The New Paper, 20 October 2013

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    23 1 [the new Iphper on sunday October 20 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS 3|yj I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Thoughts on love for boats and love online
      373 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg This week’s stories reveal an interesting dichotomy in how different generations are using sea-going vessels these days. The young are living it up, choosing party cruises as an alternative to nightclubs. (See page 10.) The Ah-Mas are also
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      122 2 INDEX Sports pullout Andros is best Paul Parker on why Andros Townsend is the best fit for England’s No. 7 10 A new wave of partying Partygoers ditching clubs on land for parties on water 17 On the run The stars of Korean TV show Running Man mobbed by fans
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Aunties’ ‘secret’ floating casino
      1709 3  -  recent government report says fewer Singaporeans and PRs, especially older folk, are visiting the integrated resorts to gamble. Yet, our correspondent finds heartlanders, mainly women, heading to a cruise ship casino off Batam to gamble. Not only do they get lounge entertainment, free meals and unlimited
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      Lock icon The annual report released by the Casino Regulatory Authority last month says...
      108 4 / 5 $174m What Singaporeans and permanent residents forked out in casino entry levies last year. This is down from $195 million in 2011 and $216 million in 2010. 17,000 The daily average of casino visits by Singaporeans and permanent
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      Lock icon Lower entry fees lure punters
      446 4 / 5 MV Leisure World falls outside this purview (see figures above) of the Casino Regulatory Authority. The offshore casino is not illegal it operates in international waters. Unlike cruise ships, which have casinos on board and vacationers can opt to visit the gaming room, MV Leisure
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      Lock icon Let this party float your boat
      811 10 / 11  -  Clubbers here now have the option of alternative parties REPORTS: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg It’s a regular night out, but with a twist. Instead of hitting the conventional clubs along Clarke Quay, some revellers are taking the fun to local waters, where they dance
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      Lock icon From hot wheels to a firemen’s ball
      275 10 / 11 Hopping on a boat is pretty unique. Nightspots here and around the world are also raising their game. These are some examples: WHAT: Hot Wheels Party WHEN: Oct 16, 2013 WHERE: kyo Club, at Cecil Street THE CONCEPT: Twelve lucky women won a
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      Lock icon A jewel finds her crown in Singapore
      1399 12 / 13  -  Her father was assassinated, her brother kidnapped by gunmen. Now, this Jeweller from Pakistan is happy to call ‘safe’ S’pore home REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Watching her at work, one would probably put Madam Sara Taseer (right) down as a regular jeweller
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      Lock icon Flight of fantasy
      524 14 / 15  -  Cast in new RWS musical perform acrobatics, gravitydefying stunts and even sing in mid-air REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg In a practice room, seven acrobats perform somersaults and do cartwheels and splits in midair. Portraying tribesmen in a mystical forest, they make clawing gestures with their hands, as
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      Lock icon Paying for online likes
      474 16  -  Astroturfing, or buying online support, is hard to uncover, making it a well-liked tactic REPORTS: LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg Want to be liked or win support for a cause or a petition? Go online and you can get 1,000 likes on your Facebook page for as little
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      Lock icon Self-peeling apples???
