The New Paper, 25 April 2011

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1 52 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper MONDAY APRIL 25 2011 70 CENTS MICA (P) 114/01/2011
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    • 137 1 MONDAY APRIL 25 2011 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 thenewpaper TALK OF SPLIT-UP BETWEEN MICHELLE CHIA AND SHAUN CHEN AT STAR AWARDS See-through look TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR on the red carpet Marriage on the rocks? PAGE 15 70 CENTS MICA (P) 114/01/2011 GE All coy over SDP video
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  • News GE2011
    • 928 2 / 3  -  TEARSOF FEAR Workers’Party new candidate gets emotional aboutfamily’s concern over his safety REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg ARE we seeing the emergence of sensitive new age politicians this election? From Mr Lim Boon Heng to labour chief Lim Swee Say to Workers’ Party
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    • 470 2 / 3 CHEER TEARSOF MALE politicians seem to have been bitten by the crying bug in recent weeks. Yesterday,at aWorkers’Partypress conference to introduce candidates for the May 7 general election, a candidate broke down while sharing how his family reacted to his
      PICTURE: THE STRAITS TIMES; ST FILE PICTURES  -  470 words
    • 577 4 / 5  -  PulauUbinitesrolloutwelcomematasPAP’s Maliki Osman and his team come a-courting ISLAND FEVER REPORT:BRYNA BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg INANelection,everyvotematters.Nowhere was this more clear than at Pulau Ubin yesterday. The PAP’s Dr Maliki Osman and an entourage of 30volunteers descendedupon theisland towoo–youguessedit–amere30voters. OnApril16,anothergrouphadgonea-courting. Workers’Party(WP) councilmember GeraldGiam, 34, and financial adviser
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    • 471 4 / 5  -  FERVOURTALENT REPORT: TAY SHI'AN shian@sph.com.sg WHY is the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)abletogivejobstoPeople’sActionParty (PAP) candidates who have to quit the civil service before standing for election? How can NTUC absorb them? Were positions specially created for these candidates? These are some questions raised
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    • 115 4 / 5  -  Lediati Tan ABOUTaquarter ofNTUC’s 600,000-strong members are under 35 years old. It also has another 40,000 junior members aged 12 to 21. Onekey issueon labour chiefLimSwee Say’s mind is ensuring that NTUC, which turns 50 on May 1, remains relevant to the young. The first priority
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    • Article, Illustration
      484 6  -  REPORT:LEDIATI LEDIATI TAN, MELVIN SINGH tnp@sph.com.sg A MYSTERY YouTube video is at the centre of a storm that is brewing between two Dr Vs. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan is the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). Dr Balakrishnan told reporters on Saturday: “It has
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    • 613 6  -  COMMENT:MELVINSINGH MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg SIX years after the April 2005 debate to have them and a year since they opened, the casinos still managed to move a minister to tears. Has it also moved some candidates to come forward for the election? When was the
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  • News watch
    • 66 7 WRECKED: A car was involved in an accident at Orchard Road at about 1am yesterday. The male driver, 23, is suspected to have lost control of the car and skidded, hitting a tree and a lamp post on the side of the road. The man and his 24-year-old woman passenger
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    • 208 7 Workers’Partyproposal‘dangerous’ MINISTERforNationalDe-velopmentMahBowTan (right) has once again opposed the housing proposalsofthe Workers’ Party. In a statement issued yesterday,he reiteratedthat theopposition party’s proposals “will destroy the value of existing homes, and deplete the reserves safeguardedforfuture generations”. Hesaid:“The Government fully understands Singaporeans’ concerns about the
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    • 133 7 IT’S not about an argument but running the country. That, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is what voters have to keep in mind. “This is not over who wins the argument. This is over who can do better for
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    • 106 7 AP. WITH petrol prices climbing and little relief in sight, US President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid. At Facebook’s headquarters in California, he admitted that many Americans can’t afford new, fuel-efficient
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    • 104 7 AFP. THOUSANDS of people marched in Tokyo yesterday to demand an end to nuclear power in Japan and a switch to alternative energy after the crisis at a nuclear plant hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Organisers estimated 5,000 people took
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    • News
