The New Paper, 10 October 2010

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  • News
    • 505 2 / 3  -  IT was the love story of 63yearsthatmoveda nation.Andthatlove betweenMinister MentorLeeKuanYew andMadamKwaGeok Choosparkedinterest in the idea of soulmates,and whether they exist. Many polled believe soulmates exist, and can be found MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ICONFESS, I’m hooked on the poignant love story of Minister Mentor Lee
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    • 751 2 / 3 TO LOVE and to cherish. In sickness and in health. These simple words sum up the 29 years of marriage of Madam Eileen Lim and Mr Gordon Tuea. At an interview in their office on Friday afternoon, a side glance, a raised hand or
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    • 835 4 / 5  -  Despitehubby’sunromanticHDBflatproposal, couplestillgoingstrong20yearslater REPORT: CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg HE wanted to marry the girl he loved. But all he could come up with was the typical Singaporeanline:“Shallweapplyforaflat?” Now, 20 years and 19 vow renewals later, Mr Loy TiewHing, 52, is more romantic. He and his
      TNP PICTURES: CHAI HUNG YIN, KELVIN CHNG  -  835 words
    • 261 4 / 5 IFYOUare destinedto betogether,that’s whatwill happen. Eventhough anelderlyMalaysiancouple Mr Shamsuddin Ngah Samat, 72, and Madam Umi Rais, 70 wereseparatedfor 53 years,they were reunited in marriage recently. Their wedding was a simple ceremony at the bride’s housenear Kampung Gajahin Perak last Sunday, reported Harian Metro.
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    • 514 6  -  *Verygoodin Mandarin GETAI STAR AWARDS REPORT:MAUREEN MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg VINDICATED,finally.Thatwashowsome100fanswhohadturneduptosupportTaiwanesecross-dressinggetaisinger AvenHaoHaolastnightfelt. The popular emcee-singer snagged the Best Dressed Getai Performer award at the Getai Star Awards Presentation, organised by Shin Min Daily NewsandLianheWanbao. Fan Joyce Lee, 40, punched the air and shouted “Yes!”whenHaoHao’snamewasannounced. Shesaid:“It’sabouttimewerecognisedthevalueof the entertainment
      TNP PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  514 words
    • 805 8 / 9  -  Heran77getaishowsthis year,usesFacebookto connectwithyounger audiencesandnowplansto put getai on the world stage REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg GETAIorganiserAaronTanisonearrogantman.Perhapshehaseveryrighttobe.As he told The New Paper on Sunday: “No one candenythatI’vesuccessfullybroughtglorytothegetai industry. “It was not like I just got into the business, snapped myfingersandturnedintoasuccessovernight.” Indeed. When this newspaper first interviewed Mr
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    • 633 10 / 11  -  Some women are also speaking up about it S’pore’smostcommonmalesexualhealthproblem REPORTS: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg IMAGINE this scenario: A couple, newly married, has sex for the first time. Andit’s overin underaminute. The man feels he has let down his wife. The wife, thinking she
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    • 624 10 / 11 A SURVEY of Singapore men showed that as many as one in three suffers from premature ejaculation. And they are concerned for their partners. Most of the men diagnosed with premature ejaculation (92 per cent) worry that their condition leaves their
      TNP ILLUSTRATION: SIMON ANG  -  624 words
    • 1018 12 / 13  -  Couplewhofostered5kidsover10years and have 4 children of their own: REPORTS: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg THEY know they are setting themselves up for heartache. Yet Mr Gerard Nonis and his wife continue to open their hearts and home to foster children. Two of their foster
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    • News TNP Auction
      • 627 14  -  His parents helped him cut outTNP$notesafterwork REPORT: CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg FOR about two months, he had been sowing the seeds Yesterday, Mr Mohamad Nazrin Roslan 28, who works in the retail industry, finally reaped his harvest when he was presented with the Ducati Monster
        TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  627 words
    • 425 15 Over 60 animals owned by convicted Malaysian smuggler rescued CONVICTEDwildlifesmugglerAnsonWong’spri-vate and illegal zoo was so big, Malaysian wildlife authorities took two days to rescue the animals. On Thursday evening, National Parks and Wildlife Department officers seized more than 60 birds, snakes and monitor
      PICTURE: GUANG MING DAILY  -  425 words
