The New Paper, 24 February 2008

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    23 1 the new paper 24 FEB 2008 Singapore Press Holdings MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS 8 *****1 *****9 24 Feb 2008 the new paper
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      41 1 Reckless tackle breaks Arsenal striker's leg gj picture I f>uHf» X Reckless S'pore grandfather «isks by taking banned w Vvulnuf sex pill. He says: V i ii'% d' i.t m K: i ij itejfi-i > v <M* u > Wr\ if S# I#/
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      Lock icon IS HE JUST PLAIN NUTS?
      1043 2  -  S'PORE WALNUT PILL BUST Many ill from taking pill, but S'pore grandpa, 68, doesn't care He takes pill at least once a week to keep up libido for 3 girlfriends He's aware of risk, but 'would rather die happy' Maureen Koh maurcenk@sph.com.sg HE knows it
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      Lock icon DEMAND FALLS SINCE CRACKDOWN
      318 2 IT'S not just "lecherous old men" who go for the banned Power 1 Walnut pill, said Ah Hiah's supplier. "Some of them are in the mid-30s even. Most are blue-collar workers and speak dialects," he added. He has as many as 24 customers who are grandfathers.
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      Lock icon SOME PUNTERS ANGERED, OTHERS INSPIRED
      507 3  -  Fire at S'pore Pools HQ disrupts betting at 317 outlets for 1 hour Maureen Koh maurecnk @sph. com.sg HE had just handed over his betting slips to the cashier when he was told: "Sorry. Something is wrong." The butcher thought his friend at the Singapore
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      74 2 ALL-DAY BAK KUT TEH (Available round-the-clock) Indulge in a steaming bowl of peppery soup with tender pork ribs. Served with fragrant yam rice, crispy 'y° u tiao' and braised salted vegetables. At only $14.80 per set. f avcD GMwr I <™ 1 Char KwayTeow are also available C^/^W--382 Havelock Road
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      75 2 TOO MUCH, TOO SOON? Nudes in S'pore? Oh yes, and In a public building tao. But are we ready for them? KF Seetoh lets you In on a beefy Taiwanese secret In the heart of S'pore as s Our Sun II 1800- 733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg Fax 6319
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      4 3 YESTERDAY'S 4D DRAW ~w
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      Lock icon WHO WILL CLEAN THIS MESS?
      1054 5  -  40 HDB blocks left uncleaned for 6 days after walk out, claiming they have L not been paid for months Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg MOST HDB flat dwellers throw their garbage into the rubbish chutes. Buf for Ang Mo Kio resident Kelly Teo it was the
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      Lock icon 30 CLAIMS LODGED AGAINST COMPANY LAST YEAR
      327 5 MINISTRY OF MANPOWER: THE Manpower Ministry confirmed that It had received claims against cleaning contractor Harvest Integrated Services. The claims are for alleged non-payment of salaries of four to six months, as well as overtime pay for 68 Bangladeshi workers. Said a ministry
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      Lock icon TAKE OUR KIDS WE ARE BROKE
      1324 6  -  ■Jobless couple want to give up their unborn baby and 3 younger kids for adoption Their MP says: Please don't do that, we'll try to help you Hedy Khoo hedykhoo @sph.com.sg FACED with mounting expenses and debt, one family of seven could think of
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      Lock icon I DON'T WANT THEM TO CONSIDER ADOPTION: MP
      635 7 ADOPTION should not bo considered even as a last resort, said Alfunied GRC MP Yoo Guat Kwang (below right). "My belief is no parent would want to give up their children for adoption," said Mr Yoo. "I still want to explore mora
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      Lock icon IS KUSU ISLAND AUNTIE AH MENG'S 'MUM'?
      951 8  -  Tay Shi'an shian @sph.com.sg FOR the last 60 years, she has been taking care of the famous Da Bo Gong (Merchant God or God of Prosperity) temple on Kusu Island. And that may not be the only Singapore icon Madam Shim Choy Yeng,
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      Lock icon ...OR ARE YOU THE ORIGINAL OWNER?
