The New Paper, 19 June 2010

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1 28 The New Paper
  • 16 1 theDCUPNOONEDITIONnewpaper SATURDAY JUNE 19 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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    • 45 1 Tuffer theDCUPNOONEDITIONnewpaper GET YOUR WORLD CUP NOON EDITION ENGLAND v ALGERIA theDCUPNOONEDITIONnewpaper 28-PAGE WORLD CUP PULLOUT INSIDE Germans crash after red card fiasco Dubious offside call denies USA victory WHAT THE REF! PICTURE: GETTY REF! GERMANY SERBIA PICTURE: GETTY SLOVENIA USA 0 1 2 2
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    • 15 1 WORLD CUP BETTING Bookies use student runners to target underage bettors PAGE 2 "*****1 *****1
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  • News World Cup 2010
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      1110 2  -  Bookies use runners from polys, JCs to target underage bettors REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ILLEGAL betting on the World Cup games has invaded some school grounds, it seems. Bookmakers are not only targeting students who are too young to bet legally, but have also recruited students from junior colleges
      FILE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION; TNP ILLUSTRATION: FADZIL HAMZAH  -  1,110 words
    • 65 2 Au Revoir, France (The New Paper, June 13): We reported that head-to-head results separate nations with the same number of points in the group stages of the World Cup. This is incorrect. Goal difference is the first factor used to differentiate nations with the same number of points. See
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    • 185 4 THREE junior colleges and two polytechnics approached by The New Paper said they were not aware of illegal betting syndicates operating on campus. But the schools said counselling and disciplinary action will be taken against students found to be betting or collecting bets illegally.
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  • News Orchard Road Flood
    • 585 6  -  Hecallsflood’simpact on people, businesses &traffic‘unacceptable’ REPORT:KOH KOH HUITHENG kohht@sph.com.sg THE flood that washed out Orchard Road and caused more than 1 million worth of damage on Wednesday morning was unexpected. “Frankly, we were a little bit caught off guard,” PUB chief executive Khoo
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    • 281 6 ON the ball Get in on the action with the only newspaper that has not one, but two editions of the latest and best in World Cup action daily (morning and noon) GARY LIM AFRICAOROR BUST! JEFFREY LOW Mental Health Workshops For Persons Affected by Mental Illness their Caregivers (A)
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    • 1041 8/9  -  Wifeof S’poreanarrestedinIndonesiandrugbustsays... REPORT: ZUBAIDAH NAZEER zubaidah@sph.com.sg WAS it a case of mistaken identity, or was the Singaporean simply caught up in a major marijuana bust in Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia? The island, which is a short ferry ride away, is a favourite haunt
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  • Local News watch
    • 53 10 AWARD WINNING: The Pinnacle@Duxton, HDB's 50-storey residential building project in Tanjong Pagar, has been named Asia and Australasia’s “Best Tall Building” by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings Urban Habitat. The council said the winners are chosen based on design innovations, sustainable attributes and enhancement to the city and inhabitants.
