the line-up with any sort of form. Moonglow (12) is the other form horse. He has placed in three of five outings and should appreciate
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    • 1092 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD HO. HORSE NAME THANH JOCKEY 1 RANBOW OASIS MeT 0 Whyte 2 SUPER MUSIC SA 0 Doleuze 3 CHUM ULNA POS B Prebble 4 LUCKY RED TKN W M Lai(-2) 5 PERFECT MATCH JS A Delpech WT(IR) RAR 129 14
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 33 31 Rfl' Saturday, 19 Jan 2008 irst Second Third 0608 3827 1233 Starters 8277 5244 2328 6301 7158 5430 6385 8623 7383 6761 Consolation 6036 5149 3660 3000 8042 3671 6242 9670 5224 9899
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  • Sunday SPORTS
    • 779 37 Mad about golf IT IS a couple of weeks yet before Ernie Els emerges from his winter hibernation down in sunny South Africa and swings back into action at the Dubai Desert Classic. But there is no denying this is shaping up to be
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    • 536 38  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph. com.sg STARTING this year, amateur golfers in Singapore will be ranked in a newly-created Singapore Golf Association (SGA) Order of Merit. The Order of Merit was announced at the annual SGA/Parents Dialogue at Sembawang Country Club yesterday. With
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    • 434 38 Gomez in pole on 18-under AP. IT WAS your typical third round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, where birdies were as prevalent as desert cactus when Robert Gamez dipped to 18-under with a 67 for a one-shot lead and someone threw a scare into the rest of the field.
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    • 454 39 Reuters. T ENNIFER Rosales and Dorothy I Delasin of the Philippines benefited I from a late triple-bogey by South Korea to seize a share of the lead on 11-under-par after the Women's World Cup second round yesterday. Korea's Shin Ji Yai and Ji Eun Hee blundered after
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    • 185 39 IN the build-up to the inaugural HSBC Women's Champions event next month, the tide sponsors are holding a five-day golf roadshow in the heart of the city. From tomorrow to Friday, the public are invited to join in the fun at the HSBC Women's Champions Roadshow at
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    • 212 39 Reuters. GERMANY'S Martin Kaymer remained on target to win the Abu Dhabi Championship after keeping his six-shot lead at the end of yesterday's third round. The 23-year-old carded a four-under par 68 for a 17-under total of 199 to leave his nearest challengers with
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    • 1084 40 IN ITS heyday, it was a hotspot for swimmers all across the island. Opened on 19 Dec 1952, Yan Kit Swimming Pool was the only public swimming facility in Singapore then. At its peak, there was hardly any standing space as recreational swimmers, both young
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    • 506 41 THERE are currently seven swimming pools in Singapore that are closed to the public. While four of the pools remained in limbo, three of them enjoyed a new lease of life recendy. One of diem is Farrer Park Swimming Complex. Built in 1956, it is
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    • Article, Illustration
      1124 42  -  The Sporty BOSSES Calling all sporty bosses! Do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from the office? Do you play one or more non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Please email details to npsports@sph.com.sg Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg HE WAS all geared
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    • 351 43 STEP into the Acision office in Paya Lebar and the first thing that catches your attention is the pool table in the pantry. Boudewjin Pesch, the managing director for Asia-Pacific of Acision, is a firm believer of the mantra "work hard, play hard". He
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    • 710 44 TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2008 Wire Services. HE came within a whisker of getting booted out For the first time in four years, Roger Federer found himself with his back to the wall in the first week of a Grand Slam event but, true
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    • 584 45 but they don Wire Services. ROGER Federer's ability to conjure victory from thin air was in stark contrast to women's second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova's feeble 6-3, 6-4 capitulation to Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska. "It's pretty simple. I think I beat myself up out there, so I didn't do
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    • 455 45 AP. DELLACQUA DAZZLED: It took time for Casey Dellacqua's third-round Australian Open win to sink in when she woke up yesterday. "I kind of woke up this morning and had to pinch myself a litde bit and just make sure it wasn't a dream," Dellacqua said* a day after
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    • 991 46 Trevor Hartley's visit brought about a reunion of our football heroes of the *****. They tell ARUN RAJ about their most unforgettable moments of their Malaysia Cup days LIM TENG SAI (1971-1977, centre-back) HE personified his nickname "The Bull" with his crunching challenges. Lim Teng
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    • 1514 47 Remember Trevor Hartley? A back injury put a halt to his playing days, not his football career he made a switch to coaching and became the youngest league manager in England when he took up the Bournemouth hotseat at 27. In 1976, Singapore became his port
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    • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
      • 789 48  -  Get set for a mouth-watering feast featuring some of the best in the Premiership and the Ligue 1, says Your English Kaki lain Macintosh npsports@sph.com.sg IF, like me, your thirst for football is so unquenchable that even one day without a match is enough to
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      • 130 48 MICHAEL ESSIEN (GHANA) An all-round action hero. Essien can do anything and play anywhere. He has a wicked shot, but it's his talents as a midfielder that have made him one of the finest African players of all time. MAMADOU NIANG (SENEGAL) Niang frightened the life out of
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      • 692 49 AP. IT IS hard to walk or drive anywhere in Accra without being coaxed into supporting Ghana's Black Stars at the moment. If you are stuck in one of the capital's maddening traffic jams, the souvenir shop comes to you. Whisties, tee-shirts, baseball caps, plastic horns
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      • BETTING
        • 234 50 TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: lAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: WIGAN ATHLETIC: Taylor, Nash (injured) EVERTON: Turner, Osman (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Wigan 1; Everton 3; draws 2 LAST MEETING: 11 Aug, 2007 Everton 2 Wigan I(EPL) LAST
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        • 374 50 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER CITY: M. Johnson, Castillo (injured) WEST HAM UNITED: Parker, Dyer (injured); Solano, Gabbidon, Zamora, Bellamy (doubtful) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Man City 38; West Ham 34; draws 13 LAST MEETING: 16 Jan, 2008 Man City 1 West Ham 0 (FA Cup) LAST FIVE LEAGUE
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        • 508 51  -  Dave Tindell npsports ®sph. com.sg MAN CITY v WEST HAM (Man City 1 West Ham 0) THIS pair is likely to be sick of the sight of each other as they lock horns for the third time in the space of 16 days.
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        • 458 51 PA Sport. SVEN-Goran Eriksson is intent on keeping hold of Manchester City's bright young things. The good form of midfielder Stephen Ireland and defender Nedum Onuoha in the first half of the season has alerted other clubs. But Eriksson wants the pair to continue their
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      • 408 52  -  ROUND-UP By Ken Gaunt Special Correspondent BENJANI MWARUWARI bagged a hat-trick to end Portsmouth's home goal drought against Derby. Lewin Nyatanga, back from a loan spell at Barnsley, had given the bottom club a shock fifth minute lead after Laurent Robert and Kenny Miller had
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      • 525 52  -  Sl Rory Dollaro Special Correspondent PA Sport Manchester UNITED retained their position on top of the Barclays Premier League after goals from Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo ended Reading's plucky resistance. United did not have it all their own way and for a long time it
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      • 775 53  -  By Michael Fryer Special Correspondent ARSENAL were thanking their lucky stars that Togo did not reach the African Nations Cup after Emmanuel Adebayor netted a brace to see off Fulham. Tomas Rosicky added a third and the result left the Cottagers struggling near the foot
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      • 274 53  -  By Jason Legender Special Correspondent PA Sport SUBSTITUTE Claudio Pizarro kept Chelsea's English Premier League title hopes alive with a late winner against battling Birmingham at St Andrews. The Peru international's only other goal for Blues since his summer move from Bayern
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