      398 16 We successfully started a petition to grow apples that peel on their own With the help of an IT expert who declined to be identified, The New Paper created its own petition “We should start growing apples that would peel on their own” on avaaz.org, the site where
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      Lock icon Fans band together to get their man
      593 17  -  4,000 throng Jurong Point for Running Man cast REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg In the competitive realm of K-pop mania, it pays to be intelligent. Don’t let the rules limit you. Outplay and outsmart them all. This was the strategy deployed by Singaporean Running
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      Lock icon Starbucks vs Starbung
      414 20 Billion-dollar coffee chain sues Thai street vendor for $12,000, and demands $1,200 a month On one side is a billion-dollar global coffee chain. On the other is a Bangkok street vendor, selling coffee from his cart. Starbucks, which had an annual net profit of US$1.38 billion (S$1.7
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    • Article
      Lock icon Stay away from Anwar
      169 20 M’sian students warned to avoid speaking event by opposition leader in Australia A Malaysian official has threatened to take “stern action” against Malaysian students in Australia if they attended yesterday’s Adelaide Festival of Ideas, an e-mail sent to students said. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was the
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      Lock icon Elderly couple jump from 4th floor to escape hotel fire
      257 20 The couple were about to go to bed when they heard a frantic knock on their hotel room door. People were also screaming “fire, fire”. Mr Harun Majid, 59, and Ms Rahima Bilung, 60, grabbed a few belongings and ran
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      Lock icon Holy man dreams of $61 b trove
      464 21 If his dream is true, then one of India’s poorest states has been sitting on ancient treasure An Indian holy man had a dream. A former king appeared before him and told him of a US$50 billion (S$61 billion) treasure buried under a
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      Lock icon ‘Grumpy’ cat wins lifetime achievement award
      265 21 It was given a lifetime achievement award at the age of one. Not many people can aspire to such an accolade. But the winner is a cat, a “grumpy” one at that. It took just one picture on Reddit, a social news and entertainment
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      Lock icon US university student: Don’t hate me because I’m rich
      465 22 She is 20, rich and apparently makes no attempt to hide it. Miss Rachael Sacks wrote an essay demanding that poor people stop making her feel bad because she’s rich, Mail Online reported. “I am sorry that I was born into
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      Lock icon What’s wrong with me?
      403 23 Swimsuit supermodel says she can’t get boyfriend Stunning supermodel. Blue-eyed blonde. Former girlfriend of Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio. Bar Refaeli, the 28-year-old Israeli model, shouldn’t have any problems getting the men she wants. But the truth is surprising, if an interview she had with an Israeli
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      Lock icon ZOMBIE
      810 28 / 29 ZOMBIEThe undead are everywhere on TV, in films and you can even race them next weekend. We asked JENNIFER DHANARAJ to get the look and join the zombie hordes It’s time to bring out the menacing growls. Halloween’s coming up, and going as a zombie is a good alternative
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      Lock icon SURVIVAL TIPS
      516 28 / 29 The apocalypse is coming. How else do you explain Miley Cyrus’ twerking or the viral music video about a girl’s love for Chinese food? This also means that our world could be in danger of being populated by the undead: Zombies. While there are plenty of films about
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Chinese mayor fired for corruption
      75 6 / 7 AFP The mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing has been removed from his post for corruption, state media said yesterday. Ji Jianye, 56, was fired for “suspected serious disciplinary violations”, the Xinhua news agency said, using a term that typically refers to the corruption
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      Lock icon S’porean man killed in bike crash in Malaysia
      103 6 / 7 A Singaporean died in a motorcycle crash in Malaysia, reported Channel NewsAsia. Reports from Pahang said Mr Ooi Hong Kim, 61, was riding his bike with seven friends from Singapore to Ipoh along the Sungai Koyan route on Friday. His bike reportedly
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      67 6 / 7 CAN’T BEAR IT: Police officers detaining an anti-Greenpeace activist dressed as a polar bear after he confronted Greenpeace activists. The latter were rallying in support of the “Arctic 30” Greenpeace activists who were detained in Moscow on Friday. The “Arctic 30” were slapped with piracy charges and their
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      Lock icon Financial education to be expanded
      316 6 / 7 Many S’poreans poorly insured, poorly informed Most Singaporeans are not sufficiently insured and some don’t even know they are covered by Medishield, a recent survey indicates. But substantial majorities save some money each month and would rather not be in debt, going by preliminary findings
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    • Article
      Lock icon Obama urges Congress to ditch politics of crisis
      223 6 / 7 AFP The US Congress must stop stumbling from crisis to crisis and join together to create jobs and get things done. That was what President Barack Obama said yesterday in his weekly radio address. Speaking just two days after Congress reached an
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      Lock icon New deck and other features for Siglap Canal
      107 6 / 7 Siglap Canal will get a makeover with new features, such as a rain garden, by 2015. This is part of the PUB’s Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters Programme, which transforms water bodies into beautiful and clean streams, rivers or lakes. The National Water
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      Lock icon Saturday morning operation nabs 10 for drink-driving
      137 6 / 7 A pre-dawn operation yesterday caught 10 motorists, aged between 24 and 57, for drink driving. A total of 78 drivers were stopped and tested for alcohol consumption. The highest breathalyser result was 94 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than
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      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      209 6 / 7 We rate the past week’s news good and bad The PAP Community Foundation website was hacked by a person or group called the “The Messiah” last week. In another case of vandalism targeted at childcare centres last week, obscene graffiti was scrawled at Sweetlands Childcare Centre in Woodlands.