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    • 234 10 Youth Olympic Games 2010 A YOUTH Olympic lane to facilitate timely arrival of Youth Olympic Game (YOG) participants and officials at competition venues will be introduced along selected stretches of roads from Aug 5 to 26. Jointly set up by the Land Transport
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    • 115 10 THE national blood bank is running low and the Singapore Red Cross and the Bloodbank@HSA need at least 750 donors to come forward this weekend. In Singapore, more than 350 units are needed daily to meet the transfusion needs of patients in
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    • 101 10 FOR the next three weekends, expect road closures around the Padang area due to the National Day Parade rehearsals. During the rehearsals, armoured vehicles will travel along High Street, Hill Street, New Bridge Road, Upper Pickering Street, Pickering Street, Church Street, Cecil Street,
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    • 89 10 EARLY childhood educators now have a guidebook to help them make better decisions at work. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Masagos Zulkifli launched the Code of Ethics Hand- book yesterday, reported The Straits Times. He said the case scenarios highlighted in the handbook create opportunities
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    • 758 12/13  -  Upcoming Expressway Familiarisation Ride to help new riders REPORT PICTURES: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg ALL THREE lanes on the expressway were occupied by vehicles travelling at about 70kmh. But the motorcyclist behind them was determined to get ahead of them. The rider’s dangerous act
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    • 473 14  - He walks the talk 49 times REPORT:WOO WOO SIAN BOON sbwoo@sph.com.sg DON’Tmissyourchancethisweekend.When registration opened for The New Paper Big Walk@Marina Bay 2010 last weekend, more than 12,000 people signedup. Onlyabout8,000slotsareleftnow. You can sign up today and tomorrow at anyoffourlocations–theSingaporeFlyersky deck, FairPrice Finest at Marine Parade Central,and the FairPrice supermarkets at
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    • 124 16 MAR 22: Mr Khaw goes for the calcium score test at National Heart Centre Singapore. He has a reading of 507, which is considered very high. MAR 24: Mr Khaw goes for an ECG treadmill stress test and a Gamma camera heart perfusion study. The ECG stress
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    • 451 16  -  HealthMinister’sheartsurgery REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg THEREwasabigquestionmarkoverHealthMinis-ter Khaw Boon Wan’s heart condition after he wentforacalciumscoretestinMarch. His calcium score of 507 was very high, indicating thattherewasplaquebuild-upinhisarteries. It led to more tests and one of them showed an abnormal reading. It ultimately led to Mr
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    • 340 18  -  Boyfriend of drowned student mourns her online: REPORT:AMANDA AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg HEhadbeengoingsteadywithherforsixyears.But it took her death for his parents to finally meetherfamily. National serviceman Chow Jun Liang, 21, had booked out on Thursday night and was with his parents to attend
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  • Global News watch
    • 244 20 CHINA’SGROWTH SLOWS AP Reuters CHINA, the world’s third largest economy, is not likely to post double-digit growth for the full year. Mr Xia Bin, an academic advisor on the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) monetary policy committee, told a conference that after massive stimulus
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    • 107 20 Reuters THE release of video clips appearing to show top starlets having sex has sparked renewed calls for tighter online controls and greater use of an anti-pornography law. The controversial law, passed in 2008, was seen by many as a sign of
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    • 108 20 Reuters THE Influenza A(H1N1) virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes with other viruses. Researchers said the findings support calls for tighter disease sur- veillance before new bugs emerge and infect people. The finding, published in
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    • 105 20 AFP JAPAN pledged yesterday to create five million new jobs through a 10-year economic growth strategy centred on green technology, health care, tourism and closer links with Asia. The government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who took office last week, has
