The New Paper, 8 November 2009

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    • 104 1 $1.20 for this paper The Sunday Times Only at participating outlets LATEST IN SPORTS NOON EDITION TOMORROW Chelsea vs Man Utd The New Paper on 8 Nov 09 EXPOSED Some spas selling so-called ‘sex’ drug to men at $30 a pop Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award '09 Society of
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    • 808 2/3  -  A liquid chemical is being sold and inhaled at gay spas herefor‘sexualpleasure’,evenattheriskofdeath REPORT: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg THEYaretoutedasasexdrug,calledpoppers.Like the banned sex pills, Power 1 Walnut and UratMadu,whichledtodeaths. Andlikethosesexpills,popperscankill. Despite this, they are being sold in 8ml bottles at severalgayspashere. The fumes from this highly-volatile liquid are inhaled by
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    • 297 2/3 REPORT :SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnp@sph.com.sg WOODEN panels, minimalist furniture, high ceilings, soothing piped-in music, and just a hint of a subtle lemongrass fragrance. It has all the pretensions of a spa. Butit’s notjust asoothing ofthe bodythat customers at these gay spas are paying
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    • 31 2/3 They had a networking night to remember (TNP, 4 Nov): The man on the extreme right of the photograph is not Mr Renny Yeo. He is Dr Moh Chong Tau.
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    • 355 4  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg NO ONE really knows what happened except that a fire had broken out at a sixth storey unit of Block 543 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. But a man, 38, and two children, 3 and
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    • 736 4  -  Writerclaimstobeone oftheman’schildren Condoresidentsunhappyaboutletteraccusingwomanlivingthereofstealinganother’shusband REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg AMONGtheusualflyersandunsolicit-ed junk mail, residents of a Tanah Merahcondominiumreceived asurpriselastweek. It came in the form of a letter with the intriguing title: “Open Daylight Robbery of Student’sFather.” It alleged that one of their neighbours washaving anaffair with amarried man.
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    • 600 6  -  Filipino singer alleges bartender punched her after she asked for bill. She claims he said: REPORT PICTURE: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHE asked for the bill, but ended up getting a black eye instead. Filipina Mary Estares, 31, a singer at a pub in Changi
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    • 822 8/9  -  EXCLUSIVE SonofS’porecurrypuffkingaccusedof fraud says his big ego has hurt others REPORTS:MAUREENKOH MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg HE admits that he has a habit of running away from his problems. But Singaporean David Looi Chong Wee, now out on police bail in Taiwan, told The New
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    • 567 8/9 WHEN her only son got into trouble in secondary school, Mrs May Looi and her husband dismissed it as acts of teenage rebellion. But when things started to spiral out of control, the couple decided to send their first-born for a psychiatric evaluation.