    • 275 15 A HONG Kong court has jailed the former chairman of Ocean Grand Holdings and his five accomplices for cheating the company of HK$180 million (S$30 million). Michael Yip, 51, his younger sister, Wan Fung, 42, who was a company director, and
      PICTURE: APPLE DAILY  -  275 words
    • 418 16 / 17 Even as Palestine-Israel tension deepens,acardrivenbyaJewish hardlinerploughsintoPalestinianboys TWO stone-throwing Palestinian boys were run over and injured by a car driven by a Jewish settlement leader in an east Jerusalem flashpoint, police and witnesses said. The incident occurred after Friday prayers in the run-down neighbourhood of Silwan,
      PICTURES: AFP  -  418 words
    • 922 18 / 19 USmulti-millionaireJohnHenry, whocouldsoonownLiverpoolFC, isamajorhitonandoffthefield SHY,awkward,enigmatic.John W Henry has been described differently by different people. But all agree on one word successful. Perhaps that’s why he is coming to Liverpool, to translate the success he has had with Major League Baseballteam Boston Red Sox.
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    • 488 20 A 15-year-old boy in Italy has receivedanartificialheart.It’sthefirsttime theprocedurehasbeenperformedonachild andthedeviceimplantedpermanently SOURCES: DAILY MAIL, TIME HE HAS Duchenne’s syndrome, an illness which causes rapid muscle degeneration. Everybody had given up hope when a group of surgeons decided to try to save him by installing an artificial
      SOURCES: DAILY MAIL, TIME; PICTURES: AFP; TNP INFOGRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA  -  488 words
    • News Snapshot
      • 130 21 Reuters CHINA hit back yesterday at US claims that it was shirking in the fight against climate change. It likened criticisms from the Obama administration’s top climate envoy to a pig preening itself in a mirror. US climate envoy Todd Stern had remarked
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      • 115 21 AP SIXTY-SIX agonising days after their gold and copper mine collapsed above them, 33 miners in Chile were offered a way out yesterday as a drill broke through to their underground purgatory. undergroundpurgatory. The drill’s success was announced with the blast
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      • 110 21 AFP CHINA yesterday released the last of four Japanese men held in the north of the country for allegedly filming a military site. The State Security Bureau has released Mr Sadamu Takahashi on bail after ordering him to write a “statement of repentance”,the official
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      • 94 21 AFP INDIAslammed“racist”e-mailscir-culated by Australian police along with a video of an Indian man being electrocuted on top of a train. It followed a series of violent attacks against Indians, Australia’s Herald Sun said. Comments including “this might be a way to fix the
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      • 298 21 FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN HANOI THE Singaporean woman who was among three foreigners and a Vietnamese killed in a fireworks explosion in Hanoi on Wednesday has been identified. In a statement, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday that the Vietnamese authorities have officially
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      • Article, Illustration
        51 21 FIERY END: A BMW burst into flames along Upper Paya Lebar Road on Friday evening. The male driver and his female passenger quickly got out after seeing smoke from the engine. Traffic was held up for 45 minutes as firefighters put out the fire. PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY
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    • News Exchange
      • 371 22  -  THE BUZZ REPORT: MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg MYDOMESTIChelperdoesn’tusetheInternet.She also doesn’t wash my car, cook, do windows or ceiling fans, and despite my children’spleas,shedoesn’tservethemdrinks. The New Paper recently reported that a domestic worker from Myanmar had been uploading racy pictures of herself online (above). She
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      • 146 22 Weratethepastweek’snews–goodandbad -20 Singapore went into mourning for the passing of an iconic figure, Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, 1920-2010. +10 The number of complaints against companies offering SMS services has dropped by half, from 223 in 2008 to 114 last year to 62 in the first half of
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      • 18 22 “CanIinstallasmallfanat mydesk?” –Anewemployeewhenaskedifhehad any IT-related questions. “Ifeellikecancellingthe ‘Liver’onmyjerseyand writing‘Black’overit,” –ALiverpoolfanafterhisteam lost 2-1 to Blackpool.
