The New Paper, 25 August 2012

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  • 12 1 the new paper SATURDAY AUG 25 2012 70 CENTS MICA (P) 090/01/2012
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    • 112 1 Quadruple joy for family MOH allows grandparents to use Medisave for babies’ medical bills Page 6 PICTURES: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS SATURDAY AUG 25 2012 twitter.com/thenewpaper facebook.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838 VETERAN PAGEANT ORGANISER TRACY LEE, 50, DIES IN SLEEP thenewpaper Finally, S’pore’s queen of pageants gets her crown She
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    • Batam Blaze
      • 834 2 / 3  -  Girl, 9, dies home alone in inferno REPORT: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg THE little girl died, alone in her room, while flames engulfed her wood-and-concrete house. And if nine-year-old Stella Hitipeaw had screamed for help, nobody heard, or came to her rescue. Perhaps
        THE NEW PAPER, YESTERDAY; TNP PICTURES: GARY GOH  -  834 words
    • 829 4  -  Indonesian money changer found dead at The Arcade in attempted robbery REPORT: EUNICE TOH etoh@sph.com.sg THE money changer would often do his transactions in the staircase at The Arcade in Raffles Place. And it is believed he felt that the location was better suited
      TNP PICTURES: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  829 words
    • 709 6  -  Quaruplets’ grandparents get MOH’snod to use their Medisave for babies’ medical bills REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg WHEN her daughter-in-law gave birth to quadruplets last month, she worried about how the family was going to pay the staggering medical bills ($180,000 and counting) incurred as a
      PICTURES: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS  -  709 words
    • 929 7  -  Veteran organiser, who had diabetes, had organised beauty pageant five days before death REPORT: LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg THE“queen” was finally crowned at her funeral yesterday, after crowning many local beauty queens over nearly 20 years. Ms Tracy Lee (below, left), who was also known
      PICTURE COURTESY OF ERM WORLD MARKETING  -  929 words
    • Local News watch
      • 103 8 / 9 THE original post sparked a debate over racism, but Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam appreciates how it shows that Singaporeans value multi-racialism. On Tuesday, he wrote on his Face- book page about a complaint he received from a Singaporean
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      • 102 8 / 9 FIVE new dating agencies were yesterday accredited by the Social Development Network (SDN) under the SDNTrust Mark, a framework to encourage private dating agencies to enhance standards and service delivery. The agencies offer a variety of services to singles, including dance classes, travel opportunities and
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      • 98 8 / 9 RAFFLES Institution yesterday emerged the winner of the first Big Quiz, a national current affairs contest co-organised by The Straits Times and the Ministry of Education yesterday. The team won a trophy and $5,000 cash. They beat teams from Hwa Chong
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      • Article, Illustration
        73 8 / 9 A lorry carrying furniture caught fire at noon yesterday. It had been travelling on the Pan-Island Expressway towards Changi and had to stop near the Eunos exit. The heat from the fire was so intense that other motorists avoided the lanes closer to the lorry, causing a traffic
        PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO  -  73 words
      • 364 8 / 9 National Family Council recommendations: RENTAL flats for young couples, additional housing grants and infant care subsidies, shorter working hours and more childcare leave. These are some of the proposals the National Family Council (NFC) has made in its recommendation paper on marriage and parenthood,
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      • 268 8 / 9  -  Koh Hui Theng THE Law Society of Singapore has applied for a court order to get lawyer M. Ravi medically checked by a psychiatrist to see if he is fit to practise. If he does not comply, Mr
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      • 102 8 / 9 PETER Khoo Chong Meng, a former senior vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) who was charged with accepting $83,500 in bribes, pleaded guilty yesterday to two corruption charges and one charge of of criminal breach of trust. He was in charge of
