The New Paper, 5 August 2010

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    19 1 The new paper THURSDAY AUG 5 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01 /2010
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      34 1 9 DAYS TO SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES OMIf&INAL TNP BOLLAMB Will Fandi’s sons, now in trials with Arsenal, play for Singapore in the future? His reply: ST FILE NOT SURE Why? PAGE 68
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      44 1 Woman gets $82,000 for falling off bus seat PAGE 2 Is The Last Airbender really that bad? PAGE 22 Exclusive interview with the cast of Lost PAGE 28 TNP Sports Bar kicks off Great member perks start from this Sunday PAGE 10 "*****1 *****1
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      Lock icon Hard braking costs SBS $82,000
      1314 2/3  -  But woman, who now suffers chronic pain, is appealing to get more money REPORT: AMANDA YONG, CHONG SHIN YEN tnp@sph.com.sg SHE claimed that she was thrown off her seat in a bus when the driver braked suddenly. For that, Miss Khek Ching Ching, 43, took
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      52 2/3 Coins launched to mark 45 years of independence (TNP, July 29): We reported incorrectly that a coin made of fine silver costs $5, while a nickel coin goes for $2. The silver coin, which has a face value of $5, is priced at $98, while the $2 nickel coin
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      776 4  -  It’snotagreatwayto flyforbrand-building, say image consultants SIA girls smoking in uniform REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg PICTURE this: Our iconic Singapore Girl dressed in her sarong kebaya holding a cigarette between her well-manicured fingers and puffing away. One traveller asked: Is this an image of the Singapore
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      20 2/3 Website: tnp.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Fax: 6319 8266 Operations desk: 6319 5544 Circulation: 6388 3838 TNP hotline: 1800-7 33 44 55
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      Lock icon Bank must set aside $230m for risk control
      230 6 MAS ACTS ON DBS SYSTEM GLITCH THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has censured DBS Group for the July 5 breakdown (right) of its banking services and asked the bank to set aside an extra $230 million for operational risk. The requirement
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      94 6 THE rugby players involved in a fight after a match between An-glo-Chinese School (Independent) and St Andrew’s Secondary School in April should be disqualified from national and school colours awards for this year for poor sportsmanship. In more severe cases, the players should be
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      92 6 THE Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) group donated $400,000 to 20 charities yesterday as part of its annual effort in charity-giving. SPH donated $200,000 to 10 charities serving the elderly, while SPH Foundation donated the same sum of money to 10 children and youth charities.
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      111 6 ALL but two COE categories ended lower when the tender closed yesterday, bucking expectations that prices would all soar with yet another cut in the supply. By the time bidding ended, COE for cars up to 1,600cc settled at $32,104, down from
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      575 7  -  .but property agent allegedly runs away with their money REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg HEWANTEDtosellhisflatandhiredapropertyagenttohelphimdoso.But the agent ended up collecting deposits, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, frombuyersanddisappearedwiththemoney. Now, John (not his real name) is being hounded by the buyers, who are asking for theirmoneyback. Thepropertyagent,whoisinher30s,has beenarrested. She
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      641 8 / 9  -  Passer-by hears loud thud. One cat dies, two survive REPORT: GERALDINE YEO geryeo@sph.com.sg SHE was walking home from a nearby provision shop when she heard a loud bang and saw a brown box at the bottom of her HDB block. Squatting beside the box
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      1035 10 / 11  -  TNP Sports Bar launched at St James REPORT: LIN ZIXIN linzixin@sph.com.sg FOOTBALL and fun a perfect marriage. And now you’ll get a chance to experience this conjugal bliss at a sports bar speciallyforyou, The New Paper reader. The New Paper Sports Bar at St
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      Lock icon RACING TO A CLEAN RECORD
      519 12  -  REPORT: KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg AS 3,600 youth athletes slug it out at the coming Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to see who is swifter, higher and stronger, another team will also be wagingabattle– against dirty laundry. From Aug 14 to 26, an army of vans,
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      435 13  -  ASIA MEDIA AWARDS REPORT: PEARLY TAN pearlyt@sph.com.sg A PASSENGER on a boat in Mumbai waters would look up and see that the bridge looked positively colossal. This was the perspective that The New Paper’s infographics and design chief Lee Hup Kheng had in mind
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      201 14 1,000 PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS SACKED Reuters. PHILIPPINES President Benigno Aquino (right) has fired nearly 1,000 officials appointed by his predecessor during the presidential election period. He signed an executive order last week revoking 977 “midnight appointments” made by former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo after March 10,