      • 753 8 / 9  -  WOMEN HOOKED ON PORN REPORTS:CHAIHUNGYIN CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg FOR hours daily, she was transfixed by the computer screen, watching steamy love scenes play out in front of her. The 32-year-old Singaporean engineer was aware that she was hooked on pornography
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      • 393 8 / 9 IT WAS an ordinary weekday morning when Caroline first noticed how much pornography was taking over her life. With 15 minutes to go before she was due to leave for a job interview, she opened up her laptop to print an extra
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      • 274 8 / 9 CASES of women here being addicted to porn are rare. The New Paper contacted 12 psychiatrists and counsellors, and only Associate Professor Munidasa Winslow has come across such cases. But these women are not just addicted to porn. Some have underlying issues with alcohol
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      • 870 10 / 11  - Teen loses 1,300, ends up paying $5,000 Poker game among classmates proves costly REPORTS:KOHHUI KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg PLAYING poker was the “in thing” among his peers and he wanted to get in on it too. The stakes, at just 10 or 20 cents, seemed small. So the then 18-year-old,
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      • 314 10 / 11 THERE are no recent statistics on youth gambling. But according to the Ministry of CommunityDevelopment, Youthand Sports’ 2008 survey on gambling participation, three in four respondents started gambling at the age of 24 or younger. And seven in 10 started gambling at least
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      • 644 12  -  Sai Baba followers in Singapore, though sad, believe that he will comeback REPORT:KWAN KWAN HUI XIAN kwanhx@sph.com.sg WHEN 13-year-old Saima heard that Sai Baba had died, she was in disbelief. “Ididn’tbelieveitatall,”shesaid. “Ithoughtitwasalie.” Such is the air of invincibility the spiritual leader, who was 84, had projected to
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      • 348 12 ONHEARINGaboutSaiBaba’sdeathyesterday, Bollywood stars, cricket players, politicians and fashion designers joined millions of his followers in expressing theirgriefattheguru’spassing. He was credited by his followers across the globe with having supernatural powers, including an ability to conjure objects out of thin air, remember past lives and cure
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      • 309 13 M’siaPM(right)tellsbloggers: THE government isn’t afraid of bloggers, but wants to know their opinions, even if they are negative ones, said Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak. “We might not agree all the time, but we cannot be disagreeable,” said Mr Najib in his keynote address at the
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      • 336 13 A TRANSSEXUAL, who was filmed as she was being beaten up by two teens, said she was the victim of a hate crime. ThebrutalattacktookplaceataMcDonald’s restaurant in the US state of Maryland last Monday and video footage of the
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      • 486 14 Actor Hugh Grant seen with Chinese woman with‘babybump’ IT COULD be third time lucky for English actor Hugh Grant, who’s been spotted with a Chinese woman thought to be his new girlfriend. Grant, who’s had failed relationships with actress Elizabeth Hurley and later socialite
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      • 353 14 ACTRESS Lindsay Lohan, better known for her scrapes with the law rather than her movies, narrowly avoided a long jail sentence. She ended up spending just a few hours in jail. The troubled US starlet was released after spending less than
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      1066 15  -  Michelle Chia (right) has fun while hubby keeps mum on their alleged REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA, KWOK KAR PENG tnp@sph.com.sg FROMthebackofhersee-throughdress,itlooked like Michelle Chia was dressed onlyinsexy,blackunderwear. Hotstuffforthebedroom?Perhaps. ButtheMediaCorpactresswas,infact,strutting down the red carpet at the Star Awards 2011 Show 2 held at Resorts World Sentosa last night. And
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    • 446 16/17 SUNDAY night didn’t just mark the first time that squeaky clean Jeanette Aw flashed her back and cleavage. It was a night of firsts for many other stars too. Zhou Ying and Michelle Chong made it to the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes while
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    • 627 18  -  Former beauty queen Rachel Kum says you can’tpleaseeverybody REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg NOBODY would be able to top Ris Low as the most scandal-ridden beauty queen in Singapore. But one could argue that beleaguered Miss Singapore Universe 2009 Rachel Kum came rather close. Her year-long reign ended when
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    • Show Star Bucks
      • 571 19  -  Big spender or penny-pincher? Stars speak their mind on money matters REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg HONG Kong actress Elanne Kwong claims she’s slow-witted when it comes to money. For example, she grasped the concept of pocket money only when she was in secondary school.
