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Title Section24 2008-05-04 1 the new Paper Sunday 4 MAY 2008 Singapore Press Holdings MICA (P) 113/*****07 80 CENTS 8 *****1 ***** > 4 May 2008 tie new paper24 words
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Advertisement62 2008-05-04 1 Arsenal's Adebayor speaks to our J3 the new 11 i JFS u in I' 1) m 7 MAY ?GO3 S 'pore cabby jailedfor abusi**"™™ 'spiritual wive I was slapped, stripped, ordered to sleep with workers, says one J E! 4 MAY 2008 -A 1 t*l Hi FOUNDER'S KEEPERS I J62 words
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SUN NEWS
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Article, Illustration1538 2008-05-04 2 Tay Shi’an - 'Medium' who kept 2 mums as sex slaves jailed 21 months Tay Shi’an shian@sph.com.sg HE was a medium who first pretended to be their saviour. They are two women who eventually became his slaves. Liao Chew Hat, 52, had so muchtnp picture | kelvin chng - 1,538 words
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Article, Illustration411 2008-05-04 3 Victims furious at medium's claims of being cheated HE claimed tie had committed the crimes under desperate circumstances and "grave provocation I In his mitigation plea Liao. who is married with tour grown children, claimed that one ot the victims. Jane, wastnp picture | kelvin chng - 411 words
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Advertisement95 2008-05-04 2 the MAN U v CHELSEA paper (21 MAY) Look out for our Champions League Final Special Noon Edition Our regular Sports Noon Editions will be taking a break will resume with Euro 2008 oußSunoflv DARLING OF S Only 5 months old, Veronica Pang becomes SUV off-road trip to Pahang I95 words
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SUN NEWS
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Article, Illustration607 2008-05-04 5 Shree Ann Mathavan - I Each of these My Lovely Mum Pageant contestants 1 has a bittersweet story to tell Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann@sph.com.sg WHAT more could a woman want? That was what Madam Shirley Lee, now 39, thought more than 15 years ago.tnp pictures | kua chee siong, francis lee - 607 words
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Article, Illustration449 2008-05-04 6 TWO years back, her cheerful daughter had encouraged her to take part in the My Lovely Mum pageant. At that time, Madam Cat Ang wasn't selected for the competition. But the 33-year-old administrative manager's second try this year proved lucky. She449 words
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Article, Illustration295 2008-05-04 6 STEPMOTHERS everywhere take heart. That's the encouraging message Mrs Jenny Teo, 36, hopes to pass on to other stepmums. Mrs Teo, who owns a weight management business, has one daughter from her first marriage, three stepchildren from her current husband, Mr Samuel295 words
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Article, Illustration681 2008-05-04 7 Crystal Chan - Teacher has rare condition that affects 1 in 12,000 Crystal Chan crystalc@sph.com.sg WHEN teacher Cheng Boon Wah (picture), 33, goes for check-ups, doctors invariably tell him everything is fine after putting their stethoscopes to the left side of his chest. But, aftertnp picture | francis lee - 681 words
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Article128 2008-05-04 7 THE first known case of a right-side heart in a man was reported in 1606 by Italian anatomist Girolamo Fabrici. This was followed by a case recorded in 1643 by Italian surgeon Marco Severino. Two more reports were lodged in die same century one of128 words
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Article, Illustration542 2008-05-04 8 Maureen Koh - Two S'poreans slightly injured S PORE-BOUND TRAIN FROM SEREMBAN DERAILS Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.eom.sg THE train he was on had just derailed in Malaysia, but Mr Subari Sukaini sounded calm when he called his home in Singapore. The 59-year-old executive officer with the Singapore Malay Teachers'pictures china press - 542 words
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Article, Illustration1220 2008-05-04 9 Tay Shi’an - Current owner seeks S'pore buyer for $9.5 million property FOR I SM* Tay Shi’an shian@sph.com.sg A BIG piece of Singapore history is up for sale in London. The last home of Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, has been put on the market for £3.5 million ($9.5pictures | winkworth estate agents - 1,220 words