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      Lock icon Woman fails in bid to be recognised as a Hindu
      124 14 AP. A MALAYSIAN woman yesterday lost a court battle to nullify her conversion to Islam when she was a child, but vowed to fight on to be recognised as a Hindu. The High Court ruled it had no jurisdiction to
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      89 14 AFP. A CONSERVATIVE website reported yesterday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s motorcade came under grenade attack in western Iran, but an official said a firecracker caused the blast. “This morning, a hand grenade exploded next to a vehicle carrying reporters accompanying the presidentin Hamedan,” Khabaronline.ir
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      108 14 AP. SINGER Wyclef Jean is set to announce his candidacy for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the formerheadofthecountry’sChamber of Deputies said on Tuesday. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques said the hip-hop artist will run as part of his coalition in the
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      397 15 He allegedly makes 35 pupils puff cigar as punishment for smoking OUTRAGED that primary school pupils had smoked in the toilet, a Malaysian teacher forced more than 30 pupils to smoke two cigars as punishment. The pupils being punished included a girl. Another pupil got
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      Lock icon Serial sex offender gets 37 years, 20 strokes
      302 15 A SERIAL sex offender failed in his bid to appeal against his conviction and now has to serve a sentence of 37 years and 20 strokes of the cane for repeatedly sodomising a teenage co-worker. Abdullah Mohd Isa, 45, was released from
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      497 16 Malaysia Airlines passenger allegedly died of drug overdose INBRIEF Cathay Pacific to buy 30 planes HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific yesterday announced plans to buy 30 new planes, underlining the carrier’s expansion as it reported strong first-half profit. FONerdaOR not thoroughly checking
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      Lock icon Man beaten to death in temple dispute
      299 16 agreed to buy key coal assets shareholder, Hong Kong-based for US$400 million (S$541 and heavily discounted shares, in Australia’s hottest sector. Gloucester said yesterday THREEHindu temple councilyy membersallegedly tookthe lawinto,fUS400illiS5 theirhands by fatally assaulting theand heavil discounted s temple’sadministrator.in Australia’s The triobelievedthat theGloucester
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      Lock icon Teacher 'playing truant' gets caught in the act
      433 17 She suffers injuries, files for compensation and resigns while insisting she did not fake fall THROWING yourself down a stairwell to stay away from school sounds like something a teenager might do, except that it was a teacher in New York who
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      Lock icon She's back on top with $76m
      196 17 WITH the roaring success of her recent movies like “The Blind side” and “The Proposal”, it’s no surprise that Sandra Bullock has topped a list of highest paid actresses. Financial website Forbes.com attributed her top ranking with a US$56 million (S$76 million) haul due
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      214 18 The US presidential elections are long over, but New York street hawkers have been giving people the option to show their support by offering Barack Obama and Sarah Palin-themed condoms. That is, until a Manhattan Criminal Court Judge forced the hawkers to take their wares
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      489 18 Rare comic saves the day for US family about to lose home WHEN the heavy burden of a home foreclosure weighs down on a family, it’s good to have The Man of Steel. Superman, that is. Not literally, but at least in comic
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      17 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER I KL:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚ I Jakarta:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low25˚ I Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low26˚ I Manila:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low27˚
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      315 16 head of its Internet executive, signalling its efforts into the the business. compete with Amazon “A lot of independents are out one bookstore at a time, that’sGAPORE what the Barnes Nobles of have to do.” NEW YORK TIMES SINGAPORE SWEEP SINGAPORE SWEEP Draw No. 08/2010 and 4-D Draw No. 3046/2010
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      554 19 FROM READER SUKHDEV SINGH GILL ABUSE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IT IS with great sadness that I read the letter from reader Nina Shafian, “Unpleasant experience at airport” (The New Paper, July 29). I am a frequent flier and I have also come across such
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      115 19 MS BERNADETTE LOW MANAGER, CORPORATE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SMRT CORPORATION LTD WE THANK reader Ace Kindred Cheong for hisfeedback,“Whydoublestandardfor takingphotosatMRTstations?”(TheNew Paper, July 5). He commented that our staff had stopped him from taking photos at City Hall MRT Station a few years
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      48 19 FROM READER GARY TAN TAKING UP SPACE: Despite a shortage of parking lots in this HDB carpark, this dumpster was spotted occupying a lot at Block 103 Teck Whye Lane. I E-mail pictures totnpclick@sph.com.sgandtell us whereandwhen they were taken. Please include your full name and contact number.
