The New Paper, 30 January 2009

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    16 1 the new paper 30 Jan 09 frithenewpaper Singapore Press WMW Holdings 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      Lock icon Jordan started brawl with threat
      600 2 / 3  -  S’pore teamalleges: ■Jordan official uttered threat ■Jordan players threw punches, bottles S’PORETEAMMANAGER: REPORT:ERNEST ERNEST LUIS tnp@sph.com.sg COMEtoJordan,youdie.Those five words are what allegedly sparked off the tunnel brawl between the Singapore Lions andtheirconqueredJordaniancounterpartsaftertheir Asian Cup qualifier match at the National Stadium on Wednesday. It’s what the
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      Lock icon S’pore started it
      488 2 / 3  -  Jordan team alleges: ■S’poreplayerusedexpletive ■S’poreplayers,officialthrew punches, stamped on player JORDAN COACH: REPORT:ARUN ARUN RAJ tnp@sph.com.sg THEY were beaten on the field and then allegedly in the dressing room tunnel at the National Stadium. Jordan’snationalteamcoach,MrEduardoVingada, claimed this when The New Paper caught up with the departing Jordan team
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      Lock icon ‘I’m not addicted’
      848 4 / 5  -  This misperception common among offenders, who are still mostly the young TEEN NABBED FOR GLUE-SNIFFING THREE TIMES IN A YEAR, BUT SAYS: REPORTS: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg WHILEmost14-year-oldsaremeet-ing up with friends after school, Joan has to meet up with a differentkind of crowd. ShemeetsofficersattheCentralNarcotics Bureau (CNB) twice a
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      Lock icon DRUG ABUSE DOWN, HEROIN ABUSE UP
      194 4 / 5 16% drop in drug abusers arrested 2007:2,21 1 abusers arrested Last year: 1,855 THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said that one reason for the rise in those caught for heroin abuse was that Subutex was outlawed in 2006. Subutex used to be prescribed to
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      Lock icon Room with a view–for passers-by
      118 4 / 5 PICTURE STORY AP THIS couple from London visiting New York have settled into their hotelroom under the eyesof thousands of pedestrians and motorists. Mr Duncan Malcolm and Ms Katherine Lewis are getting a complimentary five-day stay at Manhattan’sRoger SmithHotel. In return, they must stay in
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      Lock icon He’s very positive and lighthearted
      653 6  -  SengHanThongdoesn’t dwell on attack but looks forward to recovery: Chinese expert Visitor on MP who was set alight: REPORT: DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg THE worst is over, an optimistic Mr Seng Han Thong told a visitor from his hospital bed. Mr Seng, 59, a Member of
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      Lock icon Lasting first impression
      158 6 ONE week after MP Seng Han Thong was attacked, Dr Chua Chee Lay (below) wrote a columntitled“The Seng HanThong That I Know”inLianhe Wanbao. In the column, he wrote about his impressions of Mr Seng and how they first met when the latter was the news editor of
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      37 2 / 3 The Lions could pull through in Jordan next year if they look back on their recent past/PAGE 51 Hotline: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: tnp.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Fax: 6319 8266 Operations desk: 6319 5544 Circulation: 6388 3838
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      Lock icon Finance Minister: Worst is yet to come
      234 8 GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH SINGAPORE’S Finance Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, has warned that the worst of the credit crunch is yet to come. Banks are still focusing on replenishing capital “and estimates of the extent of bad assets on their books are still on the
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      Lock icon Petrol prices up again, but diesel prices are down
      111 8 EVEN though crude oil prices are at one of the lowest levels in years, oil companies raised petrol prices at the pumps again yesterday. Petrol prices are up 5 to 7 cents a litre. The last increase was on 7 Jan,
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      Lock icon Women appointed to PSC board for first time since 1982
      106 8 FOR the first time since 1982, women have been appointed to the board of the Public Service Commission (PSC) board. They are Professor Lily Kong, vice-president (university and glo- bal relations) of National University of Singapore, and Ms Chua Sock
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      Lock icon Labour chief tells union leaders: Budget is more pro-workers
      98 8 THE $20.5 billion Resilience Package unveiled last week is more pro-worker than employees may realise for two reasons, labour chief Lim Swee Say told 500 union leaders at the National Trades Union Congress’annualworkplan meeting yesterday. First, the Jobs Credit scheme to
