The New Paper, 28 July 2012

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  • Racing
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    • 418 38  -  Freedman’s two-year-old does it neatly on debut to win by 11/2lengths BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg IF COMMUTERS on the home-bound train pulling out of the Kranji station at around 9pm last night imagined they heard a rumble which grew in decibels to become a roar, we like
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 110 42 Reuters AMERICAN Scott Piercy birdied his final hole for a course record and a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Canadian Open yesterday morning (Singapore time), while Ernie Els struggled in his first outing since winning the British Open. Piercy
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      • 109 42 AFP AMERICAN Stacy Lewis shot a course-record nine-under 63 in the opening round of the Evian Masters in France on Thursday, her scorching form matching the 30 deg C heat. Runner-up last year, Lewis had a flawless nine-birdie round to
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      • 108 42 PA Sport MANCHESTER United target Lucas Moura will decide on his future only after the Olympics. The Sao Paulo attacking midfielder is on duty with the Brazil Olympic squad and was an unused substitute in their opening victory over Egypt last
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      • 661 42  -  DILENJIT SINGH dilen@sph.com.sg THE PLANS to restart Singapore’s stalled motorsport hub from the pitlanes of its unfinished 41-hectare site in Changi began with the launch of the market sounding exercise for the venue yesterday. The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) launched the exercise
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    • Formula One
      • 323 43 AFP LEWIS Hamilton set the pace in treacherous conditions yesterday, topping times in both opening practice sessions ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race before Formula One’s mid-season break. The 27-year-old was quickest for McLaren in the morning free practice session, as
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      • 221 43 GOLF THREE consistent sub-par rounds saw Jonathan Woo claim the Warren-Ford Amateur Open at the Warren Golf and Country Club yesterday. Back for the summer break from Oregon University in the United States, Woo shot a one-under 71 yesterday to add to his scores of
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    • Football
      • 1155 44 / 45  -  With the S-League entering the business end of the season, and the LionsXIIpreparing for an assault on the Malaysia Cup, SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ catches up with the Football Association of Singapore president Zainudin Nordin to talk football. He says he has no problem taking responsibility for
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      • 479 44 / 45  -  SCHOOLSPORTS NICHOLAS NEO nichneo@sph.com.sg HONG KAH SEC 1 TAN JONG KATONG SEC 1 I Hong Kah win 4-2 via penalty shoot-out AS THE final whistle went after extra time, the score was 1-1, and the exhausted players knew what was coming next. A
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      • 226 44 / 45  -  STARHUB LEAGUE CUP SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ GROUPB ALBIREX NIIGATA 2 (Yasuhiro Yamakoshi 48, 80) BALESTIER KHALSA 0 DEFENDING League Cup champions Albirex Niigata got their 2012 campaign off with a 2-0 win over Balestier Khalsa at the Jurong East Stadium last night. Two strikes by
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      • 361 44 / 45 Additional reporting by DAVID LEE WHILE there has been some talk across the Causeway about a move to turn the LionsXII into an Under-23 team next season, it appears there could be a chance Shahril Ishak and Baihakki Khaizan will continue to play
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    • EPL
      • SOCCER SHORTS
        • 148 46 PA Sport WEST Ham United have made a £17 million ($33m) bid to sign Liverpool striker Andy Carroll. The Premier League new boys have ambitiously offered to pay an initial £2m loan fee before making a permanent deal next summer. Liverpool are thought to
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        • 144 46 PA Sport JUVENTUS have played down their interest in Arsenal captain Robin van Persie because of the Gunners’ demands. The Serie A champions have been widely reported to be among the favourites to sign the 28-year-old forward, after he declared his intention not to sign a
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        • 140 46 AFP MANCHESTER City midfielder Samir Nasri was handed a three-match ban from the French national team yesterday, following a French Football Federation investigation into his behaviour during Euro 2012. Nasri was punished for shouting “Shut your mouth” to television cameras following his goal in the 1-1
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      • 681 46 Reds captain says Rodgers’ side will return to the Champions League next year PA Sport STEVEN Gerrard has backed new boss Brendan Rodgers to lead Liverpool back into the Champions League next season. The Reds have missed out on Europe’s premier competition for the last
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    • OLYMPICS 2012
      • 451 47 AP LEGALLY-BLIND archer Im Dong Hyun set the first world records of the London Olympics, breaking his own record in the 72-arrow event and helping South Korea set a team record during yesterday’s ranking round. Im broke the 72-arrow record he had set in Turkey
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      • 315 47 EPL PA Sport FRIENDLY MAN CITY 2 (Pablo Zabaleta 41, Yaya Toure 43) ARSENAL 0 ROBERTO Mancini may be concerned about the state of his Manchester City squad but, on the evidence of yesterday’s 2-0 friendly win over Arsenal in Beijing, Arsene Wenger has more to
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      • 778 48 / 49  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP A TEAM GB1 (Bellamy 30) SENEGAL 1 (Konate 82) THERE’S no David Beckham, there’s no Gareth Bale and, on the evidence of this, there's no chance of even a bronze for Team GB at the London Olympics. Stuart Pearce’s
