The New Paper, 12 May 2012

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  • 12 1 the new paper SATURDAY MAY 12 2012 70 CENTS MICA (P) 090/01/2012
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 178 1 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 Man on bus accused of rubbing groin against male passenger ITE girl is first to qualify for top 25 of New Face 2012 Page 4 Page 21 BATTLE FOR HOUGANG WILL WET MARKET BE HOT ISSUE? Residents want it. PAP’s Desmond Choo promises to
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  • News
    • Hougang By-Election
      • 993 2 / 3  -  Lack of wet market may affect residents’ vote in Hougang by-election REPORT LEDIATI TAN, DAVID SUN, DARYL YAM tnp@sph.com.sg WET markets are a quintessential part of Singaporean life. So when the wet market at Hougang Avenue 3 was torn down in 2008, it naturally upset residents.
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      • 222 2 / 3 EARLIER this week, People’sAction Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo revisited the issue by pledging to build a new market in Hougang. Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang responded to Mr Choo’s pledge on Wednesday night. He told reporters that while it
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      • 30 2 / 3 New Face is back for the 20th year!: (TNP, yesterday): On Page 1, we spelt our New Face 2005 winner’s name as Sophie Willcocq. It should have been Willocq.
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    • 505 4  -  Cops called after dad claims man rubbed groin against his son REPORT HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HE WAS seated on the bus when he felt the person standing beside him rubbing his groin against his right shoulder. The man, 20, told his father, who then complained
      PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS  -  505 words
    • 757 6  -  Some students, parents unhappy about repeat of mid-year English exam after Punggol Secondary School misplaces scripts REPORT FABIAN KOH fabkoh@sph.com.sg AN ENTIRE cohort of Secondary 1 Express students at Punggol Secondary School had to retake part of their English Language examination yesterday. The reason? Their school, at
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    • Local News watch
    • 634 10  -  Local players of Harry Potter game want it taken seriously REPORT CHELSEA LIM chelslim@sph.com.sg SHE spends every Friday evening competing with her friends, trying to get a ball into a hoop. But Jeslin Tay Li Jin, 21, is not a forward for a netball or
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    • 200 10 IT MAY seem like a joke to non-Harry Potter fans, but Quidditch is quickly gaining international popularity. Last year, the fifth Quidditch World Cup was held in New York in the United States, attracting about 100 teams from all over the world. The International Quidditch Association (IQA),
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    • Crime File
      • 395 11  -  Engineering undergrad stole eight boxes of drinks, 40kg of rice with law grad girlfriend REPORTS AMANDA PHUA aphua@sph.com.sg HE IS an aeronautical engineering student at Imperial College London and his parents hold high positions in banks. He could easily afford to buy what he needed.
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      • 242 11 CELEBRITY chefMelvyn Lee was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined $2,500 yesterday after killing a motorcyclist with his negligent driving. Lee, 25, host of “Accidental Chef” which was telecast on Channel NewsAsia, had been convicted on May 4 of two charges of negligent
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      • 154 11 WHEN he was stopped at a roadblock, he gave the traffic police the name and identity card number of another man, as he was riding a motorcycle without a licence. Azmi Tinggal, 33, had heard his friend say the name and IC number previously.