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    • 438 22 Pistols, parangs, bombs among weaponsseizedbyM’siapolice MALAYSIAN police are learning to expect the unexpected in their drug raids. First, they found a tiger rug instead of drugs in a raid on June 5, which was reported in The New Paper last week. Last Tuesday,
      PICTURES: GUANG MING DAILY  -  438 words
    • 345 22 THEY were volunteers patrolling the streets of Klang, Selangor, on crime prevention duty. Coming across three drunken brothers, the volunteers asked them to go home. But one of the brothers allegedly threw a lighted kerosene bottle at them. Realising that the matter was getting
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    • 473 24 BANGKOK’Spampered,goldensetisagainparty-inglikethere’sno tomorrow.Andinthesprawling slums, among the poorest of the poor, there isanuncommonminglingofpride,hope–andfear. Just a month after thousands of poor rural protesters ignited bloody street battles with soldiers and the night sky glowed with flames of burning buildings, the Thaicapitalhasregainedmuchofitsaround-the-clock vitalityandself-indulgence. EventhecharredhulkofCentralWorld,onceoneof Asia’sglitziestmalls,hasbecomeabizarretouristattractionandphotoopportunity. But below the
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    • 343 24 A SOUTHWEST Airlines employee called police after finding human heads in a package set to be transported to a Fort Worth medical research company, the airline said. “Itwasn’tlabelledorpackagedproperly,” said Ms Ashley Rogers, a Southwest spokesman.“Theycalledthelocalauthorities.” Said Ms Whitney Eichinger, an airline cial:“Asyoumightimagine,thisisnotsomething
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    • News World Cup 2010
      • 685 26 Media speculating about defection of North Korean players and identity of fans MYSTERY 1 THE mystery surrounding the North Korean football team and their small group of fans seems to be more interesting than the football being dished out at the World Cup. All kinds
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      • 361 26 Seats to spare but where are the football fans? MYSTERY 2 VUVUZELAS may have dominated the news from South Africa, but another controversy is simmeringatWorld Cup stadiums the mystery of empty seats. Whilesupporterscouldn’t find ticketsfor the opening round of matches, TV pictures showed rows and rows of empty seats. Fifa
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    • 411 29 THE lead actor in a planned Bollywood film on Adolf Hitler, which has drawn protests from Jewish groups and condemnation from historians, said he had pulled out of the project. Anupam Kher, who had agreed to play the role of
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 13 20 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low28˚
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      45 33 FROM READER SUFRIE THIS TOILET IS NOT A CAR WASH: Our reader spotted this sign at a restroom in Pasir Ris Beach Park. E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken. Please include your full name and contact number.
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      29 33 Have you been following the World Cup? What do you think of the teams and matches so far? “YesI have. It’sbeen pretty exciting with a coupleofsurprises!” MsJamieCheng, 20,undergrad
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    • 227 33 FROM READER ROSALIND DAVID CARING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL IREFERtotheletter,“Supportforthosewhocare for mentally ill” by reader Raymond Anthony Fernando (The New Paper, June 18). I applaud him for faithfully caring for his wife who is suffering from schizophrenia and sympathise with him that this has taken
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    • 95 33 FROM READER ACE KINDRED CHEONG IREFERtoreaderVictorKhoo’sreactiontomy letter,“NSforgirlsnottheanswer”(TheNew Paper, June 14). I did not say that national service will solve theproblemofthecountry’sfallingbirthrate. What I suggested was that national service can educate girls about the importance of parenthood. Parents and schools also have
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    • 165 33 FROM READER HUANG SHIBEI I AGREE with reader Victor Khoo that national service for girls is not the answer. It is an unrealistic suggestion. When boys enter NS, they might not be very well-built. But after two years, they return home stronger.
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    • 81 33 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
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      190 34/35 Sure, the plain and austere white home jersey is slightly cheerier than NorthKoreandictator Kim JongIl’s preferred uniform, the boxy khaki or grey jacket top with matching pants. But it scores the same marks on thefashion barometer– abig fat zero. Why are you playing in your pyjamas, North Korea?