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  • Page 12 / 13 Miscellaneous
    • 43 12 / 13 From the Director of "Meet the Parents" "OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY!" "HYSTERICALLY FUNNY!" Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV Mose Persico, CTV Steve Carell Paul Rudd M us V Kfi S V\ A Dinner/or Schmucks NOW SHOWING ttfcrejasi »iit»h DinnerForSchmuDks.com NCI 6 1 SEXUAL REFERENCES] WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous

  • enjoy
    • 757 23  -  Newly-crowned New FaceVivienOng’smum recalls the pain of raisinghertwochildren single-handedly REPORT:GERMAINE GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg BENEATHthegloryofvictoryliesalittleknownmystery.WhenVivienOngwasnamedTheNew PaperNew Face 2010 on Thursday night, her mum, younger sister and other relatives and friendswerebyhersidetocheerforher. Exceptherfather. Thirteenyearsago,hewentmissing. According to 19-year-old Vivien, he had failedtoreturntoworkfromlunchoneday. Her family made a police report the next day. Seven
      TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR; TNP PICTURE: JACINDA YEO  -  757 words
    • 538 25  -  ButwhereinPusan are the movie stars? Tan Kee Yun IT WAS touted as one of Asia’s most prestigious and glamorous international film festivals. But as the red carpet rolled out on opening night, the question was: So where are the big movie stars? The 15th
      PICTURES: REUTERS, GETTY IMAGES  -  538 words
    • Enjoy Fly On The Wall
      • 275 26  -  Wild Rice celebrates 10 yearswithspicyparty REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg GUARANTEE sedap until panas (so delectable it sizzles). You’d have thought that must be the dress code for The Red Hot Chilli Padi Ball celebrating 10 red hot years of Wild Rice. It was
        TNP PICTURES: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  275 words
    • aspire
      • 702 27  -  REPORT: DOLORES TAY doltay@sph.com.sg LAST I checked, I have exactly 34 pieces of jewellery one to represent each year of my life. Collecting one significant piece a year has become an annual year-end ritual since I inherited the first 21 pieces from my parents on
        PICTURES: SINGAPORE JEWELFEST  -  702 words
    • Enjoy 2 Wheels Good
      • 632 28/29  -  Ifyou’replanningtogoon along-distanceride,remembertofuelup or risk falling off your bike from lack of energy DANSON CHEONG dansonc@sph.com. sg THE mere mention of this condition strikes fear in the hearts of endurance athletes. It has many names. Cyclists call it “the bonk”. To marathoners, it is known as “hittingthewall”.