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      Lock icon DBS CEO has leukaemia, chairman to take over
      95 8 Reuters DBS Group’s chief executive Richard Stanley has leukaemia and would be absent for up to six months for medical treatment, the bank announced yesterday. Mr Koh Boon Hwee, its chair- man, will take charge in his absence. Mr Stanley, 48, previously
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      Lock icon MIDNIGHT BLAZE:
      34 8 MIDNIGHTBLAZE:Over100 residents at Block 322 of Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 were evacuated at 12.10amyesterdaymorning after fire broke out from an air-conditioning unit on the third floor. No injuries were reported. PICTURE:
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      Lock icon Disabled China beggars hit Waterloo St during CNY
      602 10 / 11  -  Group appears organised with lookouts Joanna Hor,Audrey Tan –JoannaHorandAudreyTan,newsroominterns BEGGARS, tissue-paper sellers and buskers are a common sight to visitors of Waterloo Street throughout the year. But a particular group of beggars caught the attention of passers-by and storekeepers over the first
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      Lock icon More patrols during festive season: MCYS
      136 10 / 11 THE Destitute Persons Team conducts regular patrols in response to public feedback on beggars, an MCYS spokesman said in an e-mail last night. During festive seasons, these patrols are stepped up in anticipation of more beggars. Under the Destitute Persons Act, habitual beggars can
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      Lock icon From Japan to UK–on his bike
      696 12 / 13  -  Briton spent $15 a day travelling 50,000km in 3 years REPORT: B ENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg TRAVEL across the world on $15 a day? Peter Gostelow, 30, did just that by resorting to pedal power. The Briton cycled about 50,000km, starting from Japan, where he
      PICTURES: COURTESY OF PETER GOSTELOW  -  696 words
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      Lock icon Crying fowl over price increase
      794 14  -  Womansaysit’sexploitation for hawker to charge more for chicken rice during CNY Sing Keng Loon –SingKengLoon,newsroomintern CHINESE New Year equals higher prices at hawker centres. With many outlets closed during the festive holidays, most people have come to accept the premium prices at places that do
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      298 9 To prevent national and international panic, most politicians, economists and scientists are trying to promote optimism during our recent encounters with social, environmental and financial crises. Despite the repeated assurances, we all know deep inside that things are not going well with the world, and that's putting it mildly. Global
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      149 14 CURTIN SINGAPORE Invites You... Curtin til >1 11 till 4ui!JiiiM r V i:, r Accounting Advertising Finance Human Resource Management International Supply Chain Management Logistics Management Management Marketing Public Relations International Business Curtin Singapore, the new campus of Australia's Curtin University of Technology, is pleased to invite you to an
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      26 15 ADVANCEDMACHINE:SomeSriLankansoldiersinspectinga submarine-like craft in the village of Udayarkattu. The soldiers discovered the vehicle, developed by Tamil Tiger rebels, during their advanceintotherebels’strongholdinthenorth-eastoftheisland. WhenI’mfinallykilled/PAGE18 PICTURE: AFP
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      Lock icon ‘Buy US’ clause sparks free trade debate
      307 15 HOUSE PASSES $1.2 TRILLION STIMULUS BILL THE stimulus bill passed by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday contains a controversial provision that would mostly bar foreign steel and iron from the infrastructure projects laid out by the US$819 billion ($1.2 trillion) economic
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      Lock icon S’porean terro rsuspect to be tried under terrorism laws
      91 15 AFP AN Indonesian court has ruled that the trial of Singaporean terror suspect Mohammad Hassan Saynudin should continue under terrorism laws rather than criminal laws. Mohammad Hassan and two other Indonesians had applied to be charged under the less tougher criminal
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      Lock icon Wall St got $28b in bonuses despite disastrous year
      86 15 LAST year was a complete disaster for Wall Street, but employees at financial companies in New York collected an estimated US$18.4 billion ($28 billion) in bonuses for the year. It was a 44 per cent decline from 2007 when bonuses wereUS$32.9billion.Lastyear’sbonuswasthe
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      Lock icon US firm sold tainted peanut butter despite test results
