The New Paper, 4 July 2010

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  • 20 1 The new paper on Sunday JULY 4 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS hold|ngs vldJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 118/01/2010
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    • 66 1 GET YOUR WORLD CUP NOON EDITION WUNDERBAR!PICTURE: PARAGUAY v SPAIN LATEST IT’S MULLER TIME Fastest goal of World Cup sparks merciless blitz of shell-shocked Argentina JULY The New pPaperoon SundayMaraCryforINYOURWORL IN YOUR Maradona’s Mani’s money on the Our little bird extends his streak Baby abandoned at AMK bus stop Mum
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    • 968 2/3  -  M’siansonsocial visit passes cross Causeway daily on Woodlands on weekday mornings is a hive of wheeling and dealing in illegal workers REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN, ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF tnp@sph.com.sg ON THE surface, the morning scene at Woodlands Centre seems innocent: Groups of men loitering around, having coffee or
      TNP PICTURES: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF  -  968 words
    • 313 4  -  ‘Agent’fromJBspecialisesin lookingforjobsforpainters REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN, ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF tnp@sph.com.sg UNLIKEhisfellowillegalworkersfromMalaysia,heisn’tdesperateforajob.Asan“agent”,histaskistolinkhiscompatriots withSingaporecontractorsdesperateforpainters. Each day, the man in his 50s, who gave his name only as Ah Tee, dispatches his eight regular painters to worksites. Hepaysthemattheendoftheday. With a hands-free earphone set in one ear and
      TNP PICTURE: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF  -  313 words
    • 438 4 THE weekday morning routine for the Malaysian, who gave his name only as Ah Keong, is to ride his motorcycle across the Causeway. He has been doing the same thing for almost a decade. He enters Singapore on a
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    • 909 6/7  -  Beautybackfiresforrealestateagent(left) REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg WHO do you think is more likely to close a deal on a $10 million property: A chic babe or a plain Jane? Some netizens insist that good looks lead to big bucks in property sales.
      PICTURES: SANDY LIM, ST FILE; TNP PICTURES: LUKE YAN, GAVIN FOO  -  909 words
    • 777 8  -  ...but dumps him 4 months later after family quarrel ABANDONEDBABYATBUSSTOP REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg SHEwantedthechildsobadlyshewentagainstherdoctor’sadvicetoabortthebaby.But four months after the child was born, the 34-year-old woman left the baby boy alone at a bus stopwithnothingmorethanablanketandsomepieces ofclothtokeepitwarmfromtheafternoondownpour. Anhourafterhersonwasdiscoveredatthebusstop nearBlock152,AngMoKioAvenue5,onThursday,the womanwasfoundtwobusstopsawayontheotherside oftheroadandquestionedbypoliceofficers. She was arrested for drug
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      1200 10 / 11  -  Writer goes from working in bank to figuring out economics of hijacking ships S’pore-basedwriterheadstoSomaliaforcrashcoursein REPORT: NGWAN NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg HIS mission: To find pirates who ply the high seas around Somalia and the Gulf of Aden hijacking cargo-carrying tankers. But his goal was not to bring them
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    • 595 12 / 13  -  WetakeyouonatourofthemostexcitingBigWalkrouteever REPORT:ERYANBING ER YANBING eryb@sph.com.sg THERE will be lots to see for the 20,000 participants at this year’s The New Paper Big Walk Marina Bay 2010. The Big Walk takes place on July 18. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will flag off the 5km scenic walk
      TNP INFOGRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA & FADZIL HAMZAH TNP PICTURES: DAM IAN TAN  -  595 words
    • 508 14  -  People’sAssociation celebrates 50th year with One Community Walk ENGAGINGTODAY’S COMMUNITY REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Koh Poh Kwang volunteered at the Kallang Community Centre (CC) as a secretary 42 years ago, he was happy just to take down minutes of its meetings. “I
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    • 537 15 TheFilipinawasmentallyill, had delusions, hallucinations during killing, say psychiatrists SHEwasthemaidfromhell.MariaJestleGuarinSanJose,37, committedsuch abizarreandbrutal murderthat shewasordered to receive psychiatric treatment for an indefinite period. Her crime: Ripping apart the spine and other internal organs of her employer, a senior civil servant in HongKong. SanJosebelievedthatheremployer,47-year-oldKei Yin-lam,hadtakenher“bodyandsoul”. ShealsotoldthepoliceaftertheattackthataneighbourhadhypnotisedherandtoldherthatMsKeiwasa witch, Hong
