The New Paper, 8 January 2012

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2 24 The New Paper
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 15 2 CONGRATULATIONS Winner of the Dec 26 $3,000 LAST CHANCE CONTEST Juma’at Ahmad I/C No: SXXXX868Z
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    • 63 2 FEATURES 7 Fame or shame? Women who use nudity to achieve celebrity 12 Ministerial pay cuts Heartlanders have their say in Ground Zero 22 LionessesXII Wives girlfriends play their role 28 Around the Den Jalan Besar food picks REGULARS Snapshot 4 Secret Shopper 24 Afford/Aspire 25 Live Right 26-27 Eats
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    • 32 2 COLUMNS 17 Confessions ...of a parking auntie and why she can’t give chance 34 SMOng Fortune God vs Santa Claus 35 Notes from Neil Humphreys Why gahmen pay cuts hurt my head
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    • 32 2 SPORTS 44 FA cup Reds hit by new racism claim 47 Man U gossip Rooney rubbishes rumours that he’ll leave 52 Godfrey Robert on M-league: Veteran editor chooses his all-time best line-up
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
  • UPFRONT
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      587 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg The M-League campaign will get underway in about 48 hours, and our LionsXII have been gearing up to do battle with teams up north. (See our 24-page M-League pull-out.) Before I go on, I must come clean and confess yet again that I know very
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • SNAPSHOT
    • 266 4 / 5 A hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand yesterday after hitting a power line, killing all 11 people on board. Their families and friends (above) watched in horror. The balloon came hurtling down “like a rocket” in calm
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    • 131 4 / 5 Buddhist charity gives more in red packets to needy seniors disabled THE Singapore Buddhist Lodge will hand out more than $670,000 in red packets to needy old folk and the disabled ahead of Chinese New Year. The amount is 20 per cent more than last year’s donations and is the
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    • Article, Illustration
      37 4 / 5 MUDDY GRAVE: A landslide buried shanty houses in a mining area on a southern Philippine island, killing at least 25 people and leaving dozens missing, local disaster and security officials said on Thursday. PICTURE: REUTERS
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    • 529 4 / 5 NKF launches new fund-raiser Ang Mo Kio-Hougang grassroots leaders helped the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in the launch of its new fund-raising campaign. Some 300 grassroots leaders from the constituency yesterday pledged to each donate the cost of an artificial kidney, part of NKF’s
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    • 119 4 / 5 Three men, including a journalist, were arrested yesterday in Kuala Lumpur over graffiti said to be linked to the rally to support Anwar Ibrahim. The rally is scheduled to be held tomorrow when the verdict on the
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    • 129 4 / 5 AFP SRI Lanka has lifted a moratorium on killing stray dogs as the government attempts to cut down on the scores of people who are hospitalised daily from dog bites, a media report said yesterday. Sri
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    • 132 4 / 5 AFP JAPAN’S defence minister faces the sack after a series of gaffes, including describing the rape of a 12-year-old girl by three US servicemen in 1995 as a “sexual orgy incident”. Mr Yasuo Ichikawa, who has only been in office for
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    • Article, Illustration
      179 4 / 5 S$1.4 million The amount that a robber demanded from a branch of Halifax bank in London. But the absent-minded robber gave the cashier his gun instead of a bag for the wads. He escaped, but there is a reward now for information on his whereabouts. S$109,700 The price
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    • 182 4 / 5  -  ARTIST’S IMPRESSION With 2011 a PR disaster for media mogul Rupert Murdoch everyone expected him to keep a low profile. Nobody expected the 80-year-old to join the twitterverse. Since New Year’s eve, he has been giving his opinions on life, movies (his own), books and US presidential
