The New Paper, 21 June 2010, Afternoon Edition

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  • 14 1 thenewpaper WORLD CUP NOON EDITION MONDAY JUNE 21 2010 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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    • 90 1 How does Ho Yeow Sun pay for her Hollywood lifestyle? PAGE 2 -fk BRAZIL IN 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010 The favourites cruise into the Knockout stage, but victory is marred by a Kaka red card. WORLD CUP PULLOUT P2 PORTUGAL: Time for Cristiano Ronaldo to step up FRANCE: Players
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  • News City Harvest Saga
    • 1293 2 / 3  -  SPOTLIGHT TURNS ONHOYEOWSUN’S MUSIC CAREER REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg HOWwellisMsHoYeowSundoingintheUSasshecarvesoutamusiccareerthere?Ms Ho has been based largely in the US since 2003topursuehermusiccareer. The New Paper reported yesterday that Ms Ho has been living in an estimated US$20,000-a-month (S$28,000)propertyinLosAngelesforaboutayear. Since2003,MsHohasreleasedseveralsinglesinthe US, including chart-topping dance
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    • 305 2 / 3 Ms Ho Yeow Sun, with five Mandarin albums under her belt, first broke into the Chinese music scene in 2002 with her debut Mandarin album, Sun With Love. She also won the Best-selling Album award at the 2003 Singapore Hit Awards for her second album,
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    • 522 4 / 5  -  Taiwanese band turns up at City Harvest church service to support embattled pastor and wife REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg TAIWANESEpop-rockbandF.I.R.andlocalmoviedirectorJackNeomadespecialappearances.And so did singer Ho Yeow Sun in what is believed to be her first appearance at the City Harvest Church’sservicesincereturningtoSingaporeonMonday. She was
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    • 142 4 / 5 Adidas Contest Win a $50 Adidas voucher just by guessing the fastest goal of any game for this World Cup. First correct entry for each game wins! Contest details in our 28page World Cup pullout thenewpaper $79m.90.m++ LUNCH from NEWPERSONAL CRISPY THIN PIZZA AND SALAD AVAILABLE NOW! Mon Fri, 11am
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  • News
    • 817 6 / 7  -  Maid caught trying on employer’sclothes REPORT: YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg CLOSE to midnight, as Madam Winnie Ng and her husband were getting ready for bed, there was a knock on their bedroom door. It was Nini, their 26-year-old maid from Myanmar. Holding up a
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    • 959 6 / 7  -  False alarm, but tribunal makes agent pay $2,000 REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg THEIRnewFilipinamaidwassuspect-ed to be suffering from tuberculosis (TB),an infectious disease. And their 21/2-year-old daughter was coughingbadly. The couple, who wanted to be known only as Mr and Mrs Fernandez, were worriedthatthe girlmight havecontracted
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  • Local News watch
    • 37 8 SHAKE YOUR BELLY: A contestant from China dances at the Asia Global Belly Dance Competition held at The Cathay yesterday The event is one of the highlights of the Singapore Street Festival 2010. TNP PICTURE: GAVIN FOO
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    • 213 8 Minister on security at private companies: TAXPAYERS should not be paying for the security of profit-making companies. Instead, security should be a partnership between the Government, private corporations and the public, Law Minister K Shanmugam (right) said yesterday. Putting the responsibility solely on the
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    • 103 8 MINISTER in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Hwee Hua yesterday said Singaporeans have a duty to act responsibly and that respect for each other’s beliefs has to be observed in everything that is said and done. Mrs Lim was responding to questions on recent
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    • 95 8 PEOPLE’S Association’s Community Emergency and Engagement Committee (C2E) was launched yesterday by Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam. The C2E is a network of commit- tees looking into the needs of emergency preparedness in the 84 constituencies. It will help build networks
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    • 103 8 SINGAPORE is hosting RoboCup 2010, the world’s largest showcase of robotics and artificial intelligence, this week. Approximately 500 teams of about 4,000 participants from 40 countries will put their robots to the test in contests involving soccer, dance and even search and rescue work
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    • 393 9  -  Real-life apology for online insult REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg IT WAS a heavy price to pay for what appears to have been an online indiscretion. A man knelt in front of a girl for about an hour last Wednesday, in full view of
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    • 685 10  -  WHO criticised for handling of H1N1 threat REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg SHE is the woman at the centre of shocking allegations over an exaggerated health scare. But few know that Dr Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), got a
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    • 404 10 THEWorldHealth Organisation’s adviceduringthe H1N1 flu pandemic played a part in governments around the world stockpiling billions of dollars worth of antiviral drugs as part of global pandemic preparations. Asaresult, WHO’sreputation hasbeen severely damaged. This is what two reports, both
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    • 597 11  -  Nabbed after being given second chance REPORT: ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg HE was on probation for theft. But Sheikh Fadhil Belkhir Omar, 18, could not stay away from crime. Halfway through his 15-month probation term, in January this year, he and sixaccomplices robbed a
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    • 9 9 CAN PRS AND NEW CITIZENS SERVE IN GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS?