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    • 390 11  -  REPORT: LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg DID you know that the same Union Jack flag was present both at the fall of the British, and the Japanese, during World War II? The flag was present when Lieutenant-General Arthur E Percival surrendered to the
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    • 212 11  -  Tan Thean Loon SINGAPORE’Slegendary race-horsetrainer Ivan Allan was cremated yesterday. Mr Allan, 68, (inset picture, above) died of kidney failure last Wednesday. In an illustrious, 40-year career, the seven-time Malayan Racing Association and three-time Hong Kong champion trained more than 2,000 winners. He also owned
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    • 723 12  -  When does drinking at a wedding dinner go overboard? REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg THE speculation was perhaps inevitable. Did he have too much alcohol at his wedding, and could that have contributed to his deadly fall? Mr Leong Jun Wei was found dead outside Hilton
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    • 575 14 ONE night of binge drinking, while seemingly harmless, may end up killing you. Gastroenterologist Benny Ang said that mostmencanstomachtwounitsofalcohol– two beers, two shots of whisky or two glasses ofwine–aday. For most women, their limit is one unit of alcohol a day. Exceed that, and
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    • 712 16 / 17 Miss England forced to quit MissWorldcontestafterallegedly hitting Miss Manchester in face Another Miss World contestant in trouble TWO English beauties turned into beasts when they slugged it out in a bar-room brawl over a handsome hunk. The fight apparently happened in a
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    • 211 16 / 17 SHEis dubbed“CombatBarbie” byarmy pals after tackling an armed Iraqi suspect while on duty in Basra, Iraq. Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, 22, was awarded a commendation from her unit, the 1st Battallion, Royal Anglian Regiment. She has been given leave from her duties
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    • 767 18 / 19 FORT HOOD SHOOTING USArmyprivatesFrancheskaVelez andMichaelPearsonwereamongthe 13killedintheFortHoodshooting. Theirdeathstellastoryof... BOTH were 21. One had returned from Iraq, while the other was preparing to leave for Afghanistan. Army private Francheska Velez, who was pregnant, dreamed of becoming a psychologist to help fellow soldiers cope with stress. Private Michael Pearson
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    • 366 18 / 19 ORLANDO SHOOTING THE legal assistant had just stepped out of the elevator on Friday morning at Orlando’sGatewayCenter whenshe saw about 12 people rushing towards her. Panic was written all over their faces. “Run!”they screamed.“He’s gota gun!He’sshooting people.” Amanda Tighe initially tried to brush it off
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    • 783 20 Bornhealthy,they’re starting to succumb to rare genetic disease THIS is the heartbreaking picture of two sisters whose chances of surviving beyond the age of 12 are extremely low as they have been diagnosed with a fatal genetic disorder. Six-year-old Ashleigh and three-year-old Alisha Lennon
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  • News Exchange
    • 390 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg WEDDINGdaysareaboutthefunofgate-crash-ing, the solemnness of rituals, and the pomp andromanceofthemarch-ins. Butlongaftertheguestsleave,manyalsoendwitha punch-drunk groom hugging a toilet bowl (instead of hisbride)intotheweehoursofthemorning. Drunk grooms are commonplace and seemingly accepted–inourculture. Butmanydoseemtofeeluneasy,deepdowninside, aboutthisdrinkingcultureatweddings. When Mr Vernon Leong was found dead at the driveway
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    • 134 21 Weratethepastweek’snew–goodandbad +10 First set of platform doors at above-ground MRT stations are in place at Pasir Ris, with more to follow by year-end. +10 Number of people who died in speedingrelated road accidents so far this year down by a third from the same period in 2008,
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    • 16 21 “Lifeislikeahaircut.It’snot whatyouaskedfor,andit’snot whatyouexpected,butit’lllook betterinaweekortwo,” –aman’sphilospophyonlifepostedonhis Facebookpage. “ItlookslikeGodisshininga torchlightatus,” –awomancommentingonaparticularly bright full moon.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • News Snapshot
    • 328 22 SMGoh tellsresidentsandgrassroots leaders: SINGAPORE will go the way of the dinosaurs without the influx of permanent residents and new citizens, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has warned. “If we do not take in any more new immigrants, our population will begin to shrinkin 2020. That isonly11 yearsaway!”
