The New Paper, 11 December 2009

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    • 81 1 KAKI BUKIT STABBING Knife stuck in chest, but victim fights on PAGE 4 WOMEN PADDLERS WIN SEA GAMES GOLD S’pore-born girl misses out on final glory PAGE 60 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia 11 Dec 09 ri f JAIMEE GRUBBS (RIGHT) RELEASES TEXT
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  • News
    • 603 4  -  Delivery man and karung guni maninKakiBukitscuffle–likely over animal poo, say witnesses REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg HE HAD a knife stuck in his chest, but hewouldn’tgiveupthefight. The delivery man continued struggling with his assailant and even managed to pull the knife out
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    • 945 6  -  More woes for woman who lost limbs and babies REPORT and PICTURES: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg FIRST, she lost the twins she was carrying. Then, gangrene ate up almost all of her limbs, and she had to give up her job as a hospital nurse.
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    • 1217 8/9  -  BEDOK MAN STAYS WITH BODY OF DEAD WIFE FOR DAYS REPORTS:VIVIEN VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg FOR days, he remained in his three-room flat with his dead wife. By the time the police were alerted on Tuesday morning, Madam Hoon Ai Choo’s body was
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  • Local News watch
    • 329 10 Special, Medisave Retirement accounts THE CPF board said in a statement yesterday that the floor rate for all Special, Medisave and Retirement accounts will be maintained at 4 per cent until 31 Dec next year. After that, the 2.5 per cent
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    • 88 10 APPLICATIONS for the Food Diversification Fund and the Food Capability Development Fund, which are worth $5 million, are now open. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority had announced the set-up of the funds in July. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan saidthe fundswillhelpdiversify Singapore’sagricultural
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    • 104 10 SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief (SDP) Chee Soon Juan and party supporter Yap Keng Ho were each cleared of three charges of speaking in public without a permit. TheAttorney-General’sChambersyesterdaycon-firmed that the prosecution withdrew the charges last week, and that the Court ordered a discharge amounting
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    • 93 10 MINISTER of State for Manpower and Trade and Industry, Mr Lee Yi Shyan, yesterday officially opened the Service Quality Centre. Costing $1.5 million, the new facility to boost service standards will bring technology into the classroom. For example, trainees can interact with
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    • 605 12  -  Mum thought he was careless when he fell against cabinet REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg SHE was watching TV when she heard a loud thud. When Madam Khoo Kim Chai turned to look, she saw her son, IT engineer David Lim
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    • 717 14/15  -  MAN SUES EYE DOCTOR REPORT:BENSON REPORT:BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg A MAN is taking an eye doctor to court for allegedly making a mistake in his diagnosis when he saw him for his poor vision. Mr Yew Wei Kiat, 22, claimed he saw a handful of
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    • 517 16  -  Key in ignition, air-conditioner on REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg HISwifediscoveredhisbodyleaningtotheleftofthe driver’s seat, with his head slumped sideways. Streaksofdriedbloodcouldbeseenbelowhisnose. Herworstfearshadcometrue.Herhusband,retiree Chen Pway, who had earlier failed to respond to her calls,wasdead. Now his family are left grieving and grappling with questions. How did he
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    • News Mystery Gift Contest
      • 260 18/19  -  Want a mystery gift from well-known personalities? Join The New Paper Mystery Gift contest. Teh Jen Lee KNOWN for her quick wit, actress and host Michelle Chong, 32, has appeared in variety shows and dramas on Channel 5 and 8. Last year, she won the
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      • 131 18/19 WANT to win a mystery gift worth up to $100, bought by a famous personality? Tell us in 50 words or less why you deserve the gift from the personality of your choice. E-mail your entry along with your full name, IC number and contact number to