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      58 19 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 archive,
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      117 20 WATCH’EM Legend Of The Seeker 2 (left) Syfy Universal (StarHub Ch 526), 10pm In the season opener of the fantasy series, Richard, KahlanandZedd’s celebrationoftheir victory over Darken Rahl is interrupted by an attack from a creature that escaped from the underworld. Celebs Onboard Channel 8,8.30pm This new local travel series
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      134 20 Crash 2 (right) FX (StarHub Ch 502), 11 pm In the second season opener of the drama series, Ben returnstoLosAngelesafterayear’sstintinrehab. Meanwhile, billionaire entrepreneur Seth Blanchard plans on bringing an NFL football team to the city. Construction Intervention Discovery Channel (StarHub Ch 422), 10pm This new documentary series follows New York
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      64 21 WIN PREMIUMS FROM THE LAST AIRBENDER, SALT, LOST AND MORE WE KNOW MOVIES 2010 5 UGUST DON’TBELIEVETHE GRIPEHELASTAIRBENDER Director of THE LAST AIRBENDERmalanisgetting M Night Shyamalan is getting a lot of flak. We rush to his defence p22 p24 p31 PAT Why we Ms Jolie y the SALT superstar is
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
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        Lock icon DEFENDING THE BENDING
        1034 22/23  -  downpolarisingain polarising NihtShyamalanonceagaiender,abi filmmaker M Night Shyamalan once again lmTheLastAirbender,abig-tedTVseri for his new film The Last Airbender, a big-screen apopularanimatedTVseries.? adaptation of a popular animated TV series. badastheysay?ergo Is it really as bad as they say?thavinganoth Or are they just having another go ritewhippingboy? at their favourite
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        74 22/23 WIN THELAST AIRBENDER HAMPERS Weare givingawayfivesets ofThe Last Airbender movie hampers, courtesy of United International Pictures. Each set includes a limited edition kite and a movie poster. For a chance to win, call Infoline at 1900-914 0801 and answer this question: Name the lead actor in the movie
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        Lock icon The Last Airbender meet-and-greet
        335 22/23 Unlessyou’rea Nickelodeon-watchingtween or a former Nickelodeon-watchingtween chancesare you’re unfamiliar with the world of The Last Airbender. A bald kid with magical powers, a flying cow, Eskimos, angryfirepeople,a moonprincess itcan allseema bit discombobulating. Butfearnot!We’re totally down withthese crazykids and their bending and what have you. THE FOUR
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        183 28/29  -  Lost has enthralled, infuriated and amazed. JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM HAWAII Since it began in 2004, the US TV show about survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island has reeled in millions of fans worldwide and launched thousands of fan sites dedicated to decoding
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        Lock icon LOCKE AND BEN
        870 28/29 One’sa former paraplegic-turned-pro-island guru, the other a cold-hearted master manipulator. John Locke and Benjamin Linus, portrayed byTerry O’Quinnand Michael Emerson respectively, have become cult heroes and won their best supporting actor Emmys. Despite their on-screen war over who should be in charge of the island,the actors– who
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        488 28/29 Inthe flesh, Josh Hollowayisadepressing sight. He is incredibly handsome, possibly the best-looking man you would ever see. Even worse, unlike his character James Sawyer, Lost’sbad boy-turned-protector,he doesn’t have the decency to be unlikeable with it. No, Holloway– whojustturned 41 breezes into the room, full of Southern charm, joking and