      PICTURES: APPLE DAILY HK  -  537 words
    • 409 15 EIGHTbillion dollars.That’s what the wife of a Russian oligarch is demanding as divorce settlement. Mining magnate Dmitry Rybolovlev(left),43, isRussia’s 10th richest man. According to Forbes magazine, he is worth more than US$8.6 billion (S$12 billion). But Elena, his wife of 23 years, claims he
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    • 345 16/17  -  WOO SIAN BOON, CELESTINO GULAPA SpanishcityBilbaowasawarded theLeeKuanYewWorldCityPrize lastweek.WOOSIANBOONand CELESTINOGULAPAlookat thecity’stransformation IMAGINE this river choked with waste from steel and shipbuilding industries. That was the state of the Nervion River in Bilbao, Spain, just 20 years ago. Today, 95 per cent of the pollutants in the 720km river have
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    • 333 16/17 REINVENTING BILBAO Development of non-profit organisation Bilbao Ria 2000 in 1992, a collaborative effort by the public authorities to reinvent Bilbao. EXTENSION OF PORT Freeing up of port and industrial spaces along the Nervion River has made space for the central Abandoibarra, the new business centre
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  • News Exchange
    • 413 20  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg THEoldmanisthere,sittingatthevoiddeckeverymorningwhenIgotowork.With his glasses perched on his nose, he draws poker cards from his deck and lays them out on the table,playingsomevariantofsolitaire. We’ve never spoken. We have never even locked eyes.Heisoblivioustothehumantrafficaroundhim. Last week, The New Paper reported that
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    • 120 20 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad +10 Tourist arrivals in May were up 30.3 per cent from a year ago. It was the sixth straight month of record increases. +10 Singapore is the most liveable city in Asia and behind only Switzerland’s Geneva and Zurich globally, a new index shows. It is
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    • 35 20 “Youmeanitisn’t overyet?” –Awomanmistakenlythinkingthe World Cup had ended because of the two-day rest period before the quarter-final games “Asifyou’realready not irritating enough.” –Awomancomplainingabouther friend playing with his vuvuzela iPhone app cel gulapa
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    • 676 21  -  Accusedof ‘taxirage’, QuanYifengis latest in a longlineof celebs in trouble REPORT: CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg HE VENTURED to the backstage area of the club although it was out of bounds to customers. There, the local actor behaved like an “octopus”,cosyinguptotheperformers. The incident happened at the Lunar Asian
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    • 265 22  -  Cheryl Lim HYPE Records director and Singapore Idol judge, Ken Lim, 45, may be perceived to be arrogant,butheinsistshe’snowhereas bad as some wannabes. Hesaid:“Therehaveindeedbeen individuals here who think they deserve privileges because of their fame. “I’vepersonallyseensuchbehaviourof artistes here...like cutting queues in restaurants and asking
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    • 341 22  -  Gan Ling Kai THEY may have lit up our TV screens with their dazzling performances. But some local celebrities also made news headlines for the wrong reasons. Perhaps the most well-known personality arrested was actor Christopher Lee, then 35, who was nabbed four years
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    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 773 23  -  Italian-Japanese restaurant at Keong Saik Road opens CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg THIS restaurant serves Italian food with a Japanese influence. It also keeps things fresh by changing its menu every two weeks. Great for diners with fickle tastebuds. At Alba, which opened at Keong Saik
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    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 200 24  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg AS far as the World Cup goes, many married men become kings in their own homes. Even though their empires extend only as far as the coffee table from the couch. It’s fun when you have total control over
        TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO  -  200 words
      • 234 24 INGREDIENTS (SERVES 2) 1 clove garlic 1 slice of bacon, diced 4 mussels 2 scallops 2 shrimp, shelled 30g butter 3 tbsp plain flour 1 tsp salt 1 cup chicken or fish stock 20g mixed vegetables 20g grated parmesan cheese 1 tbsp cooking oil 1/4tspdill 1/4tsptarragon white
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    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • Article, Illustration