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      • 100 8 / 9 TWO men were charged yesterday with the murder of Mr Rathkershahan Ananthan, 51, who was found dead with his head in the kitchen sink last Sunday, Aug 19. Vikneswaran Ruvy, 24, and Dinesh Kumar Ruvy, 22, allegedly killed Mr Rathkershahan,
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    • 1052 10 / 11  -  Video of dying S’pore stray dog given new home and love in last days becomes viral hit, making headlines in UK and US REPORT: YUEN SIN yuensin@sph.com.sg OL BOY finally had its day. but it was a day too late. The ailing stray dog
      PICTURES COURTESY OF SAVE OUR STREET DOGS  -  1,052 words
    • 939 12 / 13  -  Drivers in 2011 poll admit breaking rules; expert says heavier traffic also to blame for more friction on roads REPORT: JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg ARE we adopting more bad driving habits? Motorists here seem to think so. AXA Insurance Singapore polled more than 600 drivers and motorcyclists
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    • 727 12 / 13  -  COMMENT: SAW TEK MENG tekmeng@sph.com.sg LET me state my bias right away. I’m a foreign-born driver and I think Singapore drivers are among the worst I have encountered in 35 years of driving. Note that I said Singapore drivers, not Singaporean drivers. I’m not making
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    • Article, Illustration
      403 14  -  MEDICAL SIMULATION TRAINING CENTRE REPORT: DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg IN THIS “battlefield”, army medics may administer the wrong drugs or even amputate the wrong limbs, but thankfully, no one dies or gets hurt. Officially opened yesterday, the Medical Simulation Training Centre (MSTC) at the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Medical
      SOURCE: MINDEF GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM MSTC  -  403 words
    • 660 16  -  Last round of registration at Central today and tomorrow REPORTS: NATHANIEL FETALVERO nfjader@sph.com.sg THIS is the final weekend to register for The New Paper Big Walk and it’s happening at only one location: Central, Clarke Quay. The registration booth is open today and tomorrow from 11
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    • 214 16 A BOOTH was set up at Chevron House at Raffles Place for just one day and for only five hours. This gave those working in the area one more opportunity to signup for The New Paper Big Walk. That was good news for Mr Melvin Kuah,
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    • 85 16 YOU can collect your T-shirts from today to Aug 29 (11 am to 9pm) at the following Denizen boutiques: I Northpoint (930, Yishun Avenue 2, #02-33/34) I Tampines Mall (4, Tampines Central 5, #01-31B) I Jurong Point (1, Jurong West Central 2, #01-26F/G) I
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    • Global News watch
      • 101 18 / 19 AFP AN ISLAND tussle that has driven a wedge into Japanese and South Korean diplomatic ties is now threatening to spill over into their economic ties. Japan hinted yesterday that it may freeze a plan to buy South Korean government bonds. Together with China,
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      • 111 18 / 19 Wire services THREE people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane bridge in north-east China collapsed early yesterday, only nine months after it opened, state media said. The bridge, part of an airport ex- pressway in Harbin city, opened last November after
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      • 110 18 / 19 AFP n A LUXURY apartment in Hong Kong was sold for a record HK$470 million (S$76 million), making it the priciest condominium unit in the city and possibly in Asia. An unidentified buyer paid HK$75,806 per sq ft for the 6,200
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      • 432 18 / 19 Empire State Building shooting leaves 2 dead Wire Services A DISGRUNTLED former employee of a women’s apparel shop shot a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building. During a showdown with the police, he was shot dead, officials said yesterday. In total, two
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      • 257 18 / 19 185kg of drugs seized in M’sia AFP A MALAYSIAN court has charged 10 Iranians, an Uzbek and a Malaysian with trafficking methamphetamine a crime punishable with death by hanging. The accused were arrested in three separate raids on upmarket apartments around the capital Kuala Lumpur on