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      • 512 28/29 IT HAS been more than a month since the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) ended and sports facilities that were closed for the Games have been reopened. But the Tampines Bike Park is not one of them. According to a statement by the Singapore
        PICTURE: SPH-SYOGOC  -  512 words
    • Enjoy Table For 4
      • 535 30  -  CHERYL LIM cheryll@sph.com.sg IN SINGAPORE’S competitive dining scene, restaurants tend to come and go quickly. That’s why it’s no mean feat when a restaurant manages to thrive after 34 years in operation. Red House opened in 1976 in a striking red colonial bungalow in
        PICTURES: RED HOUSE  -  535 words
    • Enjoy Hed Chef
      • 406 31  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg WHYdon’tyouevertalktome?Womenguiltyofthisfamiliaraccusa-tion against their less than talkative men should check out the grass on the other side. More frightening than a quiet and boring man is Mr Know-It-All who has an unwanted (readdiffering)opiniononeverything. Reticenceorbetterstill,silence,areoft-over-lookedvirtues. A manwho agreeswith you via a simple
        TNP PICTURES: KUA CHEE SIONG, HEDY KHOO  -  406 words
    • Enjoy Family Matters
      • 425 32  -  Fighting just means boys are bonding JASON JOHNSON FATHER FIGURES jjohnson@sph.com.sg BOYSfight.Itisinevitable.Just this past week, my son Jet’s homeroom teacher told my wife that she had seen him hit anotherboyintheface. Jet’sdefencewasthattheotherboyhadhithimfirst. Later that night, when my wife told Jet to tell me exactly
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    • Enjoy Humour
      • 558 34  -  The sooner Chow Yun-Fat gives awayhis millions, the better for charity SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg AH FATT Kor, ah, even your name wears that ring of prosperity round it, so since you’ll be taking it with you to
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      • REALLY?
        • 90 34 Odd news that’sfor real A CHARITY calendar featuring Austrian farm girls in recreations of classic movie scenes is reportedly selling like hot cakes. Organisers invited girls to submit their pictures for the Hollywood-style calendar– andgothundreds of responses. The best ones were included in the calendar and shops
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        • 118 34 Reuters CATCH a thief in the comfort of your home and you could win a prize. The new British monitoring scheme works by employing an army of registered armchair snoopers who watch hours of CCTV footage from cameras in stores and high street venues across the country.
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      • 312 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg FOR the past few days, I have been following every game in a major sporting event happening in another countryanditdoesn’tinvolvekickingaballor disqualifying Singapore swimmers for tardiness. I’mtalkingaboutthe2010MajorLeagueBaseball post-seasonplay-offs.Yes,I’mabaseballfan. No,wait,don’trunaway.Thisisnotoneofthose columns where the writer is a
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    • Enjoy Social
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous

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    • 274 33 WATCH’EM CHANNEL5 11.00am 19thCommonwealth Games(Daily Highlights) 11.30 19thCommonwealth Games(DailyAction) 7.30pm Movie:What HappensIn Vegas 9.30 News5Tonight 10.00 Top10 Noose Special 10.30 HairMatters101 11.00 19thCommonwealth Games(Daily Highlights) 11.30 19thCommonwealth Games(DailyAction) SororityRow StarMovies(StarHubCh622),9pm Agroupofsororitysisterstriestocoverupthedeath oftheirhousesisterafteraprankgoeswrong–only tobestalkedbyaserialkiller.StarringRumerWillis, BrianaEvigan. TerrorTrap MAX(StarHubCh611),10pm Ayoungcouplewhoisstrandedinaruraltown unwittinglychecksintoamotelrunbyagangof twistedmaskedkidnappers,torturersandkillers. StarringMichaelMadsen,DavidJamesElliott. SURIA 10.00am BubbleBoyz 10.30 KeluargaPintar 11.00 Budaya36-0 11.30 O.K.B 12.30pm
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  • sports
    • Racing
      • 1111 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.15 -1200m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0049-- BeeBeeStar 57 (33) AKumarc1 13 (6nzgTonyYeoh-Gladwin) 2 35---7 BlueCentre 57 (33) SRuzaini*c2 6 (5ahSCook-BlueGrass) 3 *****8 LordGreg 56 (31) LSofhan 9 (11nzgCecilRobert-Happiness) 4 -4-002 ManWithHonour 55.5 (30) YAifyc1
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      • 106 36 RACE 1:8 Fishing 4 Man With Honour 7 Fond Memory 10 Big Wheel. RACE 2:10 Tower Of Strength 8 Royal Sprint 9 Dancing Grey 12 Tommaloms. RACE 3:7 Just Let Go 11 New GreenWood 2 Ba Ba Rich 1 Top Cat. RACE4:1JointEffort3Mayo’sDancer2SecretariatPrince4RoyalBest. RACE 5:6 Tiger Captain