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    • 236 6  -  Animals caught my eye this week not least because we’re making the transition into the Year of the Dragon. These pictures show the complex relationship between animals and man; how we try to protect them and how we have threatened each
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    • 140 6 We rate the past week’s news good and bad The $10 million Labrador Nature Coastal Walk that links the Southern Ridges to the waterfront at Keppel Harbour gives people a new trail to explore. Given the state of the global economy, Singapore is expected to experience “sub-par growth”
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 46 7 PEOPLE Fame shame in spite of the T is Chinese model-actress is so desperate for fame that she lets her mother make an online nude video of her, despite her father’s rage. What’s scary is, she is now a red-hot celebrity PICTURE: DAILY LENGLUI NEXT PAGE
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 429 11 9i m r mm informatics Touch the Future OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Top 40 UK University in Computer Sciences IT UK Guardian, Good University Guide 2012 The Best Modern University for 10 years in a row The Sunday Times, Good University 2011 91% of its graduates were employed within B months
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 278 13 Australian Universities I Open Day Sat 14th Sun 15th Jan 2012, 11am to 5pm Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Grand Mandarin Ballroom Level 6, 333 Orchard Road IDP Education is organising the AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES OPEN DAY for students intending to further their studies in Australia. Applications tc the institutions can be submitted
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  • THEN & NOW
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      770 14 / 15  -  Former SBC Orchestra leader celebrates 80th birthday with his first album REPORT: SHAUN SOH shaunsoh@sph.com.sg At the ripe old age of 80, Mr Rufino Soliano will be releasing his first album. Better known to older TV viewers as the man who led the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 29 16 OUT ON MONDAY Your one-stop guide to the big step after the O levels Watch out for our 48-page special in The New Paper and online at www.tnpgoguide.sg thenewpaper
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PARKING WARDEN
    • 954 17  -  JOYCE LIM Joycel@sph.com.sg MADAM Tan starts her work with a bang every day. When drivers spot her, they literally bang the tables and tumble over their chairs as they make a dash to their cars, hoping to get there before Madam Tan does. These are
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 180 21 SCORE FREE TICKETS HAVE M’SIA CUP FUN Join thenewpaper us at THE NEW PAPER SPORTS BAR (St James Power Station) today from 4.30pm. Simply collect our page 1 M’sia Cup countdown mastheads from Dec 26 to today. (Back issues available there if you missed collecting your copies. You can also
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • 613 24 With the M-League upon us, we’re going shopping this week for, well, what else? Football. For the record, aside from dabbling in netball and water polo in her youth, this secret shopper is no sports enthusiast. My kid brother, on the other hand, is an avid footie
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
    • 493 25  -  Compiled by Fabian Koh 1. ADIDAS ADIZERO F30TRX PRICE: $179 These boots are for players with a need for speed as the patented SprintWeb technology is meant to enhance the feel of the ball. It also allows for faster dribbling and stability at high speeds. The
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  • Page 26 / 27 Advertisements
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  • LIVE RIGHT
    • 628 26 / 27 With Singapore’s Malaysian Super League adventure kicking off on Tuesday, all eyes are on the lionsXII team. But it isn’t just ball skills and striking power that will win trophies. Being fit enough to go the distance is equally important. Defensive midfielder Isa
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  • EATS
    • 744 28 / 29  -  Jalan Besar Stadium will be a hotbed of action this week when LionsXII play their first M-League opponents, Kelantan. ANNABELLE LIANG sniffs out the best places to get a, hopefully, post-victory meal ANNABELLE LIANG DID YOU KNOW? I Jalan Besar means big (or wide)