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    • 208 9 Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a research study involving an experimental medicine used for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the medication on the body, how the body handles the medicine and the
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    • 11 11 MOVIE PREMIUMS TO BE WON Knight And Day Letters To Juliet
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    • 13 12 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low27˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low28˚
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    • 33 14 Get in on the action with our two writers in South Africa JEFFREY LOW and GARY LIM and not one but two editions of the latest and best in World Cup action daily
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      53 16 FROM READER TAYCHAI HUAT DISPLAY OF LOVE: This photo was taken on June13at Suntec City’sroof garden.Our reader says the giant heart banner was put up by someone proposing to his girlfriend. E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken. Please include your full name
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      38 16 What do you think of coffee shops charging extra for drinks during the World Cup period “Iseeit asanopportunity for them to increase their revenue but they should limit how much they mark uptheir prices.” MsChan XiuLi,20, undergrad
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    • 278 16 FEEDING STRAYS FROM READER LIN XIUMEI I DISAGREE with the letter from reader JoeLim,“Straysbetterneighboursthan people”(TheNewPaper,June15). Before giving a list of what bad bourscando,heasked:“Whatkindoftroublecantheseanimalscause?” I can answer that. I live in an HDB flat, and my next door neighbour used to feed stray cats in the
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    • 239 16 FROM READER ACE KINDRED CHEONG AFTERreadingtheletter“Blame ownerswhodumppets”(TheNew Paper, June 15), I think it would be a good idea to have rent-a-pet shops in Singapore. This will help those who love animals but cannot afford to buy a pet or do not
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    • 165 16 FROM READER CHIN KEE THOU TOUGH laws targeting litter bugs should also apply to the irresponsible owners of pets which dirty public areas. The problem of owners not cleaning after their pets have done their business is a perennial one. I have seen some
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    • 951 17  -  Local plus-sized women strut their stuff in front of bevy of slim beauty queens REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg ITWASafashionshowtocelebratelocalplus-sizedwomen.Yet,inthefrontrowoftheaudiencewereabevyof slenderbeautyqueens. The irony wasn’t lost on the crowd at the Far East Plaza atrium on Saturday for the contestants from the Miss&MsAmazingpageantworktherunway. The finals, which will be held
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    • 560 19  -  No wedding plans yetbetweenF.I.R.’s Real Huang and singer Faye Zhan sinceproposal21/2 years ago REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg WEDDINGbellswillnotberingingforcelebritycoupleFayeZhanandRealHuangsoon. The pair are part of Taiwanese pop-rock trioF.I.R. Lead vocalist Zhan, 29, told The New Paper that marriage to guitarist Huang, 30, isn’t onthecardsnow. F.I.R. was
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      • 595 20  -  Magic Babe Ning is against owning swords that have hurt people Bigspender orpenny-pincher? Stars speak theirmindonmoneymatters REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Merlin Award-winning illusionist Magic Babe Ning has an obsession with long blades. The 27-year-old told The New Paper that she has amassed a collection of