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    • Article, Illustration
      895 12 / 13  -  3D street artist Kurt Wenner brings the ‘bling’ to Changi Airport with exclusive artwork REPORT MARK LEONG marklyw@sph.com.sg HE HAS drawn on the pavements of nearly 30 countries worldwide. He has even had to fend off police officers who tried to stop him from drawing on what
      TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR; PICTURES: COURTESY OF KURT WENNER  -  895 words
    • 532 14  -  Take photos of things you love about S’pore on Instagram in NDP contest REPORT EUNICE TOH etoh@sph.com.sg HANGING the national flag outside your home is a common way of showing your love for Singapore on N ational Day. Now, because we have one of the
      PICTURES COURTESY OF LIM KOK SWEE, VANESSA CHAN  -  532 words
    • 437 15 M’siaman insists kids go to school before he collects strangled wife’s body THE siblings, a 12-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, went to school as usual on Thursday. Their father insisted that they sit their first-term examinations. Meanwhile, he went to Kuala
      PICTURES: SIN CHEW DAILY  -  437 words
    • 221 15 IN WHAT appeared to be a tit-for-tat move, Kuala Lumpur traders on Thursday set up a burger stall outside Bersih co-chairman S. Ambiga’s home. The 10 or so members of the Malaysia Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Alliance (Ikhlas) started giving out free burgers at about
      PICTURES: AP, SIN CHEW DAILY  -  221 words
    • Global News watch
    • 505 18 Seven priests under investigation for sexual abuse of minors AP A CULTURE of secrecy created by its founder has enabled priests in the ultra-conservative Legion Of Christ to abuse children, says a Vatican investigation. Seven priests from the order are being investigated for
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    • 436 19 He shoots himself when police find him and woman’s two other daughters in Tennessee woods Reuters THE two sisters were lying on the ground in the woods, hungry, thirsty and dehydrated, suffering from exposure and poison ivy. Nearby, a family friend, who is suspected to
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  • Page 2 / 3 Advertisements
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    • 120 2 / 3 Legal bid for Hougang by-election withdrawn/ PAGE 8 The New Paper Cash Converters Join the treasure hunt and win prizes worth more than $14,000 Plus an additional chance to win $2,500 Week 2 Oris Automatic Chronograph Men’s Watch (Worth $4,200) Week 3 Diamond Bangle (Worth $7,200) Week 4 Olympus DSLR
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 48 11 Concerned about Juggling work and studies? Do you have any other questions about private education? thenewpaper Thinking of upgrading while working?ASK US Send in your queries to tnp@sph.com.sg and our expert will address your concerns Answers will be published in The Adult Learners GO Guide on June 13
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 22 14 The Republic Hun 7 JULY 2012 www.republicrun.sg Register Now! Limited Running Spaces Left! 5km Youth Run 10km Open Competitive 5km Fun Run
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  • Page 16 / 17 Advertisements
    • 8 16 / 17 Your protest cost us many burgers/ PAGE 15
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  • Page 16 / 17 Miscellaneous

  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 30 20 MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL SON’S LOVE Actor Elvin Ng tells us why he is a mummy’s boy and proud of it MAKAN WITH A PLAN Read K F Seetoh’s Makansutra tomorrow
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 172 25 WATCH ’EM PICTURE: SINGTEL MIO TV Partners (above) Mei Ah Movies (SingTel mio TV Ch 50), 8pm Two police officers find a connection between the murder of a TV presenter and the attempted assassination of a female Diet member. Starring Yutaka Mizutani, Yasufumi Terawaki. Ceasefire CinemaWorld (StarHub Ch 613), 9pm
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 180 32 WATS Fast ads We are expanding and seeking the following personnel for immediate employment: Friers Full Time Service Crew Full Part Time Kitchen Helpers Full Time (Heavy lifting required) Location: #01-02 Balmoral Plaza, 271 Bukit Timah Road Only SINGAPOREANS, PRs need to apply and weekend working is compulsory Salary negotiable.