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Article, Illustration134 2008-05-04 10 Highwood House facts: Freehold Early 19th century Georgian mansion Set in grounds of almost an acre. Gross internal area of about 8,000 sq ft (740 sq m). Presently converted into three apartments plus one unconverted apartment. Total: Eight bedrooms. Grade II listing134 words
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Article, Illustration623 2008-05-04 11 Shree Ann Mathavan - Aussie study shows women grads there more attractive as wives. But in Singapore... Shree Ann Mathavan shreeann (Stsph.com.sg YOU have a degree and a great job, darling? Wow, that's a turn on. Aussie men are more likely to feel this way these days. A623 words
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451 2008-05-04 12 Serene Goh - COMMENT By Serene Goh I DID a study on women in the Ming-Qing era when I was in college. At the time, marriage was a means through which many women achieved status, stability, and happiness. I remember thinking "wow", if only life were that451 words
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Article, Illustration419 2008-05-04 12 COMMENT By Caleb Uu WOMEN who are better educated j m have a lower chance of getting married. That is the perceived wisdom in Singapore, and a common complaint among career women who bemoan the fact that they are victims of their419 words
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Miscellaneous176 2008-05-04 13 WAH.' LAST week I PAID $3 ONLY. '2 s r 4 X 6 r c 9 MANY HAWKEPS HAVE NO CHOICE. THE PICE, THE FLOUP FOP 6PEAD, COOKING OIL, SPANS, VE6ETABLES, FISH, ALL TH£56 APE IMPOPTED. AND, ALL OVEP THE WOPLD, FOOD PPICES HAVE ©ONE UP. SINCE END 2006, SLOGAL176 words
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Miscellaneous374 2008-05-04 14 en rnrui un auHuni *t may cukju i t V WHAT? COOKING OIL ALSO CAUSING My Pice to become mope V expeNSive? NO, NO. I AM PCPePPING TO THe PU6L THAT IS US£0 TO PUN youc CAP. OIL PPlCeS HAVE GONe UP NOW TO ovep US$100 pep bappel. rr MAy374 words
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421 2008-05-04 15 SEX RACKET: TWO HELD IN BANGKOK They were promised Kbs in England but reed into prostitution THEY were promised decent jobs in England but a nasty surprise greeted them when they arrived there. Instead of paid work, a Malaysian agent bought them and took421 words
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Article, Illustration501 2008-05-04 15 A DOUBLE LIFE OF BOOKS SEX Terengganu student allegedly flies to KL during weekends to sell sex She is only 17 but has a bank balance of over RM80,000 ($34,450). The secret as to how the teenager came to own so much cash came to light after she was hospitalisedtnp photo illustration - 501 words
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Article, Illustration489 2008-05-04 16 THE Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson in the US state of Arizona normally attracts aeroplane buffs. But recently, the base also known as the US air force's "boneyard", was the focus of buyers looking for scrap metal. Nearly half of the roughly 4,200pictures | reuters, getty images - 489 words
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Article, Illustration456 2008-05-04 17 Teammates join midfielder in emotionaf farewell FRANK LAMPARD BIDS GOODBYE TO MUM HE plays for Chelsea Football Club, but it was the West Ham football anthem I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles that was being sung at his mother's wake on Friday morning.pictures | gefty images - 456 words
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SNAPSHOT
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Article48 2008-05-04 18 Mr Dimitris Lambrou, a resident of the Greek island of Lesbos, who is leading a legal move to slop members of a homosexual rights group from calling themselves lesbians, because of the similarity to the island 7 s name: My sister can't call herself a Lesbian.48 words
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Article107 2008-05-04 18 WATCH out, if you get the flu, it may be caused by a new bug. Of the three most common strains of the flu bug that hit Singapore this year, two are new, Channel News Asia reported. According to the World Health Organisation, these107 words
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Article80 2008-05-04 18 ANY glue sniffer caught a second time can now expect to be sent to the Anti-Inhalant Abuse Centre. And the centre has unveiled measures to beef up its programmes. These will emphasise tailored treatment, after-care support and relapse prevention. The number of inhalant abusers caught rose to80 words