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      • 207 18/19  -  Tan Kee Yun TOWERING at 1.88m, he cuts an impressive figure on the football pitch. LionelLewis,27,isarguablySingapore’smost recognisable national goalkeeper today. His personal triumphs include being nominated for the prestigious 2006Asian Footballer of the Year award, the first Singapore nomineeintheaward’s13-yearhistory,and winning the Tiger Cup
        TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  207 words
    • 229 20 M’sianwomanarrestedfor keeping endangered animals AMALAYSIANwomanhasbeenarrestedforkeep-ingendangeredanimals,includingaleopardcat,a honey bear and a slow loris, as pets in her apartment. The animals, which are endangered, were found in individual cages in the unit, where the 25-year-old womanwaslivingwithamalerelative. EnforcementofficersfromtheSelangorWildlifeDepartment raided the Desa Pandan condominium in KualaLumpurlastFridayfollowingatip-off. Officers found the
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    • 402 20 HE THOUGHT his dreams of a better life was answered when an agent approached him witha“guaranteed” jobin theUK. The Malaysian barber realised it was a scam only when he landed in Heathrow Airport and found out that no arrangements for visas
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    • 581 21  -  Filipino teaches street kids for free so that they can have a future like him REPORT: ERLINDA TAN tnp@sph.com.sg THE Philippine government provides free elementary education for its people. But not everybody goes to school because attending classes requires full support from the family as
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    • 505 21 THEIR teacher had given them the day off as their classroom was used as a test centre. So the students of a secondary school in Ipoh planned to go for a karaoke session and invited another classmate, a girl, along. But the outing
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    • News Tiger Woods Scandal
      • 432 22/23 Excerpts of text messages Woods reportedly exchanged with alleged mistress Jaimee Grubbs. She made them public as part of her contention that the affair was genuine Tiger’s‘digitallipstickonthecollar’ 20 Jul Tiger:Hey SexyI can’tcome outthisweek. Something came up family wise (July 20,3.04 pm) Jaimee:That’s okayI hopeeverything isfine would have liked
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      • 811 22/23 Butwife’s friends say: AS MORE dirt on her husband emerged, the embattled wife of golf superstar Tiger Woods has said that she will stand by her man. At least that is what some unnamed “friends”told US magazinePeople. Ms Elin Nordegren, 29, is doing this for
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      • 150 22/23 The alleged e-mails from Tiger Woods which gossip magazine In Touch claims he sent to his alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel “Iknow it’s brutalon youthat you can’tbewith meall thetime. I getit. It (expletive) kills me, too. I finally found someone I connect with, someone I have never found like
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      • 595 22/23 Amid the dirt surrounding the Tiger Woods scandal, this commentaryby The WashingtonPost’sTracee Hamilton is a breath of fresh air. It has been edited for length. YOU’REupsetabout the TigerWoods scandal,and I’mhereto tell youwhomto blame for that: Yourself. Getoverit. Seriously. Ican’t standthe piteous mewling of America
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    • 77 12 Results of the MEDISAVE CONTRIBUTION II. DRAW (SI for work done in 2008 held on 7 December 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP 3 WINNERS! Top prize of $3,000 cash: LOH KAR YEN, VERNON SXXXX799B Second prize of $2,000 cash: LOO CHEE SUNG SXXXX381A Third prize of $1,000 cash: OH BENG
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    • 29 14/15 Who were Babe and Dude Of The Year? Who was the unluckiest star? What was the biggest shocker? The New Paper's Flame Awards Look out for it, starting Monday
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    • 22 16 Selected tales of power, struggle and betrayal in early Singapore Now available at bookstores Find out more about the book at tnp.sg
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    • 16 18/19 TOMORROW: Look outfor hints on mystery gifts from a radio DJ and a local top model.