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      • 135 36 THESE horses have won or were placed in soft or heavy tracks. RACE 1: Man With Honour, Marvellous Present, Mighty Ace, Fond Memory, Fishing, Big Wheel, Bon Voyage, Pegasus Royal. RACE 2: Sparkling Rainbow, Dancing Grey, Tommaloms, I Agree. RACE4:JointEffort,Mayo’sDancer,Brilliant Tycoon, Best Honour, Kristhunder, All Good, Crocodile Dundee. RACE
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      • 590 37 LASTFRIDAY’SSINGAPORESTIPENDIARYSTEWARDS’REPORTHIGHLIGHTS WHEN questioned regarding the run of VANQUISH in Race 3 on Friday, jockey Danny Beasley said that the gelding showed no early pace and failed to respond in the middle stages when ridden hard. He added that the gelding had disappointed despite running
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      • 580 37 Race1 C5(SC)1200m 14 THEPILOT50c51(38-12) BNShahrul (8) 2 2 1 (514) 4 WARRIORSPIRIT56(67-19) SSalee (1) 3 3 2 (447) 0.5 11 TIGERONTHEHILL53.5c53(52-13) SMutaza* (3) 8 8 3 (464) 1 1 BLUECANYON57(82-13) SHLee (6) 10 10 4 (455) 1.25 XWinning stable: Super King. Trainer: S
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      • 790 37 YESTERDAY'S AUSTRALIA (CAULFIELD ROSEHILL BELMONT TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS RACE 1 (Caulfield) 1st 6 So You Think ($6-$5) 2nd 5 Alcopop ($30) 3rd 2 Whobegotyou (no 3rd dividend) 4th 3 Red Ruler. Forecast $26. Tierce $54. Trio $7. Quartet $152. RACE 2 (Rosehill) 1st 10 Ofcourseican ($21 -$6) 2nd 9 Dystopia ($12)
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      • 1134 38 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 (1,200m) King Of Hearts (2) kept promising without delivering last season, but has returned with two positive runs this term, including a recent second behind Joyful Joyful at the city track. Drawnwell,he’stheonetobeat.
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      • 927 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4AWT 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$640,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 CHINAHERO YSTSUI YTCHENG 133 1 2 KINGOFHEARTS JMOORE DWHYTE 131 2 3 CLASSA LHO HWLAI 128 6 4 THUNDERDANCING YOWONG CYHO 128 3 5 EXPLODING BKNG KCLEUNG 124
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 513 39  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Lam Zhiqun had a day to forget. After his sensatonal five-under 66 on Friday that gave him the lead at the Asian Amateur Championship in Japan, Lam collapsed yesterday with a 78 to fall down the leaderboard. Five birdies was what
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      • 189 39 LEONG Kong Yon made it a double when he qualified again for the World Golfers Championship Finals. Leong, 65, who made it to Spainlast year, toppedthis year’s qualifiers too to win a ticket to Hua Hin in Thailand for the World Finals from Oct 30 to
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      • 132 39 AP JAPAN’S Mika Miyazato shot a nine-under 63 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama with Na Yeon Choi and Cristie Kerr. Winless in 40 career LPGA Tour starts, the 20-year-old Miyazato (right) had five
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 468 40 Rain forces postponement of qualification in Suzuka AP QUALIFYINGfortheFormulaOneJapa-nese Grand Prix was postponed till this morning due to heavy rain that lashedtheSuzukacircuityesterday. Constantrainresultedinstreamsofwater running across the Suzuka track, and after a few inspection laps by the safety car, it was decided conditions were too dangerous
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      • 338 40 Wire Services JENSONButtonhasbeentoldoffforovertaking,andis wary of being pulled over for speeding as well, as he preparesfortoday’sJapaneseGrandPrix. FortunatelyforMcLaren’sFormulaOnedriver,one of five drivers fighting for the title with four races remaining, the pre-race reprimand was handed out by an eagle-eyed hotel swimming pool attendant. Overtaking? No way, not
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 495 41 SerbrTroickiiiprovidesi trickyitrtest semisi JAPAN OPEN AP WORLD No. 1 Rafael Nadal needed two tie-breaks and a last-gasp service-break to beat unseeded Viktor Troicki yesterday and claim his place in the Japan Open final against Gael Monfils of France. Troicki served for the match in the third
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      • 206 41 CHINA OPEN Wire Services DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic overcame a spirited early challenge from American wildcard John Isner to advance to the final of the China Open in straight sets yesterday. The 23-year-old Serb, the top seed in Beijing, will meetSpain’s DavidFerrer, whobeat Croatian Ivan