      108 15 AP COCKROACHES, mould and signs of a leaking roof were among the problems US federal inspectors uncovered at a Georgia peanut butter plant. The report by the Food and Drug Administration also documented that Peanut Corp of America found salmonella in
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      Lock icon She whipped kid & dunked her in cold water
      840 16 She whipped kid dunked her in cold water US mum on trial for killing 2-year-olddaughter AP EVEN the most grizzled investigators were reduced to tears by the disturbing details of the death of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers. Theblondelittlegirl’sdecomposedbodywasfound stuffed in a plastic container in Galveston Bay in Texas after she
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      Lock icon Did a CIA chief drug & rape two women?
      495 17 Did a CIA chief drug rape two women? AP THEAlgerianwomenhadsimilarstories,andtoldthem to the authorities independently: He prepared them a drink, they became unwell and laterwokeup,surethatthey’dbeensexuallyassaulted. A US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer in Africa is under investigation for two separate instances in which he was accused of rape, according to court
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      Lock icon ‘And then they came for me’
      631 18 Killed Sri Lankan editor wrote own obituary slamming govt PROMINENTSriLankannewspapereditorLasan-tha Wickrematunge, an outspoken critic of the government’s war on ethnic Tamil rebels, knew hewasmarkedfordeath–andthoughtheknewwhy. Three days after he was gunned down execu-tion-style on 8 Jan, Mr Wickrematunge’s newspaper, The Sunday Leader, published a haunting,
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      Lock icon Yes we can... wear slacks
      642 19 USpresidentBarackObama’s style of doing things is vastly different from that of former president George WBush IHT WASHINGTON flew into a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Barack Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There
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      82 19 Yes we can Under Mr Obama, staff can wear slacks and sweaters on weekends Noyoudon’t Under Mr Bush, every one had to wear a suit and tie Yes we can Mr Obama likes to walkto hisstaff’s offices. Noyoudon’t Mr Bush summons staff to his office. Yes we
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      Lock icon Ronaldo had heart op to save career
      277 20 HIS heart belonged on the soccer pitch. But ironically, it was his heart that could have forced Cristiano Ronaldo to give up the sport. The mother of the Manchester United star has revealed that he had to have heart surgery when he was
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      Lock icon America Inc bites hand that saves it
      582 20 Aftergettingtaxpayers’ money,companiestry to stop labour unions, sue govt for restrictions THEYwenttoWashingtonDCtobegformoneysothat their companies wouldn’t collapse under the weight of crippling losses sustained during thedownturn. Now,criticsareaccusingthesesamecorporationsof using their bailout money to hurt the very taxpayers whohelpedbailthemoutinthefirstplace. TheHuffingtonPostreportedthatthreedaysafterit received US$25 billion ($36b) in federal bailout
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      13 15 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low23˚ ■Jakarta:Thunderstorms High28˚,Low24˚ ■Bangkok:Cloudy High33˚,Low22˚ ■Manila:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low25˚
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      36 21 FROM READER NUR FAYYADHAH WHEN THE SUN IS OUT: A sunny day is not just perfect to hang out the laundry but also great to sun musty mattresses and pillows. E-mail your pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      Lock icon Self-belief crucial for success
      513 21 FROM READER ANGAIKMIN S’POREATHLETES’APPARENTMENTALWEAKNESS IREFER to the articles “A bunch of softies” and“Why we are poor losers insports”(TheNewPaper,27Jan). Various reasons have been given by the heads of the sport bodies to explain the apparent mental weakness of our athletes in international competitions. Reasons such as lack
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      187 21 1 THE queue of buyers for new HDB flats has become shorter. The reason: Frivolous buyers seem to have dropped out. The change has followed new HDB rules introduced last May to deter those applying for flats they are not keen to buy. Since
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      Lock icon Teen ignores plea for seat
      220 21 FROM READER BEVERLEY PASQUAL ASaseniorcitizen,onewouldexpectthe“priority seats”fortheelderlyandinfirmtobereadilyoffered to us, which the notice in the MRT train advises. YesterdaywhenItooktheMRTfromSomersetto Yio Chiu Kang, the train was crowded with elderly people,butthe“priority”seatswerealloccupiedby teenagers who feigned ignorance and did not give up their seats. Obviously the people in need of these