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      62 6 / 7 Capturing life through an app This was taken after my dragon boat training. Week after week, it’s not what I gain from training nor the beauty of the place that keeps me coming back. It’s the company of friends that makes it worthwhile. TNP reader Zaenal Lim To be
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER
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      Lock icon This job can make you cry
      808 8  -  From changing diapers to handling tantrums, pre-school teachers have a tough job BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg The biggest misconception people have about her job is that “anyone can do it”. But the truth is, there is more to being a pre-school teacher than singing
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      69 10 / 11 m SINGAPORE’S ml HIT MUSIC STATION 5 'm t: LL rffi > 4 V>W D WEEKDAY EVENINGS K D V 4 7:30PM t r\ W~ < Lx SINGAPORE RADIO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS Guinness World Records and Singapore Book of Records holder for the Longest marathon for a radio music
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Phoenix claws
      648 24  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg You either love it or hate it. There’s a strong divide when it comes to “phoenix claws” the glamorous name for humble chicken feet. Yes, it elicits strong feelings and divides dim sum lovers into two camps those who love it and those
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      Lock icon Great grill find in Sydney
      618 25  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg For once, I will not tell you what hawker finds to rush to this week but what our hawkers in Sydney rushed to (at least twice in as many days) for dinner. I had heard about this place before I went
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    • Article
      Lock icon S’pore Day fun, but extra challenging
      340 25 Working frantically at Singapore Day in Sydney last weekend were a bunch of heroes the hawkers. This Singapore Day was fun, as usual, but extra challenging and one of the toughest so far. Due to location regulations, hawkers had only a day and a
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Up & away
      379 26 Up away Motocross riders push bikes to limit in unique man-made course in Spain For a ground-based sport like motocross (MX), these riders caught some serious air. Blasting across a specially created man-made course at Valdemorillo, just outside the Spanish capital of Madrid, some of the world’s best MX riders
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Macau’s speed thrills
    553 27 Racing in Macau is no easy feat. The Guia Circuit (Circuito da Guia in Portuguese), where the Macau Grand Prix will be held next month, is one of the world’s most demanding racing venues. Visitors to the Grand Prix will be thrilled as they see the races
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      87 30 Find Out Where You Stand In The Singapore Workforce With Our SALARY BENCHMARKER* STJobs’ latest feature calculates your job market value using annual income. COMPARE NOW at www.STJobs.sg/Salary The Salary Benchmarker* compares your salary for the same job across various or specific industries. *Latest data from MOM June 2013 Awarded
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon men’s Woman’s touch on JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg the is clothing
      224 31  -  JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Borrowing from the men is common in the fashion industry. It was especially notable at the Paris Fashion Week. From Nina Ricci’s ultra-feminine take on traditional menswear to Saint Laurent Paris’ edgy take on it at the
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      Lock icon THE YOUTUBE TEST
      89 31 TESTPutting online advice to the test Women’s Style Tips: How to Accessorize a Women’s Suit Username: ehowbeauty A women’s suit, while feminine, exudes a lot of power. This video was a revelation that opened my eyes to just how to wear a suit, without looking like you’ve
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  • PLAY WHO SAYS SINGAPORE IS BORING?
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      Lock icon The things you can do this week
      692 32  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Pole-dancing Pole-dancing in Singapore has pretty much gone mainstream. It’s become nice and vanilla since it had its own segment at the 2009 National Day Parade. We’re also hosting some of the world’s best pole dancers at the upcoming International
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon BAR-HOPPING DIARY: Robertson Quay
      988 33  -  One night, different bars, minimal travel all good. ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 The Robertson Quay belt isn’t restricted to picnicking juvenile delinquents. Sure, there are complaints about youngsters who buy cheap alcohol and get tanked up on the kerb before hitting Zouk. But there’s much
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire
      846 34  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg NOTES SingTel has got nothing on me. I caused the greatest fire hazard in history and nearly killed my father. At a community fireworks display back in the 1980s, I threw what I believed to be a used, dead firework into
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      Lock icon 5 things I wish I knew before doing NS...
