The New Paper, 23 May 2013

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    • 20 1 TV actress Chris Tong hurt in KL car robbery attempt SAVED BY HER DOG Page 21 PICTURES COURTESY CHRIS TONG
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    • 48 1 Shane Todd’s colleague tells inquiry: THURSDAY MAY 2013 He became secretive and worried about breaking US law Page 2 S’pore XI 0 A. Madrid 2 Madrid’s midfield master class Page 66 FiRST The end of Hangover’s wolf pack Page 26 To subscribe: 6388 3838 facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper *****1 A*****
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  • News
    • US Researcher’s Death in S’pore
      • 1057 2 / 3  - He was STRESSED SECRETIVE Friend of dead US researcher (right) said he clammed up on job REPORT: RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg HE USED to talk all the time, then he changed and became secretive, said a friend of late US researcher, Dr Shane Todd. Dr Joseph Romen Cubillo, 43, testified yesterday
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      • 401 2 / 3  -  LAW MINISTER: REPORT: ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg THE family’s decision not to participate in the coroner’s inquiry into American researcher Shane Todd’s death is “regrettable”, Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam (right) said at a press conference yesterday evening. “We hope they will take part in the
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      • 428 2 / 3  -  REPORT: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Rennie Whang SHE found out that her client had discharged her at 8.22am yesterday, about an hour before the court session was due to start. Lawyer Gloria James-Civetta, the lead lawyer for the legal team representing
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    • 559 4  -  TUAS BASIN FACTORY FIRE REPORT: ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg HAVING locked up the compound, the caretaker changed into her pyjamas and was ready to retire for the night. But something didn’t smell right. Walking to the front gate, she saw flames leaping out of the factory
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    • City Harvest Church Leaders’ Trial
      • 635 6  -  One of two Xtron bosses allegedly abroad at the time meeting took place REPORT: KOH HUI THENG kohht@sph.com.sg THEIR signatures were there on paper. But were both Xtron bosses, including witness Koh Siow Ngea, physically present at the directors meeting? Based on immigration
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    • Local News watch
    • 681 10  - On fighting fires controlling Hello Kitty crowds Over 4,700 MHA officers promoted REPORT: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg IN ALL his years as a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer, he had never encountered a blaze quite like it. Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt-Col) Ling Young Ern, 37, the commander of the SCDF’s 3rd CD
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    • 806 12  -  After horrific accident, docs told her she might never walk again REPORT: JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg HER spine was shattered and her pelvis crushed. The cause: The motorcycle she was on crashed into another, throwing her off. Doctors told her family that it was very
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    • 983 14  -  HARDCORE As our population swells, the concept of a ‘core Singaporean’ is becoming murky. In this ongoing series to find the Singaporean Core a term raised in Parliament during the Population White Paper debate we speak to people with a pink IC to see how
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    • 778 16  -  Asked about his thoughts on S’pore, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler says: REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg HE WAS asked what he thought of Singaporean women. Breaking into his signature grin, Steven Tyler told The New Paper: “In Singapore, the food is spectacular. “The women... It’s a great melting
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    • Global News watch
    • 719 21  -  MediaCorp actress’ puppy saves her from robber REPORT: ABIGAIL GOH abigailg@sph.com.sg MAN’S best friend saved a woman in distress. MediaCorp actress Chris Tong’s dog attacked her robber, preventing him from grabbing the keys to her four-year-old Mercedes-Benz SLKClass car. The incident happened at 1am yesterday
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    • 567 22 Mum believed her son, 8, was safe from Oklahoma tornado SHE spent a night hoping that her son would have survived the tornado that hit Oklahoma. Ms Mikki Dixon’s hope stemmed from one piece of information that turned out to be false. Initial reports said that
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    • 285 22 A SURVIVOR of the Oklahoma tornado said she held on to her daughter’s hair to prevent her from flying away into the tornado. As the tornado was drawing near, the woman’s husband told her to get into the bathtub immediately and to put
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    • 527 23 South China Sea tension makes life difficult for Filipino fishermen ALONG the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to prise loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It has become a familiar sight in villages where some
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    • 58 25 WIN! p33 220 pairs of movie tickets to NOW YOU SEE ME 3 201 WE KNOW MOVIES MAY 23 The madcap guys of THE HANGOVER PART III NEVER-ENDING STORY Vin Diesel isn’t driving away after FAST FURIOUS 6. He’s actually gearing up for three more instalments recount fond memories as
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  • FiRST
    • FIRST FEATURE
      • 1319 26 / 27  -  The guys of The Hangover bid farewell to the franchise that turned them Into stars KRISTIE BERTUCCI tnpshow@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES It’s no secret that the last movie of the Hangover series is going to be funny, with a stellar all-star cast we’ve come to love
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      • 323 26 / 27  -  Why were the best movies about Las Vegas all made in 1995? Jason Johnson CASINO “The longer they play the more they lose, and in the end we get it all.” Ace Who better than director Martin Scorsese to capture the seamy underbelly of Las Vegas? Robert