        567 26  -  Magic tricks and singing. Just how do parents draw the line between studying andtalentpursuits? REPORT:CHERYL CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg PRIMARY 6 student Gabrielle Edwin is busy preparing for her Primary School Leaving Examinationsthisyear.Butithasn’tstopped her from indulging in her love for music. Ask her to sing, and the 12-year-old CHIJ
        TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  567 words
    • Dear Goondu, Dear Sotong
      • 274 28 Is money the root of all evil? I think so. My husband and I fight frequently over money. We argue over how much he spends on betting on EPL matches, as well as how much I spend on bags and clothes. We cannot agree
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      • 187 28 My friends at school like to boast about how much better their life is compared to mine. They like to talk about what they own or where they travel to for the holidays. SometimesIthink it’s theirlife andI shouldn’t compare,but I can’t helpit becauseI
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    • 360 28  -  JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg AS A parent, one of the most difficult things to do is to judge when and how your children should be exposed to the harsh realities of life. Harsh realities such as giant-brained, laser-toting Martians. TimBurton’s1996movieMarsAttacksisoneofmy favourites, and I thought my
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    • Enjoy Shopping
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        124 29  -  aspire YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg MENSWEARusedtobejustarackofseparates shown alongside a walk-inclosetofwomen’swear. But at the recent Milan Fashion Week, menswear took centrestage when Dolce Gabbana invited singer Annie Lennox to perform at its 20th anniversary menswear show. To have a major star perform is a sign thatitwillbeamajorseasonforguys. Menneverhaditsogood. Thespring/summer2011menswearcol-
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      • 261 29 1 BOTTEGA Veneta makes it nice and brief for men. Tomas Maier may have presented a gorgeous collection of tailored jackets and rolled-up pants, but it was the collection of swim trunks that stood out. Also, he made his models wear socks with sandals. Thislook seemspopular
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    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 731 30/31  -  Ourresidentpedal-pushershowshowtogetupandaboutin this cycling column, which alternates each week with Biker Boy DANGER ZONE DANSON CHEONG dansonc@sph.com.sg Veteranroadcyclistsofferadviceonhowto avoidbecominganotheraccidentstatistic The writer is an SPHscholar and self-professed cycling and triathlon nut. He spends too much time on his bike for his own good. SPEEDINGvehicles,check.Congestedroads,check.Angryandimpatientdrivers,check. Theroadscanbeaverydangerousplaceifyoudon’t know how to
        TNP PICTURES: LUKE YAN  -  731 words
      • 304 30/31 ONEandahalfmetres–that’sthespacedrivershaveto give cyclists when overtaking them. This little nugget of information is tucked away inside driving theory handbooks, but not many drivers actually remember this after they get their licence. Andit’safactMrBenoitValinfeelsshouldchange. “Itmightbeashortdistancebutit’ssocrucialforthe safetyofuscyclists,”saidMrValin. Together with Mr Muhd Nabil and Mr Omar Bakar, the founders
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 700 32  -  WorldCupdoesn’t needthis kindofbuzz SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnp@sph.com.sg FOUR years from now, when I think back about the 2010 World Cup, what will I remember most clearly? Will it be the way the three European giants Italy, France and England got
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      • REALLY?
        • 118 32 Farmers in Kent in the UK claim that performingWilliam Shakespeare’s plays to cows can help them relax and can boost milk production by as much as 4 per cent, reported The Daily Telegraph. The Changeling Theatre Company in Kent,which specialisesin “very quirky, open-air Shakespeare
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        • 88 32 POLICE in Colorado say they have received reports of a man dressed as a leprechaun at a supermarket parking lot in the town of Boulder. The man, who was dressed as the mischievous character from Irish folklore, was seen leaping between cars. Boulder police sergeant Fred Gerhardt added
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      • 299 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg ICRIEDinthecinemalastweek–twice.Ofcourse,I was watching Toy Story 3. It was when Ken first met Barbie and both immediately knew they were meant for each other, althoughtheydidn’tknowhowtheyknew. But we in the audience knew. W e knew.