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      • 166 41 Wire Services CAROLINE Wozniacki of Denmark toppled Shahar Peer of Israel in straight sets to reach her first final of the China Open yesterday. It did not take long for Wozniacki to put a slightly slow start behind her and move closer to her sixth
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    • Sports Commonwealth Games
      • 318 42 / 43  -  Sicknesscan’tstopwomen shootersfromwinningsilver SHOOTING DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IT’S THAT man again, sharpshooter Gai Bin, who has delivered another medal towards Singapore’s cause at the 19th Commonwealth Games. Partnering Poh Lip Meng in the 25m centrefire pistol men’s pairs event, the 42-year-old Gai,
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      • 307 42 / 43 ARCHERY EventRecurveIndividualWomen’s Quarter-finals Vanessa Loh Tze Rong BADMINTON Event Mixed Doubles, Round of 32 Hendra Wijaya, Shinta Mulia Sari toplay thewinner ofthe gamebetween Canada and Mauritius. Event Mixed Doubles, Round of 32 Hendri Kurniawan Saputra, Vanessa Neo Yu Yan toplay England Event Mixed Doubles, Round of 32
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      • 525 42 / 43 SWIMMING AP CANADA’SBrentHaydenwon the 50myesterday to complete a freestyle sprint double at the Commonwealth Games. Hayden finished in 22.01 seconds to beat defending champion Roland Schoeman of South Africa, a three-time Olympian who won the event at the recent Pan-Pacific championships, on the final night of
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      • 282 42 / 43 ATHLETICS AFP AUSTRALIA and England shared the 20km walk gold medals yesterday with seven more up for grabs as one of the most decorated athletes of the Games takes to the stage. Jared Tallent took the men’s walk title while England’s Jo Jackson broke
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    • Sports Football
      • 908 44 / 45  -  Moresupporters needed, not armchair critics GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT A FREE-FOR-ALL in a recent S-League match has become the trigger-point for some critics to enjoy bashing Singapore’s professional football competition. And over the past few days, when news of Singapore’s impending break from the AFC
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      • 586 44 / 45  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg SHOULD the S-League be shut down? The recent torrent of negative publicity revolving around plummeting attendances and the infamous Jalan Besar footbrawl have led some observers to call for a revamp of Singapore’spremier footballcompetition. Some have even suggested, after 15 seasons of
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      • 240 44 / 45 FOREIGN TALENT This year, French side Etoile FC have proven their worth. They are leading the table and are a good bet for the title. Foreign teams have also contributed to the success of the Foreign Talent Scheme.Sinchi’s Shi Jiayiand Qiu Liare recognised Singapore internationals. INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS Two
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    • Sports Singapore Cup
      • 217 46  - Claim your W-Cup money or else it goes to charity GREGORY LOO IT HAS been three months since Andres Iniesta scored the goal that gave Spain their first World Cup trophy. Yet, some punters still haven’t collected their money or what’s left of it from their World Cup accounts with
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      • 662 46  -  QUARTER-FINALS FIRST LEG YOUNG LIONS 1 (Hafiz Abu Sajad 76) ALBIREXNIIGATA0 GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg MISSING four players all suspended for their part in the brawl with Beijing Guoan. Facing seven games over 15 days, just after the majority of the Young Lions squad went to
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    • Sports International Friendlies
      • 471 47 AUSTRALIA 1 (David Carney 53) PARAGUAY0 AFP A CRACKING volley from defender David Carney gave Australia a 1-0 win over World Cup quar-ter-finalists Paraguay in a tune-up for January’sAsian Cupin Qatar. The Blackpool left-back’s well-struck goal in the 53rd minute proved the difference as the Socceroos
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      • 149 47 NEW ZEALAND 1 (Chris Wood 13) HONDURAS1 (Walter Martinez 64) Reuters SHANE Smeltz squandered two golden opportunities to give New Zealand victory over Honduras in a friendly yesterday, missing a last-minute penalty and blazing the rebound over the bar to leave the score tied at 1-1.