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      • 788 30 / 31  - TO INFINITY BEYOND! MERVIN TAY mervtay@sph.com.sg Reporting from Manila The car chases may go all the way to the Great Wall of China. During a press conference at the Fairmont Makati last Thursday to promote Fast Furious 6 which opens here today Vin Diesel revealed that the franchise’s fast cars
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      • 465 30 / 31  -  Mervin Tay FAST and furious. These three words are not only the title of Luke Evans’ new movie, they also aptly describe his rise in Hollywood over the past five years. The 34-year-old Welshman plays the villain, mercenary Owen Shaw in Fast Furious 6. But up till five
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      • Article, Illustration
        798 34 Everyone loves Zac Efron. The problem is that no one really goes to his movies. Since earning household-name status with the High School Musical franchise, Efron has taken great pains to appear in more serious films. In Charlie St Cloud (2010), The Lucky One (2012) and The
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      • 479 36 F.T. Island fans, you’re in for a treat. The group’s lead vocalist, Lee Hongki (right), is about to make his big screen debut in Passionate Goodbye. He plays a troublemaking pop star who changes his ways after being forced to volunteer at a hospital
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    • FIRST BITES
      • 108 28 IT’S a family affair in Will Smith’s new film. Smith, 44, and his son Jaden, 14, star in After Earth, a sci-fi thriller set 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity to escape to another planet called Nova Prime. Before this adventure
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      • 105 28 AS JENNIFER Lawrence’s career soars, her Hunger Games co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson are also seeing bright skies ahead. Hemsworth, 23, has won the lead role in Aurora Rising, about a surfer who becomes a fighter pilot of an elite team tasked to test
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      • 148 28 THREE cheers for Anthony Chen. The local film-mak-er’s first feature, Ilo Ilo, received a 15-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night. Chen, 29, also received a pat on the back from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who posted
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    • MOVIE DATE
      • 549 32  - FAST FURIOUS 6 6A Mars versus Venus look at the week’s hottest movie MERVIN TAY mervtay@sph.com.sg JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg AFTER 12 years and five movies, there are some things one has come to expect from this franchise. Fast cars that go kaput. Hot babes in sexy clothes. A story where
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      • REVIEWS
        • Article, Illustration
          121 32  -  Jason Johnson THERE are a lot of war movies out there, but not quite as many that deal with the aftermath of a war. Emperor tells the story of General Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox), who is assigned by General MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) to decide if the Japanese
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        • 127 32  -  Jocelyn Lee HONG KONG-based Taiwanese actress Charlie Young’s directorial debut is a decent but middling effort at a serious courtroom drama. Tim (Aaron Kwok) plays a prosecutor who has to protect piano teacher Jing (Guei Lun-mei) in court, after she claims to have been sexually assaulted. He
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        • 133 32  -  JL AMERICAN-Taiwanese director Arvin Chen’s second rom-com Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow is a light-hearted flick that explores more serious topics such as marital dilemmas and repressed sexuality. Childhood sweethearts Feng (Mavis Fan) and Weichung (Richie Jen) are in a loving marriage
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        • 82 32 Week-old movies so hot, they can fry tomatoes and/or bake potatoes. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Join the crew of the Enterprise as they whoosh where no villain has gone before! THE GREAT GATSBY (PG13) Baz Luhrmann’s dizzyingly ostentatious production certainly lives up to its name. This is a
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    • FLICK CHAT
      • 541 33  -  Small talk about big flicks JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg YOU know what’s really cool about the trailer for Now You See Me? The piles and piles of money. The story is a about a group of stage magicians Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco who
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    • FIRST LOOK
      • Article, Illustration
        405 36  -  INTERNSHIPIt’s shaping up to be a fun watch Joanne Soh If there is a lesson from this comedy, it’s that you’re never too old to work as an intern. Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are a pair of techno-dinosaurs whose sales careers are destroyed by the
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    • 103 26 / 27 GIVEAWAY WIN THE HANGOVER PART III MOVIE HAMPERS GIVEAWAY WE ARE giving away 10 sets of The Hangover Part III movie hampers, courtesy of Warner Bros. Each set includes a bottle opener necklace, a ladies’ T-shirt and a movie poster. The Hangover Part III is rated M18 and opens here
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    • 142 28 GIVEAWAY MOVIE TICKETS TO BE WON JURASSIC PARK 3-D tres Lido at 7pm, courtesy of United International Pictures. To win, answer this question: Name the director of Jurassic Park 3D. 1. Steven Spielberg 2. Michael Crichton 3. Sam Neill Send your answer by SMS to *****7877 in the following format:
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    • 337 28 GREAT EXPECTATIONS Great Expectations also stars Harry Potter alums Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane. The movie opens here May 30. The preview screening is on May 29, 7pm, at Shaw Preview Theatre, Level 13, Shaw House. To win, answer this question: Name the director of Great Expectations.