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      • 106 18 / 19 Reuters NORWEGIAN mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term 21 years yesterday when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year. This drew a smirk of triumph from the 33-year-old
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      • 108 18 / 19 AFP HE FLED to China after a bank accidentally put NZ$10 million (S$10.2 million) into his account in April 2009 after he requested a NZ$100,000 overdraft. Yesterday, New Zealander Hui “Leo” Gao was sentenced to four years’ and seven months’
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    • 423 21 They had tracked down suspects, who drove tycoon from Malacca to KL and then back again HIS brother’s abductors called and told him his brother was at a karaoke joint in Kuala Lumpur. But he became suspicious because his multi-mil-lionaire brother wasn’t “the clubbing
      PICTURE: CHINA PRESS; TNP GRAPHICS: TEOH YI CHIE  -  423 words
    • 296 21 A MOUSEDEER hunt took a tragic turn when one man was killed and another injured in an accidental shooting on Monday. Teacher Amir Ain, 40, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Mr Mohd Isa Salican, a cattle farm worker in his 50s,
      PICTURE: HARIAN METRO  -  296 words
    • 503 22 800kg steel plates fail to absorb pressure from underground New York blast HUNDREDS of New Yorkers in Manhattan’s East Side were startled by the unexpected impact of a controlled blast at a construction site on Tuesday. The force of the blast on the corner of 72nd
      PICTURE: INTERNET  -  503 words
    • 244 24 A 19-YEAR-OLD student from South Korea suffocated when a sand pit collapsed and buried him during a Southern California beach party for incoming college students. Mr Mingyu “Paul” Sang died in a pit other students dug that was reportedly 1.8m to 2.4m deep
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    • 414 24 Cops arrest captors and rescue child she claims is hers after rape, abuse SHE was 15 when she was reported missing more than two years ago. Now, details of her horrific ordeal have emerged after the girl escaped from a home in south-western Illinois
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    • 915 27  -  His popularity dipped locally, but actor Dai Yangtian has no regrets that he went to China REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg HIS fall from grace has not been for nothing. China-born MediaCorp actor Dai Yangtian, 28, may have lost his popularity and his fan club in the
      TNP DESIGN: PRADIP KUMAR SIKDAR PICTURE: LIANHE ZA0BA0; PICTURE: MEDIACORP  -  915 words
    • 357 28  -  Kwok Kar Peng THEY are fast becoming local TV’s most common on-screen pairing. In the seven dramas that Shanghainese actress and MediaCorp artiste Zhou Ying has acted in, four are opposite actor Dai Yangtian Table Of Glory (2009), Together (2009), Breakout (2010)
      PICTURE: LIANHE ZAOBAO  -  357 words
    • 604 29  -  Awkward star Ashley Rickards says that is something she and her TV character share REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg IN THE MTV teen comedy series Awkward, leading lady Ashley Rickards plays a high school social outcast who struggles with her identity after
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      • 532 30  -  In this regular column, celebrity tech-heads geek out over their favourite toys REPORT and PICTURES: GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg DON’T expect Jade Seah to don baby gloves when it comes to a swanky new gadget. The local actress-host thinks that wear and tear is par for
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      • 106 31 ALANIS Morissette has joined the likes of Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Jimmy Page on Guitar Centre’s RockWalk in Hollywood. The 38-year-old Canadian singer will be featured on the only pavement that permanently honours the legends of the music world. The newly
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      • 103 31 KRISTIN Davis, the 47-year-old US actress best known for her role in the TV series Sex And The City, is single again after she split up with her US screen-writer-producer beau, Aaron Sorkin, 51. The couple got together only a few months
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        72 31 Legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, 47, teamed up with Australian animal conservationist Bob Irwin, 73, to launch the latter’s Wildlife and Conservation Foundation at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Queensland, on Wednesday. The guitarist is a long-time animal lover and once famously owned a large