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    • Sports Euro 2012 Qualifiers
      • 563 48 / 49 GROUP I SPAIN 3 (Fernando Llorente 47,56, David Silva 79) LITHUANIA 1 (Darvydas Sernas 54) Wire Services THERE is life without Fernando Torres after all. Spain striker Fernando Llorente, getting a rare start in place of the injured Torres, helped himself to a double to inspire
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      • 795 48 / 49 GROUP C NORTHERNIRELAND 0 ITALY0 Wire Services LUCKY, lucky Italy. The four-time world champions were fortunate to escape unscathed from Belfast after a 0-0 draw in their Euro 2012 qualifier against Northern Ireland. If only Irish striker David Healy had converted a golden opportunity in
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      • 931 50 / 51 GROUP H PORTUGAL 3 (Nani 29,31, Ronaldo 85) DENMARK 1 (RicardoCarvalho79o.g) WINGER Luis Nani inspired Portugal to a 3-1 win over Denmark in a Euro 2012 Group H qualifier by scoring twice and creating another to give new coach Paulo Bento a winning start. “I’m naturally
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      • 305 50 / 51 GROUP G WALES0 BULGARIA 1 (Ivelin Popov 48) Reuters BULGARIA responded well to a tricky opening 45 minutes against Wales and deserved their 1-0 win after an impressive second-half performance, said Lothar Matthaeus, who made his debut as coach of the Balkan country. Ivelin Popov scored the
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      • 108 50 / 51 AP MIRKO Vucinic scored in the 67th minute to help Montenegro beat Switzerland 1-0 for their third straight victory in Euro 2012 qualifying. Vucinic scored from a dead angle, placing the ball behind Swiss goalkeeper Marco Wolffli after a neat 1-2 with midfielder Mitar Novakovic in
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      • 429 50 / 51 PA Sport AP AP GROUP I CZECH REPUBLIC 1 (Roman Hubnik 69) SCOTLAND0 GARY Caldwell insists Scotland are still on course to clinch second spot in their Euro 2012 qualifying group despite the 1 -0 defeat against Czech Republic. CraigLevein’smen suffered theirfirst lossofthe campaign when Roman Hubnik grabbed
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      • 385 52 / 53 GROUP E MOLDOVA0 HOLLAND 1 (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 37) Wire Services AWIN is a win, but seriously, don’t we expect more from World Cup finalists Holland? The Oranje could only conjure a 1-0 victory against minnows Moldova yesterday, with Klaas Jan Huntelaar’s first-half goal
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      • 362 52 / 53 GROUP B REP OF IRELAND 2 (Robbie Keane 72pen, Shane Long 78) RUSSIA 3 (Alexander Kerzhakov 11, Alan Dzagoyev 29, Roman Shirokov 50) PA Sport GIOVANNI Trapattoni admitted the Republic of Ireland did not deserve to get anything out of yesterday’s Euro 2012 qualifier against
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      • 570 52 / 53  -  GROUP A GERMANY 3 (Miroslav Klose 42,87, Mesut Oezil 79) TURKEY0 GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg ANOTHERvictory.Anothersolidperformance.And yet another “foreigner-in-spired”victory. Ina game which Germany had to stamp their authority against their toughest Group A rivals of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, Turkey, they thrilled their fans with
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    • 547 54 / 55 EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS PA Sport HISmostloyalsupporterisaway.ButSunderland’s Darren Bent would still relish the chance of making his firstseniorEnglandstartatWembleyonTuesday. Bent’s No. 1 fan has been mum Shirley fromthefirstdayshekickedaballaroundthe Tootingstreetswherehegrewup. In an ideal world, she would be in the Wembley stands next