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      • 156 48 / 49 Reuters OLYMPIC organisers were forced into a second embarrassing apology in 24 hours yesterday morning, after describing Welsh midfielder Joe Allen as English in the official programme for Britain’s soccer match against Senegal at Old Trafford. On Wednesday, London Games chiefs said sorry
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      • 668 48 / 49 Football favourites win, but defence is big concern AP GROUPC BRAZIL 3 (Rafael 16, Leandro Damiao 26, Neymar 30) EGYPT2 (Aboutrika 52, Salah 76) GOLD-MEDAL favourites Brazil scored three first-half goals and then held on for a 3-2 win over Egypt in their opening Group C
        AP; PICTURES: AFP  -  668 words
      • 193 48 / 49 AP SUBSTITUTE Nicolas Lodeiro scored in the second half to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates in their first Olympic group match. Playing in front of a near-capacity crowd at Old Trafford yesterday morning (Singapore time), the UAE were the better side
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      • 734 50  -  Chinese shuttlers will continue to dominate at London Games Ronald Susilo npsports@sph.com.sg I Former national shuttler Ronald Susilo is a studio guest on ESPN STAR Sports’ coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Catch the London Olympic Games on ESPN STAR Sports (SingTel mio
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      • LONDON BRIEFS
        • 139 50 Wire Services A TURKISH boxing referee has been found dead in his London hotel room before the Olympic Games officially kicked off yesterday. Bayram Altug, the head of the Turkish Boxing Federation, said a colleague found the 73-year-old Garip Erkuyumcu dead in his
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        • 162 50 Reuters THE South Korea Sailing Federation has apologised on behalf of coach Lee Jae Cheol, after he was sent home from the London Olympics for drink-driving. Lee was pulled over by police after attending a banquet hosted by the mayor of the south-coast town
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        • 142 50 AFP CHINESE Olympians were subjected to a state-sponsored doping regimen in the 1980s and 1990s, a retired Chinese doctor told Australian media yesterday. Xue Yinxian, the former chief doctor for the Chinese gymnastics team in the 1980s, said steroids and human growth hormones
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      • 289 52 / 53 In the second of our two-part Singapore superheroes special, The New Paper serves up our Olympic swimmers and table tennis players. We wish the 11, and the rest of our 23-strong Olympic team, an exciting and successful adventure at the 2012 London Games TABLE TENNIS swimming Part 2
        TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: SIMON ANG, CEL GULAPA, FADZIL HAMZAH, ILLI SYAZNIE, KELVIN CHAN, CHNG CHOON HIONG  -  289 words
      • 1010 54 / 55 Bolt says he’s fit to defend his titles after overcoming a back problem Wire Services THE WORLD will witness the fast-est-ever 100 metres race on Aug 6 (Singapore time). That assurance came from defending Olympic champion Usain Bolt, who declared on Thursday that he is fit
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      • 681 54 / 55  -  OUR MAN IN LONDON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg I CLOCKED a better time than triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt here on Thursday. Along with around 500 other journalists from all corners of the world. When the headline act is the fastest human being on
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      • Article, Illustration
        345 54 / 55 WHAT’S ON I ARCHERY Men’s team quarter-finals, semi-finals, bronze medal and final (4pm and 10pm) I BADMINTON Men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles preliminary rounds (3.30pm) I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Preliminary rounds: China v Czech Republic (4pm), Canada v Russia (6.15pm), Turkey v Angola (9.30pm),
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      • THE HEAT IS ON
        • 534 56 / 57 Wire Services MICHAEL Phelps was strolling through the Olympic Village when he spotted three Russian female athletes all of them taller than the 1.93-metre tall swimmer. “Geez, I thought I was tall,” he said with a chuckle. Preparing for what he insists will be
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        • 517 56 / 57 AFP FLIPPING enormous tyres, dragging over-sized chains and throwing barrels are all part of Ryan Lochte’s plans to muscle in on Michael Phelps’ Olympic swimming limelight. For years, US star Lochte, 27, has toiled in the shadow of compatriot Phelps, despite his three Olympic gold
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      • 213 56 / 57 Reuters IT’S NOT all hard work and no play for the US swimming team at the London Olympics. A light-hearted, spoof video filmed by the team during training has gone viral on the Internet, with tens of thousands of viewers clicking
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      • 216 56 / 57  -  LIM SAY HENG HE FIRST shared the pool with his idol in the Char- lotte Grand Prix in the United States in May. On Monday morning (UK time), Singapore ace Joseph Schooling (right) will once again line up against US swim superstar Michael Phelps,
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      • 370 56 / 57 AP MISSY Franklin is dedicating all her Olympic races to her home state of Colorado. The 17-year-old swimmer (left) said on Thursday she was affected by the cinema shootings in the Denver suburb of Aurora, where she attends high school and trains. “Every single
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      • 646 58 / 59  -  24 hours before her biggest race, coach Turner says she’s done all she can to be ready OUR MAN IN LONDON LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg SHE SLIPPED out of the crowded pool and walked straight to her bag by the side of the
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      • 150 58 / 59 SWIMMING Today (Live on SingTel mioTV Ch 135& 144,5pm and 2.30am, Ch 5 from 5pm to 6pm, 2.30am to 4am) 5pm: Men’s 400m individual medley (IM) heats (Quah Zheng Wen) 5.34pm: Women’s 100m butterfly heats (TaoLi) Tomorrow 2.30am: Men’s 400m IM final (Quah Zheng Wen*) 2.40am: Women’s
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