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 22 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE: Wedding bells rang for seven male inmates last Friday when they got hitched to their sweethearts during a mass wedding held on the assembly square of the Jia Ling Prison in Sichuan province, China. PICTURE: XINHUA
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    • 114 22 A MAID was trapped in a blazing flat in Balestier yesterday at about 1am, and fire fighters had to cut open an iron gate to rescue her. The fire broke out on the fourth storey of Block 108 Jalan Rajah. Eighth-storey
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    • 95 22 Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan yesterday urged Thailand and Cambodia to show “maximum restraint”in theirongoingspat. Both countries recalled their respective ambassadors after Cambo- dia appointed fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic advisor. Mr Surin said Asean should not be seen
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    • 108 22 POPULAR characters from children’s shows, Barney, Thomas and Friends, Bob the Builder and Hello Kitty will be in Malaysia in 2012. They will be among the attractions at a RM350 million ($143 mil- lion), four-storey indoor theme park in
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    • 98 22 AUSTRALIAN authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country’seast coastyesterday. Heavy floods cut off a main road linking major cities, leaving thousands of people stranded. Torrential rain soaked the Coffs Harbour region north of Sydney overnight, swamping the arterial Pacific Highway
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    • 2300 23  - Panthers elephants ghosts! Oh, my! REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg THE mundane and quirky are some of the unlikely candidates saved for posterity, in a new book documenting gapore’shistorythrough50yearsofoldnewspaper reports. In Chronicle Of Singapore, launched by President S R Nathan on Friday, stories of escaped panthers and people killed by
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    • 540 26 / 27 Who says Singaporean singles are too shy to say they want to date? Certainly not these 16 eligible singles ChallengeOthersaremadepossiblein...Some matches are made in heaven. Others are made possible in... When the call went out for the unattached to takepart inTheNew Paper’s Dating Challenge organisedbythe Social Development
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    • Enjoy Columns
      • 457 28  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg LOOKScanbedeceiving.Whentheyappearinno-cently green, plump and pretty, it’s all the more reason to be wary, especially when they come in pairs. Ifoundoutthehardwaywithanumbtongue.Iwas deceived by a petite jalapeno pepper and a pimento pepper. One slice is enough to start a bonfire in your mouth.
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      • 489 28  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg HOW did Halloween get so big in Singapore? That was what I wondered last Saturday, as the family and I waited almost two hours to get into the Night Safari, for its Halloween Horrors special. There must have been
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 507 29  -  Eateries shouldn’t getaway with lapses SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg STATISTICS say that you must have experienced bad service from the hospitality industry at least twice in your life if your life revolves around eating and drinking and shopping and travelling.
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      • 378 29  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg AS A narcissist (a pre-requisite for being a columnist), I frequently go to YouTube to read the comments on the videos of Phua Chu Kang episodes that I produced. The comments are usually positive because it’s mostly
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    • 119 29 Rain him in HERE’Syour chanceto oglethe hunkiest ninja in movie history. Especially since Korean superstar Rain heof therippling musclesand rock-hardabs isplaying him. His new action blockbuster Ninja Assassin is about a rogue ninja who turns his back on the shadowy clan that trained him when it is linked to a