      239 8 THE long passage of time coupled with the lack of formal records, has made Ah Meng's past before it became a celebrity at the zoo a mystery. Madam Shim Choy Yeng and her family are not the only ones who could possibly be Ah
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      Lock icon LUXURY LIVING GOES SKY HIGH
      488 9  -  GOT $38MILUON, WILL TRAVEL BY PRIVATE JET Andre Yeo andrcy@sph.com.sg IT looks more like the interior of a luxury apartment than an airplane. You see leather seats, flat screen TVs, Internet connection. And indeed, these executive jets can cost several times the price of a
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      Lock icon Hot night at Kallang
      164 10 THE cool night air at Car Park F of the National Stadium was heated up last night by burning rubber and hot babes in knee-high boots. Motoring fans had a little taste of what is to come on 28 Sep when Singapore will host the first
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      Lock icon I'M READY TO FIGHT AGAIN
      936 11  -  Two months after near fatal road accident, M'sian politician says: Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg SHE escaped death when her car skidded and spun several times before ramming into a road divider on a Pahang highway in December. Thrown out upon impact, she landed on the opposite
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      Lock icon NOMINATED IN EVENING, PULLED OUT BY MORNING
      466 12  -  Hands up: Mr Zulkiflee Yahaya in the morning. BN CANDIDATE'S WOES Tan May Ping in Penang mayping @sph. com.sg LEANING against a wall, the tall, gangly man cut a forlorn figure yesterday. After all, he had been put through a roller-coaster ride of
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      Lock icon SON OF EX-MINISTER IN SEX SCANDAL RUNS FOR DAD'S SEAT
      226 12 HIS father's political career ended with a sex DVD scandal. But Mr Chua Tee Yong, 31, wants to restore his father's tainted reputation by defending the latter's parliamentary seat in Labis, Johor. Mr Chua, a chief financial officer, is the
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      Lock icon WHAT'S ONBOARD: Missile lduncher Secret passage to 'mini-submarine' Bulletproof windows
      633 13 IN the azure waters of the Nice harbour in France, this plain-looking yacht is anchored waiting for a buyer. If you are willing to shell out US$35 million (s49m), it could be yours. It comes with its own hospital, helipad,
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      Lock icon IS THIS INSULTING?
      561 14 IN INDIA, SOME TAKE PROTESTS TOO FAR AFP THIS otherwise-innocent act has led to tennis star Sania Mirza pulling out of tournaments in India. In India, disrespecting the national flag is a crime. And lawyer Raj Kumar Pandey, who has appointed himself a guardian of national dignity,
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      Lock icon TEEN DELIVERS TRIPLETS, TWICE
      211 14 A 16-YEAR-OLD Argentine girl has given birth to female triplets for the second time. The girl, named only as Pamela, had her first set of female triplets aged 15, having first given birth to a son when she was just 14, reported the BBC. All seven
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        150 15 A VICIOUS fight which broke out in Geylang early yesterday morning left one man dead. Mr Seah Boon Lai, 26, had open wounds on his head and body, as well as his arm and leg. A passer-by said he saw a group fleeing. Police received a
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        Lock icon CHOCOLATE F1 RACER
        58 15 PASTRY chefe from Club Pasticcieri Italiani show their life-size model of a Formula One Ferrari F2008 racer. Made entirely of chocolate, the model was exhibited in Sorrento, near Naples in southern Italy, on Friday. The culinary club said 21 chefs had taken two months to make the
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        Lock icon NABBED FOR FLIRTING
        98 15 MORE than 50 young men were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in the holy city of Mecca. The 57 men were accused of wearing indecent clothes, playing loud music and dancing to attract the girls' attention, reported The Saudi Gazette. They were
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        Lock icon MORE POWER CUTS LIKELY
        153 15 JAKARTA BLACKOUT TO SAVE POWER IN a desperate bid by Indonesia's state electricity firm to save dwindling supplies, Jakarta's commercial and residential districts were hit by scheduled power cuts for several hours yesterday, Reuters reported. Officials warned of further outages over the next week if the
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        Lock icon STEALTH BOMBER CRASH
        111 15 A US B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam yesterday, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft, reported AFP. Both pilots on board ejected safely as the US$l.2 billion (sl.7b) radar-evading plane, with its distinctive triangular shape, went down at the
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        Lock icon POLL: S'POREANS WORRY ABOUT MONEY
        176 15 NINE in 10 Singaporeans feel life is getting more stressful and want more fun, an online survey of 500 respondents from various countries revealed. Financial worries are also their top concern, reported ChannelNewsAsia. The survey was conducted in September last year. It's part of a
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        74 15 POLES can now pay their taxes in blood. Every donation to Poland's blood banks will allow them to write the equivalent of $83 off their tax bill. They have to get a certificate from the hospital for every litre they donate. One donor said: "I learnt about it from
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  • OUR Sunday
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      Lock icon Are we ready for GREAT ART?