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        108 28/29 Fancy visiting the mysterious island of Lost? Want to wander around the various stations left by the shadowy Dharma Initiative? It’s ahard placetovisit and hard toget around.Didwemention it’s virtually impossible to leave, too? To make the best of your time there,here’s ahandy guide forthe budding lostie. Dharma submarine
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        Lock icon JOLIE GOOD
        85 31 Angelina Jolie is one woman that has captured the admiration of many– both menand women. At just 35 years old, the former Hollywood wild child has cleaned up her act and accomplished so muchthatit’s hard tohate her. JOANNE SOH looks at the Oscar winner, action heroine, humanitarian, box-office
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        Lock icon SHE IS IRREPLACEABLE
        153 31 Is there another female action star like her? Jolie makes her cinematic comeback this week doing what sheislovedfor kicking bad-guybutt. In the new political spy thriller Salt, she plays a rogue CIAagentwho doesn’t holdback anypunches to save her kidnapped husband. Sheperformssomany ofher ownstunts, it’llput any of her
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        98 31 Granted, she has turned in some duds and is usually associated with popcorn flicks, but don’tforget she’salso an Oscar winner. She may not be in the same category as the Cate Blanchetts and Kate Winslets, but Jolie bagged the coveted award without needing to make a slew
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        Lock icon SHE IS A CHAMELEON
        105 31 How many actresses out there can change their looks, race and nationality by simply donning a wig, getting a tan or putting on a pair of contact lenses? InSalt, Jolieshows us she’sa mistressof disguise, going from being a blonde CIA agent toabrunettespy on therunto a“man”. And
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        Lock icon SHE IS UNTOUCHABLE
        122 31 Throughouthercareer, Jolie’s beenplagued withnegative press– fromher wild goth drug-addled past to having bisexual affairs to being labelled a destroyer of marriages. But this vixen who once wore a vial of blood of her then-husband Billy Bob Thornton is virtually indestructible. Shedoesn’t give ahoot about whatis written about
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        Lock icon SHE IS STILL HOT
        94 31 Often associated with the title of sexiest woman alive, Jolie is one yummy mummy despite having six kids. Okay, she may only have given birth to Shiloh and twins Vivienne and Knox, but being such a hands-on mother to half a dozen children is still taxing.
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        747 24  -  Contrary to popular opinion, TheTwilightSagaisn’t just about Team Edward or Team Jacob. Jeanmarie Tan Other than Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, the third hottest guy from the successful movie franchise is surely Jackson Rathbone, who plays vampire protagonist EdwardCullen’s quietlyintensebrother Jasper. And the best thing about
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        618 30  -  The topic of spies plays an integral part in director Phillip Noyce’slife. Joanne Soh In fact, he grew up with one. The Australianfilmmaker’s fatherwas a military spy during World War II, so he was raisedon “stories ofespionage, oftrickery, chicanery”. Sohelmingthe newthriller Salt which opens here today and sees
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    • FIRST BITES
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        Lock icon WHERE DID CHARLIZE GO?