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      48 22 Government tapping youth feedback on the Budget: What do you think of this move? “Ithink itisgood.When the youth actively participate in matters relating to the Budget, they will be more aware of what goes into a country’seconomyand not take what they have for granted.” MrMel Amirudin,35, manager
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      98 22 Comments on 9-year-old boy who died after being hit by a tipper truck at a zebra crossing: “Isuggestwe replaceallzebra crossings with lighted pedestrian crossings. I have seen many motorists drive past at a high speed when they are supposed to slow down. I have also witnessed pedestrians
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      63 21 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number(preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to archive,
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      783 23  -  Singer-actress Rima Melati finds love again aftershock divorce last March REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg IT WAS a simple affair, with only close family and friendsinattendance. But the small army of media photographers was a sure sign that this was one hotly anticipated wedding. After months of speculation
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      Lock icon He cannot speak it, but he can sing it into Top 12
      769 25  -  Student is the only non-Chinese contestant in Top 12 in history of Mandarin-language show Stacey Chia –StaceyChia,newsroomintern HE MAY not understand what he’s singing but that has not stopped Ridhwan Azman from participating in this year’s Campus Superstar
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        Lock icon Hilton parties with teen dancer
        138 26 / 27 Who was where, and doing what? Here’saround-up ofthe latestcelebrity sightings in the region and Hollywood WHO: Paris Hilton (right, with George Sampson), 27 WHERE: Punk nightclub, London WHAT: Party girl Hilton put a huge grin on the face of 15-year-old George Sampson at a Nokia
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        Lock icon Big star with big bangs is big coup for Chanel
        114 26 / 27 WHO: Keira Knightley (below, with Karl Lagerfield), 24 WHERE: Paris WHAT: Designer Karl Lagerfield scored the biggest coup of the Paris fashion shows when Knightley showed up at his Chanel show on Tuesday. Paying homage to her hosts, Knightley, who
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        Lock icon Jolie bends over backwards just for comfort
        105 26 / 27 WHO: Angelina Jolie (left), 33 WHERE: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles WHAT: Always a head-turner, Jolie was the centre of attention when she turned up at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. Butitwasn’tbecauseshe had gorgeous Brad Pitt on her arm. All eyes were
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        Lock icon Zip along this high-wire trip
        594 28 / 29 High adventure meets high culture on this Indianheritagetrail AFP HIGH above the tranquil lawns of a 15th-century hillside fort, a man flies through the air attached to nothing but a steel wire. “There goes the British high commissioner,” said one of the impressed spectators at
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        350 45 _Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE G RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 8 Daring Tourist 4 Come Fly With Me 11 The Firebird 9 Sensible Sam Million Lot 4 British Navy 6 I Tawt
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        381 45 GUIDE TO KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK NST THREE-TIME winner Conosur wrapped up preparations for another success in the Class 3 event over 1,800m in Race 6 tomorrow with a two-round workout in yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Right Wing cantered
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        352 45 TRIAL 1 (test): 1 He Is Back (M Hairin) 2 Viva Panata (JL Li) 3 Wishmewings (I Saifudin) 4 Excellent Luck (M Cahill) 5 Excellent Timing (T Affandi) 6 Mayo Dancer (TH Koh) 7 Thriller (B Woodworth) 8 Cool Cat (M Gallagher) Margins and time:3/4, nk,1/2,
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        156 46 BEST BET WITH the benefit of two improving runs, this promising Laurie Laxon-trained youngster can be third-time lucky today. At his debut on New Year’s Day, the Daggers Dawn three-year-old ran a nice third to Tuxedo Moon over 1,200m on the Polytrack. Tuxedo Moon
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        1447 46 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Double Fianchetto???Excellent fourth at Singapore debut in good company suggests he can win this. 2 Fortune Hunter??Showed enough in similar company at Singapore debut to be competitive. 3 Terminator Attack??Should improve on debut fifth and can include in exotics.