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    • 71 18/19 IT’S A WAR FOR TALENT LAW MINISTER ON WHY IT’S VITAL TO KEEP DOORS OPEN TO FOREIGN TALENT (-for sinetes ontY-) HIGHLIGHTS: Special Appearance by FLY Entertainment Artiste, Tracy Tan Free flow of Bacardi Apple (7pm-9pm) Attractive door gifts (whilst stocks last) > Lucky draw $10 SAFRA member $12 Guest
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    • 90 18/19 LIVE SPORTS SCREENING. HEARTY IRISH PUB GRUB. LIVE MUSIC. ENDLESS BEER f A a m m rtf'Z m m SPV^ OLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS LIVE SCREENING! 12TH DECEMBER, SATURDAY. 9PM V I WATCH THE MATCH "LIVE" WITH TOTTENHAM LEGEND GARY MABBUTT rW i> i
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    • 67 26 On having a qualifying time for marathon participants: “Wecanaccommodate everyone by observing a simple marathon rule: Walkers and slow runners, keep to the left to enable others to overtakewith ease.” Commandoleaderfirstclass “Alot ofpeople run a marathon to prove something to themselves, not get a sub-four hour race
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      43 26 FROM READER DALE TAN INHARM’S WAY: Aman was spotted diverting traffic away from his stalled bus in the CTE tunnel, putting himself in danger during peak-hour traffic at 6.30pm on Tuesday. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      25 26 What are you doing to go green? “Itry touse detergentwith organic components, as well as switch off the lights when Ileave theroom.” AntoinetteBell,34,bank manager
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    • 267 26 FROM READER WONG YEW HON JAYWALKING DEATH IREFER to the article “Why do they keep risking their lives?” (The New Paper, 4 Dec). The loss of a life is a tragedy, not just for the family of the victim, but also for the nation. People should
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    • 226 26 FROM READER SITIAISYAH ABDULLAH I WISH to convey my heartfelt thanks to a police officer, Station Inspector (SI) Norhan, for helping my husband and I at the Woodlands checkpoint on 1 Dec. My daughter, who is an employee ofAetos Security Management
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    • 744 27  -  Is Singapore Idol 3 finalist Sylvia Ratonelpulling atvoters’heartstringswithtearyconfessions? REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg SHEhadbeenanearlyfavouriteinSinga-pore Idol 3, thanks to her powerhouse vocals. But judge Ken Lim had felt something was missing. “You have to make sure that people like you,”hekepttellingSylviaRatonel. About a month ago, in a special
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    • 396 28 THIS Najip Ali lookalike has not made the girls squeal like SingaporeIdol3’s resident heart-throbFaizal Isa. Healso didn’tseemto impressthe judgeswithhis laid-back performances and lack of star quality. Yet,SezairiSezali snatched awaytheaudience’s hopes for an all-girl showdown by being voted in over third-placerTabitha Nauser in
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    • 440 29  -  WelshsingerKatherineJenkinsregrets‘being verysilly’,butshe’sallcleanedupnow REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg IT COUNTS as “one of the biggestregrets”inherlife. But Katherine Jenkins hopes that by coming clean about her drug past, future generations of kids will not follow in her footsteps. The 29-year-old Welsh classi-cal-pop crossover singer told The
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    • 471 30  -  In town to open new LV store, M’sianstar talks about her orang utan pals REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN actress Michelle Yeoh walks her talk. Still turning heads at age 47, the former Miss Ipohtoldthelocalmedia:“Itrytodosomethingadventurous,haveanadventure,onceayear.” It has been a diverse year. Korean hunks,
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    • Show Travel
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        563 31 Temple criticised for being too business-like, but abbot defends move AN ENCHANTING place, home of the warriors, promises the pop music blaring from a giant screen as excited visitorsboardbuggiesfitforathemepark. Welcome to the Shaolin Temple in central China, known as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and world-famous for its
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 14 32 RFKMustDie SundanceChannelOnDemand (SingTelmioTVCh322),ondemand Thisnewinvestigativedocumentaryspecialexplores thecontroversiessurroundingtheassassinationof RobertFKennedyin1968ashewassettochallenge RichardNixonfortheWhiteHouse. TheChroniclesOfNarnia: PrinceCaspian StarMovies(StarHubCh58),9pm ThePevensiesiblingsreturntoNarnia,wheretheyare enlistedtoonceagainhelpwardoffanevilkingand restoretherightfulheirtotheland’sthrone.Starring BenBarnes,WilliamMoseley.
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    • 496 35 All set to eat If you're planning a year-end gathering for friends or family, consider holding it at a restaurant that serves a buffet. It offers a wider variety of food, especially if there are fussy eaters in your group, and allows you to eat at a more leisurely pace.