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 100 30 SEEING STARS BY KUAH SENG SENG Singapore’smostaccuratefakeastrologer SCORPIO:AfterFriday’saccident,you will no longer be able to participate in two outofthefourversesof“IfYou’reHappy andYouKnowIt”. SAGITTARIUS: Boiling water, poisonous snakes, a box of thumbtacks will all be involved in you inadvertantly inventing a new dance move, which becomes a hit after the video is uploaded onto
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    • 4 30 KAKURO TIMOTHY E PARKER
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    • 77 31 MY STREET Thinkyouknow Singaporelikethe backofyourhand? Tryanswering thesequestions relatedtoour countryinourMy Streetseries. Checktheanswers inthisspacenext Sunday. 1.WhereisSingapore’slastkamponglocated? 2.WhereisSingapore’sfirstheartlandbeachvolleyball court? 3.Whichofthefollowingisnotarealroadname? a)KayPohRoad b)WhiteHouseRoad c)SangNilaUtamaRoad 4.OrchardMRTstationwasbuiltonthesiteofwhich prominentlandmarkinthearea? MYSTERYPHOTO: Whatwasthisbuilding andwherewasitlocated? Answerstolast week’squestions: 1. Tampines 2. b 3. Yaohan 4. MetropoleCinema MYSTERYPHOTO: StJoseph’s Institution, BrasBasah Road 1.InwhichHDBhousingestatecanyoufind threeshoppingmallsinthesamearea? 2.WhereisSingapore’sfirsttraffic-light junctionlocated? a)JunctionofStamfordRoadandStAndrew’s Road(atthecornerofStAndrew’sCathedral) b)JunctionlinkingSelegieRoadandSerangoon Road c)JunctionofOrchardRoad,ScottsRoadand PatersonRoad
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 243 31 TV CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 2009 12.30pm Sports@SG 1.00 Movie:Father oftheBrideII 3.15 SoYou Think YouCanDance III 5.15 FlashGordon 6.15 Movie:TheDevil WearsPrada 7.15 America’sFunniest Home Videos 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 FlashFoward 11.00 Heroes Midnight WorldGolfChampionship: HSBC Champions2009 CHANNEL8 9.30am Doraemon/Fun Learning! 10.30 NyonyaKin 11.00 TheLegend ofBruce Lee 1.00pm ResultIs All 1.30 Don’tForget The
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 30 36 Saturday,07 Nov2009 First Second Third 7240 7834 2270 Starters 7124 2028 6221 2978 2314 1825 9329 7200 2966 0383 Consolation 0826 7944 6134 3239 0387 9159 0989 4165 4420 0682
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    • 45 38 / 39 Ip Y(i) Always play with care. [responsibly] Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize Visit our website at www.singaporepools.com.sg Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE RCBReg No: *****0202G
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  • Sports
    • 418 40 / 41  -  EXCLUSIVE ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg SHE’SAfamiliarfaceacrossSpainandEngland.AndfarfrombeingaWAGorsupermodel,KayMurray, 29, is one of the rare chicas who truly relishthemadcapworldofEuropeanfootball. As the only woman in her team, she is the fresh-faced presenter of Real Madrid TV, the club’s officialbroadcastnetwork. Andwhileshedoesn’tgettosharealunchtablewith PresidentPerez(“Heisaverybusyman!”),Murray’sjob meansthatshetravelswiththeMadridboystoalltheir away games, hangs out with them and gets special
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    • 290 40 / 41  -  ASHIKIN HASHIM KAY MURRAY, ironically, grew up supporting her hometown club, Middlesbrough. Nicknamed the “The Gazza Girl” by the boys in her school (“I used to wear a T-shirt with his picture on it!”), Murray donned an England tracksuit for her school photo in 1990 and
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    • 10 40 / 41 ....Wesley Sneijder ....Lionel Messi ...FabioCannavaro ....Ruudvan Nistelrooy
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    • Sports Racing
      • 670 33  -  LARRY FOLEY npracing@sph.com.sg YOU need everything to go your way to win the $1.35 million Singapore Gold Cup. You need the right horse. Form is essential, as is a winning weight. Add the right jockey, a nice gate and an ounce of luck
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      • 440 33 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 12 RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 My Ninja Lim’s Fighter Sweet Dream Smitten Kitten Salvagente 10 12 14 1 Nefertiti 12
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      • 30 33 GO nap on this useful four-year-old Aussie-bred. With race conditions clearly in his favour again, he should complete back-to-back wins over the 1,600m.