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 57 28 n After The War Was Won The Battle For Peace Began. ACADEMY A WiA K D m WINNER MATTHEW FOX TOMMY LEE JONES A > THOL POWERFUL AND r THOUGHT-PROVOKING....” f Spirituality ami Practice .BRILLIANTLY ACTED. Movieline EMP INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY IP Qjf [2 BH w Opens Today
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 419 37 Channel 5 The Jeff Probst Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Price Is Right You Deserve It Primeval: New World History From The Hills News 5 Tonight Fear Factor 2.0 USA The Apartment Style Edition Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past 4.00pm 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00 Midnight SURIa
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  • Racing
    • 469 51  -  KRANJITRACKWORK TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg THE in-form DYNAMIC VENTURE can score a hat-trick when he lines up in the final event at Kranji tomorrow. Prepared by Sonny Yeoh for his retired trainer-brother, Dr Yeoh Kheng Chye, the four-year-old brown Australian-bred looked to be
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    • 303 51 RACE 1 —1000m(Polytrack) C5 D1 12.50 C5 D1 12.50 s Noh* (9) 57 2 Mr Bean R Shafiq* 0) 57 3 Sahoro 12 Northern Cat (2) E.A 4 Double Cash S John RACE 2 —1200m(Polytrack) RM 1.20 56.5 5 Fountain TH Koh* (10) 56.5 6
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    • 123 52 SEVEN more horses trained by the banned Mahmood Al Zarooni, including 2012 St Leger winner Encke, have tested positive for anabolic steroid stanozolol, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said in a statement on Monday. Godolphin trainer Al Zarooni (right) was handed an eight-year
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    • 592 52 RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF 1000m 3 OCEAN ROAR 132 (90-23) W M LAI (9) -1 5 GOOD SMILE 128 (82-22) H W LAI (8) 2 7 FORTUNE TERRITORY 126 (81-19) C Y HO (5) 3 2 FLYING KEEPER 132 (18-9) Z PURTON (2)
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    • 641 52 Race 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1000M 4 LANNER FALCON 58 (96-24) G Van Niekerk (6) 1 9 SISTER SYBIL 58 (95-28) D Ashby (2) 2 2 AKSARAY 58 (47-12) A Domeyer (12) 3 5 MARIE BARCELO 58 (23-7) K Neisius (4) -4 Trainer: Mike
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    • 182 52 KRANJI OFFICIAL RACE TRIALS THE results of yesterday’s two Official Race Trials over 1,000m on the Polytrack. The going was good. TRIAL 1 1 Got Luck (O Chavez) 2 D’Don (M Nunes) 3 Serpico (C Brown) 4 Horaz Samosir (I Santana) 5 Big
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    • 295 52 NST WORKOUTS BY HORSES HANDICAPPED ON SATURDAY: Class 4 1,400m: Vibrant Spirit pace work. Slowwork: Saga King (Lou Ho), U S Bolt, looking well, Jai Ho (Shankar), in fine trim. Class 4 1,600m: Slow work: Champagne Needed, looking well, Ali Baba (CK Tan) and David Dynasty (Shankar), improved.