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    • 242 34/35  -  Asparagus green! Sunflower orange! White pyjamas! We kick around some of the more unusual jerseys in this World Cup REPORT: CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg FASHION has come a long way in the world of football. And there’s no better time for it to wield
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      116 34/35 Rather than adopt the safer shade of medium-tone leaf green used by Cameroon for their home jersey, the Algerians have chosen a shade of pastelgreen afavourite hue of many women. The result: The North African team stand out from their competitors, never mind that the colour of the pitch
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      250 34/35 Their home jersey is as orange as a burst of sunflowers. It’s madeby Germansportswear brand Puma. Andit’s tight, tight, tight huggingthebodies ofthe WestAfricannation’splayers snuglyand showing every rippling muscle. Matching orange socks complete the orange top-and-bottom ensemble. Ms Chan likes it too, calling the orange jersey “bright”and “eye-catching”, butadded
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      118 34/35 This Eastern European country is not known for its fashion credentials, but its contribution to the World Cup house of style is commendable. Allthe criticsgave theteam’s dark green away jersey nods of approval. Mr Yeohthinks itis“quite attractive”and may bethe only one of the lot that he would wear. Mr
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    • 556 36  -  REPORT: CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg THEY started queueing eight hours before the concert started. For their perseverance, two teenagers got the chance to don fancy costumes and perform onstage with their idol. At British pop star Mika’s concert here on Monday, Singaporeans Sherilyn Lim and
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    • 242 37  -  We round up the Internet sites or videos that people are talking about Seto Nu-Wen What’sthe noise: BASKETBALL team the Los Angeles Lakers needed a good luck fairy. But they got a “genie in a bottle”and itworkedjust fine. Pop star Christina Aguilera (right) lent her pipes
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    • 94 37  -  Seto Nu-Wen What’sthenoise: HOLLYWOOD star Julia Roberts (above) is the celebrityfacefor Lancome’s latestmascara, the almost unpronounceable Definicils. But in the print ads, the 42-year-old clearly has had more than her eyelashes touched up. With her naturally brunette locks dyed blonde and her face so digitally
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      • 313 38  -  trendyrunnerGUY Gadget REVIEW: LESTER HIO lesterh@sph.com.sg Sony is now tapping into the music-listening, workout-crazy market with their new Walkman W252. I must say upfront that I am not a fan of the gym. So while Gadget Girl did her review in the gym, I tested
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      • 324 38  -  Gadget GAL REVIEW: BRYNASIM brynasim@sph.com.sg I DISLIKE putting anything in my ears while exercising. But the Sony Walkman W252 in lime green was so attractive, I couldn’tresist it. It helped that the gadget is light and forms a heart shape when stored in its
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      • 92 38 Steve Job’s people have done it again, managing to squeeze a bunch of new features into the latest Mac Mini while making it smaller. The pint-sized desktop from Apple features a new HDMI port, SD card slot and a speedier graphics cardin a sleekaluminium casethat’ssmallerby
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      • 89 38 The Xbox 360 is back in black. Besides the new colour scheme, the latest incarnation of the gaming console features a sleeker and more angular design. It also comes with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, a replaceable 250GB hard drive, a smaller power supplyand a matching blackcontroller. Bestof
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      • 90 38 Designed by hip-hop star Dr Dre, the Beats Solo HD features titanium-coated drivers for pristine sound in aframethat’s foldablefor easystorage. It also comes with ControlTalk, which puts remote on the cable that allows you to control your iPod and iPhone 3GS. A built-in microphone on the
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  • Sports
    • Sports Racing
      • 247 50  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg SUPREME GENERAL went one better last night in a bobbing of heads with Don’tellthewife in the only staying event. The two horses had charged to the lead shortly after straightening in the Class 4 2,000m race on turf and