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      • 88 31 BRITISH model-actress Liberty Ross has finally stepped out in public after it was revealed last month that her husband, British director Rupert Sanders, 41, had had an affair with 22-year-old US actress Kristen Stewart. The 33-year-old mother of two graced the red carpet
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      • 116 31 A HEAVILY pregnant Melissa Joan Hart stepped out to host the Operation Shower charity event in New York, which is for military wives separated from their husbands who are serving overseas. Forty mothers and mothers-to-be attended the event. The 36-year-old US actress
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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  • Racing
    • 65 40 / 41 WILLIAM LOW’S guide to yesterday’s Kranji workouts by tomorrow’s runners: RACE 2: Power Shaft) )40.8. RACE 3: Fifth Dan) (G Cheyne)41. RACE 4: Royal Tudor) (J Moreira) canter/36.9. RACE 5: Lockdown 39.9. Premier Grade) )38.2. RACE 6: Chan’s Electra) canter/43.1. RACE 7: Positive Thinking) (B Vorster) 44.2. The
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    • 137 40 / 41 RACE 1: 12 Surewinwan 8 Vista 11 Ajay Star 6 Piccolo Man RACE 2: 5 Ocean Fantasy 13 City Hero 6 Liberation Spirit 2 Littlebitofjoy RACE 3: 4 TOBIAS) 7 Concrescene 2 Jeram Jade 1 Soviet Sniper RACE 4: 9 Waterfall 4 Happy Amigo
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    • 730 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 D1 1000m C5D*****m 5 SUPER JETSET 57 (15-10) J Moreira 4 STARLITE SHOWER 57 c 54 (124-37) T Rehaizat* (11) 4 6 8 (521) Nk 1 1 i (469) XWinning stable: Jet Racing. Trainer: Sam Chua. Time: 59.38sec (Going: good). Forecast: $9. Tierce:
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    • 549 40 / 41  -  He wins on Mr Mani and Diamond Quality TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg LEADING apprentice Tengku Rehaizat is certainly making up for lost time. Fresh from his two winners last week after resuming from a long suspension, he kicked home two more winners from four rides
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      1041 40 / 41 25-8-2012 (Saturday) 4:00pm 1 Maiden THE PROVIDENCE HK$180,000 turf1200m 1 25 King Creole 4-a-g [14] M Nunes 47 130 GW Moore 2 ***** Diamond Whirlwind 5-a-g [12] F Durso 46 129 Pat Lee 3 Fierce Wind Horse 4-a-g [11] KM Chin 45 128 KC Wong 4 4 Four
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    • 326 40 / 41 STC AFTER riding a winner last night to bring his season’s tally to 138 winners, champion jockey Joao Moreira flew off on another international flight to ride in yet another foreign country tomorrow. This time Germany is his destination and he will team up
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    • 2689 42 / 43 I TIPS AND COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS. RACE 1 Warwick Farm (1,300m) 8 SUMARAND (Ms G Waterhouse) 3c (1:1-0-0): Rolled along in front in only start and dashed clear for impressive 5 len win (58.0) Pink Snow, Street Savvy 1,300m Hawkesbury
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    • 328 42 / 43 1:10 Race 1 WARWICK FARM 1300M WARWICK FARM 1300M 1 TATRA JPARR (3) 58 2 TOYDINI B SHINN (7) 1:27 Race 2 MOONEE VALLEY 1000M 3 URQUIDEZ NATHAN BERRY (1) 56 4 ALBRECHT KMCEVOY (10) 54.5 5 NEDIYM'S QUEST J FORD 0) 54.5
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    • 2258 44 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 1.30 -1400m (LC) Carlsberg Gold Handicap Stakes: RM35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 00-878 Astronaut Man 58 (40) TM Wan 13 (5ag O Sidek-Mdm Sarah Tan) 2 993-00 China Town Bank 57
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 92 45 AP TOP-RANKED Tseng Ya-ni shot a six-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Canadian Women’s Open. Emerging from a mid-season slump, Tseng had eight birdies and a double-bogey on Thursday at The Vancouver Golf Club. Lydia
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      • 89 45 JONATHAN Woo and Amelia Yong (both with trophies, above) claimed the men’s and women’s titles at the 13th Singapore National Amateur Championships at Singapore Island Country Club’s New course yesterday. RESULTS (36-hole matchplay): Men’s final: Jonathan Woo bt Nicklaus Chiam 6 and 5.