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    • 230 54 / 55 PA Sport STEWART Downing has been called intothe EnglandsquadforTuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro after Aaron Lennon was ruled out with a sore back. The Tottenham Hotspur winger missed training on Friday after reporting the problem. Following further tests yesterday morning, it was decided to release
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    • 163 54 / 55 EURO U-21 PLAYOFFS PA Sport CHRISSmalling’sfirstgoalforEnglandUnder-21sgave Stuart Pearce’s side a slender 2-1 lead from the first leg of their European Championship playoff against a well-organised Romania side at Carrow Road yesterday morning. Sunderland youngster Jordan Henderson volleyed England ahead just after the hour mark, only for an
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    • Sports EPL
      • 518 54 / 55 PA Sport MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has said fans should not fear the club going down the same road as Liverpool despite losses of £83.6 million ($176m). Fans’groupManchesterUnitedSupporters’ Trust (MUST) say the “clock is ticking” on the Glazer family’s ownership of United
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      • 339 54 / 55 WES BROWN’S future at Manchester United is hanging by a thread after a screaming row with Alex Ferguson. Brown had the bust-up on the pre-season tour of America and has not started a league game since. And he believes his Old Trafford
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      • ONTV
        • 33 54 / 55 LIVE TELECASTS EURO QUALIFIERS Wednesday: IITALYv SERBIA StarHub TV Ch 201,2.30am IHOLLANDvSWEDEN StarHub TV Ch 202,2.55am ISCOTLAND vSPAIN StarHub TV Ch 222,2.55am IENGLANDv MONTENEGRO SingTel mio TV Ch 115,2.55am *Alltelecastsliveunlessotherwisestated.Forthelatest,pleasecheck www.mio.singtel.com/miotv&www.starhub.com/tv *Programmetimes,providedbySingTel&StarHub,subjecttochange
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        • 17 54 / 55 JAPAN OPEN Today: IFINAL StarHub TV Ch 202,12pm CHINA OPEN Today: IFINAL StarHub TV Ch 211,4pm
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        • 19 54 / 55 COMMONWEALTH GAMES Today: IBADMINTON(MEN’S WOMEN’S SINGLES, DOUBLES MIXED DOUBLES) MediaCorp Ch 5,11am IWEIGHTLIFTING(WOMEN’S) MediaCorp Ch 5,5pm (Delayed)
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        • 11 54 / 55 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS Today: IDAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213,7.45pm
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        • 26 54 / 55 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX Today: IQUALIFYINGROUND SingTelmio TVCh115, 11.30am IRACEDAY SingTel mio TV Ch 115,1pm IMAINRACE SingTelmio TVCh115, 1.45pm ICHEQUERED FLAG SingTel mio TV Ch 115,3.45pm
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    • 34 54 / 55 SINGAPORE-BASED CONSORTIUM IN LIVERPOOL FRAME (TNP, 9 October): In this story, we named Mr Steve McMahon as a commercial director with Profitable Group. That is incorrect. Mr McMahon left Profitable Group last year.
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      448 56  -  GaoNingsnatcheswinnerasSingapore’smenpaddlersclaimafirst DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg THE MEN have done it. With a 3-1 win over underdogs England in yesterday’s final, Singapore’s table tennis men players, for so long overshadowed by their women counterparts’achievements,finally haveaCommonwealth Games gold to their names and around their necks. Heading to India as the No.
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