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    • Article, Illustration
      97 34 This week, we are showcasing your World Cup snaps. For two weeks from July 18, we'll be publishing your favourite June school holiday pictures. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Finally, our “crabKorozon” Kenjihas captured the heart of Janet. Enjoy your new status as husband wife. Congrats
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    • 99 22 Win tickets to see Inception castofA-listers could makethis intellectualaction thriller a sleeper hit. Inception focuses ona thief (LeonardoDiCaprio,left) who specialisesin theart ofextracting secretsfromatarget’s dreams. Thoughhis professioncost him everythinghe hasever loved and turnedhim into a fugitive,an offerfor afinaljob– one thatrequires him to plantan ideainsteadof pilfering it– could behis chanceat redemption. Inception
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    • 186 25 Paddleto themettle Hepinged,sheponged andthewinneris... SINGAPOREdisplayed truegrit toemergeworld championsintable tennis. JoshuaJones,15, fromThe Lemonatorz,and Joleen Wong,16, fromThe UltimateHulks,displayed thatsame gritwhenthe twoteamsfaced off ina tabletennis challengeattheToa Payoh Sports Complex. Thechallengewaspartof Game Onwith MILO,a youthsports realitygameshow featuring 12contestants intwoteamsover eightepisodes, competingin a differentsport eachtime. Thesesports willbe playedduring theSingapore 2010Youth Olympic Games. Lastweek,nationalpaddler Zena Sim,20,
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    • 226 27 POSB Run for Kids 2010 YOU can too! XJ 1 k Calling runners of all ages! The POSB Run for Kids 2009 was a resounding success. So, we're doing it again! Together with Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, POSB will organise the Run to raise funds for the less privileged children in
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 25 28 GENERATION NEXT I can’t believe Daddy took away our vuvuzela phoneapp Don’t worry sis... ...I’ve got something much better The actual horn TNP ILLUSTRATION:KELVIN CHAN
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 283 33 DancingOnIce5 GranadaTV(StarHubCh523),8pm ThisBritishrealityseriesfeaturescelebrity contestantscompetingontheicerink.They aretrainedbyOlympicfigureskating championsandcompeteforthejudges’ approvalandpublic’svote. PixarShorts DisneyChannel(StarHubCh312),7pm Thiscollectionofshortfilmsfromanimation studioPixarfeaturescharactersfromitsbest movieslikeMonster’sInc,TheIncredibles andCars. WATCH’EM PICTURES:ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT,WALTDISNEYPICTURES 17Again(above) HBO(StarHubCh601),9pm Amangetshiswishtoreturntohighschool andchangehislife.Hewakesupone morningandis17yearsoldagain.Starring ZacEfron,MatthewPerry. IIFAAwards2010 StarPlus(StarHubCh126),10.30pm Thisyear’sInternationalIndianFilm AcademyAwardsheldinColombofeatures Bollywoodstarssinginganddancingto scenesfromtheirhitmovies. CHANNEL5 Noon TheRise AndRise Of Beckham 1.00pm FilmsAndStars Asia 1.30 ITTFJapan Open 2010:Semi-Finals 2.15 JustFor LaughsGags 2.30 WhackedOutSports 3.00 ITTFJapan Open 2010:Semi-Finals
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  • sports
    • Sports Racing
      • 1269 35 TIPS AND COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,400m) Fay Fay (8) has been itching to break through with seconds at short odds in his two 1,200m runs, including a closing effort behind Hinyuen Paladin. 1,400m ideal. Hinyuen
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      • 994 35 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASSGRIFFINTURF 1400m TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$750,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 CHEETAHBOY YSTSUI YTCHENG 133 1 2 CAREFREELUCK YSTSUI BPREBBLE 126 7 3 EXCELLENTWIN ***SCRATCHED*** 4 JUSTGOOD ALEE DBEADMAN 126 10 5 KHARU LHO HWLAI 126 4 6 HINYUENPALADIN CHYIP