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    • 703 30  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Food is a subject I hold close to my heart, although usually, I hold it closer to my mouth only the tasty ones, of course. But heritage food is the kind that truly tugs at my heartstrings. In this new
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    • 615 31  -  THIS WEEK: VEGETARIAN BEEHOON Compiled by ANNABELLE LIANG, FABIAN KOH Tian Jin Vegetarian 453A Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, #01 -210 Chong Boon Market And Food Centre Opening hours: 5.30am to 2.30pm daily Unmistakable with its bright green signboard, this stall has
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    • 587 32  -  FOOD FOR THOUGHT VANESSA FRIDA tnp@sph.com.sg The writer is a fast-rising name on Singapore’s culinary scene. She organises cooking classes and personalised chef tables for groups. Find her online at www.facebook.com/CulinaryNess With many varieties of bread, it is hard to decide which suits your needs. Let me
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    • Article, Illustration
      333 32 FRESH ROSEMARY FOCACCIA BREAD (makes one 38cm x 25cm x 2.5cm flatbread) Ingredients I 1 2/3cups warm water I 1 packet (7g) active dry yeast I Pinch of sugar I 5 cups flour, plus additional for kneading I1/4cup, plus 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil I 21/2teaspoons salt
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  • WHEELS
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      626 33  -  TWO WHEELS GOOD DANSON CHEONG tnp@sph.com.sg As aerodynamic road bikes (or aero-road bikes) go, the NeilPryde Alize is a bit of an anomaly. Aero-road bikes commonly have blade-like downtubes and slender head-tubes to cut through the wind with as little resistance as possible. Not the Alize. At first
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    • 419 33  -  Danson Cheong Bus drivers getting lost. MRT trains breaking down. It seems anything can happen to the public transport network these days. Hapless commuters like us can’t do anything but bear the brunt of the delays while problems are sorted out. Or can we? This being
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  • HUMOUR
    • 615 34  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg To recap, last year, a colleague showed my photo to a fengshui expert to read my fortune based on my face and birthdate. Among other things, the fengshui guy described me as “too candid with his
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    • REALLY? Odd news that's for real
      • 92 34 AFP THE family of a 29-year-old British tourist who died in Las Vegas, US, in 2005 has agreed to a US$350,000 (S$450,000) settlement to end a lawsuit stemming from the disappearance of the man’s internal organs after an autopsy. Clark County is offering US$50,000 to settle Mr
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      • 76 34 Wires The soft drink Mountain Dew is now under scrutiny after a man claimed that he found a mouse in his can of soda. But much of the scrutiny also comes because of Pepsi’s unusually stomach-churning reply: It says Mr Ronald Ball, of Illinois, US, would never have
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      • 112 34 AP A Secret Santa has told an Ohio man not to expect any more pecan pies, which arrived mysteriously for 35 years. Mr Willis Welch says the pie that showed up at his Columbus home in the US during the recent holiday season was
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    • 442 34  -  HUMOUR ME SIVA CHOY tnp@sph.com.sg A friend who runs an evening maths tuition class recently decided to split her expanding class into two. This was so that she could give her students more personalised attention. She called the first group
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    • Article, Illustration
      838 35  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg Gahmen pay cuts hurt heads In the name of Isaac Newton, what the heck was that ministerial pay-cut formula all about? I haven't spent this much time fixating over public figures since I watched Baywatch. And David Hasselhoff could not have deciphered the formula revealed by
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 110 35 b DILBERT by SCOTT ADAMS dilbert.com o CONGRATULATIONS! I'M NAMING YOU PROJECT LEADER. AS SUCH, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A CUBICLE THAT IS THREE INCHES UIDER THAN STANDARD. OTHERWISE OUR CEO WILL LOOK LIKE A JERK FOR HAVING A PRIVATE BATHROOM WITH A TRAINED FALCON AS A TOILET PAPER HOLDER.