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  • Page 52 Miscellaneous
    • 32 52 Wednesday, May 22 2013 First Second Third 7837 1343 8367 Starters 0151 0939 2808 3427 4430 4518 4661 6164 8917 9566 Consolations 0385 1047 1258 2925 4056 4512 4857 7584 7671 9127
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 96 53 Reuters CLAIMS of match-fixing in a Malaysian league fixture will be investigated by the country’s Football Association (FAM) and sports minister, local media reported yesterday, with the police urged to protect players from bookmakers. The second-tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and
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      • 103 53 Wire Services JOHOR Darul Takzim replaced ATM FA as the closest challengers to the LionsXII after beating reigning champions Kelantan 2-0 in the Malaysian Super League last night. Johor scored through former Kelantan players Norshahrul Id- lanTalaha (65th) andNurulAzwanRoya (68th). With
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      • 100 53 AFP FORMER Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died at the age of 60, according to reports in the British media yesterday. The website of the Manchester Evening News said he died at his home in Rochdale, yesterday morning, without specifying
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      • 683 53 NBA PLAY-OFFS AP WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS SAN ANTONIO SPURS 93 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 89 (OT) San Antonio lead series 2-0 WHEN Tony Parker started running low on masterful plays, Tim Duncan was there to take over and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 327 54  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg UNHO Park staged one of the greatest comebacks in local golf when he upstaged Singapore’s No. 1 Mardan Mamat on the final day of the DW Broadmoor Singapore Golf Challenge at Laguna National’s World Classic course yesterday. Trailing by five strokes
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      • 302 54 AFP ERNIE Els has predicted a legal battle over the ban on anchoring putters set to come into force in 2016 and admitted he would not have won last year’s British Open without a long putter. Els’ South African compatriot Tim Clark who has been
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      • 424 54 AFP A CONTRITE Sergio Garcia said yesterday he wants a meeting with Tiger Woods to apologise directly for the racist row that was sparked by his “fried chicken” comments at an official dinner. Garcia (above, left) has had a longrunning feud with Woods
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    • TNP School Sports Star Award brought to you by H-TWO-O
      • 556 55  -  GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg ANGLO-CHINESE School (Independent) reclaimed the Boys’ A Division badminton title from Raffles Institution in a dramatic 3-2 win yesterday. In the tense final match with the score locked at 2-2, it was up to ACS (I)’s PeckErn Min to overcome an
        TNP PICTURES: CHOO CHWEE HUA; COURTESY OF PECK ERN MIN  -  556 words
    • Swimming
      • 840 56  -  Australia’s ex-Olympic swimming champion Huegill shares comeback story DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg AT HIS prime, he was the fastest butterfly sprinter in the world in 2001 and 2002. With five world titles and eight world records, Geoff Huegill was on top of the world. At his
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    • S-League
      • 663 58  -  Brunei DPMM have failed to replicate their impressive showing of last season which saw them finish second GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg THEY gave Tampines Rovers a good fight for the 2012 S-League title, finishing four points behind the champions while picking up the StarHub League Cup
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      • 895 59  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg HIS BIRTHDAY present was having a cooler of ice water dumped over his head by mischievous teammates. But Albirex Niigata star Bruno Castanheira won’t mind, if they help him deliver his birthday wish at the end of the season. “After training, I
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      • 408 60  -  Three Young Tigers and two Jaguars are among those who impressed ALI KASIM last week ALI KASIM KHAIRULNIZAM JUMAHAT (DF, Geylang International) SWUNG in an inch-perfect cross for Geylang’s first goal against Balestier. A string of good performances have made Nizam the first-choice right back for
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      • 639 61  -  Balestier get boost with Qiu Li and Park back from suspension ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg ALBIREX v HOUGANG (Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Jalan Besar Stadium) THE 1-0 loss to Home last week would have surely hurt Albirex. The White Swans are five points adrift of league leaders Tampines, who
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    • Who’s going where
      • 474 62 / 63 Poser over Rooney’s transfer request sparks conspiracy theory Wire Services DID he or did he not? Newly-retired Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said Wayne Rooney had asked to leave Old Trafford. But, according to the Daily Mirror, the striker insisted he did not put
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      • 367 62 / 63 PA Sport MANUEL Pellegrini has confirmed he will leave Malaga at the end of the season. The Chilean head coach has been heavily tipped to fill the vacancy left by Roberto Mancini at Manchester City this summer and has now stated he will not be
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      • 648 62 / 63 Wire Services BRAZILIAN starlet Neymar appears to have settled for Barcelona in his first foray into Europe. Brazilian daily O Globo reported that the talented striker has agreed in principle last week to join the Catalans on July 1. The paper said his club Santos is
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    • Champions League
      • 460 64 Dutch winger hopes to end curse which saw him losing in the 2010 and 2012 finals PA Sport FINAL BORUSSIA DORTMUND v BAYERN MUNICH (Sunday, 2.40am, SingTel mioTV Ch 111) ARJEN Robben is desperate to end his Champions League curse when Bayern Munich play Borussia Dortmund
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      • 428 64 PA Sport BORUSSIA Dortmund’s attacking midfielder Mario Goetze has been ruled out of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich this Sunday (Singapore time). Dortmund confirmed last night that the 20-year-old, who will move to Bayern next season for 37 million euros ($60m), will
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    • Football
      • 675 65  -  S’pore Selection earn praises from even Atletico coach Simeone for their tough tackles DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg HE GOT the most cheers and applause from the Jalan Besar crowd as he stepped on to the pitch in the 59th minute. And deservedly so because Atletico Madrid forward Falcao,
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