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Article154 2008-05-04 18 BOPYBUHPiNG THE 46th National Bodybuilding Championships held on 20 Apr has left a doping controversy in its wake. Two athletes apparently went off without taking a dope test They could not produce urine samples even after a four-hour wait an< drinking about two litres of water.154 words
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Article102 2008-05-04 18 AUUNIED GRC MPs have revealed plans for estate upgrading under the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme. MP Yeo Guat Kwang said it will begin with 14 blocks on Hougang Avenue 6. These blocks, 520 to 533, have just over 1,400 flats. The government will fully fund the $3.4 million project,102 words
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Article197 2008-05-04 18 WHILE we can take pride in our communal harmony, we should not lull ourselves into thinking that nothing can go wrong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng said yesterday. And to remain prepared for any crisis, more community leaders will197 words
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Article73 2008-05-04 18 A Romanian man has lodged a complaint with a local trading standards agency after he got drunk on a single can of beer. He said: "I am more than capable of holding my drink and it is ridiculous to think one can of beer can get me drunk. There73 words
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Miscellaneous26 2008-05-04 18 Weather Singapore Thunder storm Temperature max 34 C min I 26 C High Tide first tide 2.7 m I 10.13 am second tide 2.8 m 10.11pm26 words
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OUR Sunday
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Article, Illustration736 2008-05-04 19 Gruelling, challenging/ but great say record number of SUVivors VERONICA Pang was not part of the winning team for The New Paper's SUVival Challenge 2008. She was no help in solving the puzzles or in navigating the off-road tracks in Malaysia. She probably had no736 words
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Article, Illustration500 2008-05-04 20 From page 21 in concentration or confusion. Another stop required the contestants to fly kites. Some admitted that they had never flown kites before. The results were hilarious. Adults and children stumbled and squealed, as they dragged their uncooperative kites behind them. Perspiring, drivers then hoppedPICTURES BY Kua Chee Sion cheesiong@sph.com.sg - 500 words
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Article, Illustration564 2008-05-04 21 Yeoh Wee Teck - Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck @sph. com.sg PART of the attraction of having a Chinese meal is the togetherness that the diners experience. Shared dishes are a common feature, and the conversation that flows during the meal is what makes it special. So, perhaps,pictures | jolyn chin - 564 words
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Advertisement517 2008-05-04 22 THE WBH PAPER M SIMMY 4 May 2008 »25 TAKATOSHIUCHIDA NT U C 0 watch WE have different stereotypes in our society Blue is for boys and pink for girts. Thrillers are for men, romance for women. Not for Albirex Niigata defender Takatoshi Uchida though. The 25-year-old, who has appeared517 words
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OUR SUNDAY
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Article, Illustration605 2008-05-04 23 Sylvia Toh Paik Choo - Businessman's friends throw him a glittering gold themed party Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg WHAT do you give a man with a heart of gold for his birthday? Pockets of the shiny stuff, natch. Party planners Miss Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Mr James Tulley outfitted605 words
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Article, Illustration647 2008-05-04 24 Santokh Singh - Santokh Singh santokh(@)sph.eom.sg IT IS that time of the year when the temperatures start to rise in more ways than one. Global warming is definitely being felt at homes, especially those without air-conditioners. But even some of those with the coolers arefile picture | berita harian - 647 words
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Article, Illustration361 2008-05-04 24 S M Ong - S M Ong smong@sph.com.sg LIKE most Singaporeans, I can't resist free stuff. But unlike most Singaporeans, I don't believe in queuing for free stuff. Because queuing takes time and time is money. So, if I have to spend my hard-earned time in361 words