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      • 86 36/37 RACE 1:2 Mexborough Ladd 1 Viva Volksraad 3 Brahms Return RACE 2: 6 El Mariachi 8 Rags To Riches 14 Joker Delight RACE 3: 2 Sun Supreme 1 Yours Truly 3 Dirham RACE 4:4 Conflience 11 Up To You 2 Mighty Three Ring RACE 5:1 Fighter Jet
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      • 1092 36/37 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE1 C3 1.10 -1700m WashpoolLodgeTrophy Stakes:RM75,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 321--6 VivaVolksraad 57 (70) SMutaza*c2 8 (4nzgBBrogan-Shahabuddin) 2 *****1 MexboroughLadd 56 (68) OChavez 6 (8nzgYNLiew-RMCRacing) 3 1440-9 BrahmsReturn 55.5 (67) LSofhan 3 (5amgBTLim-Osman) 4 7-30-3 BintangBiru 55 (66)
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      • 381 36/37 RACE 1 DENNYCRANE: Bumped; raced wide; held up. RATHFEIGH: Bumped. RACE 2 FANTASTIC SKY: Lame near-fore (withdrawn). COMMON'S GEM: Difficult to load. QUEEN NARCISSUS: Slow into stride. MEN AT WORK: Began awkwardly and struck near-side gate. AL NADER: Hampered; held up. BING IS BEST:
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      • 882 36/37 RACE 1 (Rosehill) 1st 8 Back On Top ($9-$6) 2nd 9 Empire Place ($20) 3rd 6 Flushing Meadows ($15) 4th 3 Pins On Parade. Forecast $52. Place forecast $7 (6-8), $35 (6-9), $21 (8-9). Tierce $612. Trio $99. Quartet $8152. Scratchings: Black Prince and Royal Esprit.
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      • 798 36/37 Race1 PerthRacingTrophy C*****m 9 CASHMAN55c52(56-24) CSChin* (3) 1 1 1 (467) 11 SUPREMESTAR55c54(181-64) JacksonLow (1) 2 2 2 (440) 1.25 3 CAUSEANDEFFECT56.5(99-42) JoseDeSouza (2) 8 7 3 (430) 0.75 5 IWISH56c55(22-6) KTCheng (7) 9 6 4 (451) 2 ?Winning stable: A&A. Trainer: LN Danis. Time: 1min 26.8sec
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    • Sports Wimbledon
      • 765 38 Now playing his best tennis again,2009isadistant memory for Nadal AP. RAFAEL Nadal knows exactly where he was, of course, on the first Sunday of July last year, the only time in the past five years that the Wimbledonmen’sfinal wenton withouthim. “Iwatched athome,” Nadalsaid.“On thesofa.” Yes, a
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      • 386 38 Cycling:TourdeFrance Reuters. SEVEN-TIME Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong sharply dismissed Floyd Landis’s latest doping accusations in a statement hours before the start of the three-week race yesterday. In a Wall Street Journal article, disgraced 2006 Tour winner Landis provided more details about his use
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    • 558 39  -  AnfieldlegendIanRushbelievesLiverpool’snewboss willalsotaketheRedsbackintotheChampionsLeague KENNETH CHEW npsports@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL fans need not worry. New manager Roy Hodgson will retain the services of club captain Steven Gerrard and talismanic striker Fernando Torres. At least, that is what Liverpool legend Ian Rush believes. Rush, in town for the grand opening
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    • 266 39 GOLF: Indonesian Open SINGAPORE’S Mardan Mamat moved into contention with a brilliant four-un-der 68 as the US$1 million ($1.39m) Indonesian Open entered its final day today in Jakarta. Mardan, who was six shots off the pace after the first day, is now four shots behind
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    • ON TV
    • 699 40 Serena Williams and her sister Venus have their namesonthetrophy–isanyonestillkeepingcount? SOMETIMES, you wonder why the opposition decides to turn up. The ladies’ singles final at Wimbledon last night was one such occasion. Instead of being a contest of the game’s best women grasscourt players, it was another ho-hum victory
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    • 39 1 ARGENTINA 0 GERMANY 4 Cry for me, Argentina That's how Maradona must feel as Messi flops, Higuain misfires and Mascherano fumbles Page 2 PICTURE: AFP f Cheers to a team celebration with Carlsberg i s 1*31 +■< EN H.L *1