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      • 1209 50 Race1 C*****m 1 AFRIEND57(12-9) JPowell (2) 1 1 1 (483) 10 SOUTHSTAR53.5(54-15) OChavez (3) 2 3 2 (520) 1.25 12 QUEENNARCISSUS50.5c51(61-15) JSaimee (4) 5 6 3 (453) 1.5 3 CAIYAYA56(15-5) JMoreira (5) 4 4 4 (436) 1 4 LOCKDOWN55.5(49-12) BVorster (6) 6 5 5
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      • 123 50 FROM next Friday, the totalisator pool on all Singapore races will grow with the influx of the totalisator pool from Australia’smain toteoperator, Tabcorp. This means that customers in the Australian state of Victoria will bet directly into the theSingaporeTurfClub’s (STC) pool on all Singapore races. Currently,
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      • 414 51 RACE 1 SUBORDINATE: Slow to begin, hampered. GUTSY BOXER: Carried out; raced wide. THRILLA IN MANILA: Began awkwardly; shifted out abruptly; raced keenly. QUEEN NARCISSUS: Slow to begin; held up, unable to improve between 400m and 200m. LOCKDOWN:Raced keenly. RAPIDFLARE: Raced wide. RACE 2
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      • 732 51 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Soft MUDLARKS THESE horses have won or placed on the soft or heavy track: RACE1: Jeram Galaxy,That’s Me, Terima Kaseh, Blue Dragon, Hold That Money. RACE 2: Elegant Fusion, Golden Victory, Duty Free Spirit, Real Impact, Flameoftheforest, Fishing. RACE 3: Super Lad, Colourland Classic,
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      • 64 51 RACE1: 6THAT’SME* 2Jeram Galaxy 3 Wishmewings. RACE 2:10 Fishing 5 Duty Free Spirit 3 Golden Victory. RACE 3:8 Dancing Grey 3 Colourland Classic 7 Bryoni. RACE4: 3Victory MyCommand8 Without ADoubt6 Grande Swift. RACE5: 6Courageous General 11The Pilot9 That’sFast. RACE 6:1 Gutsy Prince 4 Fast Tune
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      • 92 51 NEW Kranji trainer Basil Marcus (right) got newcomer FLYING WEST off to a flying start in Race 7 last night and gave himself his first success in Singapore. The 53-year-old had made his Kranji training debut on Singapore Airlines International Cup Day on May 16. Ridden by fellow
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      • 1727 52/53 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATEDPRESSANDMATTNOWLAND (BELMONT) RACE 1 Rosehill (1,200m) 3 INADEQUATE (3:1-0-0): Beaten for speed early but let down powerfully to storm past rivals and post 11/4 len win (56.5) 1,100m C'bury 2yo C&G Mdn heavy trk June 9. Strips fitter now and
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      • 1259 52/53 TODAY'S AUSTRALIA (ROSEHILL BELMONT TOOWOOMBA) RACE CARD 11:45Race1 (ROSEHILL) 1200M 1 NOHESITATION JBOWMAN (8) 58 2 ONEMOREGRAND TOMMYBERRY (14) 56 3 INADEQUATE PROBL (1) 55.5 4 FUPEG'SFURY GBUCKLEY (9) 55 5 LIECHTENSTEIN BSHINN (6) 55 6 UNFLINCHINGRESOLVE KMCEVOY (5) 55 7 TIMO'SHANTER UNFIXED (13) 54.5 8 MOUNTED TIMCLARK (7) 54
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      • 115 52/53 WILLIAMLOW’SKRANJITRACKWORK RACE AHEAD (left) geared up for tomorrow’s Patron’s Bowl with a smart hit-out at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by apprentice Aidil Feiruz, the Bruce Marsh-trained Queen Elizabeth II Cup winner reeled off 600m in 40.2sec unextended. The going was good. The Queen Elizabeth
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    • Sports S.LEAGUE
      • 494 53  -  ALBIREX1 (Tatsuro Inui 35-pen) SENGKANG PUNGGOL1 (Mamadou Diallo 42) SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL npsports@sph.com.sg HE HADN’T scored a single goal this season in the S-League. But when Sengkang Punggol striker Mamadou Diallo finally broke his duck, it was with a spectacular goal reminiscent of Thierry Henry in
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    • 480 55 GOLF: US OPEN (DAY 1) Wire Services SHAUN Micheel, who has a share of the US Open lead after the first round, will drop his clubs and walk away if his dying mother needs him by her side. Winningornot,itwon’tmatter. While Micheel (below) doesn’t expect
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    • 190 55 TENNIS: WIMBLEDON AP ROGER Federer was handed a tough draw yesterday in his bid for a record-equalling seventh Wimbledontitle. The defending champion and top-seeded Federer was drawn in the same top half with Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic and former championLleytonHewitt. Federer beat Roddick in a
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    • 649 56 No matter how many rings he gets, Bryant doesn’tseem to get the credit NBA FINALS: LAKERS 83 CELTICS 79 (Lakers win series 4-3) NBA FINALS THISisthecurseofbeingKobeBryant:Winorloseanother championship, he will never escape Michael Jordan’s shadow. Neither will anyone else. It’s worth remembering that when these playoffs began,