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  • TV
    • 491 36  -  Channel 5’s heavily censored Spartacus still manages to be quite a rip-roaring watch JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Whoever edited Spartacus to make it suitable for television must be a genius. Targeted specifically at the much more lenient US cable market, Spartacus as originally aired was awash in blood,
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    • 285 36 SURA (ERIN CUMMINGS) She looks a bit like Liv Tyler, but sexier. The wife of Spartacus, she stands by her man at all times, except when she’s lying down with him, which is often. She can stand up for herself in battle, so don’t mess with
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    • 129 36 The Tourist HBO (StarHub Ch 601), 10pm A broken-hearted American tourist’s playful dalliance with a mysterious woman who deliberately crosses his path in Italy leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger. Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie. Twinkle Twinkle VV Drama (StarHub Ch 855), 9.30pm This
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 32 37 Saturday, Jan 07 2012 First Second Third 0188 3917 7234 Starters 4808 7040 6782 8122 6903 5141 1147 0448 8906 0912 Consolations 9369 8610 5248 4070 4739 2954 0898 0813 4311 1579
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  • RACING
    • 499 37 RACE 1 (Warwick Farm) 1st 3 Dystopia ($15-$5.10) 2nd 1 Tiger Tees ($5.10) 3rd 2 Youthful Jack ($11) 4th 6 O’Crikey. Forecast $4. Place forecast $7 (1 -2), $2.50 (1 -3), $8 (2-3). Tierce $39. Trio $10. Quartet $59. Quadro $6. Scratchings: 4 Sikka, 9
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    • 1192 37 Race 1 C4 (LC) 1200m 6 NO TIME TO WAIT 51.5 (58-19) Jackson Low (5) 6 5 2 (458) 2.75 C4(LC) 1200ml 1 NORTH TO ALASKA 57 c 55 (19-6) XWinning stable: L&E. Trainer: PK Leong. Time: 1min 11.00sec (Going: good). Forecast: $30. Tierce: $431. Quartet: $2087.
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    • 153 38  -  BESTBET TAN THEAN LOON THE Steven Burridge-trained GOLD PYRAMID is a nice horse and is worth a strong each-way bet in Race 3 at Kranji today. So far, the four-year-old chestnut Austral-ian-bred has had a debut win and a second (both over 1,200m on
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    • 690 38 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND (KUMARA) AUSTRALIA (ASCOT/TOOWOOMBA) RESULTS RACE 1 (Kumara) Abandoned because of unsafe track conditions RACE 2 (Kumara) Abandoned RACE 3 (Ascot) 1st 13 Playhouse Theatre ($69-$14) 2nd 6 Rue De Marengo ($11) 3rd 8 Bantry Belle ($24) 4th 7 Alrighty Then. Forecast $69. Place forecast $36 (6-8), $29
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    • 540 38 Andrew Frost 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon 1 Lira 5 4 9 9 Sir Rumble 4 Lucky Steed 1 Rena Cross Lucky Steed Sir Rumble 1 5 Lucky Steed Rena Cross Lira 9 9 11 Lira Vingt Des Lucky Steed 4 5 Rena Cross
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    • 2360 39 ANDREW FROST’S COMMENTS ON TODA Y’S KRANJITURF/POL YTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 Lira)))Significant drop in grade and doing more than enough in Class 4 to be a big winning show with 3kg claim. 2 One On One))Appreciates solid first-up effort but wide
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    • 2170 40 Going forecast: Good (Turf Polytrack) RACE 1 C5 12.50 -1400m(Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****5 Lira 59 (43) T Rehaizat* c3 5 (5ag Leslie Khoo-Joy N Happiness) 2 *****5 One On One 59
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    • 1741 41 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C4 1.10 -1200m Stakes: RM55,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 441-68 Crystal 57 (56) Jackson Low 1 (5ag KP Hoy-Mdm AN Cheong) 2 473--- Saya Boleh 55.5 (53) SH Lee 12 (6ag A Rahim-Golden
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    • 150 41 RACE 1 2 Saya Boleh 10 Woohu 9 Night Shadow 7 Feared RACE 2 1 Ken Arok 6 Cape D’Or 4 Pius Touch 9 Wiener RACE 3 3 FEISTY LEO)7 Didi 4 Ninetyfive Dragon 1 Nocollateralneeded RACE 4 1 Blazing Warrior 2 Sassy Bee Bee
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    • 1130 42 RACE 1 (1,200m) CLASSIC FIGURE (2) was hindered off the break and finished at the tail of the field last time out, but had given a good sight on the speed for a game second over this trip in October. He’ll enjoy all the
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    • 1581 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 WELL DONE A T MILLARD M L YEUNG 133 11 2 CLASSIC FIGURE A LEE G MOSSE 132 1 3 TRAVEL KING D
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