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
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  • Racing
    • 397 34 / 35  -  All thanks to all-the-way Bay Of Island TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg HE JOINED the Singapore Training Academy for Racing (STAR) programme without even having touched a horse before. It was hard work and he nearly gave up. But his perseverance paid off at Kranji last
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    • 871 34 / 35 Race 1 C5 D1 1200m 2 SEASONS WONDER 57 c 53 (197-48) R Saravanaa (8) 9 7 2 (480) 1.25 C5D*****m 6 CABRERA 56.5 c 53.5 (33-11) MAiry 5 BIONIC WARRIOR 56.5 c 54.5 (45-13) TH Koh* (1) 4 4 8 (504) 1.25 1 i 12
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    • 293 34 / 35 TOMORROW week’s Singapore Airlines International has lost some glamour. This comes after the strongly-fancied CIRRUS DES AIGLES of France pulled out from the $3 million race. The Singapore Turf Club said yesterday that trainer Corine Barande-Barbe decided to withdraw the top-rated seven-year-old
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    • 353 34 / 35 PENANG TRACKWORK NST INCOGNITO looks ready for his fourth straight success in Race 8 tomorrow, going by his one-round workout in Penang yesterday. He is engaged in the Actor IV Handicap for Class 3 horses over 1,400m. Taken out by a track rider, the seven-year-old
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    • 1605 36 / 37 RACE1 (1,600m) REAL DRAGON (2) had been struggling in Class 4 and was lame after a run last month. He made his presence felt in two Class 5s to open the season with a front-running second over the 1,200m at Sha Tin and
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    • 1503 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5TURF 1600m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$525,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 FULL VALUE R GIBSON O DOLEUZE 133 9 2 REAL DRAGON A S CRUZ M CHADWICK 132 7 3 FIGHTING HEART C S
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    • 1589 36 / 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 3 SAPPHIRE STAR) 2 Simply Stunning 8 Wonderful Gift 4 Comet Baby RACE 2: 6 Tienjin Warrior 4 Local Glory 5 Speed Guru 11 Sir Ed RACE 3: 6 Jeram Lioncity 2 Shark Hunter 4 Amaro
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    • 1948 38 / 39 THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS ROTORUA/BELMONT/DOOMBEN/ TOOWOOMBA RACE 1 Rotorua (1,400m) 14 DEHERE AND THERE: Promising sort who will be hard to beat. 11 LADY CAROLYN: Did very well last time. Deserves a winning turn. 1 CONFEDERATE: Just knocked off fresh-up. Smart horse who
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    • 311 38 / 39 12:18 Race 1 ROTORUA 1400M ROTORUA 1400M 1 CONFEDERATE CJGRYLLS (7) 59 2 DOING TIME KN COLLINS (10) 59 3 GIJIMA S SHIRAHAMA (16) 59 4 SIR FERRARI LKCROPP (17) 59 5 CHILL BILL 12:44 Race 2 BELMONT 1400M (18) 58 6 EL DORADO SUN A
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    • 582 38 / 39 Race 1 Maiden Plate 1200M 2 HOSTILE TAKEOVER 60 (29-10) S'M Khumalo (8) 1 -1200M 2 HOSTILE TAKEOVER 60 (29-10) 5 EBRO 60 (232-38) XTrainer: S Miller. Margins: 0.25, 3, 1.5. Time: 1min 10.63sec (Going:good). Forecast: $185. Place Forecast: $32 (Nos. 2-5), $5 (Nos. 1-2),
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 131 40 AP ALESSANDRO Nesta says he will leave AC Milan at the end of the season and is considering a move to Major League Soccer in the United States. The 36-year-old Nesta, who has spent 10 years at Milan, will play his
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      • 102 40 PA Sport WOLVES have confirmed the appointment of Stale Solbakken as their new manager yesterday. Norwegian Solbakken, 44, has signed a contract, the length of which was not disclosed, which starts on July 1. Solbakken had led FC Copenhagen to five Danish titles. He
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      • 151 40 Reuters AP LUIS Enrique has quit as manager of AS Roma, putting an end to a troubled reign in charge of the Serie A side, the club’s general director confirmed yesterday. “His work was good. At a certain point it wore him out and he
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      • 488 40 SPANISH GRAND PRIX AP MCLAREN’S Jenson Button was fastest in practice for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix, edging out Formula One points leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull in a slippery final session yesterday. The British driver’s lap time of 1min 23.399sec around the
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 514 41 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP PA Sport IAN Poulter has his eyes on a Ferrari Enzo and winning golf’s richest event this weekend would be all he needs to go out and buy one. The £5.8 million ($11.6m) Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida has an Englishman and
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      • 153 41 PGM ADT MASTERS ENGLAND’S Peter Richardson took advantage of the near perfect conditions to post a sev-en-under 65 and grab the sec-ond-round lead at the PGM ADT Masters at A’Famosa yesterday. The Englishman mixed his card with eight birdies and one bogey for a two-day total of
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      • 117 41 SINGHA PATTAYA OPEN THANYAKON Khrongpha, arguably Thailand’s most exciting golfing prospect, took the halfway lead in the US$65,000 ($81,000) Singha Pattaya Open yesterday. The player who many expect to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious countrymen Thaworn Wiratchant and Thongchai Jaidee, fired a five-under 67 at
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      • 167 41 NISSIN CUPNOODLES CUP TOURNAMENT SINGAPORE’S Mardan Mamat moved up 10placestojoint-17thon the second day of the 150 million yen ($2.3m) PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup tournament at Tochigi in Japan yesterday. Mardan shot another one-under 71 to be on 142, seven shots behind leader Toru Taniguchi of Japan