      677 16  -  Louvre exhibition in S'pore Ng Tze Yong tzcyong@sph.com.sg THERE is nothing quite like meeting a naked Greek statue to send you scurrying to the gym. Check out those marble abs. At the National Museum's current exhibition, Greek Masterpieces, priceless statues and artifacts, all 130
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      Lock icon WHAT IS IT?
      265 17 What it really is: The saddest love story of all. The poet Orpheus (far right) loved his wife Eurydice so much that when she died, he went to the underworld to rescue her. Persephone, queen of the underworld, permitted him to take his wife back, provided he
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      Lock icon KINGS OF THE SILVER SCREEN
      669 18  -  Oscars? What Oscars? Make way for Asia's Maureen Koh maurcenk@sph.com.sg OSCAR fever is in the air Hollywood's highest accolades will be handed out tomorrow. Who will be named Best Actor? George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp, Tommy Lee Jones or Viggo Mortensen? Meanwhile, the list
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      Lock icon Catch them in action
      189 19 VIEWERS can catch their favourite Best Actor on Star Chinese Movies 2 (Star Hub Channel 63) on Saturday and Sunday nights in March. The new SCM2 showcases memorable classics from the Golden Age of Hong Kong productions. With a line-up of movies from the 1970s to
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      Lock icon Beam your scars away
      671 20  -  Know which laser is best for you Ng Wan Ching wanehing @sph. com.sg HERE is yet another laser to rejuvenate your face and make it scar free. The Mosaic laser, introduced here six months ago, uses Chaos Scanning Technology (CST) together with fractional laser and is
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      Lock icon Win movie tickets!
      115 20 TRAVEL back in time to 10,000 8.C., an action-packed, special effects-laden prehistoric epic adventure that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. Oh, and the human eye candy isn't too bad as well. 10,000 8.C., which opens in
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      Lock icon Constant competition? That's life, my boys
      522 21  -  Santokh Singh santokh@sph.com.sg I COULD see the disappointment on their faces not another discussion on examinations. I did feel for them, but it was something that had to be discussed. So this particular father-son talk went ahead as scheduled. The topic: The Sec 2
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      Lock icon You can be your own lucky charm
      1058 22  -  f Research shows luck is not in the stars, but in behaviour Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg BLACK CATS, the number 13, lucky coins, finding a taxi at 6pm on a rainy day, meeting your one true love while waiting for the MRT
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      Lock icon Taiwan delight perfected in S'pore
      726 23  -  KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg I REMEMBER when I was a rookie in journalism school, I was shown a picture and challenged to crack my head for a witty caption. The picture had a cow caught in a flood, standing atop a house. I came up
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      Lock icon Just let it flow
      489 24  -  YOGA FOR MIGRAINE 3 Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg DO you know that 1 when you get a migraine, blood flow to the brain decreases? So if we now add some exercises that reverse this to the routines I've given you over the past weeks, you should
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      74 19 Win shopping vouchers TEN lucky readers will win a $100 shopping voucher each. Just tell us: Who won the Best Actor award for his role as an undercover cop in City On Fire? Do remember to include your full name, age, IC and contact numbers and e-mail your answer to
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      266 25 OURSUnDHV CHANNEL 5 IMSMP Everwood FA Cup Highlights 2007/2008 [The Real Wedding Crashers View From The Top Planet's Funniest Animals Instant Beauty Pageant Psych Veronica Mars Gilmore Girls Paycheck News 5 Tonight Scream 3 America's Got Talent Serie A Tim 2007/08 Roma vs Fiorentina (Delayed) CHANNEL 8 IOjOObRI Asian Legends
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      75 25 TView The Queen Arts Central, 10pm After the death of Princess Diana, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II finds herself dealing with a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. Starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen. Paycheck Channel 5,7pm An engineer is left running for his life while trying to figure out
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      41 25 CABLE f ■> fN Invincible Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear.