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      • 51 33 RACE 1: King Of Honour, How Can Stop, Seacucumber. RACE 5: Cheyenne Dancer, Lim’s Fighter, Slow Waltz, Smoking Joe. RACE 7: Student Prince. RACE 8: Best Knight, Best Bid. RACE 9: Spec Prince. RACE 11: Any Humour, Jade, New Kuala Dipang, Mr Line, Big Valour, Stealth. RACE 12: Golden
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      • 1528 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 12.45 -1800m(LC) GoodDeedsStakes Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****0 Bombardier 58 (43) THKoh*c4 13 (5nzgLLaxon-Jupiter) 2 *****7 HighKey 58 (43) KBSoo 3 (4nzgJMeagher-Lim's) 3 -0-777 KingOfHonour 58 (43) RFradd 15 (6agSGray-BrendaRacing) 4 *****1 HowCanStop
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      • 2695 35 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,800m) 1 Bombardier???If jockey stays on, he goes mighty close 2 High Key???Blinkers back on and every chance to knock in an overdue win. 3 King Of Honour???Ignore recent form as he wins a race like this with blinkers back
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      • 737 36 RACE 1 TWELFTH AVENUE (lame near-hind) was withdrawn. EQUIENCE was extremely slow. Passing the 1200m, INNOCENT STAR checked when racing on the inside of TWOEIGHTO. An inquiry will be held. RACE 2 ZAC MISSILE, slow to begin, was inconvenienced shortly after the start when
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      • 578 36 RACE1 1st 3 All Silent ($17-$10) 2nd 9 Wanted ($8) 3rd 7 Bank Robber ($18) 4th 1 Apache Cat. EOB $11. Forecast $60. Place forecast $12 (3-7), $17 (3-9), $36 (7-9). Tierce $1008. Trio $204. Quartet $3155. RACE 2 1st 13 All American ($129-$43) 2nd
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      • 430 36 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1000m 8 STDIDAR125(94-29) JLLOYD (12) 1 1 NATIVEKID133(25-10) THSO (11) 2 2 MANDARIN127(17-13) DWHYTE (1) 3 13 QUANTUMEXPRESS119(74-20) JWINKS (3) 4 ?Trainer: DE Ferraris. Margins: 0.5, 1.75. Time: 57.96sec. EOB: $20. Forecast: $117. Place Forecast: $10 (Nos. 1-2), $36 (Nos. 1-8), $19 (Nos. 2-8).
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      • 1053 37 TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Cranbourne (1,200m) 8 INTOXICATED 5 FALVERO 4 ARCTIC KING2RIEU RACE 2 Cranbourne (2,025m) 2 MANCUSO (CW McDonald) 4g (9:1-3-0): Always in leading trio when first-up 11/2-len 2nd (59kg) Foxham 1600m Bairnsdale (62) 4 Oct;
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      • 572 37 11:10Race1 CRANBOURNE 1200M 1 HUSSANDTHEM BRAWILLER (9) 58 2 RIEU BKNOBEL (6) 58 3 ROSSTOWNLAD JBENBOW (12) 58 4 ARCTICKING CHRISSYMONS (7) 56.5 5 FALVERO DEANHOLLAND (8) 56.5 6 GLENBURNIEDANE UNFIXED (1) 56.5 7 INABEAUTI MCARSON (5) 56.5 8 INTOXICATED ASPITERI (2) 56.5 9 NEVERIN LNOLEN (4)
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 779 38 / 39  -  WGC-HSBC Champions LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM SHANGHAI FOR THE first time in Asia, golfing fans will get to witness the top golfers in the world go head-to-head in the final pairing today. World No. 1 Tiger Woods versus No. 2 Phil Mickelson–theWGC-HSBCChampionscannot ask for
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      • 457 38 / 39  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM SHANGHAI TIGER Woods and Phil Mickelson will do well to look over their shoulders as they do battle in the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions today. American upstart Nick Watney, tied for second with Woods at 12-under, and
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      • 369 38 / 39  -  LIM HAN MING GOOD news for golfing fans in Singapore. The HSBC Women’s Champions will return and stay in the Republic for the next three years. Title sponsor HSBC announced yesterday that the 2010 tournament will be held from 25 to
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    • Sports Football