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      • 104 21 The 21-year-old British actor Rupert Grint (above) was once caught swiping a souvenir from an earlier Harry Potter set. So this time, when filming wrapped on thefranchise’slastinstalment–Harry PotterAndTheDeathlyHallows:PartII– Grint kept his fingers to himself. He told celebrity news website Wenn that he had been
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      • 120 21 The 32-year-old has spent US$1 million (S$1.4 million) onanewhome for his stepdaughter, Rumer Willis. Willis, 21, who is the eldest daughter of Kutcher’swifeDemiMooreandher ex-husband Bruce Willis, had her eye on a two-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Los Angeles, reported the National Enquirer. Butthebuddingactressdidn’thave enough cash
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      • 126 21 Moneymatters even to stars. We cash in on the highs and lows of celebrity dough DISNEY princesses sure have it good. Singer-actress Hilary Duff (left), 22, has just shelled out US$3.85 million (S$5.3 million) for a huge Georgian-style Beverly Hills home. The 5,260 sq ft house
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      • 140 21 DON’TtakeHelena Christensen(above) away from her creature comforts. The 41 -year-old Danish supermodel was forced to pull out of a promotional stay at a new eco-friendly hotel because shecouldn’tcopewithits“horrible” toilets. Christensen recently travelled to Rome to promote a green inn, made of trash left on beaches
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      • 102 21 IRISH rockers U2 stand to lose up to US$150 million (S$207 million) from the cancellation of their world tour after Bono (left) underwent emergency back surgery, reported The Sun. The Irish band was forced to postpone the next leg of its massive tour and
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    • 354 22 Members of Korean boy band Beast talk about hopes and dreams after being idols How would you describetheband’s growth so far? Group leader Yoon Doo Joon, 20:“We’vejustreleasedanew album, Shock Of The New Era and ithasdonewell.” How do you cope with becoming idols? How do
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    • 452 34 / 35 RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1200m 1 TOUTVABIEN133(17-7) BPREBBLE (5) 1 8 GOODJOB128(51-17) WCMARWING (2) 2 10 MUTUALGAIN117(29-11) HWLAI (1) 3 11 COOLRUNNINGS113(118-26) JLLOYD (10) 4 ?Trainer:CFownes.Margins:0.75,2.Time:1min09.93sec(Going:Firm).Forecast: $45. Place Forecast: $20 (Nos. 1-8), $9 (Nos. 1-10), $19 (Nos. 8-10). Tierce: $671. Trio:$145.Quartet:$*****.Coursescratching:WinningAhead(withdrawn). RACE2 CLASS4TURF 1000m 6 CLASSICNAVIGATOR125(44-14)
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    • 726 34 / 35  -  HegivesLaxonhisfourthPatron’sBowlin7years TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg A DREAM run on the rails and a magnificent ride by leading jockey Joao “Magic”Moreira. Those significant factors contributed to INTERCEPT’s exciting victory in the $500,000 Patron’sBowl in Race 10atKranjiyesterday. Ridden a well-judged and vigorous race by Moreira, Intercept poked
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    • 102 34 / 35 THREEriders jockey Andy Eirwan and apprentices Aidil Feiruz and MarkEwe have been suspended three race days each for careless riding. Andy copped the suspension for his handling of SADDLE THE WIND in Race 3 last Friday. His sentence is from this Sunday until Saturday week.