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      89 25 Blood Diamond HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm Set against the backdrop of the civil war in 1990s Sierra Leone, a fisherman, a smuggler and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless conflict diamond. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly. Rainbow Song Celestial Movies (StarHub Ch 61),
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    Lock icon SUNDAY SOCIAL
    287 26 OUR SUNDAY 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 to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg To my wife, Karen, thank you for the love and care you have shown me. We
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    Lock icon Flying colours
    253 28 Brought to you by Nokia Nseries Show Tel DID you turn your eyes skyward for an aenal treat this past week? Tens of thousands of local and international visitors to the Singapore Airshow, which started on Tuesday and ends today, did just that. The return of the aerobatic
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      78 28 34 3'N -m m "tutu f m 4> wj-* 118 14'W Discover what keeps people up at night. Soul Of The Night Singapore's ultimate night guide. Find new places to go or share your own nighttime discoveries with everyone else. The Soul Of The Night portal is your personal night
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon TOP SPIN TOO GOOD, TOO CLASSY
      346 29  -  $200,000 S PORE FOUR-YEAR OLD MILE S'PORE GROUP 3 7,600/W Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg ONE down, one to go. Trainer Laurie Laxon and jockey Saimee Jumaat achieved the first of their two big-race targets at Kranji yesterday with Top Spin in the $200,000 Group 3
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S PERTH (ASCOT) RESULTS
      460 29 GOING: GOOD 1 FOREST FROLIC 57.0 (15-8) W Pike (5) 1 2 REIGNING FORT 54.0 (74-14) P Knuckey (2) 2 6 LUSKIN DANCER 53.5 (62-14) J Valas (4) 3 Trainer: J Cockell. Margins: Hd. 1,1.75. Time: 2min 10.7 sec. EOB: $11 Forecast: $47. Tierce: $352 Trio:
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE A) RESULTS
      2134 30 GOING: GOOD 2 MUM 55.5 (105-23) IDw (10) 1 4 MI MKMCM 55.5 (30-7) J dawdler (6) 2 Hd 11 MMBI53 (68-35) BBrarataa (12) 3 nk 9 KUEVFTHCCEB 53 (48-23) M Raster (14) 4 hd RWhMm; OA Hayes. Tiar Imin 11 44sec (going yielding
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      Lock icon Look Meagher, four winners
      133 30 TRAINER John Meagher (above) continued his red-hot form yesterday. The Melbourne Cup-wining handler of What A Nuisance fame saddled four winners to take his tally to seven at the past two meetings. Yesterday, he was successful with llm's foy (S John), Urn's Zerperb (D Azis), Gust
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TOPTIPS
      203 31 Danny Khoo Dill Thean Loon yi Marc Tan 4 ah -U PT^I rR3j^ +rJ^ [7^ J rfW 4 D'Mlghty f Kingdom 2 Golden Tiger a Blitz L7 w. i it 4 Stryker i» Twniotn >■; 4 Breadwinner able SKeegan 11 Lightning 1 One 9 D'Mighty Bull 3 Stings
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      1029 31 RACE 2 WORKING WEALTH jumped awkwardly out, bumping RAINY DAYS onto VIRGO. This resulted in VIRGO having to steady off the heels of KING PHARAOH. Shortly after the start, GUTSY POWER lost ground after being steadied off the heels of FINGERS CROSSED. Passing
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE B) RACE CARD
      1641 32 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 J W' t ***** 2 70CM4 3 869-44 4 9-5-06 AalUka 57 (4 Zmh 56.5 4 httn■ 555 4 n»Ww 55 3 3) 11 2 II 0 If 25 vtk 4 (3ag Desmond Kott-Arowana) I (S(uq J Meaghef4Jm'»)
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      16 32 BEST BET THIS is todayS wim SSSfc»^ UTrstarts (Race 5 No. 7) j_ ThPte's nc
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      86 32 ■ACE Is Magic Eight, Up Ahead, Good Performance, Master Of Triumph. ■ACE 2s Joe And Jayzeeca, Imperial Treasure, Daring Mellifont. ■ACE 4s Royal Force, Fortune Way, Supreme Strike, Eternal Luck. RACE 6s Robbins, Magic Ace, Sporting Chance, Sea Of Tranquility. RACE 7s Welcome Change, Kipadi, The Firebird, New Generation,
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      Lock icon Temujin good for second dose
      1865 33 LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,800 m) 1 Act Like Me Should appreciate the extra distance and won't be far away from the winner 2 Zoom Another who should like the journey; came home well enough at last couple to be
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      Lock icon COULDN'T CARE LESS SOLID BET
      1054 34 RACE 1 (1,200 m, awt) Demlner (No. 1) has found things harder with a single placing from six starts in Class 3 but had started the campaign off on a winning note last September in this grade and over today's course and distance. He has
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      991 34 GOING FORECAST; GOOD W. —UIW WB JOCKEY WW Ml I OMHM JS DWhyte 131 6 2(BTMB ATM KTYeung(-7) 129 11 3WBIMVB SW MNunes 129 3 4 SAVUTE LH Y T Cheno(-2) 127 7 5 TATTENHALL DBJRHT TWL E WILSON 120 12 6 ROLREH 0PP0RT1HHTY