    • 84 43 SPORTS BETTING For fixtures of all Spanish, Italian and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Ip A V(i) A l wa Y s Play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age
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  • TENNIS
    • 618 43 Wire Services Tomas Berdych is backing teammate Petra Kvitovato clinch the No. 1 ranking in women’s tennis after the Czech Republic duo thrashed France to win the Hopman Cup in Perth yesterday. Kvitova, ranked second in the world, went through the tournament unbeaten
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    • 251 43 NBA AFP ORLANDO MAGIC 83 CHICAGO BULLS 97 THE CHICAGO Bulls stretched their NBA winning streak to six games yesterday morning (Singapore time) as they dealt the Orlando Magic their first home defeat of the season. Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose shrugged
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    • 108 43 GOLF AFP DEFENDING champion Jonathan Byrd reeled off six birdies in a row yesterday morning (Singapore time) en route to a six-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the US PGA Tour’s season-opening Tournament of Champions. Byrd, whose round on the par-73 Plantation
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  • FA CUP
    • 668 44 Wire Services THIRD ROUND LIVERPOOL 5 (Bellamy 30, Gerrard 45-pen, Shelvey 68, Carroll 89, Downing 90) OLDHAM 1 (Simpson 28) Liverpool were at the centre of another race row yesterday morning (Singapore time) after Oldham player Tom Adeyemi was alleged to have been racially
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    • 337 44 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish admitted the 5-1 scoreline in their FA Cup third-round victory over Oldham yesterday morning (Singapore time) flattered his side. The League One visitors took a deserved lead through Robbie Simpson’s brilliant strike in the 28th minute but a freakish
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    • 632 45 TOTTENHAM 3 (Defoe 24, Pavlyuchenko 43, Giovani 87) CHELTENHAM 0 GIOVANI DOS SANTOS scored his third Tottenham goal in four years and set up two more as Harry Redknapp’s men cruised in to the fourth round of the FA Cup. Dos Santos, who
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    • 242 45 MACCLESFIELD 2 (Daniel 15, Mendy 68) BOLTON 2 (Klasnic 7, Wheater 77) MACCLESFIELD earned an FA Cup replay after a battling draw against Premier League side Bolton. The Silkmen came from a goal down to lead 2-1 before David Wheater’s header made it 2-2. Bolton made
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    • 787 46 / 47  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg THIRD ROUND NEWCASTLE 2 (Hatem Ben Arfa 70, Jonas Gutierrez 90+5) BLACKBURN1 (David Goodwillie 35) They left it late, real late. But Newcastle eventually fought off a spirited Blackburn side to book their place in the next round of
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    • 452 46 / 47 Ace striker rubbishes rumours that he wants to leave the club PA Sport Wayne Rooney has insisted his future remains with Manchester United. Rooney and United combined to release a strongly-worded statement on Friday, labelling a story that he was about to leave the
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    • 360 46 / 47 AFP ROBERTO Mancini has warned his Manchester City players to beware an “angry” Manchester United as the two rivals go head-to-head in the FA Cup third round tonight. City inflicted a humiliating 6-1 defeat on United when the the clubs met in the league at
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    • 706 48 / 49  -  STEVE MCMAHON npsports@sph.com.sg There can be only one winner in tonight’s FA Cup Manchester Derby and that’s the blue half. The latest clash between the two city rivals will have a sharper edge to it than usual, given that it will be the first
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    • 671 48 / 49  -  Our analyst tells GARY LIM he disagrees with former Liverpool midfielder Steve McMahon’s view that City’s second team are better than United’s starting 11 PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg I Paul Parker is a former England and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles
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  • Page 48 / 49 Advertisements
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  • BACK IN M-LEAGUE AND M’SIA CUP
    • 1272 50 / 51  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg On Tuesday, the 27-year-old will lead the LionsXII out of Malaysia Cup exile as they play their first game in the M-League in 17 years. Quite aptly his jersey number will also be 17. You know him as Shahril