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      • 97 45 Reuters ANDY Murray’s hopes for a maiden Grand Slam at the US Open may require him to beat world No. 1 Roger Federer for a second time in five weeks after the duo were placed in the same half of the
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      • 286 45 ATHLETICS AFP CHINA’S star hurdler liu Xiang insisted yesterday he felt “healthy” just moments before injury ended his Olympic career, as controversy erupted over an alleged cover-up. The former 110m gold medallist, in his first major interview since his spectacular exit at the
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      • 386 45 AP USAIN Bolt was fast and impressive at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting on Thursday. Yohan Blake was fast and maybe even more impressive. Bolt, the Olympic champion and world record holder over 100 and 200 metres, timed 19.58 seconds in the fastest 200m ever run
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    • Cycling
      • 654 46  -  LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg IT IS extraordinarily difficult to brand Lance Armstrong a cheat when he displayed the courage of a Spartan to cheat death. I find it painful to tag it next to his name when he woke up one day in 1996 to find his
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      • 398 46 AP WORLD Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president John Fahey says Lance Armstrong’s decision not to contest doping charges against him was an admission that the allegations “had substance in them.” Fahey said yesterday that he was certain the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) acted
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 481 47 Reuters TIGER Woods has long been renowned for his unwavering, almost robotic, focus on the golf course but fans have seen a much more relaxed side to his personality in tandem with Rory McIlroy at this week’s Barclays tournament. Former world No. 1 Woods
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    • Football
      • 619 48 / 49  -  Coach Bacina fumes after referee denies Webb a late scoring chance HOUGANG1 (Mamadou Diallo 25) TAMPINES1 (Ante Barac 42-og) ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg RARELY has the final three blows of the referee’s whistle been met with so much ire. While visitors Tampines Rovers would have left
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      • 687 48 / 49  -  Luiz deflects rumours of Man City move by declaring love for Chelsea REPORTING FROM BARCELONA LIM HAN MING hanming@sph.com.sg CHELSEA fans can rest easy. If his latest declaration of love for the Blues is any indication, David Luiz is unlikely to swop the
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      • 461 48 / 49  -  PARALYMPICS SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg TEAM Singapore will be represented by eight athletes at the 14th Paralympic Games, which will be held in London from Aug 29 to Sept 9. They will compete in four boccia, equestrian, sailing and swimming of the 21 sports at
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      • 499 48 / 49  -  LIM HAN MING HE CUT a frustrating figure on the field in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Sent in after the break as a substitute, Singapore’s Faris Ramli was hoping to make an impression on the selectors of the Nike The Chance
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    • Europa League
      • 705 50  -  YOUR ENGLISH KAKI QUALIFYING PLAY-OFFS, FIRST LEG HEARTS 0 LIVERPOOL 1 (Andy Webster 78-og) IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg BRENDAN Rodgers took a gamble in Edinburgh yesterday morning (Singapore time), resting key players and relying on youth, but it paid off. Liverpool’s single-goal victory over Hearts of Midlothian means
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      • 372 50 BARCELONA 3 (Pedro 56, Lionel Messi 70-pen, Xavi 78) REAL MADRID 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 55, Angel di Maria 85) SPANISH SUPER CUP (FIRST LEG) Wire Services BARCELONA coach Tito Vilanova emerged triumphant from his first Clasico yesterday morning (Singapore time) and was even unfazed that an
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    • EPL Betting
      • 1006 51  -  RICHARD LENTON npsports@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED v FULHAM FULHAM have lost on 19 of their last 20 visits to Old Trafford, and, despite their remarkable opening day drubbing of Norwich, the Cottagers could be on the end of a heavy defeat against a Manchester United