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      33 30 LU Saturday, 23 Feb 2008 First Second Third 7989 1441 5275 Starters 1615 2478 6828 5192 7688 2498 9604 3084 5936 5685 Consolation 3919 5341 7598 6053 0930 4547 5459 7434 5539 1465
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon GIANT KILLING
      790 35 Mad about golf Forget humble Barnsley FC knocking mighty Liverpool out of the FA Cup last weekend. This, right here, is the week for giant killing; the WGC Accenture Matchplay Championship at Dove Mountain in Tucson, Arizona. Every year, the world's top-64 golfers show up for a five-day
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      Lock icon BACK FROM THE DEAD
      811 36 Woods twice escapes elimination to beat Baddeley on the 20th If was unbelievable. I made two mistakes eee two bogeys and gave him two holes, out he did the same. But every other hole it seemed like we birdied. I birdied, he birdied. He birdied, I
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      Lock icon Calm, calculated win for Brown
      621 37 NEW Zealander Mark Brown emerged as the comfortable winner at the Sail Open, presented by Jaypee Greens, after firing a steady three-under-par 69 in the final round yesterday. Shooting four birdies against one bogey on the final day in New Delhi, the 33-year-old champion enjoyed
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      Lock icon Mardan 11th, Lam closes with 69
      73 37 SINGAPORE'S Mardan Mamat finished joint-llth, with two others, after firing a creditable 72 for an aggregate of 281. He pocketed U556,760 ($9,500). Not to be outdone, Singapore's No. 2 Lam Chih Bing fired a superb 69 yesterday to finish with a total of 283.
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      449 37 AFP. SOUTH Korea's Jang Jeong maintained her grip of the US$l.3 million (sl.Bm) LPGA Fields Open on Friday, carding a 68 to keep a one-shot lead over compatriot Kim Song Hee. Jang's four-under effort gave her a 12-under 132 total. One day after
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      866 38 Welcome to Imac's Eye a weekly column from your English Kaki. He will oe letting you in on a few ot the secrets he's been hearing on his travels around the Premier League, keeping you abreast of some of the quirkier stories in the British media and generally
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      380 38 VERY sad news reaches iMac's Eye this week as it emerges that Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Gascoigne was one of the finest footballers ever to pull on an England shirt, but has fallen to pieces since his professional career
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      Lock icon LIGHTS OUT FOR ASIAN CLUB MATCHES?
      1296 39 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 looks at how Singapore's best stadiums, used for football, aren't up to scratch for Asian club games COME 11
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      • BETTING
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          Lock icon MATCH 0307: READING v ASTON VILLA
          369 40 TEAM FACTS: ARUH RAJ; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: lAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: READING: Duberry, Little (injured) VILLA: Nil HEAD-TO-HEAD: Reading win 2; Villa 11; draws 2 LAST MEETING: 12 Jan, 2008 Villa 3 Reading 1 (EPL) LAST
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          Lock icon MATCH 0308: BLACKBURN v BOLTON
          353 40 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: BLACKBURN: Ooijer, Olsson (injured) BOLTON: Nil HEAD-TO-HEAD: Blackburn win 55; Bolton 61; draws 35 LAST MEETING: 13 Jan, 2008 Bolton 1 Blackburn 2 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: BLACKBURN: L-D-D-D-W BOLTON: L-W-D-D-L GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): BLACKBURN 0-15 min: 3,4 16-30: 3,8 31-45:
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        518 41 READING v ASTON VILLA PA Sport. STEVE Coppell has revealed he was on the brink of dropping half of his first-choice team as he seeks a solution to the desperate form that has left Reading on the brink of relegation. The Berkshire outfit will kick-off at
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        450 41 BLACKBURN BOLTON PA Sport. KEVIN Nolan is determined to keep Bolton's Premiership survival bid on course at Blackburn today. And he is also dreaming of European glory. Nolan and his Wanderers team-mates battled against the odds to claim a 1-0 aggregate win over Atletico Madrid and
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    • CARLING CUP FINAL
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        Lock icon This mouse is magic in the Year of the Rat
        646 42  -  TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO S HOT, WHO'S NOT: lAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) Brian Miller npsorts @sph. com.sg SADLY, it's a label that just happened to stick. The Mickey Mouse Cup. A comical, inconsequential 90