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  • Sports
    • 100 64 SINGAPORE raced to the top of the SEA Games medal tally, thanksto10goldmedals–includingZachOng’s(above) swimminggold–yesterday,toaddtothewaterpolotriumph threedaysago,foran11-goldtally Men’stable tennis team (CaiXiaoli,Gao Ning, Lim JieYan, PangXue Jie,YangZi) Women’stable tennis team (Feng Tianwei, Wang Yue Gu, Yu Meng Yu, Zena Sim, Sun Bei Bei) Men’s10m Air Rifle (Individual) Zhang Jin (Grand
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      • 342 46 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 4 Oblivion Blitz 8 Winning Dan 9 Strauss 3 Winning Dan 9 Oblivion 4 Powerful Leader WinningDan Drunken Hero 7 9 8 Sky Lord What Todo 4 King’s Bridge 3 What
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      • 231 46 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK YESTERDAY’S workouts by horses engaged today: RACE 1: Slow work: Village (A Fiezan), Oblivion (KB Soo), You Little Ripper, Powerful Leader, Winning Dan, Flash Back, Street Ruffian. RACE 2: Slow work: Brzee (O Placais), Aft Burner (Placais), King’s Bridge, What Todo, Lim’s River (R
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      • 228 46 TRIAL 1 (official): 1 Rapido Boy (J Moreira) 2 Thanksgiving (B Vorster) 3 Million Soldiers(OPlacais) 4Benji’s Glory (MKellady) 5 Lim’sReturn (AKermond). Marginsandtime: Nk, 51/4,1, nk (1min02.20sec). TRIAL 2 (official): 1 Teen Angel (J Burridge) 2 Daring Junior (KB Soo) 3 Yuno When (J Powell) 4 Holystone (M Ewe).
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      • 208 46 WORKOUTS by horses engaged on Sunday: RACE 1: KingFaalcon (AFeiruz), Nobleman, Fortune Eight, Hungarian, Lucky Man, Supreme General, Hena, Riffs Of Joy. RACE 2: Majulah pace work. Slow work: Zambezi Rush, Marlon, Nero, Sky Storm, Triple Kick (KK Ng), Zac Generation. RACE 3: Common Interest? canter/41.2.
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      • 954 47 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 MS 6.30 -1200m Stakes:$35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 Village 59 (55) AFiezanc1 12 (4agJMeagher-Dmat) 2 00 MissBellissima 58.5 (54) VDuric 6 (5amSGray-OrchidRacing) 3 84- Strauss 58.5 (54) RStewart 11 (4nzgHTakaoka-SouthStar) 4 3 Oblivion 58 (53) KBSoo 1
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      • 211 47 HE was far from disgraced when finding one better in Renixus over the 1,200m trip last month. He had looked the winner until he was pipped in the last few strides by the Patrick Shaw-trained victor. The five-year-old gelding by Testa Rossa
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      • 1842 48 LARRYFOLEY’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SKRANJIRACES RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Village?Former Australian who raced four times for a third over 1,606m yielding; hasn’t shown enough at the trials to consider first-up from bad gate. 2 Miss Bellissima?Will appreciate better gate tonight but only for the brave. 3
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      • 1261 49 TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 (1,514m) 1 TONZATICKA (PG Moody) 3c (4:1-1-0): Brought to country for easy kill when 3-len win (57kg) Motto’s Gem, Well Written 1200m Ararat 3yo Mdn dead track 8 Nov; tried hard behind handy stablemate when
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      • 473 49 3:45Race1 VALLEYEVENTSHCPRST68 1514M 1 TONZATICKA JMASKIELL (4) 59 2 DIVERGENT MZAHRA (3) 58 3 DUNROSSIL SRKING (1) 57 4 CYCLONEAL DNIKOLIC (2) 56.5 5 DIOPTRIC MPEGUS (5) 54.5 4:15Race2 TATTSGROUPMDNPLATEMDN 1600M 1 DROOL'SJEWEL HHILLIER (10) 58 2 DURANITE MCONNICK (4) 58 3 FLASHGIFT BRAWILLER (5) 58
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      • 369 50/51  -  GOLF GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg TANAH Merah Country Club’s Garden course will once again host the HSBC Women’s Champions from 25 to 28 Feb. And the local qualifying event to select Singapore’s representative for the event will be on 20 and 21 Jan. Thehostcountry’stopfemaleamateur golfers
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      • 649 50/51  -  For these Singapore Slingers, their love for basketball makes the decision to turn professional a risk worth taking SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. UNCERTAINTY.That’swhatplaguesSingapore’snewestprofessionalbasketballplayers. They’re unsure if they’ll continue playing beyond their current contracts. Doubtful that theAseanBasketballLeague(ABL)willscalethe heights. Not confident that fans
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      • 487 50/51  -  A day in the life of a Slinger SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL THREE separate training sessions a day, media events to attend and visits to schools to hold basketball clinics. And to top it all off, a match at the end of the week. That’s all part