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      • 139 41 GSCALTEX MAEKYUNG OPEN ROOKIE pro Choo Tze Huang had a morale-boosting outing at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Seoul yesterday. The Singaporean shot a one-over 73 to make the cut in the OneAsia Tour event at Namseoul Country Club which has a strong field. Choo, 24,
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    • Tennis
      • 753 42 Aces will skip Madrid Open if blue clay stays Wire Services RAFAEL Nadal lost to Spanish countryman Fernando Verdasco for the first time in the Madrid Open on Thursday, then threatened, along with top-ranked Novak Djokovic, not to return if the new blue clay-court wasn’t
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      • 154 42 Wire Services WORLD No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was made to battle hard for a semi-final place at the Madrid Open as she eventually overcame Roland Garros champion Li Na 3-6,6-3,6-3 yesterday. The Belarussian, runner-up in Madrid last year, looked to be cruising at 4-1 up in
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    • NBA Play-offs
      • 502 43 Wire Services PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 79 CHICAGO BULLS 78 I Philadelphia win best-of-seven series 4-2. WITH just 2.2 seconds left, Andre Iguodala kept his cool to score with two free-throws and then blocked a three-point attempt by guard C.J. Watson for the Philadelphia 76ers to clinch a
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      • 359 43 AFP JEREMY Lin, whose breakout NBA season with the New York Knicks was cut short by injury, will return for the team next season, Knicks coach Mike Woodson said on Thursday. “Jeremy’s a big part of our team,” Woodson said a day after
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    • Table Tennis
      • 547 44  -  Singapore un fazed as southpaw Ding Ning replaces Guo Yan for London Games LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg IT WAS a change that was not unexpected among Singapore’s paddlers. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced on Thursday that Chinese women’s world No. 1 Ding Ning will
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      • 383 44  -  FOOTBALL LIM SAY HENG THE sale of Scottish football club Glasgow Rangers is up in the air again, after the club’s administrators rejected a joint bid by Paul Murray and Brian Kennedy. The duo had a previous joint bid overlooked in favour of American Bill
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    • S-League
      • 655 45  -  Albirex underline commitment to S-League with lucky victory RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg ALBIREX NIIGATA 1 (Toshikazu Soya 51) GOMBAK UNITED 0 IT WAS said that uncertainty hung over the future of Albirex Niigata (Singapore) in the S-League. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Japanese side would
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      • 402 45  -  JETHRO WANG jetwang@sph.com.sg WOODLANDS 0 TANJONG PAGAR 1 (Serge Souchon 18) THE transformation seen in Terry Pathmanathan’s Tanjong Pagar is no less than remarkable. Barely a month ago, his team were bottom of the S-League after a humiliating 5-0 defeat by the Courts Young Lions.
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    • La Liga
      • 487 46  -  Barca boss proud ahead of his final La Liga match BY ANDY HAMPSON Special Correspondent DEPARTING Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola believes he did the best job he could as he prepares for his final Primera Division match in charge against Real Betis. It has
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      • 544 46  -  BY GUY ASPIN Special Correspondent SPORTING GIJON striker Oscar Trejo believes his side need a “miracle” if they are to avoid relegation on the last day of the season. Second-bottom Sporting are the team most in danger of following in Racing Santander’s
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    • Euro 2012
      • 545 47 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish believes striker Andy Carroll is doing all he can to make a late run into England's European Championship squad. The Scot is confident the 23-year-old will start next season better than he began the current one, whether or
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      • 466 47 CHELSEA skipper John Terry has revealed he has yet to hear from new England manager Roy Hodgson about his possible involvement at Euro 2012. Hodgson confirmed upon his appointment he would speak to both Terry (right) and Rio Ferdinand before picking his 23-man squad
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      • 165 47 PA Sport MANCHESTER United and England defender Chris Smalling will miss Euro 2012 with a groin injury. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the news yesterday after Smalling suffered the injury during last week’s win over Swansea at Old Trafford. “Chris has suffered a bad injury,”
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    • EPL
      • 675 48 / 49 PA Sport WEST BROM v ARSENAL (Tomorrow, 9.55pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 108) ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has his sights set on securing Champions League football at West Brom tomorrow. The Gunners went into the final game of the 2005/2006 campaign behind rivals Tottenham
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      • 191 48 / 49 AFP THE unpopular Indian owners of relegated English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers said yesterday that up to a fifth of the squad could leave and they would not stand in the way of players asking for transfers. “We cannot hold back players.