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        Lock icon MATCH 1001: CHELSEA v TOTTENHAM
        364 42 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: CHELSEA: Nil SPURS: Bale, Assou-Ekotto (Injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Chelsea 58; Spurs win 46; draws 31 LAST MEETING: 12 Jan, 2008 Chelsea 2 Spurs 0 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS. CHELSEA: D-D-W-W-W SPURS: W-D-D-W-L GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): CHELSEA 0-15 min: 3,4 16-30:10,1 31-45: 3,4
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        Lock icon A Chelsea victory means Grant is SPECIAL
        834 43 WHEN Avram Grant took over from Jose Mourinho at Chelsea last September, there were those who did not expect him to last until Christmas. Some said he was there only until billionaire owner Roman Abramovich 1J A.ll could install Dutchman Guus Hiddink. Well,
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        Lock icon Grant makes a special impression
        658 44 PA Sport WHEN Avram Grant became Chelsea's manager last September, he was written off as a stop-gap appointment with little hope of staying beyond the season. The the 52-year-old Israeli was surprisingly handed the task of replacing Jose Mourinho by the club's billionaire owner Roman
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        Lock icon Magical Juande casts spell at the Lane
        552 45 PA Sport TAT HEN the board of Tottenham V V wanted a new man to take the club forward, they turned to Juande H Ramos. He had guided Sevilla to consecutive Uefa Cups and they finished just five off winners progress to the
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        220 46 PETR CECH v RAOEK CERNY CECH has long been regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world, but his form has taken a slight dip in the last year. However, he remains a formidable figure and has experience on his side. Cerny was thrust into the limelight when he
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        1247 46 One is his team's most prolific striker, the other is a midfielder whose strike rate is the envy of most attackers. We look at two potential match-winners, Dimitar Berbatov and Frank Lampard. PA Sport JUANDE Ramos admitted his side's progression to the Carling Cup final would play
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        211 46 meMoocMitfra* OHMTM KRMTOV WITH John Terry's extended absence from the side, Carvalho has had even more responsibility heaped on his shoulders. Without the England defender alongside him, Carvalho has grown in stature. Berbatov may not quite I have hit the heights of his debut season last campaign, but the
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        Lock icon I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
        299 47 EARLY DAYS AT LEEDS AARON Lennon, like many players raised in the inner cities, learned his trade in the five-a-side pens that are often the focal point of urban life. Fortunately for him, he only had to step outside his door to find a game.
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        Lock icon The long and winding road
        1389 47 EXCLUSIVEI HE HAS played at the World Cup, held the distinction of being the youngest player to appear in the Premier League, and has the adulation of 33,000 fans every time he steps out onto the White Hart Lane turf. But you will not find
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        Lock icon GOING TO THE WORLD CUP
        279 47 TICKET TO RIDE WITH Spurs losing 2-1 to West Ham in the final match of the 2005/06 season, Lennon was devastated. There was not going to be any Champions League football. But he was handed the perfect remedy a ticket to the World Cup and
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        Lock icon GLAD YOU ARE HERE, DAD
        640 48 PA Sport A VRAM Grant's father, Meir, will be a special guest at tonight's Carling Cup final just days after celebrating his 80th birthday. Meir, a holocaust survivor of World War 11, is Grant's idol and the 52-year-old Israeli has paid for his dad to
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        Lock icon Grant: I didn't leave Ashley out in the Cole
        277 48 PA Sport. CHELSEA manager Avram Grant admits he has been concerned about Ashley Cole following the defender's recent off-field issues. Reports have claimed that Cole will be left ouf of Chelsea's side in favour of Wayne Bridge for tonight's Carling Cup
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        Lock icon Torres treble floors Boro
        674 49  -  Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL 3 BORO 2 Responsibility is something Fernando Torres learnt to take on early in his career. It is why, when under the spotlight, he thrives better than most. Last night (Singapore time), in a game which few Liverpool players stood up to
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        Lock icon Solano seals win in tetchy derby...