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    • 673 52  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg The biggest thrill derived from an exercise such as picking a Singapore’s Malaysia Cup all-time best 11 is that it sets minds thinking. Thus memories are stirred, the fingers flip through pages of history for re-assurances and
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    • 605 53  -  MALAYSIAN CHARITY SHIELD 2012 KELANTAN 1 (Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 22) NEGERI SEMBILAN 2 (Jean Emmanuel Effa Owona 31,64) DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR BEWARE the wounded Red Warriors. Kelantan FA coach Peter Butler sounded a rallying cry after last night’s Malaysian Charity Shield
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    • 407 53  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg LOCAL hair and skin care label Silkpro has thrown its weight behind the LionsXII, after the announcement of their official partnership with the team yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The partnership, which is worth about $1 million and will
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    • 1389 54 / 55  -  Kelantan FA coach PETER BUTLER fires off warning ahead of Tuesday’s Malaysian Super League opener against LionsXII EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR I The Kelantan FA president wants to win all the titles at stake this season. Realistic target given the strength
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    • ON TV
      • 154 54 / 55 LIVE TELECASTS FACUP3RDROUND Tonight: I MAN CITY v MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 8.55pm I PETERBOROUGH v SUNDERLAND SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports), 11.25pm SERIEA Tonight: I UDINESE v CESENA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7.25pm I LECCE
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      • 27 54 / 55 Today: I SAN ANTONIO v DENVER NUGGETS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9.30am I ATLANTA HAWKS v CHICAGO BULLS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 8am
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      • 19 54 / 55 QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN Today: I FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm Ch 215 (Sports HD), 10pm
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  • Page 53 Advertisements
    • 127 53 Tickets almost gone TICKETS for the LionsXII’s season opener against Kelantan on Tuesday are fast running out. As of 8pm yesterday, only 10 per cent (approximately 800 tickets) are left for purchase. The remaining tickets are priced at $12.00 (Grandstand) and $7.00 (Gallery King George’s Stand). Ticket sales for Tuesday’s
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  • 20 56 / 1 the new paper sunday JAN ***** j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SfdJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS CENTS MICA (P) 089/01/2012
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  • Page 56 / 1 Advertisements
    • 86 56 / 1 the new paper 2 DAYS TO M-LEAGUE KICK-OFF MAN CITY RESERVES CAN BEAT MAN U IN FA CUP, SAYS McMAHON DAD’S SHAME AS DAUGHTER BARES ALL FOR FAME LIONS PRIDE No way, says Parker Mum films her in the nude 48 (L-R) Gabriel Quak, Khairul Amri, Shahril Ishak, Fazli Ayob,
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  • M-LEAGUE SPECIAL
    • 861 2  -  S MURALI SPORTS EDITOR muralis@sph.com.sg I can still recollect the moment like it was yesterday. It was 1993, and I was sitting in the gallery at the old National Stadium, watching Singapore’s Dream Team demolish Brunei in an M-League Division 2 match. Like
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    • 704 4  -  RIZAL ABDULLAH npsports@sph.com.sg I Rizal Abdullah has covered Malaysian football for leading newspaper The Star for 30 years. He is now a freelance journalist based in Johor Baru. Kelantan fell short of expectations despite clinching a historic first Super League title last season. They
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    • 263 4 STAR PLAYER THE RETURN of local professionals Indra Putra Mahyuddin and Mohd Nor Farhan Mohamad to Kelantan, after a season’s stint with Super League club side T-Team would not have come at a better time for coach Peter Butler. “They are good
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    • 646 6  -  GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg The odds are out, and the plotting begins. Singapore’s only legal sports bookmaker, Singapore Pools, has released the outright winner’s odds for the Malaysian Super League (MSL), with Kelantan the firm favourites at a pay-out of $2.70. Just behind are Terengganu,