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    • 79 55 WORLDCUP2010 Tonight: HOLLANDvJAPAN StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm GHANAv AUSTRALIA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Tomorrow: CAMEROONv DENMARK StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am SLOVAKIAvPARAGUAY StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 7.30pm ITALYv NEWZEALAND StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 10pm Monday: BRAZIL vIVORY COAST StarHubTVCh261 mio TV Ch88, 2.30am PORTUGALvNORTH KOREA StarHubTVCh261 mio TV
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    • 68 1 AMEDITION AMEDITION Germany 0 Serbia 1 COMEBACK KINGS US overcome two-goal deficit to tie game against Slovenia Page 6 SMALL WORLD Many World Cup players have roots in other countries Page 14 10-man Germany fall apart, miss penalty Page 2 TNP EXCLUSIVE Our scout in Europe unveils the next Great
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  • WORLD CUP 2010 KICK1
    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Analysis
      • 336 2 / 3  -  MCSKAKM GROUPD GERMANY0 SERBIA 1 (Milan Jovanovic 38) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg WHATashame.Afteraweekofrefereeingexcel-lence,Spain’smostofficiousofficialfluffedhislines and crippled the tournament’s most excitingteam. AlbertoUndianoMallenco,aregularwitharedcard inLaLiga,somehowcontrivedtolosecontrolofagame that was about as violent as Gandhi, sending Miroslav Klose off after just 36 minutes for two fouls, neither of whichwasworthacaution. ItwasablowthatGermanyneverrecoveredfrom. Baffledbythedecision,theylosttheirconcentration andSerbiaburstforwardtoscorewithinseconds.
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      • 97 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH AT TIMES, Joachim Low had to be held back by the fourth official as the Germany coach (right) laid into the referee from distance. Water bottles were hurled around the technical area, abuse was howled at the heavens and you can bet
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      • 120 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH IT MEANS that the much-feared prophecy of a second-round penal-ty-shootout defeat to Germany is suddenly on the cards again. This result blew Group D wide open and all eyes will be on AustraliawhentheyfaceGhanatonight. A win for the Socceroos and eve- ry
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      • Article, Illustration
        232 2 / 3  -  IAIN MACINTOSH MAGIC MOMENT: Some of the passing from the Germans was tremendous, but one bit of link-up play between Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski stood out in the seventh minute. LASER-GUIDED:PhilippLahm’s long passfellat Bastien Schweinsteiger’sfeetlike manna fromheaven, so it was something of a shame that
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      • 707 6 / 7  -  GROUPC SLOVENIA 2 (Valter Birsa 13, Zlatan Ljubijankic 42) UNITED STATES 2 (Landon Donovan 48, Michael Bradley 82) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg NEVER belittle the American spirit. Down for the count with a two-goal deficit at half-time, the United States came out with an astonishing
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      • 213 6 / 7  -  DAVID LEE MAGIC MOMENT: The best match of the tournament so far in terms of goals, drama and controversy. I could watch the replay of his match and still get excited. LASER-GUIDED: Valter Birsa produced what has been this tournament’sfinest curlingeffort whenhe spotted Tim Howard off his line
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      • 136 6 / 7  -  DAVID LEE FOR THE life of me, I really couldn’t see why the referee ruled out a perfectly fine effort from Maurice Edu that would have given the United States the winning goal in an ultimate comeback. Landon Donovan did ever so well to
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      • 213 6 / 7  -  DAVID LEE THE WORLD Cup has always been the perfect platform for players to catapult themselves into superstardom. And Valter Birsa (right) did just that against the United States yesterday with a brilliant belter. Prior to his spectacular goal, Birsa’s biggest claim to international
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      • 75 6 / 7  -  TSANG WING HAN We are finally enjoying the unpredictability of a World Cup. After a week of boring football, the tournament finally sprung into life, with the Swiss, the Mexicans and now the Serbs providing us with the upsets. Perhaps it was North Korean Jong Tae