      • 150 42 THE FACE-OFF: Chelsea fan Valerie Chua (AnythingBut United) and Manchester United fan Gordon Foo (Nothing But United) will perform a forfeit suggested by readers if their team loses. Valerie has been asked to slow dance with a United fan if Chelsea loses. “Notfun,”says
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      • 602 42  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE FOOTBALL FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg LAST week I told my grandmother that being 83 was no excuse for not embracing change. Then Newcastle rechristened their stadium the sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park Stadium, and suddenly I find phrases like, “Whatever is football coming to? It’s nothowitusedtobe,”sneakingoutofmy mouth. I keep looking
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    • Sports EPL
      • 401 44/45  -  CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED (Tonight, 11.55pm, StarHub TV Ch 27) Inaleagueofextraordinaryfootballers,thereis athinlinebetweenrespectanddisdainwhen thesuperheroesofManchesterUnitedand Chelseaareconcerned.DAVIDLEEgoesbehind thescenestocheckoutbothcampsandtheplot aheadoftheBattleattheBridge DAVID LEE HELMEDbyCar-losAnce-lotti, the ingGun,theChelsea Coalition looks like an ordinary diamond factory by day. But beneath the ve- neer, the Italian head honcho is busy assembling a
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      • 1103 48 / 49  -  As Chelsea prepare to host Man United in their top-of-the-table clash, GARY LIM looks at some of the possible battles GARY LIM DROGBA-ANELKA vs EVANS-BROWN THEY form one of the most feared strike partnerships in the Premiership. And they are one of the most lethal
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      • 162 50 / 51  -  IAIN MACINTOSH SIR ALEX Ferguson will know that Chelsea are at their most dangerous in the middle of the park. That tight little diamond is made up of four world-class midfielders, all capable of quick, crisp and deadly distribution. Ever seen a goat dipped into
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      • 97 50 / 51  -  IAIN MACINTOSH VERY much so. I haven’t ever seen the Blues play this well before. Sure, they were outstanding under Jose Mourinho and they were very impressive under Guus Hiddink, but this is different. For the first time, there seems to be a perfect marriage of silk
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      • 268 50 / 51  -  FLASHBACK...20APRIL2002 IAIN MACINTOSH YOU HAVE to go back over seven years to find the last time that Manchester United won a league game at Stamford Bridge. It came towards the end of Claudio Ranieri’s second season in charge of the club, a
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      • 377 50 / 51  -  CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED. Tonight, 11.55pm, StarHub TV Ch 27 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg ONTHEface ofit, youwouldn’tthink so,no. Manchester United are cruising through their Champions League group and they’re well-placed for yet another tilt at the Premier League title. They have a team
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        1042 52  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg WILL the Red Devils prevail tonight simply because of their jersey colour? Is red a more auspicious colour choice for footballers, or for that matter, sportsmen in general, as they seek the upper hand? Surely that’s just superstition, you scoff. It’s just like saying
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      • 538 53  -  BY. PAUL BURBRIDGE Special Correspondent KEVIN MCDONALD tapped home an 87th-minute equaliser to give Burnley a share of the spoils. After establishing a two-goal lead through Graham Alexander and Steven Fletcher, it seemed the Clarets were slumping to yet another defeat when City roared into the
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      • 276 53 ROUND-UP ASHLEYYOUNG inspired an easy 5-1 victory for Aston Villa against a lacklustre Bolton. Young gave Villa a fifthminute lead and Gabriel Agbonlahor doubled the advantage two minutes before the break, only for Bolton substitute Johan Elmander to reduce the deficit two minutes later.