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    • 490 36 / 37  -  Struggling Stags welcome back their prolific striker TAMPINES ROVERS v WOODLANDS WELLINGTON (Tonight, 7.30pm, Tampines Stadium) SHEA JOHN DRISCOLL npsports@sph.com.sg HIS injury couldn’t have come at a worse time. Qiu Li’s 10 goals had propelled Tampines Rovers to the top of the S-League, and had
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    • 507 36 / 37 It was the men at the back who impressed last week, as five defendersmakeSHEAJOHNDRISCOLL’sTeamoftheWeek GOALKEEPER IZWAN MAHBUD (Young Lions) HE WAS the difference between a deserved victory and a draw against SAFFC, with two crucial late saves clinching the three points for the Young Lions. DEFENDERS VALERYHIEK
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    • 355 38 MORNING LATEST AP ROGER Federer joked that he would install a TV screen on Centre Court at Wimbledon so he can watch Switzerland’s footballers play in the World Cup during his first-round match today. Serena Williams said she screamed and jumped after a referee’s decision
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    • 491 39 MORNING LATEST AP DUSTIN Johnson’s nightmare start to the final round this morning (Singapore time) turned the US Open into a wild, wide-open affair, with Ernie Els taking a share of the lead and Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Davis Love III not
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  • WORLD CUP 2010 KICK2
    • WORLD CUP 2010 Betting
      • 710 22/23  -  Conspiracy Theory ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg THE 2010 World Cup has been full of surprises as several big teams such as England and Spain are struggling to reproduce the form that got them to South Africa. England have been the most disappointing nation so far. Reigning
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      • 491 22/23  -  \STWSTER BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg DESPERATE times call for desperate measures. And in betting-land punters and tipsters are getting desperate. The results coming out of Africa haven’t flattered the tipsters and the pundits. And, as we all know,when that happens,there’sadomino effect. The punter has
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Analysis WORLD CUP 2010 Match Analysis
      • 678 2/3 GROUPG BRAZIL 3 (Luis Fabiano 25,51, Elano 62) IVORY COAST 1 (Didier Drogba 79) PA Sport KAKAwascontroversiallysentoffasabracefromLuisFabi-ano and an Elano strike helpedBrazileasetovictoryintheir battle with Ivory Coast at Soccer City. Didier Drogba grabbed a late goalfortheElephants,butthegame was marred by the late dismissal of Kaka for an
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      • 784 5 Brazil striker Luis Fabiano admits he cheated before scoring Wire Services HECHEATED.Notonce,buttwice.Butis hesorry? Notatall. Brazil striker Luis Fabiano admitted he had handled the ball twice for his second goal in Brazil’s 3-1 World Cup win against the Ivory Coast which took the five-time champions
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        17 6 Brazil’sthreegoalsshowcased thewealthoftalenttheyhaveat theirdisposal.Weexaminethe riches of the Selecao TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: KELVIN CHAN, TEOH YI CHIE
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      • 582 7  -  mVMAN GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IT’STOUGH beingKaka. He played badly in the opening game against North Korea, and he was slaughtered from all angles. But when he is at the top of his game, the opponents don’t let him off lightly. Take Brazil’s match against Ivory Coast,
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      • 152 7  -  I. r- r> n > i FRANCIS LEE CHUA SIANG YEE FRANCIS LEE npsports@sph.com.sg ITHOUGHTKaka’s sending-offwas merited. After all, he did use his elbow against Kader Keita. That said, I didn’t see how the referee could have seen Kaka use his elbow as he was not
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      • 568 9  -  ANALYST Analyst feels that Ivorians should not have taken the game to Brazil BARRY WHITBREAD CHUA SIANG YEE npsports@sph.com.sg Brazildidn’t reallylook like they would lose, did they? NOTHEYdidn’t. Theywon convincingly and were always in control. I thought they were a bit lucky with the decisions
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      • 694 10  -  SOUTH AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT TIM VICKERY npsports@sph.com.sg Tim Vickery is an English football journalist who has lived in Brazil since 1994. He currently serves as the South American football correspondent for the BBC. IF THE game is going to be tight, if the players in central midfield are not
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      • 395 11  -  ENGUSHKJIKI GROUP F ITALY 1 (VincenzoIaquinta 29-pen) NEW ZEALAND 1 (Shane Smeltz 7) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg NEW ZEALAND. Famous for rugby, sheep-farming and providing the scenery for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Well,here wasfootball’s veryown version oftheBattleofHelm’sDeep. Faced with insurmountable odds and with their