        121 26 Charlize Theron may have fallen out of the showbiz radar for the past couple of years, but the statuesque blonde is heading back to the big screen pretty soon. The Oscarwinner, who was lastseen in 2008’s Hancock,iscurrently workingon GeorgeMiller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which is scheduled
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        Lock icon JACK RYAN IS BACK
        113 26 From Captain Kirk to Jack Ryan, Chris Pine is quickly carving a career as the franchise guy. The handsome 29-year-old is gearing up to play the soldier-turned-CIA agent created by novelist Tom Clancy. The character Jack Ryan had previously been portrayed by Alec Baldwin (The Hunt
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        69 26 America’ssweetheart Sandra Bullockhasfound her silver lining. After a bad run of personal affairs that involved her husband Jesse James cheating on her and their eventual divorce, Bullock can rejoice that she made bank in Hollywood. The 46-year-old Oscar winner has topped Forbes annuallistofHollywood’shighest-paid actresses with her takings
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        82 26 Notonly isChristopher Nolan’s magnum opusInception stillgoing strongat boxofficesallover the world,it’s even making its presence felt among other film-makers. Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass), who is currently preparing for X-Men: First Class, had to re-jig his script becausethe“dream space”fighting sceneswere deemed toosimilarto thosein Inception’s dream world. “Myheart sank whenI
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        124 36  -  JJ MOVIE: EXTRAS: NONE Every time I review an Evangelion movie or DVD, I tend to stumble over myself trying to express its magnificence. This time, I will spare you the pyrotechnics and just tell you that this second film in the Evangelion reboot, is, well, magnificent. The
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        155 52/53 HORSES ENGAGED TOMORROW: RACE 1: Sacred Prince 43.2. RACE 6: Jamal Malik) (B Vorster) 42.6. RACE 7: Mesti Boleh (KB Soo) canter/39.8. Juwel) 44.6. Trustee 42.3. RACE 8: Heightsofgibraltar) (I Andy)35.1.Bisa) )39.2. RACE9:Zinly) )didbarrierpractice. HORSES ENGAGED ON SUNDAY: RACE 1: My Fighters canter/39.3.
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        462 52/53 RACE1-1600m MS 6.30 1 FastLaneYes RFradd (10) 59 2 LadyLuck KKNg (5) 56.5 3 Equience KBSoo (3) 54.5 4 CosmicVanguard VDuric (4) 54 5 SimpleMan OChavez (9) 54 6 LuckyThirteen SHLow* (7) 53 7 DareToWin JMoreira (1) 51.5 8 SacredPrince TRBarnabas* (11) 51 9 LuckyMan
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        530 52/53 STC SPRINT star Rocket Man’s preparation towards his Japanese raid reached a major milestone yesterday, when he came through his first right-handed workout on the main Kranji turf track with flying colours. With new partner Barend Vorster aboard, the champion sprinter trotted off from
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        558 52/53 RACE1-1200m C5D1 1.00 1 AllItTakes BVorster (11) 57 2 GiddaBoy EAslam (3) 57 3 Maynooth MAiry* (7) 57 4 NinthAvenue MEwe* (2) 57 5 SambhoGaya DBeasley (12) 57 6 MyFighters SSam (4) 56.5 7 ApacheJunction RFradd (9) 56 8 FiveClaws RStewart (5) 56 9 Gentlemen'sHonour
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        321 54 KRANJI NEWCOMERS LUCKY GOOD LUCKY is one of two raced newcomers who will make their debut at Kranji this week. By Anabaa out of Amah Dramas, Lucky Good Lucky costA$180,000 ($221,600) asayearling. With four starts and total winnings of A$3,875, the 4YO Australian-bred had
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        291 54 NST LAST-START winner El Mariachi geared up for back-to-back wins in Saturday’s RM55,000 Da Ma Cai Stakes for Class 4 horses over 1,800m with a stylish workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the six-year-old Australian gelding by
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        284 54 Race1 MaidenPlate 1000M 2 BREEZEBAR58(9-5) MJByleveld (8) 1 7 EXCELLENTCOVE58(34-11) BFayd'Herbe (3) 2 4 ACTIONREPLAY58(26-7) CPuller (9) 3 12 SILVERVANITY58(73-17) GCheyne (4) 3 ?Trainer:BCrawford.Margins:Sh,0.25,2.5.Time:1min01.02sec(Going:good).Forecast: $14.PlaceForecast:$4(Nos.2-4),$8(Nos.2-7),$12(Nos.4-7). Tierce:$87.Trio:$20.Quartet:$356. Coursescratchings:Serena’sPride,Lookatmego. Race2 MaidenPlate 1000M 5 RAMLA56(14-10) GSchlechter (2) 1 2 ROXHILL58(144-34) ONoach (1) 2 1 ABOVEDECK58(21-5) GCheyne (7) 3