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      • 423 54  -  TOTTENHAM 2 (Keane 12, Huddlestone 68) SUNDERLAND0 LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT HARRY Redknapp can afford a wry smile after Tottenham’s 2-0 victory over Sunderland last night. After all, the Spurs manager had faced criticism over the sale of Darren Bent in the lead-up
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      • 119 54  -  LIM SAY HENG WHILE a black cat would be an unlucky omen for some, it is like a lucky charm for Robbie Keane. At least when the Black Cat refers to Sunderland. You see, the Spurs captain has a tendency to score against Sunderland in a Lilywhites
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      • 381 46 THISweekend’sbiggestEPL game goes to Martin Atkinson, whotakeschargeoftonight’s Stamford Bridge clash between Chelsea and Manchester United. We give you the lowdown on the 38-year-old referee from Yorkshire. REFWATCH:MARTINATKINSON HIS EXPERIENCE ATKINSON has been refereeing since he was 16, but he made his top-flight debut in 2005. He
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        646 47 ...to a Champions League game DO YOU have what it takes? Dozens of young boys and girls have respondedtosports retaileradidas’ island-wide search for a Singaporean to be the Official Ball Carrier at the Champions League match between Apoel FC and Atletico Madrid on 25 Nov. The ball
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        122 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: HULLvSTOKE StarHub TV Ch 27,9.30pm WEST HAMvEVERTON StarHub TV Ch 22,11pm WIGANvFULHAM StarHub TV Ch 21,11pm CHELSEA v MAN UTD StarHubTVCh27, 11.55pm SirAlexFerguson(right)arehopingtoavoidasecond successiveawayleaguedefeatafterbeingbeaten2-0atLiverpool. Tuesday: LIVERPOOLv BIRMINGHAM StarHubTVCh27, 4am J-LEAGUE Today: KAWASAKI FRONTALE vJEF UNITED CHIBA StarHubTVCh27, 2pm SCOTTISH LEAGUE Tonight: FALKIRK VS CELTIC StarHub
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      • 17 55 HSBC CHAMPIONS Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 26,11am Tomorrow: DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS Ch 5, midnight
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      • 13 55 DAVIDOFF SWISS INDOORS BASEL Tomorrow: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 22,2pm (delayed telecast)
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      • 485 55 LOCAL EVENTS FOOTBALL What: RHB Singapore Cup final When: Today, 7.30pm Where: Jalan Besar Stadium THE HIGHLIGHT of the domestic football calendar will see local side Geylang United play Thai club Bangkok Glass. More than 80 children from St Andrews Junior School will be taking part in the
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    • THE 80th SINGAPORE GOLD CUP & SINGAPORE TURF CLUB CHARITY RACE DAY SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2009
      • 1087 2 / 3 NAMES like Laurie Laxon, John Meagher and Patrick Shaw feature prominently on the Singapore Gold Cup honour board. And rightly so. With impressive resumes and solid backing behind them when setting up stables at Kranji, they had both the experience and resources to win classic races like
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      • 830 4 / 5 WHEN El Dorado, with just 50kg on his back, held off a bevy of challengers to win the Singapore Gold Cup last year, he did more than just win a race. He made history by becoming the first Japanese-bred horse, prepared by a Japanese trainer
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      • 116 4 / 5 Ivan Allan: Trainer of record nine Singapore Gold Cups Tommy Farthing: One of two jockeys with three Gold Cups Abdul Mawi: First local winning rider, on Straits Code in 1 958 Three Rings (No. 4): Only horse to win three Gold Cups, in 1 954,
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      • 795 6 / 7 The Lions Befrienders Service Association (Singapore) (LB) will be among 21 beneficiariesatthisyear’sSingaporeGold Cup/Singapore Turf Club (STC) Charity Raceday on Sunday. This is the first time the volunteer welfare organisation is a beneficiary at the annual event, now in its seventh year. MrAlwynChia,LBSA’scommunicationsand partnershipsmanager,said:“Iwouldliketothank STC
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      • 330 6 / 7 THE Singapore Gold Cup will not be the only charity event at the Singapore Turf Club (STC) on Sunday. That day, Great Eastern Life Assurance Company (GE) will hold its Great Eastern Charity LunchandRaceDayattheClub’spremisesto raisefundsforitscommunityprojects– ChildrenCare and GoldenCare. ChildrenCare supports the Movement for the Intellectually
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      • 480 8 Trainers hail 1 km long training track I RUN on the road, long before I dance under the lights, so said boxing great Muhammad Ali. Everyone knew Ali could fight. Hewas, in hisownwords,“The Greatest”. But even the Louisville Lip knew that, for all his god-given
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