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      • 732 52  -  In her weekly Futbolita column, ASHIKIN HASHIM reveals the secrets to David Villa’spopularityandwhatFranzBeckenbauersaidaboutBrazil. ASHIKIN HASHIM The writer is a freelancer. Moreof Ash’s stories viaalinkattnppostman.com. EVEN the holy nuns in Valencia would go out of the way to obtain David Villa’s autograph these days. Before you
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    • ITALIAN SERIE A
      • 614 53  -  ABBAS SAAD thinks that it is possible for underdogs Palermo to upset the marauding AC Milan this Sunday ABBASSAADthinksthatitispossibleforunderdogs ALL EYES have been firmly fixed on Inter, AC Milan and Juventus so far this Serie A season. But one club which made a bright start and
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      • 447 54/55  -  Group F DYNAMO KIEV 1 (Milevskiy 2) BARCELONA2 (Xavi 33, Messi 86) LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT FOR THE first 15 minutes at the Dinamo Stadion, the scene certainly looked set for an unlikely upset. Buoyed by captain Artem Milevskiy’s second-minute goal and
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      • 185 54/55  -  LIMSAY HENG WEAK LINK GERARDPique.The 22-year-old defender neverreally recoveredaftergivingaway thefree-kickthat ledto DynamoKiev’ssecond-minute goal.The proof? A very panickedclearanceinthe 13thminute withhardly a Dynamoplayer inclose proximity,and several stray passesthroughoutthe game. LION HEART ARTEMMilevskiy. The Dynamocaptain wasstranded upfrontthe wholenightafter scoringtheearly goalfor thehometeam but nevergave up,even in thelater stageswhen Dynamo’sChampions Leagueexit lookedinevitable. HEARTBREAK
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      • 185 54/55  -  LIM SAY HENG CERTAINLY not, if you looked at how nervous the Spanish and European champions were in the first 15 minutes. Barca looked susceptible when dealing with set-pieces, especially those involving crosses to the area just outside the six-yard box. Dynamo scored from one such set-piece
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      • 174 54/55  -  LIM SAY HENG THE UKRAINIAN side would have to thank its goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy for keeping the score respectable, given Barca’s overwhelming superiority in ball possession in the game. The proud graduate from the Dynamo Kiev football academy was a picture of calm amid the
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      • 244 54/55  -  IN THE KNOW LIM SAY HENG ZLATAN Ibrahimovic’s presence in Barca’s front line has improved the Catalan club’s attacking play this season. The Swedish striker’s aerial prowess brings an additional dimension to the European and Spanish champions’ attack, and his tendency to drop
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      • 555 56 Boss Mourinho anxious about the draw for knockout stage INTER-MILAN 2 (SamuelEto’o 31, Mario Balotelli63) RUBINKAZAN0 Wire Services INTER-Milan crushed Rubin Kazan 2-0 yesterday morning, placing themselves in the second place of Group F, just behind Barcelona. Samuel Eto’o and Mario Balotelli netted
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      • 317 57  -  Group H OLYMPIAKOS1 (Leonardo 47) ARSENAL0 GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT ON A night when Arsene Wenger was expected to give his young guns a run against Olympiakos, he went one better. With top spot in the group already confirmed, the Arsenal manager made history by fielding
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      • 194 57  -  GARY LIM A HANDFUL of Arsenal players stood out. Perhaps none more so than Aaron Ramsey, the 18-year-old midfielder who played with the maturity of a player twice his age. Blessed with superb technique, vision and passing ability, Ramsey outshone even the established players
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      • 274 57  -  GARY LIM STANDARD LIEGE would not have been happy to see Arsene Wenger field a team of mainly untried youngsters. While Arsenal were already assured of top position in the group and a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, Standard Liege still had hopes of
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      • 319 58 / 59  -  GROUPE LIVERPOOL 1 (Benayoun 43) FIORENTINA 2 (Jorgensen 63, Gilardino 90+2) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg STEVEN Gerrard said Liverpool were not good enough after their 2-1 defeat to Lyon and it was rather hard to argue. If the Reds had wanted their last Champions League