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Page 25 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous86 2008-05-04 25 OUR SUnDfIY TView Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show Channel 8, 7pm This year's variety special features Zoe Tay and Tay Ping Hui cutting tofu with construction excavators, Gurmit Singh, Fiona Xie, Chen Liping and Chen Hanwei performing aerobics and Fann Wong singing for a good cause. Traveler Channel 5, spm86 words
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Miscellaneous124 2008-05-04 25 it f rSp CHANNEL 8 10.00 Big Melon And Small Durian 10.30 Little Red Dancing Shoes 11.00 The True Princess 1.00 Beauty Experts 1.30 Harlem School 2.30 Sunday Matinee All About Ah Long 4.30 All's Well Ends Well 6.30 Singapore Today 7.00 Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show 2008 10.00 News124 words
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Miscellaneous225 2008-05-04 25 The Number 23 (right) HBO (Star Hub Ch 60), 9pm A man becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him and is so haunted by it that it adversely affects his family life. Starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen. Ice Road Truckers: Seraphim Falls Rookie Challenge sur225 words
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Article, Illustration213 2008-05-04 26 Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to tnank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpforum@sph.com.sg HAPPY THIRD MONTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY to my beloved wife, Ashima. I love you so much. No one can213 words
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SUN RACING
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Article, Illustration1760 2008-05-04 28 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Best of the lot: Jolie's Shinju looks more than suitable to cash in on a couple of good Class 4 runs in Race 6 at Kranji this afternoon. \m BHH| H 1.45 1400m (SC) No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt1,760 words
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Article2089 2008-05-04 29 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS FOR TODAY’S KRANJI RACES RACE 1 (1,400 m) 1 Ace Admire Been in the betting but has been disappointing and place looks best hope today 2 Lim's Adventure First run back from long spell good enough to suggest he will go close here2,089 words
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Article, Illustration164 2008-05-04 30 SINGAPORE Danny Khoo A Tan Thean Loon a Marc Tan A _i>- AS w U5 J B 1 Tin iii S Mlahty Rajah 9 Superb 4Papikur« 6 UANG KEE BUm's Fighter wm E il©fi 2 Lim'sAdventure 7 Simpson 7 Fashion Thunder 9 Leading General I 6 Gold164 words
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Article, Illustration172 2008-05-04 30 BEST BET SINGAPORE THIS John Meagher-trained galloper, who was scratched from his engagement last week, bears watching. He created a huge impression at his debut with a creditable second to Innocent Star last March before finishing a well-beaten seventh at his subsequent start threeTNP picture | francis lee - 172 words
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Article188 2008-05-04 30 BEST BET PENANC WE NORMALLY would not recommend a horse who is still a maiden after 28 starts as our special. However, the Kevin Coetzee-trained stayer looks the part as he attempts to break his duck in this 1,700m event. His last five starts188 words
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Article, Illustration161 2008-05-04 31 I PENANG I Danny Khon Ifii BE", Marc Tan ■r~^l mr no #u LB5^S R6 TR7^ R8 i 6 First Of May 4 Success Gifted 3 Pacific Gold IJeram CWtgf*. 8 Melang Angel 1 Matisse 10 Eastern 1J Kuala 2 Winchester l i |i: !S KOI Star161 words
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Article1478 2008-05-04 31 GOING FORECAST: GOOD No. Last 8 ran 1 -66-3 2 442-0 3 6-44 4 *****5 5048 6 -54-2 7 48 9 is HORSE Wt 1 Dendrobium 55 Coiowland Way 55 Dashing Spirit 55 Kin Uncle 55 Rapid Crashing 55 Seizes 55 Eastern Lack 55 Mighty Lee1,478 words
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Article, Illustration1218 2008-05-04 32 RACE 1 LUMINOUS DRAGON and SILENT WISH bumped on jumping. ZINKAWW hung out from the 800 m. Jockey N Callow, when questioned regarding the poor performance of LUMINOUS DRAGON, said that the gelding had travelled well. However, when placed under pressure nearTNP picture | francis lee - 1,218 words