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        549 55 Reuters. THE limelight is moving away from world No. 1 Tiger Woods. Woods has typically been the dominant talking point in the build-up to any PGA Tour event he competes in. But amazingly, he has been upstaged ahead of this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. This
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        387 55 MALAYSIAN Airil Rizman produced his best form in years to grab a three-shot lead in the first round of the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters yesterday. The 32-year-old stormed home with five birdies for a five-under-par 66 at the challenging Seri Selangor Golf Club, reported asiantour.com. Following
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        432 56 AFP. JOHN Isner remains mentally worn down after a record-shattering 11-hour Wimbledon triumph earlier this year but he had enough to beat the man who ousted him in June at the ATP Washington Classic on Tuesday. The fifth-seeded American fired 15 aces to defeat
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        206 56 ATHLETICS Reuters. US SPRINTER Justin Gatlin overcame a bout of jitters to win his comeback race following a four-year doping ban in 10.24 seconds on Tuesday. Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100 metres champion, was running at the KuldLiiga meeting in Rakvere, Estonia as he starts his
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        429 56 Wire Services. WIMBLEDON finalist Vera Zvonareva enjoyed a successful return to hardcourt action with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Dominika Cibulkova in the first round of the San Diego Open on Tuesday. The third-seeded Russian (right) was joined in the second round by occasional Fed
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        828 57  -  Gombakgothirdgame without scoring, but their defence hold out SENGKANG0 GOMBAK0 JOSHUA MANGHAM npsports@sph.com.sg GOMBAK were left to rue their poor finishing once again last night, as the Bulls could only manage a goalless draw against second-from-bottom Sengkang at Jalan Besar Stadium. In what was
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        472 59 AFP. THE strike was a big mistake, admitted French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda. The 25-year-old Marseille guardian who didn’t play at the Finals where France departed humiliatingly in the first round accepted that he and the rest of the disgraced World Cup squad deserved to be
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        441 59 Reuters. THE domino effect stemming from the brouhaha at the World Cup is a common fear in the French Football League (LFP) these days. With the new Ligue 1 season getting underway this weekend, French football is desperate for an image uplift
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        182 59 Headphone ban Lyon join in too AFP. LEAGUE champions, Marseille, did it. First division newcomers, Brest, did it too. Now top French side Lyon have joined in in barring their players from wearing headphones in public. The edict was issued by coach Claude Puel. “Thecoach asked us notto wearheadphones any
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        241 60 ButAl Fayed forgives former manager for leaving Craven Cottage Wire Services MOHAMED Al Fayed has accused Roy Hodgson of “taking advantage” of Fulham. But the Cottagers chairman insisted he has forgiven the new Liverpool boss for leaving for Anfield this summer. Hodgson quit Fulham after a
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        453 60 PA Sport. MARK Hughes has claimed he can make Fulham permanent residents in the Premier League top -10 as he shrugged off the pressure of succeeding Roy Hodgson as manager. Hughes has been officially unveiled as Hodgson’s replacement and vowed to build on the
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        495 61 PA Sport. A TAKEOVER of Liverpool appears increasingly imminent after the club and a number of interested parties alerted the Premier League to a possible change in ownership. Under tougher new rules on club ownership announced by the Premier League in response to Portsmouth’s financial meltdown,
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        178 61 Wire Services. AN INDIAN tycoon is reported to have launched a £300 million ($645m) takeover bid for Blackburn. Ahasan Ali Syed, head of Bahrain-Swiss based investment firm Western Gulf Advisory, has made a formal approach to the club’sadvisers,Rothschild,withaviewto buying the club, paying off their outstanding