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      • 186 11  -  IAINMACINTOSH MAGIC MOMENT: Ricki Herbert had every right to over-celebrate, but instead he walked calmly to Marcello Lippi and shook hands. A moment of class. LASER-GUIDED: Everyone has struggled to cross this ball, but Mauro Camoranesi had more success than most with a string of good efforts. NET-BUSTING:Ivan
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      • 122 11  -  IAIN MACINTOSH THE USUAL, sadly. They don’t have a striker who can dominate the penalty area, they struggle to create clear-cut chances and they are all too predictable when they move forward. They couldn’t find a way past the Kiwis’back-three. It’s not just the
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      • 145 11  -  IAIN MACINTOSH UNBELIEVABLY, they could go all the way to the Round of 16. Paraguay are a good team, that deserve to lead the group, but they’re not unbeatable. If the Kiwis can show this spirit, and replicate this performance when belief ran through
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      • 558 12  -  to"ANALYST The Italians were clueless against a solid Kiwis defence BARRY WHITBREAD TSANG WING HAN BARRY WHITBREAD npsports@sph.com.sg Were New Zealand lucky to take the lead? NEW ZEALAND were probably fortunate to take the lead in the seventh minute. Shane Smeltz was in
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      • 739 14 / 15  -  COLUMNIST JEFFREY LOW npsports@sph.com.sg REJOICE, people. The samba is still alive and kicking and turning South Africa 2010 into a carnival of goals. In an awesome exhibition of one-touch football at its sublime best, Brazil went on a dazzling dance this morning as the only answer to
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      • 75 14 / 15  -  Ivan Lim “Howcouldanelbow raisedas adefensive gesture and then coming into contact with an opponent’schestbe feltso excruciatinglyon the face? “Justas the BeautifulGame isbeginningto live up to its billing, we get gross theatrics from a professional footballer who succeeds in getting an opponentsent offon the world’sbiggestsporting stage. “Ifwe’d
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      1178 4  -  Why the Samba Boys are dazzling good ■ourVMAJV GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THINK Brazil are over-rated? Well, think again. After a slim 2-1 win over North Korea in their opening World Cup match, the Samba Boys finally turned on the style this morning (Singapore time). Thevictims? IvoryCoast, Africa’sbesthope,
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      31 8 Things got hairy towards the end between Brazil and the Ivory Coast, including a dubious red card forKaka. We walk through the shameful scenes TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: CHNG CHOON HIONG
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      786 16 / 17  -  The dilemma in France is a result of the heavyweight of history and expectation on the team JOHN LEICESTER AP Correspondent AFP ITWOULDbeeasytotritelyarguethatthefull-blowninsurrectionbyFrance’sWorldCupplayers showsthatthelong-admired French spirit of revolution is alive, well and refusing to practice free-kicks in a field in SouthAfrica. But these rebellious Bleus aren’t hungry peasants
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    • WORLD CUP 2010 Match Preview WORLD CUP 2010 Match Preview
      • 766 18 / 19  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg I WILL eat my shorts if this match ends in another 5-3 classic. Well, this magical scoreline only happened once in the history of the World Cup, and that was when Portugal came back from the dead, overcoming a three-goal deficit to
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      • 329 18 / 19  -  TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg HOW Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to the way North Korea block him will be the key for this match. Given Ronaldo’s talent, it would not be surprising to see two or three defenders pressing him the moment the Portuguese captain receives
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      • 590 18 / 19  -  FRANK MALLEY Chief Writer, PA Sport THEY say statistics can be made to prove anything. But in Cristiano Ronaldo’scasetheypoint to one thing. He is a player who does it for his club week in and week out, but struggles to produce
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      • 349 20  -  mzrMXN GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg SPAIN’S 1-0 loss to Switzerland remains the biggest shock result of this World Cup so far. It is precisely with this hurt in mind that Spain will face Honduras tomorrow morning (Singapore time) at Ellis Park stadium. In all honesty,
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      • 371 20  -  \rmLYST TOHARI PAIJAN TSANG WING HAN npsports@sph.com.sg THE SPANISH players were clearly frustrated by Switzerland in their first match as they struggled to break down the Swiss defence. They cannot afford to repeat the lapse in concentration at the back which led to the
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      • 661 21  -  R ANALYST TSANG WING HAN TOHARI PAIJAN npsports@sph.com.sg BOTH teams will be looking for their second victory in the group to secure a place in the last 16. But just how open the game will be depends on what Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfield has up his sleeve.