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    • 28 1 Inside GOODBYE GHANA: If only Gyan had scored spot-kick Page 6 SINNER SUAREZ: If his handball is a ‘sin’, change the rules Fifa, says S Murali Page 8
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  • KICK1
    • WOULD CUP 2010 Match Analysis
      • 449 2 / 3  -  QUARTER-FINAL ARGENTINA0 GERMANY 4 (Muller 3, Klose 68, 89, Friedrich 74) enclishKAKE IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg AN “AVERAGE” team? Too inexperienced to beat the big guns? Nonsense. This German side is tearing up the pre-tournament guides and laying waste to everything in its path. First England and
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      • 172 2 / 3  -  –IAINMACINTOSH HE MADE us think. He made us laugh. He even made those of us who had written him off worry. But, try as he might, Diego Maradona (right) could not make a World Cup-winning side from an odd selection of superstars and ageing
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      • 82 2 / 3  -  –IAINMACINTOSH HE’SCERTAINLYbeenoneofthestars. The Bayern Munich man gave a near-perfect display on the right side of midfield before being replaced by Piotr Trochowski towards the end. Thomas Muller scored the first, had a hand in the second and was a pivotal part of almost every
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      • 123 2 / 3  -  IAINMACINTOSH MAGICMOMENT:Miroslav Klose’s volley for the finalnailin Argentina’scoffin was technical perfection. A quality finish. TACTICAL MASTER: Joachim Low has got this team purring. Everywhere you look, there is balance and cohesion,it’s aperfect formation. DUNCE:SorryDiego,but youcan’ttakeon a first-class side simply by throwing lots of talent on thefield and hoping
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        636 6 / 7  -  CrueldefeatforGhana, ecstasy for Uruguay QUARTER-FINAL URUGUAY1 (Diego Forlan 55) GHANA 1 (Sulley Muntari 45) (Uruguay win 4-2 on penalties after extra-time) m*TMN GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG THISwassupposedtobetheircalling.Ghana carried the hopes not just of acountry,butalsoacontinent. ThelastremainingAfricanteamthoughtit was written in the stars, that it should be the onetocarryAfricaintothesemi-finalsforthe
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        607 6 / 7  -  Our analyst thinks the Black Stars played better and better as the game went on CHUA SIANG YEE How did you find the game? I THOUGHT Ghana deserved to win. They were extremely unlucky, missing a series of good chances and the late penalty. They showed great spirit,
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      • 431 8 / 9 URUGUAY’S Luis Suarez said his conscience is clear. And no matter how many people accuse him of being a cheat, for handling the ball to deny Ghana victory, he refuses to accept that he has done anything wrong. In fact, he called his move “the save
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      • 364 8 / 9  -  S. MURALI muralis@sph.com.sg COMMENT HERO or villain? Where does Luis Suarez belong, for those among us who are not Uruguay or Ghana fans? Was it, as his coach said, an instinctive move? Does it fly against the face of fair-play, a theme
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      • 396 8 / 9 AFP GHANA forward Asamoah Gyanbrushed off his last-minute penalty heartache and vowed to bounce back following his side’s World Cup quar-ter-final elimination by Uruguay yesterday morning. Gyan had the chance to win the match, which was poised at 1-1, with the final kick of
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      • 366 10 / 11 Reuters. URUGUAY’SusuallyeloquentcoachOscarTaba-rez was almost at a loss for words after his team’s nail-biting duel with Ghana saw the South Americans reach the World Cup semi-finals for thefirsttimein40years. When he gathered his emotions, Tabarez (right) spoke like a man who had run through a fire and survived.