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297 2008-05-04 33 Tan Thean Loon - $2,200 purchase Trade N Luck captures NSF Anniversary Cup Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg AT RM5,000 ($2,200), he's probably the cheapest National Premier Sale purchase among the 14-horse field. But that doesn't mean he's the most inferior. Trade N Luck showed297 words
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Article603 2008-05-04 33 GOING: GOOD Race 1 RM 1200ml MUMrm WMm ataMc Ezaro. Traftaar P Pereira. Tlar Imin 11.4 sec Faracaat: $34 Time $506. (Motlm Wh RMIB. RM6, RMIS. RM4O EOS: $12. Mul- $11 (8-1), *42 (1-6), $18 (8-6). THK $101. Cmm araMiv 5 Carmine Han Race 2 C5 1200m603 words
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548 2008-05-04 33 pRace 1 WESTSPEED 3Y0 H CAP 1 VAIN RAISER 58 (6-6) J Norte (6) 2 KANTURK 56 (24-7) C Chatfleld (1) 4 DANANA SMOOTHIE 54 (33-10) W Pike (3) 1 2 3 Trainer J Taylor Margins: 2.75, hd. Ttom: 57.155ec. EOB: $12 Forecast:548 words
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Miscellaneous35 2008-05-04 33 fTawj I 7 Saturday, 3 May 2008 First Second Third 4054 3486 1394 Starters 5932 8736 7452 7664 4894 4550 0796 1676 1064 3745 Consolation 2074 4061 6957 2312 7983 8839 4530 3076 7835 055135 words
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Sunday SPORTS
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Article, Illustration744 2008-05-04 34 Steve Newell, who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, has written several golf books. Newell now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els YOU could almost see it coming. After a torrid two years, Darren Clarke had in the last few months startedpictures | ap - 744 words
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Article, Illustration285 2008-05-04 35 GS CALTEX MAEKYUNG OPEN SOUTH Korea's rising star Noh Seung Yul put himself on course for his first Asian Tour victory when he grabbed the third-round lead at the GS Caltex Maekvung Open Golf Championship yesterday. Non (right, reading the line), who produced two runner-up finishes285 words
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Article, Illustration309 2008-05-04 35 Paula's cream of the crop AP. PAULA Creamer overcame more wind on Friday for a even-par 71 and was the only player still under par at the SemGroup Championship, while Lorena Ochoa failed to get a birdie and drifted further back. Creamer (above) had madeAP. - 309 words
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Article, Illustration192 2008-05-04 35 AP. JASON Bohn is not leading the Wachovia Championship in any statistical category. He was not among the 14 of the top 20 players in the World Golf Rankings who headlined the pre-tournament promotions. He is, in fact, barely among the top 200 players inAP. - 192 words
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Article334 2008-05-04 35 Lim Han Ming - Lim Han Ming npsportsdtsph.com.sg DARREN Lim fired an impressive nett 69 to win the 0 to 5 handicap division in the second leg of The World Golfers Championship Singapore 2008 at Marina Bay Golf Course last week. Representing Tanah Merah Country Club, Lim pipped Keppel Club's334 words
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Article, Illustration846 2008-05-04 36 Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - CRICKET’ NEW $PIN The Indian Premier League has big money, glamour and controversy. While the sponsors and stars are already in place, a slapping incident involving two players and scantily-daa dancers have drawn criticism for the tournament. Where will it go from here? Siddhartha Vaidyanathan Special Correspondent THE last time846 words
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Article, Illustration238 2008-05-04 36 IN one of the biggest telecast deals in Indian cricket, the consortium of India's Sony Television network and the Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) secured the IPL rights for 10 years at a cost of more than US$l billion ($1.36b). The auction to238 words
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Article232 2008-05-04 36 THE IPL would have never existed if an Englishman named Stuart Robertson hadn't devised cricket's Twenty2o format in 2003. A match, just three hours long, takes as long as a Bollywood flick and offers similar entertainment. Cheerleaders jive along, music blares out of the speakers, sixes232 words
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Article, Illustration863 2008-05-04 37 Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large series, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, DAVID LEE checks out a football tournament which has got the youths buzzing IF only the youth selectors frompicture | alcatel-lucent - 863 words