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        402 61 Wire Services. CHINESE businessman Kenny Huang has denied reports he has made a formal bid for Liverpool. The founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based investment company QSL Sports Ltd has been in talks with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for some time over buying out
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        849 62 / 63 In an interview with liverpoolfc.tv, striker FERNANDO TORRES talks about his dreams of taking the Reds back to the top of English football IFirst of all Fernando, congratulations on winning theWorld Cup– have you hadagood summer? TORRES: Yes, as you can imagine it was an
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        232 62 / 63 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson fears that he will be unable to persuade Javier Mascherano that he has a future at Anfield if the club receives a realistic offer. The Argentina captain has told the Merseysideoutfit’shierarchythathewantstoendhis stay, as speculation suggests that his family have
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        669 64 / 65  -  BATTLE FOR THE SHIELD: CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg JUST wait for the noise when John Terry’s name is read out at Wembley on Sunday. From one end of the stadium, will come the usual roar of encouragement. From the other
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        427 64 / 65  -  IAIN MACINTOSH WITH every new season comes the accusation that Chelsea are too old to win the title. John Terry and Frank Lampard are edging closer to retirement, Didier Drogba takes far longer to shake off injuries, both real and imagined, and Ricardo Carvalho’s hairline is
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        199 64 / 65 PA Sport. SOUR grapes? Maybe. But we now know there is no love lost between Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelot- ti and former Blues star Joe Cole. Weeks after the England midfielder signed for Liverpool on a free transfer, Ancelotti finally revealed why Chelsea let
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        598 66  -  Home United skipper will lead ‘newgeneration ofLions’ CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg SINCE national team skipper Indra Sahdan announced his international retirement in March, there has been a question mark over the identity of Singapore’s new captain. Until yesterday. Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic has announced that
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        71 67 LIVE TELECASTS S-LEAGUE Tomorrow: ISAFFCv BALESTIER StarHub TV Ch 201 222 and MediaCorp Ch 5,7.25pm COPA LIBERTADORES 2010 Tomorrow: ISEMI-FINAL:SAOPAULO (BRA) v INTERNACIONAL (BRA) StarHub TV Ch 222,8.45am PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES Sunday: IMANCHESTER CITYv VALENCIA StarHub TV Ch 222,1.55am IGUOAN FC vBARCELONA StarHub TV Ch 222,7.55pm COMMUNITY SHIELD 2010/11 Sunday:
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        27 67 Tomorrow: IDAY 4 SESSION1 StarHubTVCh202, 4am IDAY 4 SESSION2 StarHubTVCh202, 11am Saturday: IQUARTER-FINALSSESSION 1 StarHubTVCh202, 12am IQUARTER-FINALSSESSION 2 StarHubTVCh202, 7am Sunday: ISEMI-FINALSSESSION1 StarHubTVCh202, 1am LEGGMANSON CLASSIC
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        212 67 Wire Services. BARCELONA star Lionel Messi scored twice in a 5-2 friendly win over South Korea’s K-League All-Star team in Seoul yesterday. A mistake from Jose Manuel Pinto in the Barcelona goal allowed Choi Sung Guk to tap into an empty net for the opening goal in the
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        549 67 EVENTS BLURBS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS GOLF What: Her World Golf Challenge 2010 When: Today Where: Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course GOLFERS from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysiaand Vietnam mostof whomare winners of Her World Golf Challenges held in theirrespectivecountries will be takingto the greens at the fifth edition of the
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      594 68  -  GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg THE PAUSE was long and telling. The question, blunt and direct, must have caught Fandi Ahmad by surprise. This reporter repeated the question: Fandi, will your sons play for Singapore or South Africa? The
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