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      • 437 48 / 49 PA Sport CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo has issued a rallying cry to his Chelsea players ahead of next Saturday’s Champions League final, declaring: “If you can beat Barcelona, you can beat anybody.” The Blues are just days away from their biggest game since the
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      • 265 48 / 49 Reuters CHELSEA will discuss a contract extension with Ivorian striker Didier Drogba after next week’s Champions League final, the Premier League club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix, Gourlay also said staying
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      • 1386 50 / 51 The final day as it will happen, sort of With just over 24 hours to go to the big finale, NEIL HUMPHREYS has been handed a crystal ball and a stopwatch and given timeline duties. This is how the final round of fixtures will play out in the English Premier
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      • 792 52 / 53  - YAYA'S WRONG CITY WON'T REIGN YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK YAYA Toure says that he wants to stay at Manchester City and help them rule the world. It’s a noble ambition, the sign of a man hungry for success, and it’s a statement that will
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      • Article, Illustration
        481 52 / 53 If he keeps QPR afloat Wire Services THE gravy train awaits Mark Hughes if he does the impossible and keeps Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League. The former Manchester City manager will visit the Etihad Stadium, where he was sacked in 2009, needing a draw
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      • 463 52 / 53  -  MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg When you come to Singapore Our Lions make you win no more! Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh!... ...If we go to Malaysia, Time for us to show no fear! Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh! THOSE are the lyrics from the winning cheer in The New Paper’s
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    • Malaysian Super League
      • 504 54 / 55  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg KHAIRUL Amri has been in high spirits the past couple of weeks. It started right after his first LionsXII cameo in a friendly against Johor FA on April 28. After his starting debut last Tuesday against Felda, the smile on
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      • 731 54 / 55  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg KEDAH coach Wan Jamak Wan Hassan didn’t want to dwell too much on the last time his side faced the LionsXII. After all, he wasn’t in charge of the team at the time, as he was serving an eight-match suspension for a post-match
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      • 402 54 / 55  -  ALI KASIM TALK about team spirit. When told he was not starting tonight’s game against Kedah, goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at simply said: “No problem.” There was no sign of despair, no feeling of disappointment not even a sulk. “It’s Izwan’s (Mahbud) turn,” Hyrulnizam, 25, said. “Let
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      • ON TV
        • 215 54 / 55 *All telecasts live unless otherwise stated. For the latest, please check www.mio.singtel.com/miotv www.starhub.com/tv *Programme times, provided by SingTel StarHub, subject to change LIVE TELECASTS MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tonight: I LIONS XII v KEDAH StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) MediaCorp Ch 5, 7.30pm EPL Tomorrow: I NORWICH v ASTON
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        • 20 54 / 55 SPANISH GRAND PRIX Tonight: I QUALIFYING SingTel mio TV Ch 115 (STAR Sports) Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 7.50pm
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        • 16 54 / 55 EURO ASIA CHALLENGE Today: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), 6.30pm
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        • 33 54 / 55 ATP MUTUA MADRID OPEN Tonight: I S-FINALS (SESSION 1), DAY 6 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm Tomorrow: I S-FINALS (SESSION 2), DAY 6 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 1am
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        • 34 54 / 55 GS CALTEX MAEKYUNG OPEN Today: I DAY 3 SingTel mioTVCh 115 (STAR Sports)&Ch 117 (ESPN HD), 12pm US PGA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: I DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 1 am
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