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Article, Illustration401 2008-05-04 38 THE Alcatel-Lucent and ANZA Soccer International Junior Football Challenge 2008 unearthed the composed and the classy, the instinctive and the intelligent. With the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in mind, The New Paper checks out these four local lads from Seal Soccer Academy Teampicture | kenneth koh - 401 words
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181 2008-05-04 38 WORTHY of note is also the involvement of corporate figures such as Alcatel-Lucent, which was the event's leading sponsor. Mr Alex Chan, chairman of Singapore Sports Council, said during the address: "Youth sports has taken a new dimension in recent years and the181 words
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Article140 2008-05-04 38 EVERY youth team player who slugged it out on the pitch over the two days went home with a wide smile and a medal. Mr Luke Diaz, general manager of tournament organisers Football Passion, said: "They've got individual medals and team trophies regardless of their placings, T-shirts, a140 words
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Article, Illustration794 2008-05-04 39 Joyce Lim - in Beijing Joyce Lim npsports@sph.com.sg HE was only 15 and barely two years into the sport. Yet Darren Lee, who was a maroon-belt (one level below a black belt), managed to defeat an older, black-belt taekwondo opponent in a friendly match. Come August, Lee, 43,794 words
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Article, Illustration550 2008-05-04 40 Sharapova refuses to do a four-hour commercial shoot right before a tournament Now, WTA threaten to slap the world No. 3 with a $410,000 fine Wire Services. MARIA Sharapova is furious. Not at an umpire. Not even at an opponent. The world No. 3 is up inWire Services.; picture | reutors - 550 words
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Article, Illustration411 2008-05-04 41 HOT Arsenal are finishing off the season in fine form, resolving to last longer next year. Kolo Toure is revelling in his new right-back role. Who knew he could pass the ball so well? HOT Everton have had a similar end to the season as411 words
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Article, Illustration399 2008-05-04 41 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S MOT: lAIH MACINTOSH (Reporting from Loudon) HOT Manchester City's players have come out in full support of Sven Goran Eriksson after news leaked out that Thaksin Shinawatra was planning to sack him. Expect399 words
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Article, Illustration511 2008-05-04 42 Ben Linfoot - Ben Linfoot PA Sports ARSENAL vEVBtTON (Arsenal 3 Everton 0) EVERTON have seemingly run out of steam as the season nears its end. One win in their last seven games came against Derby County, and the solitary goal by which that match was won says as muchpicture | afp - 511 words
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Article, Illustration664 2008-05-04 43 [Eriksson's a victim of ■success-power, says H Benitez LIVERPOOL v MAN CITY IN a rare acknowledgment of support, Rafael Benitez has "sympathy" for Sven-Goran Eriksson. But he pragmatically views the pressures the Swede is facing at Manchester City as a symptom of the desperate desire for instantpictures | afp - 664 words
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Article, Illustration242 2008-05-04 44 Q&A WITH EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR |NP reporter (TANLEY HO finds out how fie Gunners' op marksman ceeps busy >ff tne pitcn ♦STANLEY: What is your favourite computer game now? ADEBAYOR: I play a lot of Fifa 2008 on my Nintendo Wii. I always choose Arsenal and play asgraphic | kelvin chan - 242 words
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Article, Illustration788 2008-05-04 45 Stanley Ho - EXCLUSIV Arsenal's ace striker Emmanuel Adebayor opens up to TNP reporter Stanley Ho: Stanley Ho npsports @sph.com.sg THE pause was long. And deliberate. Emmanuel Adebayor couldn't look me in the eye. The question, frank and direct, obviously startled him. I repeated myself: "Emmanuel, are you788 words
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213 2008-05-04 45 lEDUARDO DA SUVA'S HORROR INJURY My heart broke wnen I saw him JV lying there with m W his leg in a horrible shape. MM! My heart sank. I P™H I didn't 9HH even want to ■■i play any more. The dressing room later was213 words