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    • 294 8 STAR PLAYER TERENGGANU have produced two Golden Boot Award winners in the last two seasons with internationals Ashaari Shamsudin (18 goals) winning it in 2010 andAbdul Hadi Yahya, (20 goals) coming out tops last year. Then there is another international in the
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    • 674 8 Terengganu have established themselves as one of the most exciting football teams in Malaysia in recent times and have instilled fear into their opponents. After narrowly missing out on a treble in 2011, the FA Cup champions have set a highly-ambitious target under new coach Mat Zan Mat
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    • 721 9 The figures say it all. A record 32 Malaya/Malaysia Cup, five FA Cup and eight Charity Shield titles rank Selangor as the most successful team in Malaysian football. Selangor were also known for their fierce rivalry with Singapore before the latter withdrew from the
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    • 231 9 STAR PLAYER THE DISAPPOINTMENT of ending the 2011 M-League season without a trophy still haunts versatile Selangor skipper Amri Yahyah. But with half the team gone and a new coach at the helm, Amri who has been playing for his home state for the
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    • 582 10 The complaint for Perak has to be that they ran out of steam. Perak went on a sensational run at the start of the 2011 M-League season and looked good for at least one title, but their early firepower fizzled out as
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    • 182 10 STAR PLAYER PERAK skipper Shahrulnizam Mustapa, 30, was handpicked by Kedah coach Azraai Khor Abdullah to replace Chilean central midfielder Nelson San Martin in 2009, after the Football Association of Malaysia closed its doors on foreigners. Today, the Ipoh-born Shahrulnizam (right) is expected
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    • 1036 11 2012 FIXTURES JANUARY 10 (Tuesday) I Negeri Sembilan v Selangor 8.45pm I Perak v Terengganu 8.45pm I Felda United v Sabah 4.45pm I Sarawak v Kuala Lumpur 8.15pm I T-Team v Kedah 8.45pm I LionsXII v Kelantan 7.45pm I PKNS v Johor FC 8.45pm 13 (Friday) I
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    • 1075 12 / 13  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg The lions are unbeaten for over 17 years in the Malaysia Cup and League. That’s obvious. Less obvious and more specifically, they have a 13-match unbeaten run to protect, a run stretching back to Aug 16, 1994 the last time Singapore
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    • 714 15 It was, at best, forgettable. The 2011 M-League was a bad season for Kedah the second most successful team after Selangor in Malaysian football finishing empty-handed and changing coaches in mid-season. But Kedah are ready to strike back. They are ready to show
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    • 219 15 STAR PLAYER BADDROL Bakhtiar captained Malaysia to retain the South-east Asia (SEA) Games football gold medal, with a 5-4 win on penalties against hosts Indonesia in Jakarta on Nov 21 last year. Fittingly, he (right) scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout,
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      598 16 After a decade in the big league but without a trophy to show, Johor FC are keen to shed the “under-achievers” tag. The Bees, as the club are known by their fans, have been a mainstay of the Super League since earning promotion in 2001. They were twice
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    • 205 16 STAR PLAYER JOHOR FC believe that they have an able replacement for midfielder Rezal Zambery Yahya in veteran Khairul Ismail. The 31-year-old Khairul, or “Boy” as he is known to his teammates and friends, not only reads the game well but is also known
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    • 648 17 Losing one or two key first-team players will see some coaches break into cold sweat. But not Negeri Sembilan’s Azraai Khor Abdullah, often described as a coach with the Midas touch. Instead, it is the beginning of a long journey for Azraai
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    • 326 17 STAR PLAYER DESPITE the mass exodus of star players, skipper Shukor Adan insists the newcomers for Malaysia Cup champions Negeri Sembilan will strive for more glory. The 32-year-old Malacca-born midfielder chose to stay put with the Deer, as the Negeri team are also known,
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    • 682 18 Sarawak are back with the big boys, not that they are letting it get to their heads. After plying their trade in the second-tier Premier League for the last five years, Sarawak football supremo Robert Alberts is playing down his team’s chances in the big league.