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      • 175 20 Give me film role I'll donate pay LOOKSlike somebody’s desperate to be a film star. Sean“Diddy”Combs has made a public plea to movie bosses to consider him for upcoming projects and even offered to donate his paycheck to charity in exchange for a good role, reported ContactMusic.com. The 41 -year-old
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      • 125 20 Moneymatters evento stars. Wecashin on the highs and lows of celebrity dough IF ONLY everyone could have such a generous daughter. Singer Taylor Swift (right) has dug into her ever-expanding multi-mil-lion-dollar fortune to purchase a new house for her parents. The 21-year-old paid US$1.4 million (S$1.7
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      • 122 20 BRITISH actress Elizabeth Hurley has raised more than £4 million (S$8 million) for breast cancer research at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s annual Hot Pink Party held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. “Ahuge thank-youto everyone whocame tosupportus,” she tweeted. Hurley, 45, was
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  • Page 38 / 39 Miscellaneous
    • 31 38 / 39 Sunday, April24 2011 First Second Third 5214 6260 2082 Starters 6413 9614 4064 1554 6267 6011 5609 7233 8855 6186 Consolations 4434 6448 9127 8783 6136 7044 2049 6848 9638 7175
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
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  • Sports
    • 520 52  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg AN UNHERALDED teenager could become Singapore’s first footballer to ply his trade in Europe in a long time. It may still be a long way off from materialising, but Firdaus Tohari, son of the former Singapore Cup-winning Tanjong Pagar coach, Tohari Paijan,
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    • Racing
      • 1174 37 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSBYPHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1(1,000m) Bear Hero (2) is from a family that knows how to win four to be exact, three over sprints and one over the mile. He’s moved fluently to win two 800m trials and
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      • 988 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASSGRIFFINTURF 1000m TIME:12:30 Stakes:HK$750,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 FULLTANK SWOODS ZPURTON 129 5 2 BEARHERO DEFERRARIS WCMARWING 120 3 3 FLYINGUNICORN ATMILLARD DDUNN 120 7 4 LUCKYSUPREME ATMILLARD DWHYTE 120 1 5 LUCKYTOGETHER CFOWNES BPREBBLE 120 4
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      • 424 38 / 39  -  Gingerbread Man now aims for the $500,000SingaporeGuineasonMay20 TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg GINGERBREADMANisnowoncourse to emulate what Better ThanEverachievedlastyear. BetterThanEverwonallthreelegs oftheSingaporeThree-Year-OldChal-lenge the Group 3 Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint over 1,200m, the Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic over 1,400m andtheGroup1SingaporeGuineas. Gingerbread Man, who won the firstlegbyonlyaheadonApril1,met a very strong
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      • 630 38 / 39 RACE 1 VICTORY AHEAD: Slow to begin; bled. INCREDIBLE SON: Bumped; cast both plates. JUST DASHING: Bumped; held up; laid in. BULL AND BEAR: Overraced. CHIEF SECRETARY: Checked. JUST DASHING: Jockey J Powell pleaded guilty to careless riding in that near the 400m, he shifted
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      • 1424 38 / 39 Race1 C4D3(SC)1400m 9 BULLANDBEAR51.5(46-9) JMoreira (5) 4 4 1 (451) 11 LUCKYSUPERSTAR50c50.5(104-16) SJohn (8) 3 2 2 (440) 1 5 CHIEFSECRETARY53.5(135-24) JSaimee (3) 7 7 3 (477) Ns 4 JUSTDASHING55.5(19-7) JPowell (2) 5 5 4 (454) Nk 10 SUNNYGRAY51.5(77-16) ISaifudin (7) 8 9 5
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      • 934 40 / 41 ITIPSANDCOMMENTSCOURTESYOFTHE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE1Randwick(1,400m) 1 FLYING EMPRESS (Joseph Pride) 3f By Fusaichi Pegasus Bellevue Lady (4:2-0-0): Disappointed when resuming at Rosehill two starts back, then wasn’t disgraced in tougher grade last start. Gets her chance here. 7 ROSMERTA (D P Smith)
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      • 963 40 / 41 12:25Race1 RANDWICK 1400M 1 FLYINGEMPRESS JOSHADAMS (7) 59.5 2 GOPANA RMQUINN (5) 59 3 MAMBOFLYER SGUYMER (8) 59 4 BYZANTINE KMCEVOY (3) 58.5 5 HATTONGARDEN JBOWMAN (4) 58.5 6 MISSSHAMARDAL BAVDULLA (1) 58 7 ROSMERTA CWBROWN (6) 57.5 8 FITANDREADY NRAWILLER (9) 57 9 SMASHHIT
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      • 521 40 / 41 RACE 1 Sunshine Coast 1st 12 Bloodhound ($26-$10) 2nd 5 Kenny’s Magic ($5.10) 3rd 11 Diamondsaucash (no 3rd dividend) 4th 6 Noisy Scooter. Forecast $7. Place forecast Abandoned/Refund. Tierce $140. Trio $12. Quartet $265. Quadro: Abandoned/Refund. Scratchings: 1 Kings Artist 2 Mangala 3 Tristabrave 4 Macedon 7
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      • 348 40 / 41  -  TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg JOCKEY V Sivan thought his daytrip to Ipoh yesterday would end up wasted. The thunderstorm, which caused the last four events (Race 8 to 11) to be abandoned due to adverse weather conditions, had threatened to disrupt the Perak Derby proceedings in
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      • 489 40 / 41 Race1 C5(LC)1600m 8 POWERBABY55(17-5.1) JacksonLow (3) 6 4 1 (451) 4 SUNNYSTAR56c54(42-15) KEirwan (9) 7 6 2 (447) 2.75 13 SOUNDSGOOD53.5c51.5(57-15) MLeong (7) 3 2 3 (446) 2.5 7 SASSYBEEBEE55.5c54.5(28-11) YAify (2) 11 9 4 (471) Nk XWinning owner: TK Liew. Trainer: Evelyn Seet. Time: 1min 37.80sec