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        1044 47 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 MS 6.30 -1400m(SC) Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4 DoubleFianchetto 59 (55) EDaSilva 1 (4agKCYeoh-CNTan) 2 5 FortuneHunter 59 (55) HKLimc1 11 (4nzgRBMarsh-SQ) 3 5 TerminatorAttack 58 (53) SMarzuki 14 (4agLeslieKhoo-MdmPCLeong) 4 00 ZiggyStar
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        214 47 YESTERDAY’S workouts by horses engaged at Kranji today: RACE 1: Stings Leica Bee ?(SH Low). Slow work: Double Fianchetto, Fortune Hunter (A Feiruz), East Camp (KB Soo), Transformers, Daring Tourist (M Ewe), Eternal Spring, Heston (D Azis), Uno Sayuri, High Key, Perfect Align, Forever Happy.
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      410 48 GOLF Wire Services COLINMontgomerie’sappointmentasEuropeanRyderCupcaptainfor2010isapopularone. Even the American players have applaudedthedecision,with Phil Mickelson backingtheScottobeagreatleader. Montgomerie,aneight-timeEuropean No. 1, was formally handed the task of winning the trophy back from the US on Wednesday. “He knows what it takes to win,” said Mickelson. “He’s been on many winning teams
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      412 48 TENNIS Wire Services SERENA Williams shook off form worries to storm into the final of the Australian Open yesterday. The second-seed American (right) rediscovered her lethal serve as she overpowered Russia’s Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-finals to halt the fourthseed’s 15-matchwinning streak. The
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        585 49 Wire Services IT WAS another fearsome display from Roger Federer. The second-seeded Swiss moved within one victory of his 14th Grand Slam title with a dominating victory, ousting Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 yesterday to reach the Australian Open final. Roddick, who undertook a rigorous offseason training regime
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        252 49  -  BRIAN MILLER A RUSSIAN and an American claimed their spots in tomorrow’swomen’sfinal. Indeed,asoftodayandonyesterday’sshowing, Dinara Safina can stand alone and claim that she trulyisherownwomanandNOTMaratSafin’skid sister. Actually, if Marat doesn’t watch it, he could soon be thrust into her shadow and I’m sure he wouldn’tminditonebit. Yesterday, Safina granted
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        438 50  -  PeteJensononwhat’shappeninginLaLiga,oneof Europe’smostexcitingleagues Pete Jenson The writer is a Barcelona-based European football correspondent for England's The Independent and The People. TOP OF THE WORLD NOWTHEYreallyarekingsoftheworld. LeoMessi,SamuelEto’oandThierryHenry all got on the scoresheet last week and so took their joint tally to 45. That’s more than the entire teams
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        182 50 TheformerRealMadridmidfielder–whoretiredfromfootballthisweek–isoneofthe most colourful players to grace La Liga in recent years. 1 GRAVESEN played two seasons at Madrid, 17 games in each one, from 2004. He made an instant impression on the pitch as a tough-tackling midfielder although after admittingitwasn’treally hisgame tospend so much time
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        781 51  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT EASYbait.That could be what Jordan see theLions as. This despite the Lions beating them 2-1 on Wednesday night at the National Stadium, before returning to Jordan on 3 Mar nextyear for theirreturnfixture. With that being Singapore’s last Asian Cup qualifying
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        300 52/53  -  LETTER OF THE WEEK The majority of our readers expect a draw or Chelsea to win while our Letter of the Week winner describes best the troubled title-chasers match-up. Benedict Lim -BenedictLim,39,manager,ManUnited fan. (The writer wins a pair of New Balance running shoes worth more
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          43 52/53 ONE of the key battles that will determine the outcome of thegamewillbeJohnObiMikel’sabilitytolockhornswith Steven Gerrard. If Mikel manages to keep Gerrard quiet, the battle will be half-won for Chelsea. Liverpool should come up tops in the crunch tie consideringthattheyareplayingathome. –HoYiJie,15,student,ManUnitedfan.