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      • 453 10 / 11 AFP. THEman once unkindlydubbed“Diego Forlorn” confirmedhisreputation as oneof theworld’s deadliest strikers yesterday morning as Uruguay dumpedAfrica’slastremaining hopes,Ghana, out of the World Cup. Diego Forlan lit up the Soccer City stadium with a rasping free-kick that dipped and swerved in the air to deceive Ghana goalkeeper Richard
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      • 450 10 / 11  -  >M9 d MAN GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG ITWASN’T supposedto end thisway. From all parts of Africa, they had come to support Africa’s last hope, Ghana, against Uruguay in the quarter-finals in Soccer City, Johannesburg, yesterday. But they left disappointed, not with the team’s
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      • 394 10 / 11 Wire Services. GHANA defender John Pantsil choked back tears as he bemoaned a decision to award a last-minute penalty instead of a goal which would have seen the Africans qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup yesterday morning. Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez handled the
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      • 837 15  -  We look at four key areas in which theDutchexcelledoverBrazil DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg 1. THRIVING IN ADVERSITY THEDUTCHwerestruckapotentiallydestabilisingblowevenbeforeaballwaskicked. Just minutes before the match began, centre-back Joris Mathijsen was ushered back into the dressing room clutching his right knee after afewwarm-upsprints. Andre Ooijer, who is currently without a club,
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      • 713 18/19  -  ■'ZSINSIDE RAY PARLOUR npsports@sph.com.sg MY PRE-TOURNAMENT prediction has just spectacularly gone up in smokebutI reallycouldn’t care less. As I sit here inside the stadium in Port Elizabeth, I feel privileged to have just witnessed a classic World Cup upset. Just a few yards away from me,
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      • 387 18/19 Reuters. FRANCE’S World Cup fiasco was the fault of the system, a poor environment and the coach’s refusal to listen to players, according to Florent Malouda. Malouda said there had been no dialogue between the players and outgoing coach Raymond Domenech (right) during
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      • 74 18/19  -  KENNETHCHEW LUIS Suarez could run for presidency in Uruguay tomorrow and win by a landslide. But he broke a billion hearts across the African continent. Yes, he was rightfully sent off. Yes, it was Asamoah Gyan who fluffed his penalty when it mattered most. Ghana would
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        281 4 / 5 Klosefirestwo and celebrates in style ASUPERBdoublefromMiro-slav Klose on his 100th international appearance, along with scintillating goals from Thomas Muller and defender Arne Friedrich, gave Germany a stunning 4-0 win over Argentina in the World Cup quarter-fi-nalslastnight. It was also Klose’s 13th and 14th goals in a
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        224 4 / 5 MANI, Mani, Mani. Must be funny. He’sgot three-in-a-row! Yes,Singapore’s veryown Parakeetgenius is now three for three in predicting the semi-finalists for the 2010 World Cup. That’s a 100 per cent record, for those of you keeping count. Who’sMani? Well, if you don’t know by now, you
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        36 4 / 5 LOW ON A HIGH: Germany coach Joachim Low openly shows his feeling towards Argentina coach Diego Maradona (right) after his team humiliated the South Americans in last night's quarter-final match. PICTURE: AFP
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      • 375 14 Believe it or not, Dutch coach Van Marwijkhad the World Cup in his sights even before their sensational 2-1 win over Brazil Wire Services. HOLLANDcoachBertvanMarwijkbelievestheirquarter-final win over Brazil will serve to silencethosewhohadmockedhisprophecythat theOranjewerecapableofliftingtheWorldCup. “WhenIwashired,ItoldtheDutchFootballFederation we have a mission we want to go for the World Cup,”hesaid. “People
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      • 496 14 AFP. THERE was only one name on the lips of the thousands of Dutch supporters and that was Wesley Sneijder after the Inter Milan star fired Holland into the World Cup semi-fi-nals. Sneijder now has four goals to his credit, after Fifa ruled
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      • 653 16 AFP. BRAZIL coach Dunga has accepted the blame for the World Cup quar-ter-final defeat by Holland that brought his four-year reign to a bitterly disappointing end. The man who captained the Selecao’s winning squad in 1994 has reached the end of his current contract and any hopes
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      • 315 16 AFP. BRAZIL star Kaka said on Friday that nobody was sadder than the players after the five-time champions crashed out of the World Cup to Holland. “There are many people who are sad in Brazil but nobody is sadder than we are,” said