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Reaction
      • 375 4 / 5 GERMANY’S PODOLSKI: Wire Services GERMAN striker Lukas Podolski praised Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic after his poor penalty kick was turned away. Stojkovic was later named Man of the Match. SaidPodolski:“I’musuallyasecurepenalty taker but the goalkeeper saved the ball well. “In the second half, we applied
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      • 217 4 / 5 Wire Services FORTY-FIVE minutes felt like an eternity, said Serbian midfielder Milan Jovanovic, who netted the shock winner against Germany last night. The 29-year-old striker, who plays for StandardLiege, saidafter thegame: “The second half was not 45 minutes, it was like two years for
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      • 538 4 / 5  -  Antic outsmarted Low to record a wonderful win """ANALYST SLOBODAN PAVKOVIC TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg What changes did Antic make for this game? BESIDES putting Neven Subotic for the suspended Aleksandar Lukovic, Antic also made a change in the system. Instead of sticking with the 4-4-2 from the
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    • 950 8 / 9  -  What went wrong for France? Our man analyses the downfall ofLesBleus GROUP A FRANCE0 MEXICO 2 (Javier Hernandez 64, Cuauhtemoc Blanco 79-pen) TNCLISHKJIKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg THE PROPHECIES of doom have come to pass. In spite of their reputation, in spite of their players and in
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    • 180 8 / 9  -  EXPERT FRANCIS LEE CHUA SIANG YEE npsports@sph.com.sg INITIALLY, I thought Javier Hernandez was offside when he received the ball. However, after looking at replays, I can say for certain that Hernandez was not offside. It was very close, but he timed his run to perfection and was
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    • 581 8 / 9  -  Off-the-field problems are causes of abysmal performances BARRY WHITBREAD ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg What do you think of the game? IT WAS an exciting game only because of the two goals. The overall quality of play still disappointed me. That said, Mexico deserved their win. They were terrific
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    • 885 10 / 11 Raymond Domenech is... SHARP words held against taut phrases and then launched in a dizzying array of insults have found their target: French coach Raymond Domenech. The rest of Les Bleus suffered the collateral damage. Domenech has emerged as the most hated man in
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    • 504 10 / 11 AP FRANCE defender Patrice Evra delivered a damning verdict on his team’s performance after its 2-0 World Cup defeat by Mexico, saying he feels like France has become “a small footballnation, andithurts”. Said Evra: “I amdeeply upset, even if itwon’tchange anything. “Tonight I feel
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    • 540 12 Reuters THE final round of World Cup group stage matches are most at risk to match-fixing and will be closely scrutinised to ensure they are totally clean, soccer’s governing body Fifa said yesterday. Every match in the tournament is monitored by an Early
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    • 407 13 AP IT’Stime forThe Professorto show some passion. Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz is known for his cool rationality and football theorising, qualities that have earned him the moniker The Professor. After Portugal’s cautious 0-0 draw against Ivory Coast in their Group G opener on Tuesday, Queiroz
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    • 297 13  -  NG YANG HAN ngyh@sph.com.sg ENGLAND goalkeeper Robert Green might be glad to know that he has at least one big Singaporean fan. For Mr Peter Wong, 64, faith in Fabio Capello’s first choice shot-stopper paid dividends when he was chosen as the lucky winner of the
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    • 297 13 Reuters CLAIMS that German players gained an unfair advantage by playing with the much-criticised Jabulani World Cup ball far longer than any other team were dismissedasan “urban myth”bymanufacturer Adidas yesterday. “The ball was launched at a Bayern Munich match on Dec 4, which is
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    • 684 14 / 15 Germany,Australia have many players with roots in other countries AP ON PAPER it seemed pretty straightforward, a clash between two countries, one which the Germans came out thoroughly on top. But on the field and on the bench, there was a much more diverse aspect to