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      • 123 21  -  >t»CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Ingredients (Makes 2) 1 pita bread, halved through the seams 1 Italian sausage, sliced 6 mini mozarella balls, halved 1 tbsp sliced olives Basil leaves for garnishing Ingredients for pizza sauce (Mix all ingredients and stir to get a smooth mixture.) 1 tbsp tomato
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      • 833 24  -  FRANK MALLEY Chief Writer, PA Sport IT IS beginning to leak out like rainwater from a rusty old pipe. The players do not like Fabio Capello’s ice-cold management style, it is reported. Wayne Rooney apparently has been behaving like a “preening prima
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      • 308 24 PA Sport ENGLAND’S next World Cup opponents, Slovenia, have made their mark despite it being less than two decades since they played their first international after the break-up of Yugoslavia. Here’s a look back at their short footballing history. 1) They qualified for Euro 2000 in
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    • 163 25 OFF THE PITCH... BRITISH media had suggested the presence of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas’ glamorous reporter girlfriend near the touchline had distracted him allowing Switzerland to score the winning goal in the first major upset of the World Cup last week. But beauty queens representing all
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    • 115 25 POTCHEFSTROOM’S streets are lined with Spanish flags and banners written in Spanish as locals try to make Spain feel at home during the tournament. So far though, there’s been very few sightings of Xabi Alonso or David Villa or any of the Spanish team. Now, some of the
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    • 156 25 Wire Services IMAGINE Cristiano Ronaldo with a thick bushy moustache. Well, that’s what 60,000webusers want following Portugal’s fortunes in South Africa. A campaign on Facebook, the social network site, has called for Carlos Queiroz’s men to adopt the traditional Portuguese’tache rather than remain smartly
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    • 310 25  -  GREGORY LOO BEST PASS SIMON Kjaer is hot property these days, with the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool being linked to sign the Palermo man. Afterseeing the21-year-old’s amazing cross-field passfromdefencethat startedthemove for Denmark’s equaliseragainst Cameroon,it’s not hard toseewhy. BEST SHOT POWER POW.Wesley Sneijder’s goalagainst
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    • 228 26/27 HOLLAND– UGLY BUT EFFICIENT KNOWN for inventing the Total Football concept, Holland played ugly against Japan. They did not play their free-flowing football like what they are known for. But Holland played a good tactical game and got the vital three points they needed. I hope
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    • 281 26/27 MeetSA’ADAH“SARAH” KASSIM, a Spain supporter BRAZIL 3 IVORY COAST 1 FOOTBALLfanswhowatchedthismorn-ing’s match hoped that there would be goalsinit. Theygotwhattheywanted. Brazil’s comfortable win against Ivory Coast means they are set for the next round withoutmovingoutoffirstgear. Itwashardlyaspectaclethough. TheIvorianspaidthepricefordoingwhat manyteamsdowhentheyfacetheBrazilians –theypaidtoomuchrespect. But physically, they put up a good fight. There
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    • 120 26/27 ITALY 1 NEW ZEALAND 1 ITALY managed to stumble on a “Getoutofjailfree”card somewhere along the way, and now they are still in with a decent, though probably undeserving, chance of advancing. It was a great pity New Zealandcouldn’tslayagiantlike what the Swiss did, but full marks for the effort
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    • 718 26/27  -  FUTBOLITAS! ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg WHEN the Portuguese squad arrived at their training ground in Magaliesburg, South Africa, a few days ago, 5,000 fans turned up to watch Cristiano Ronaldo and his amigos train. One of them was our Portugal Futbolita’s mother-in-law, who got a
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    • 274 26/27 CENTRE CIRCLE THE MOST glaring mistake was by Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar. How could anyone miss the ball the way he did from Simone Pepe’s corner? His mistake resulted in Daniele de Rossi scoring Italy’s equaliser in their 1 -1 draw. It
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    • 146 26/27 WORLD CUP 2010 Tonight: PORTUGAL v NORTH KOREA StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88, 7.30pm CHILE v SWITZERLAND StarHub TV Ch 261 &mioTVCh 88,10pm Tomorrow: ■SPAIN v HONDURAS StarHub TV Ch 261 &mio TV Ch 88, 2.30am Catch live telecasts of the World Cup matches at your nearest
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    • 676 28  -  "OSB/SIDE Selfish attitude crippling France campaign RAY PARLOUR npsports@sph.com.sg Ray Parlour is a retired England and Arsenal player. He is currently a football pundit. THEREisno“I”in“Team”.It’sacommonlyusedphrasebutEng-land and our neighbours France should remember it as they try to unravel why they havebeensopoorinthisWorldCup. Ifyoudon’thaveteamspirit,youdon’thave ateam. I’ll start with
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