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Article, Illustration734 2008-05-04 46 Rory Dollard - By Rory Dollard Special Correspondent PA Sport A SECOND-HALF brace from Luis Antonio Valencia handed Wigan the win they needed to confirm their English Premier League status as Aston Villa failedto keep the pressure on Everton in the battle for UEFA Cup qualification. The LaticsPA Sport - 734 words
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Article282 2008-05-04 46 PAUL JEWELL'S dismal Derby are now officially the worst team in Premier League history after they blew an early lead to suffer their 28th defeat of the season at Ewood Park. Roque Santa Cruz picked up Blackburn's player of the year trophy before kick-off282 words
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Article, Illustration529 2008-05-04 47 Andrew Penn - By Andrew Penn Special Correspondent CHRIS RIGGOTT returned from exile to play a major part in Middlesbrough's successful fight for English Premier League safety. The defender, who was recalled from his loan spell at Stoke, went straight into Gareth Southgate's team and rewarded529 words
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Article, Illustration635 2008-05-04 47 Rory Dollard - Sl Rory Dollard Special Correspondent PA Sport Robbie keane stepped into the limelight in the absence of Dimitar Berbatov to deepen Reading's fears of relegation from the English Premier League. It is Berbatov who normally enjoys playing Steve Coppell's men, having scored six times against themPA Sport - 635 words
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Article, Illustration678 2008-05-04 48 Llim Han Ming - FULHAM 2 BIRMINGHAM 0 TV VIEW Llim Han Ming r npsports@sph.com.sg THEY looked set for the drop after seven seasons in the top flight. Mired in the relegation zone, Fulham were in dire straits. Then with five games remaining, the Cottagers rekindled the never-say-die spirit thatpicture | reutors - 678 words
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Article, Illustration96 2008-05-04 48 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL WE are set for another Royal Rumble when Manchester United take on Chelsea in the Champions League final in Moscow on 21 May. What a finale to the European season. Will you be there? Let us know, if you are making the trip96 words
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53 2008-05-04 49 IAIN MACINTOSH-Your English Kakj who brinas readers the latest on trie English Premier League can now be heard on 91.3FM during the Morning Show with Petrina And Joe, every Monday and Thursday mojrrHig, ,atest Sp°o^ n u^^fwU(L aired at 8am. 9am and 10am every53 words
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Article, Illustration460 2008-05-04 49 Wire Services. THE Premiership title is as good as at the door-steps of Manchester United for a second time in a row. And, as is customary at Old Trafford after the final home game, Sir Alex Ferguson (right) gave his end of season address to the fansWire Services. - 460 words
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Article, Illustration194 2008-05-04 50 Salute Manchester Upited's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo as he scores a beautiful brace at Old Trafford to bring his season's tally to 40 in all Premiership and European competitions So early in the match and what a fiery start for Manchester United: Ronaldo shows his flashy194 words
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Article, Illustration665 2008-05-04 51 GARY UM analyses the Manchester United triumph in the penultimate Premiership match with The New Papers football analyst TOHARI PAIJAN HOW would you rate Nani's season so far? TOHARI: He has had a topsy-turvy time at Manchester United since he moved from Sporting Lisbon, although there have665 words
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Article, Illustration782 2008-05-04 53 Gary Lim - MAN UNITED 4 WEST HAM 1 TV VIEW Gary Lim npsports@sph.com.sg J" UST as one Portuguese's reputation continues to soar to amazing heights, at of his countryman couldn't defy the force of gravity last night. The way he's playing, Cristiano Ronaldo can do no wrong.pictures | afp, routers; picture | afp - 782 words
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Article62 2008-05-04 53 MAN UTD 4 (Ronaldo 3, 24, Tevez 26, Carrick 59) WEST HAM 1 (Astiton 28) ASTON VILLA 0 WIGAN 2 (Valencia 52,63) BLACKBURN 3 (Santa Cru2 45, 77, Roberts 47) DERBY 1 (Miller 19) FULHAM2 (Mcßride 52, Neviand 87) BIRMINGHAM 0 BORO 2 (Riggott 40, Sanli 53) PORTSMOUTH62 words
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