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    • 472 14 / 15 Wire Services MARK Schwarzer took to the field against Germany holdingadeep, darksecret he usedto supportthem. Every ounce of his affinity for the nation of his parents was probably extinguished after the savage trashing they handed out to his Australia, but in his younger days, Die Mannschaft captured
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Preview
      • 355 16 / 17  -  ENCUSHKAKE IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg HOLLANDbeatDenmarkear-lier this week with the bare minimum of fireworks, but you won’t find many in the Dutch campwho aretoo concerned. After all, a spectacular start to Euro ’08 meant nothing in the long run. Holland opened up that campaign by
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      • 155 16 / 17 GIVEN their wet display against Cameroon,you’d betagainstit. The Blue Samurai were 1-0 winners, but it wasn’t a good game and they did little to concern the rest of the world. There was little conviction in their attacking play and a touch of desperation at the
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        664 16 / 17  -  omANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg 0 DESPITE the not-so-convincing 2-0 victory against Denmark, Holland will not be too worried about their game. Against Japan, it would be tough to see the Dutch not getting three points. The likes of Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der
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      • 388 18 / 19  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg THEBLISTERINGpaceofyounglegsdowntheflankstoreanageingAus-tralia apart in the 4-0 drubbing by Germany. And Ghana will adopt a similar blueprint tonight with theirown quick quartet tosealtheirpathintotheRoundof16,and insodoing,sendtheSocceroospacking. ANDREAYEW STILL only 20 years of age, Ayew captained his country to the World Youth Championship trophy last year
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      • 148 18 / 19  -  DAVID LEE IT IS hard to see how the Socceroos can get a favourable result without their suspended talisman Tim Cahill. CoachPimVerbeekisnowmade to pay for selecting an over-defen-sive squad, that includes the inju- ry-plagued Harry Kewell as one of their forwards. In fact, two of his
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      • 399 18 / 19  -  ANALYST Our analyst says the Aussie attack will feel the absence of the suspended Tim Cahill TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg GHANA have been coping well without the injured Michael Essien, with Kevin Prince Boateng excellent in the middle of the park. Boateng has also linked up
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      • 667 20 / 21 Players question coach’sdecisionsto omit senior players Wire Services CAMEROON’S World Cup campaign is in danger of imploding after senior players asked coach Paul Le Guen to reconsider his team selection for their Group E match against Denmark tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Cameroonlost1-0toJapanandDenmark were beaten 2-0 by
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      • 307 20 / 21  -  "^ANALYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg CAMEROON struggled to get any chances against Japan. In the first 30 minutes, they failed to register a single shot. Their miserable attempts on target will need to be improved but first, Paul Le Guen must
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      • 151 20 / 21  -  HEDY KHOO SSFUKF hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SNACKING on Saturdays is totally permissible if not compulsory, especially if you are an armchair weekend warrior. Warm up with these hot salmon potato cakes. They will keep you going well into the night. Ingredients 3 large boiled potatoes, mashed 100gboiledsalmonfillet, flaked 200g
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      • 111 16 / 17 JUST the one for Holland but, don’t worry, it’s good news for once. Reserve goalkeeper Michel Vorm was sent home by manager Bert van Marwijk after his wife gave birth to their first child. “We decided to send him home after the first match,” said van Marwijk.
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    • 817 22  -  Young defender Kjaer attracting attention from big European clubs omSCOUT EXCLUSIVE TOR-KRISTIAN KARLSEN npsports@sph.com.sg WHILE it’s generally accepted that you won’t get much change out of £41.6 million ($84.5m) for a top-class centre forward these days, defensive talent has always been seen as needing a much
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Betting
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