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 489 42 RACE TO BE WORLD NO. 1: Reuters. LEE WESTWOOD celebrated his 38th birthday with a comfortable three-stroke victory at the Indonesian Masters yesterday to stay in the hunt for regaining the world No. 1 spot from German Martin Kaymer. The world No. 2 will top the
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      • 522 42 but Donald still in the hunt Reuters. LUKE Donald recovered from a faltering start to remain one shot clear after The Heritage third round yesterday morning (Singapore time), staying on track to become world No. 1 for the first time. Donald (right), who will take over at the top of
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      • 179 42 TENNIS Wire Services. JULIA Goerges upset top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart yesterday. The 22-year-old German (left) won in Bad Gastein, Austria, last year but had never captured a title inoneofWTA’spremierevents. Goerges becomes the
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        875 43 Bryant on the way to matching Jordan’ssixtitles AP. KOBE Bryant hasn’t called anybody anything so far in the NBA play-offs, though it’s easy to imagine what kind of names he had in mind for his teammates following a shocking Game One loss to the New Orleans Hornets. Meandering
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      • 413 43  -  FOOTBALL DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg EVEN as the co-existence of the two Indonesian leagues remain in limbo, a neighbouring door could open for the eight Lions playing down south, or other Singaporean footballers keen for some overseas action. In a bid to further improve Malaysian
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    • Sports Table Tennis
      • 497 44  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg CASTING their nets far and wide seems to be the philosophy the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) is adopting, as it signed a dumofunderstanding(MOU)withthePeople’sAssociation (PA) yesterday to bring the sport into the heartlands. The partnership’s main aim is to set up
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      • 185 44 MOTOR RACING AP. POLISH Formula One driver Robert Kubica has left the hospital, 11 weeks after suffering severe injuries during a rally crash. The Santa Corona hospital in the northern Italian town of Pietra Ligure announced the move late on Saturday, saying “his condition is good and the
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      • 157 44  -  DAVID LEE DONUTS brought Orchard Road to a standstill yesterday. No, not the sugary kind, but, along with the sound of screeching tyres, former Red Bull Racing driver David Coulthard entertained some 50,000 spectators lining an 800m stretch of the world-famous thoroughfare with high-revving stunts
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    • Sports Football
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        623 45  -  NFL player sent to hospital after scuffle breaks out at final whistle LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg A BRAWL erupted after the final whistle in a National Football League (NFL) Division Three game between Gambas Avenue and Ottawa Serpent FC at the Serangoon Stadium yesterday. The scuffle, which lasted
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    • Sports La Liga
      • 340 46 VALENCIA3 (Soldado 60, Goncalvez 80, Alba 85) REAL MADRID 6 (Benzema 23, Higuain 31,42,53, Kaka 39,62) Reuters. KAKAandGonzaloHiguainorchestrat-ed Real Madrid’s 6-3 destruction of Valencia in La Liga yesterday morning(Singaporetime)anddemonstratedthe impressive strength in depth available in JoseMourinho’ssquad. Brazilian playmaker Kaka scored two goals and set up another two
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      • 394 46 BARCELONA 2 (David Villa 24, Lionel Messi 88) OSASUNA0 Wire Services. LIONEL Messi has done it. He is now the first player in Spanish football history to score 50 goals in a single season. The 23-year-old (right) etched his name in the
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      • 436 46 BRESCIA0 AC MILAN 1 (Robinho 82) SERIEA Wire Services. ACMilantookagiantsteptowardstheirfirst Serie A title in seven years yesterday morning (Singapore time) when a late Robinho strike gave the Rossoneri a 1-0 win at Brescia and an eight-point lead with fourgamestogo. Milan need just five points from
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    • Sports EPL
      • 490 47 BLACKBURN v MAN CITY (Tomorrow,3am, SingTelmio TV Ch102) PA Sport. MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has warned his players not to let him down when they face Blackburn. There is a wave of euphoria in and around Eastlands, with the FA Cup final against Stoke
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      • 262 47 Wire Services. COMING soon to the EPL: Jose Mourinho continuing his tactical battles against Pep Guardiola. That’s the view of Roberto Martinez, the Wigan manager, who believes his close friend Guardiola has nothing left to achieve in Spain. He told the Daily Mirror: “It
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      • 254 47 PA Sport ANTONIO Valencia has set his sights on becoming a Premier League champion to erase the memory of the horror injury he suffered on Manchester United duty earlier this season. Valencia (right) spent six months on the sidelines after dislocating his ankle in the Champions
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      • 843 48 / 49  -  CHELSEA3 (Frank Lampard 44, Fernando Torres 84, Florent Malouda 90+3) WESTHAM 0 NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg I Neil Humphreys’EPLnovel,Premier Leech, isout now. REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE ANYONE who did not put their HDB flat on Fernando Torres breaking his scoring duck does not know West Ham.