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    • 226 18 STAR PLAYER DESCRIBED as one of the brightest goalkeepers in Malaysia, Sani Anuar Kamsani never really got the breakthrough he deserved, even when he won the Malaysia Cup (2009) and FA Cup (2010) with Negeri Sembilan. The scenario was no different when
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    • 498 19 It is indeed a rare problem to have. life is not only going to be tough for the Selangor club PKNS FC in the big league, but they have also found out that their side are unable to attract big names,
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    • 185 19 STAR PLAYER PKNS FC skipper Mohd Fadhil Hashim has stayed with the team through thick and thin and is an inspiration to his teammates. The 28-year-old former President’s Cup player from Selangor has been given the captain’s armband and coach Abdul
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    • 504 20 After winning the Premier League title in 2010, Felda United found life tough playing in the big league. Last season, they finished 11th in the 14-team Super League and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup. It was a good learning experience
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    • 170 20 STARPLAYER FORMER national goalkeeper Hamsani Ahmad, 35, has been appointed Felda United’s new skipper for the 2012 M-League season. A revamped Felda United are eyeing a better outing this season after a lowly 11th place in last year’s Super League with the management demanding a top-five
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    • 636 21 “King” James Wong, Hassan Sani and Peter Rajah were household names in this region in the 1980s and till today they are Sabah’s best known footballers to have represented Malaysia. In the 1990s, one name that stood out among the ranks was Matlan Marjan. He was
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    • 289 21 STAR PLAYER WITH his mission in Sarawak accomplished, Sabah’s prodigal son Bobby Gonzales has returned home, to the delight of coach Justin Ganai (below) as the SabaHawks hope to light up their 2012 M-League campaign. The 28-year-old Bobby, a former Malaysian Under-19 player,
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    • 552 22 Reaching the Malaysia Cup semi-finals in 2011 in only their second appearance is a milestone for the Terengganu outfit simply known as T-Team. Founded in 2007, T-Team won the third-tier FAM Cup in 2008 to clinch a place in the sec-ond-tier Premier League in
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    • 211 22 STAR PLAYER T-TEAM coach Yunus Alif has finally got his prized possession after a year’s wait. He is counting on former international Fadzli Saari to deliver for the Young Turtles. “I wanted him last season but he was tied down with Selangor. Fadzli is an
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    • 583 23 One-time kingpins of Malaysian football in the 1980s and the 1990s, Kuala Lumpur are nowin a sorry state mainly due to financial constraints as they struggle to stay afloat in the M-League. Even before the first match is played, Kuala Lumpur, or the City
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    • 230 23 STAR PLAYER FORMER national Under-23 player Stanley Bernard has returned to his roots in Kuala Lumpur after being released by Sabah at the end of the 2011 season bringing with him a wealth of experience. The widely-travelled Stanley, who previously had a stint in
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    • 91 14 January 2012GTHE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY Singh, sports trainer Yahaya, assistant coach Gurnaya Khan, physio Kadir defender Majid Taufiq Rahmat, winger Yasir Hanapi, winger Safuwan Baharudin, central defender Khaizan, Izwan Mahbud, goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at, goalkeeper Agu Casmir, striker Shahril Ishak, midfielder Baihakki central Firdaus Kasman, midfielder Omar Mohamed,kit man Safirul
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