        763 50 PA Sport NOLBERTO SOLANO grabbed a controversial late winner for West Ham against Fulham on the day Bobby Moore was honoured by his former clubs at Craven Cottage. It was the 15th anniversary this weekend of Moore passing away and supporters stood for a
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        Lock icon Scharner inspires easy win for Latics
        514 51  -  By Damien Spellman Special Correspondent DERBY boss Paul Jewell's return to Wigan culminated in an unwanted club record as the Rams took another stride towards a swift return to the Coca-Cola Championship. Second-half goals from Paul Scharner and Antonio Valencia gave the Latics a
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        Lock icon DEFOE SPOT ON FOR POMPEY...
        614 51  -  JfcJ Duncan Bech Special Correspondent PA Sport JERMAIN DEFOE'S contentious penalty 20 minutes from time was enough to keep Portsmouth's European bid on course as Sunderland suffered a 10th consecutive away defeat in the Premier League an unwanted club record. Until the spotkick when Niko
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        Lock icon Horror in leg-breaking Taylor tackle
        505 52 PA Sport. THIS tackle was so frightening that replays of the incident were deliberately not shown over television. Millions of viewers, including the thousands in Singapore, who watched last night's live telecast of the Birmingham-Arsenal match must have choked in horror at the sickening injury
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        Lock icon 'He should never play football again'
        383 52 PA Sport. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger said Martin Taylor should "never play football again" after the Birmingham captain's' tackle broke Eduardo's leg. Eduardo went down after the challenge in the third minute of the Premier League encounter at St Andrew's and Taylor was shown
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        Lock icon DEADLY TACKLES
        426 52 PA Sport looks back at other grievous football challenges. DAVID BUSST: The Coventry defender suffered a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula in a collision with Manchester United defender Denis Irwin during a match at Old Trafford in Apr 1996. The leg-break was so bad that die
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        Lock icon Injury-time agony for Gunners
        686 53 BIRMINGHAM 2 ARSENAL 2 PA Sport IAMES McFadden scored an injury-time penalty as Birmingham held Premiership leaders Arsenal to a z-2 draw at home last night. Theo Walcott's double looked to have enabled Arsenal to overcome a sickening leg injury to striker Eduardo da Silva after
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        Lock icon We showed great spirit: McFadden
        159 53 PA Sport JAMES McFadden hailed Birmingham's spirit after his last-gasp penalty salvaged a 2-2 Premier League draw against Arsenal. The Scotland forward, who admitted he had been "nervous" stepping up for the penalty, said: "When they got the two goals, it looked as if we
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      Lock icon Spurs can end Blues' Quadruple talk
      690 54 Your English Kaki, who will be at Wembley tonight to watch the Carling Cup final, thinks Chelsea are in for a huge surprise THIS week, Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck was forced to dampen expectations at Stamford Bridge when he was asked, for the first
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      Lock icon Personal clashes
      238 54 AARON LENNONv ASHLEY COLE It's all about pace here. Lennon isn't the best crosser of tfye ball, but who needs to swing a pass in when you can just run into the box and lay it off for Robbie Keane? Cole will need all of his experience if
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      71 36 I irrift 1 with the fjf'y 1 >!> LEGAL BOOKMAKER Italian League Roma Fiorentina Sun, 24/02/08 10.00pm *E League Cup Chelsea Tottenham Sun, 24/02/08 11.00pm German League Munich Hamburg Mon, 25/02/08 12.00 am Italian League Milan Palermo Mon, 25/02/08 3.30 am S.League Dalian Super Reds Mon, 25/02/08 7.45pm S.League Sengkang
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      132 54 SPORTS )> TV READING v ASTON VILLA Ch 27, 8.25pm, tonight I BLACKBURN v BOLTON m Ch 27, 10.55pm, tonight MAN CITY v EVERTON Ch 27, 3.55 am, Tuesday CHELSEA v TOTTENHAM a Ch 22, 10.55pm, tonight MILAN v PALERMO Ch 5, 3.30 am, tomorrow a BARCELONA v LEVANTE H
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      96 55 NZn.CtN.fC #.-r. a i I V K V w m ,-j s r*v '•> :T -».A 4.* >\ A Vs- 1 "0.. r/ THE MERCURIAL VAPOR 4 HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH ONE THING IN MIND PURE SPEED. Worn by the world's deadliest players like Cristiano Ronaldo, every contour and feature
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