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          35 52/53 THE SIDE with the more creative set-pieces could well determine who gets the three points, and separate the winners from the losers. Experience counts and given Liverpool’s unbeaten homerecordsofar,I’llbegunningforaLiverpoolvictory. –LarryMun,27,ProjectsEngineer,ACMilanfan.
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          61 52/53 CHELSEA will beat Liverpool by a score of 2-1. Frank Lampard The man has been unstoppable for the Blues, scoring vital goals and standing in as captain in John Terry’sabsence. Chelsea have found the fighting spirit that made them difficult to beat. The win against
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          52 52/53 STEVEN Gerrardv John Terry: Advantage Chelsea In this clash, Gerrard may be preoccupied with the thought ofplyinghistradeintheprison’sleaguesoon. Javier Mascherano v John Obi Mikel: Advantage Liverpool Mikelhasagreaterpenchantformis-timedtackles. VERDICT: Chelsea edges Liverpool in this bout, and their chances would be further boosted if Benitez decides to open his cursed mouth
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          53 52/53 WITH MARTIN Skrtel more interested in marking nobody while defending a set-piece, Chelsea will punish Liverpool for any mistakes made. This is considering that Liverpool need countless chances to convert a goal. Liverpool may lose their unbeaten home record and kiss yet another title challenge
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          54 52/53 CHELSEA do not need reminding who ended their infamous unbeaten home record at Stamford Bridge a few months ago. Revenge will be on the agenda this Sunday for the BluesastheyseektoendLiverpool’sgoodhomerun. With Chelsea having a pretty decent away record themselves, it sets up to be a close
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          45 52/53 WITHLiverpoolbeing ratherlethargiclately– aftertwo back-to-back matches against Everton ending in 1-1 draws I wouldn’t count on them repeating their 1-0 victory over Chelsea. No matter which team slips up, one thing is for sure: Man United will take advantage of it. –YuenMun,18,student.
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          43 52/53 PLAYERS who could shine and light up the game: Liverpool Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso and Albert Riera. Chelsea–NicolasAnelka,FrankLampard,Decoand Didier Drogba. Perhaps the old fashioned “up-and-under”, or speedy wing play could be the ploy of the day. –PeterLoh,43,senioranalyst,ManUnitedfan.