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      • 350 48 / 49 PA Sport. FERNANDO Torres claimed the pressure had been lifted from his shoulders after he finally scored his first goal for Chelsea in their 3-0 Premier League win over West Ham. The £50 million ($102m) man had not found the net for
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      • 230 48 / 49 PA Sport. DESPITE a 3-0 win over West Ham yesterday morning, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is not hopeful of pipping Manchester United to the Premiership title. The win maintained Chelsea’s slim hopes of retaining the Premier League title but, with leaders United beating Everton
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      • 86 48 / 49 HE WILL never forgive or forget. A season on from the non-handshake between Wayne Bridge and JohnTerry– following allegations ofanaffair between the Chelsea captainandVanessaPerroncel,Bridge’s formergirlfriend the momentsbefore lastnight’s gameofferedachance for a reconciliation between the former pals, reported the Daily Mail. Last year, when playing for Manchester
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      • 701 50 / 51  -  BOLTON 2 (Daniel Sturridge 38, Tamir Cohen 90) ARSENAL1 (Robin van Persie 48) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg COMMENT A FEEBLE, feeble attempt by Arsenal to show that they are still in the title hunt ended in yet more misery for the London club. A 2-1 defeat by Bolton yesterday
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      • 358 50 / 51 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger is “very optimistic” Samir Nasri will extend his contract with Arsenal and sees no reason why all the current squad cannot fulfil their desire for success at the Emirates Stadium. The 23-year-old France midfielder Nasri (right) and full-back Gael Clichy are
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      • 237 50 / 51 Wire Services. FORMER England star Paul Gascoigne has urged Jack Wilshere to ignore all the hype and hopes he can become a superstar. Wilshere, just 19, was crowned PFA Young Player of the Year last week after an amazing season for Arsenal.
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      • 189 50 / 51 EVENTS LOCAL EVENTS FOOTBALL What:AFC CupGroupG Tampines Rovers v Hanoi T&T When: Wednesday, 7.30pm Where: Jalan Besar Stadium TAMPINES Rovers continue their Asian adventure with a home game against Vietnam’sHanoiT&Tat theJalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday. The two sides drew 1 -1 in Hanoi two weeks ago. The Stags
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      • ON TV
        • 106 50 / 51 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: IBLACKBURNvMAN CITY SingTelmio TVCh102, 3am Wednesday: ISTOKEvWOLVES SingTel mio TV Ch 103,2.45am Thursday: IFULHAMv BOLTON SingTelmio TVCh103, 3am CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS FIRST LEG Wednesday: ISCHALKE vMAN UTD SingTel mio TV Ch 102,2.45am Thursday: IR.MADRID vBARCELONA SingTel mio TV Ch 102,2.45am CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: IREALSALT LAKE
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        • 36 50 / 51 WTA BARCELONA LADIES OPEN Thursday: IQUARTER-FINAL1 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 7pm I QUARTER-FINAL2 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 9pm I QUARTER-FINAL3 SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 11 pm
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        • 27 50 / 51 Today: ITANJONG PAGARvHOUGANG (Clementi Stadium,7.30pm) Call 1900-*****13 after 10.15pm for the half-time and full-time results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Tomorrow: IHOMEvGEYLANG (Bishan Stadium, 7.30pm)
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