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      • 223 58 / 59  -  IAINMACINTOSH SLIP UP POORStephenDarby. For92 minutes,he surged up and downthe rightflank, enjoyingarare outing in the firstteam, and then itallwent wrong.Hedallied on the ball,Juan Vargasstole itfromhim and the cross fell rightatthe feet ofAlberto Gilardino. Inthe Champions League,itonly takes asplit-second fora gametoslip away.Animportantlesson for the youngster. BRAINS OF THE OPERATION
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      • 126 58 / 59  -  IAIN MACINTOSH THE ITALIAN looked a very neat, very tidy midfielder. Alberto Aquilani doesn’t surge forward like Steven Gerrard, nor does he launch himself into tackles like Javier Mascherano. Instead he roves around the centre of the pitch, looking for space, looking for the ball and then
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      • 194 58 / 59  -  IAIN MACINTOSH IT WAS nice to catch a glimpse of the highly-rated youngster Daniel Pacheco. The young Spaniard almost scored seconds after trotting onto the pitch, his lightning shot only just tipped round the post for a corner by Sebastien Frey. In goal, Diego
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      • 321 58 / 59 PA Sport ALBERTO Aquilani has asked for patience from the Liverpool fans. The Italian made his long-await-ed full debut for the Reds in their 2-1 Champions League defeat to Fiorentina. The former Roma star admits it will take time for him to build up his
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      • 26 58 / 59 Barcelona AC Milan Arsenal Bayern Munich Chelsea CSKA Moscow Fiorentina Bordeaux Inter-Milan Man United Olympiakos Lyon Porto Real Madrid Sevilla Stuttgart
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      • 426 58 / 59 GROUPG STUTTGART 3 (Marica 5, Traesch 8, Pogrebnyak 11) UNIREAURZICENI 1 (Semedo 46) AFP CHRISTIAN Gross was delighted to begin his tenure as Stuttgart coach with a 3-1 win over Unirea Urziceni which sealed his new team’sChampionsLeaguelast-16berth. Although they lie 16th in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart are
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      • 255 58 / 59 GROUP G SEVILLA1 (Kanoute 8-pen) RANGERS0 AP FREDERIC Kanoute’s early penalty gave Sevilla a 1-0 win over Rangers to finish top of Group G in the Champions League. After Fernando Navarro was tripped up while chasing a ball into the area, Kanoute (right) struck from the
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    • Sports | SEA Games 2009
      • 576 60 / 61  -  WOMEN’S TABLE TENNIS DEBATE: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg SHE IS one of the best local talents Singapore has in table tennis. But she wasn’t used in the semi-final or the final yesterday as Singapore’s women’s table tennis team won gold. That’s because the
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      • 489 60 / 61  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT TO WHAT extent do you sacrifice local talent in order to get gold, and win for Singapore? To start this debate, it’s worth noting that Singapore’s South-east Asia Games women’s table tennis team that won gold yesterday is actually second in the
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    • Sports SEA Games
      • 439 62  -  LAOS0 SINGAPORE0 ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THE YOUNG Lions drew 0-0 with giant-killers Laos yesterday evening to get the draw they needed to safely confirm their semi-final spot. The Young Lions won the bronze medal two years ago. Singapore have never won the SEA Games gold medal
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    • SPORTS ON TV
      • 194 63 LIVE TELECASTS 25TH SEA GAMES Today to 17 Dec: SEA GAMES ACTION Ch 5,7pm-9.30pm HIGHLIGHTS Ch 5,10pm-10.30pm EPL Tomorrow: STOKE vWIGAN StarHub TV Ch 27,8.45pm CHELSEA vEVERTON StarHub TV Ch 27,11pm TOTTENHAM v WOLVES StarHub TV Ch 22,11pm Wolves manager Mick McCarthy (right) is desperate to beat Spurs as
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      • 11 63 ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 26,7.45pm
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      • 522 63 LOCAL EVENTS 25TH SEA GAMES What: South-east Asia Games When: Till next Friday Where: Vientiane, Laos CATCH selected live telecasts as well as highlights of Team Singapore athletes in action, on the official Team Singapore website teamsingapore.com.sg. What: Send-Off for Team Singapore athletes When: Tomorrow, 6am Where: Changi
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    • 48 64 “AlthoughIdidnotgetto play in the final, overall, I played in the qualifying round. It was a good experience forme. “(WhetherIplayinthe final),it’suptothecoach.It’s thecoach’sdecision.It’sfor the team. “Whetherwhogetstoplay, as long as our team achieves ourgoal,that’sthemost important.” –SingaporepaddlerZenaSim(above) WHAT’STHE ISSUE? PAGES60– 61 SEA GAMES SOCCER: Singapore are through to the semi-finals. PAGE 62
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