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          82 52/53 THE MERSEYSIDER’S 2-1 win at Old Trafford in the 2006 FA Cup semi-fi-nal, and Chelsea’s pulsating 4-3 aggregate victory in the Champions League semi-final last April are just some of the thrilling matches that these two giants of the English game have taken part in. If this
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        440 54 WEST HAM 2 Di Michele (33), Cole (51) HULL0 PA Sport GIANFRANCO Zola feels West Ham are slowly building something special at Upton Park after watching his side extend their unbeaten run with a 2-0 win over Hull. In-form striker Carlton Cole struck again to
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        341 54 MAN CITY 2 Wright-Phillips (17), Bellamy (77) NEWCASTLE 1 Carroll (81) PA Sport MARK Hughes believes Craig Bellamy will prove to be a bargain for Manchester City. City ran out 2-1 winners over Newcastle yesterday morning as Bellamy, who recently made a big-money move
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        352 54 EVERTON 1 Cahill (61) ARSENAL1 Van Persie (90) PA Sport ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has hailed Dutch striker Robin van Persie’s form this season, together with his fitness. The Dutch international (above) has a reputation for being injured, especially for the second part of last
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        477 55  -  Liverpool host Chelsea on Sunday.TheNewPaper’s football analyst Tohari Paijan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams with JOYCE LIM after watching Wednesday’smatches TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg CHELSEA moved up to second place on the table after scoring a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough, while Liverpool drew
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        533 56  -  CHELSEA 2 (Kalou 58,81) MIDDLESBROUGH0 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg RESPECT?NotatStamfordBridge.Fourwinsonthebounceshouldbe enough to cheer any manager up, but Luiz Felipe Scolari still found reason to storm down the tunnel after his side’s2-0winoverMiddlesbrough. It was assistant manager Ray Wilkins whowaslefttoshakehandswiththeoppositionashis bossscarpered,anunsavoury endtoanunsavourynightoffootball. “Hedidn’tshakehandswithanyofus,” confirmed Middlesbrough boss
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        209 56  -  –IAINMACKINTOSH MISS OF THE DAY THEREweremany contenders, butSalomonKalou takesthe biscuit forrunning onto Ross Turnbull’s parried saveand trippinghimselfup asthe ballran pasthim. Itwas amiss sobad that even theChelsea fanswerelaughing athim. A newlow for thisodd, littleplayer. CLUELESS MAKINGthe“handcuff” signaltocelebrate agoal is fine ifyou'repayingtribute to apoliticalprisoner. Makingitfor your mate when thepolice havehad
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        650 57 WIGAN 1 Mido 83 pen LIVERPOOL 1 Benayoun 41 Wire Services WHAT is Rafael Benitez talking about? The Liverpool manager insists the club are still in the title race despite dropping more points in Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw against Wigan. Understandably. He then started to rant about the
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        549 57  -  BETTING BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg FIVEgoalswithoutareply.Fivegoalsafterastring of1-0 wins. Fivegoalsdespitean injury“crisis”. Five goals against a side which had conceded justtwice in theirlastthreematches. Makes no sense, right? No wonder punters werewalkingaroundlikezombies earlyWednesday morning. No wonder some murmured “kelong”. Almost down to a man, punters had taken the West
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        590 58 A cracked ankle bone is the latest in a long line of injuries which have blighted Michael Owen’scareer since signing for the Magpies in Aug 2005. We look at his list of injuries PA Sport ANOTHER week, another injury to Michael Owen. The Newcastle United striker has
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        115 59 EPL Tomorrow: STOKE CITY v MAN CITY Ch 27,8.40pm ARSENAL v WEST HAM Ch 27,10.55pm BOLTON v TOTTENHAM Ch 22,10.55pm Kevin Davis (rignt) scored against Blackburn on Wednesday. Can he find the net again against Spurs tomorrow? ASTON VILLA vWIGAN Ch 21,10.55pm Sunday: MAN UNITED v EVERTON Ch27, 1.25am
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        15 59 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Today: WOMEN’SDOUBLES/ MIXED DOUBLES FINALS Ch 24, noon MEN’SSINGLES SEMI-FINAL Ch 24,4.30pm
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        335 59 LOCAL EVENTS StarHub TV launches new sports channel ASN StarHub TV and All Sports Network (ASN) have teamed up to offer a 24-hour channel showcasing American sports. ASN’ssportscontent include the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), NCAA college basketball and football, motorsports such as Formula Drift
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