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      • 908 17  -  COLVMNIST JEFFREY LOW npsports@sph.com.sg THE SAMBA is dead, buried alive in Africa, never to be exhumed as long as Dunga’s approach to The Beautiful Game continues to gain followers back home. The good question is, will his successor, or any sensible Brazilian coach for that matter, follow his
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    • 137 12 / 13 URUGUAY defeated Ghana 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the teams were level at 1 -1 after extra time. It was one of the most exciting duels in the World Cup so far. The first five penalty-takers dispatched their spot-kicks with aplomb, including Asamoah
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    • 201 12 / 13 AP SEBASTIANAbreu’swinning penalty for Uruguay was one of the most audacious shots to win a shootout since Antonin Panenka made the move famous to win the 1976 European Championship. Abreu’s chip lazily arced into the Ghana net to complete a 4-2 shootout victory, following a 1-1
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    • 152 12 / 13 Reuters HERE’S a list of five famous World Cup penalty misses after Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan failed to score from the spot against Uruguay in extra time of their quarter-final on Friday: 1. Diego Maradona (Argentina): Maradona missed a penalty in the quarter-final shootout with Yugoslavia in 1990,
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      • 117 20  -  David Chew financial analyst BRAZIL deserved to lose for being too conceited. In my opinion, the current outfit is inexperienced. Their defence was as ridiculous as England’s. They totally underestimated their European counterparts in the second half. A lack of discipline was another key factor responsible
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      • 109 20  -  NO STOPPING HOLLAND Janice Chian SoccerBabe I CAN only imagine how upset the Brazillians are right now. I was wrong about my prediction but I’m happy that Holland are in the semi-finals. It was a real pity that Felipe Melo’s defensive header ended up in his
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      • 235 20 CENTRE CIRCLE IT WAS a Black Friday for Brazil as the five-time world champions were dumped out of the World Cup Finals by Holland, who came from a goal down to score a 2-1 victory. Brazil took the lead through
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      • 128 20 HOLLAND 2 BRAZIL 1 TNPSOCCERBABES WHAT a disappointing game, especially with Brazil not their usual selves in the second half. Were Holland lucky? Maybe, but they played well, no doubts about that. What I didn’t like were the threatrical antics Holland employed on the pitch, which were
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    • 471 21  -  tfvrTMN TODAY: A photographer whose work is driven by passion GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG FOR MANOUBI Hassen, becoming a sports photographer was probably the easiest decision of his life. His father, Bechir Manoubi, was one of Africa’s most famous and well-loved pho-to-journalists. Yet, trying
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    • 453 22  -  Fanciedteamssufferearlyexit, humiliationandembarrassment butEnglandbosskeepshisjob HER BLOG SARA ANN K npsports@sph.com.sg ThewriterisaRazorTV journalist THEREisaWorldCupcrisis.WhodoIsupport?Firstofall,IwantedArgentina to face off with Germany. But thanks to the luck of the draw and the way the cards have fallen, here weare–SouthAmericanflairmeets technicalprecision. This World Cup has brought a lotoftroubletheworldoveraswell. Besides the the tooth-pick-propped eyes
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    • 387 23 PA Sport. FABIOCapellois desperateto makeup for England’s WorldCup heartache. The Football Association (FA) confirmed on Friday that Capello would stay in his job following extensive consultation with the Club England board and senior figures within the governing body. It means the 64-year-old will take charge of
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    • 730 24  -  LiverpoollegendIanRush speakstoKENNETHCHEW aboutvuvuzelas,Keisuke Honda,andastuttering Wayne Rooney KENNETH CHEW HE SCORED over 380 goals in a glittering top-level career stretching over two decades, but Ian Rush never got to showcase histalentson world football’sgreatest stage. Now combining punditry duties with his recently appointed role as Liverpool’s
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    • 117 2 / 3 Knox. LionelMessi,withdrawntowardsthe end,wasashadowofhimself. JoachimLow’s sideisso gerousonthebreak.Themovement is intelligent and the distribution of the ball endearingly selfless. Basunmissablechance. It was almost as simple for Arne Friedrich when Schweinsteiger ripped through the defence and cut backtogivethedefenderaneasygoal. Argentineheadsdropped,theirconcentration,such as it was, faded and then Klose crept in as full time approached to volley
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