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      • 1255 52 / 53  -  FROM ACROSS THE BAR DANIEL SITINJAK npsports@sph.com.sg LAST week, we all picked Liverpool to win. So, was I shocked when the Reds lost? Not one bit. However, back at the pub, Liverpool fans were walking around like zombies. They were expecting Brendan Rodgers
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      • 44 52 / 53 THE EXPERT GARY LIM STRIKE CARD HITS 24 THE INSIDER DANIEL SITINJAK STRIKE CARD HITS 20 THE VETERAN BRIAN MILLER STRIKE CARD HITS 19 THE GAMBLER KASIM ALI STRIKE CARD HITS 17 THE PUNDIT R SASIKUMAR STRIKE CARD HITS 16
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      • 1259 52 / 53 GARYLIM BANKER Swansea to beat West Ham on the 1x2 DANISH legend Michael Laudrup got off to a dream start with a brilliant 5-0 win over Queens Park Rangers last week. It will be too much to ask for a repeat when they take on a Sam Allardyce-led
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    • EPL
      • 461 54 / 55 Wire Services ROBERTO Di Matteo looks likely to reshuffle his backline again, following an injury to captain John Terry. The Englishman, who partnered David Luiz in last Sunday’s 2-0 win over Wigan, and Gary Cahill in Thursday’s 4-2 victory over Reading, is a doubt
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      • 135 54 / 55 PA Sport CHELSEA captain John Terry will be selected for England’s World Cup qualifying double-header against Moldova and Ukraine, manager Roy Hodgson confirmed yesterday. Terry was rested, along with several other senior players, for last week’s friendly win over Italy. But Hodgson
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      • 404 54 / 55 PA Sport CHELSEA are set to take their total summer spending to more than £70 million ($140m). Yesterday, they completed the signing of Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from French club Marseille in a £7 million ($14m) deal, while their bid of about £9 million
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      • 1049 54 / 55 Spurs boss praises his former player at Chelsea ahead of tonight’s reunion PA Sport HE MAY have overlooked him for almost the entire season at Chelsea, but Andre Villas-Boas is convinced that Romelu Lukaku is ready to take the Premier League by storm with West Brom
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      • 614 56 / 57  -  Our analyst tells SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ that we could see a Red Devils backlash against Fulham DIETMAR HAMANN npsports@sph.com.sg I Dietmar Hamann has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester City. He won the Bundesliga in 1994 and 1997, and the treble of FA Cup,
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      • 1069 56 / 57 Ferguson confirms end of spending, wants Red Devils to start firing PA Sport MANCHESTER United’s star signing Robin van Persie could make his first start for the Red Devils, as boss Sir Alex Ferguson looks for a swift response to their opening defeat by Everton when
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    • Malaysia Cup
      • 622 58 / 59  -  Shahdan, Shahril confident LionsXII will find the net against PKNS ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg SHAHDAN Sulaiman couldn’t help but scoff a little when asked if the LionsXII were going through a drought of sorts. Over the last two competitive matches, they have failed to find the net both
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      • 375 58 / 59  -  ALI KASIM AS HE sauntered onto the pitch at the Jalan Besar Stadium, PKNS coach Abdul Rahman Ibrahim must have been reminded of the nightmare. The last time he stepped onto the artificial turf, on April 17, he was consoling his players
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    • ON TV
      • 287 58 / 59 *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 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: I SWANSEA v WEST HAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium), 7.45pm I MAN UNITED v FULHAM SingTel mio TV
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      • 16 58 / 59 PGA TOUR: THE BARCLAYS Tomorrow: I DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 2am
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      • 27 58 / 59 CHAMPIONSHIP Today: I NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA StarHub TV Ch 217 (Setanta Sports), 3.30pm Tomorrow: IARGENTINA v SOUTH AFRICA StarHub TV Ch 217 (Setanta Sports), 3am
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