      798 35  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ACT BLUR Thanks to an Institute Of Policy Studies (IPS) survey and a blogger comparing national service (NS) to slavery, NS is a hot topic again. When I was a young boy, I dreaded NS after hearing
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Roo-ed interruption at Oz airport
        132 35 Reuters An injured kangaroo shut down part of Melbourne Airport on Wednesday after it hopped through the busy terminal and into a drug store. Police in the south-eastern Australian city secured the store before wildlife workers tranquillised and captured the animal. Given the name Cyrus,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Halloween display prompts neighbour to call police
        196 35 AP A man lies on his stomach on the driveway. Blood is splattered along the garage door that presumably smashed his head and killed him. Another man lies a few metres away, apparently run over by a pick-up truck. The scene in a
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        Lock icon Ancient Britons ate roasted toads
        157 35 AP In a discovery that could upset national stereotypes, it appears that Britons’ prehistoric ancestors may have had a taste for toad. Traditionally, it is the French who are portrayed as being fans of eating frogs. The University of Buckingham announced this week that an
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      39 1 sunDAY OCTOBER 20 2013 PHOTO: REUTERS 01GOALSEPLSteven Gerrard joins exclusive club with a milestone goal in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against 10-man Newcastle. >S7 24-page pullout MoRe epl RepoRtS >S2-6 pluS WHY tHe eNglaND JoB IS a poISoNeD CHalICe >S10
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  • 20 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • EPL
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        Lock icon STORM CLOUDS
        761 2 / 3  -  More pressure on Moyes and United GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 1 (Robin van Persie 26) SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Dejan Lovren 89) The knives are out. Manchester United fans will be baying for blood. And who can blame them? A meek 1-1 draw with Southampton at Old Trafford yesterday
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        Lock icon BLOW BY BLOW
        101 2 / 3 10 min From the right, Robin van Persie attempts to to hook the ball into the top left corner of goal. Warning for Southampton. 24 Adam Lallana passes to the unmarked Pablo Osvaldo, but his weak shot is too close to United’s goalkeeper. 26 Goal! Van Persie
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        Lock icon ! THE GOOD AND BAD
        152 2 / 3 THE GOOD AND BAD DREAM SOUTHAMPTON Southampton are living the dream. Not only are they getting results, they are doing it playing a brand of football so pleasing to the eye, that United must be green with envy. DUD Marouane Fellaini Fellaini hasn’t been convincing since he moved from Everton
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        Lock icon SHEER WIL-POWER
        702 4 / 5  -  Gunners stay top with win capped by brilliant team goal IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE EMIRATES ARSENAL 4 (Jack Wilshere 18, Mesut Oezil 58, 88, Aaron Ramsey 83) NORWICH 1 (Jonathan Howson 70) What a difference a season makes. A year and a day ago, Arsenal’s Premier
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        Lock icon Ronaldo, Di Maria on target for Real
        98 4 / 5 Wire Services REAL MADRID 2 MALAGA 0 Real Madrid beat Malaga 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu last night, thanks to a long-range effort by Angel Di Maria and an injury-time penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo. Di Maria opened accounts a minute after the break
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        Lock icon HAZARD SPARKS CHELSEA
        571 6 Belgian hits two as Blues fight back to sink Cardiff CHELSEA 4 (Hazard 33,82, Eto’o 66, Oscar 78) CARDIFF CITY 1 (Mutch 10) Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands as Chelsea claimed an emphatic, and controversial, victory over Cardiff to move second in the Premier League.
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        Lock icon Swans too cool for the Cats
        282 6 SWANSEA CITY 4 (Bardsley 57 og, De Guzman 58 Bony 64 pen, Chico 80) SUNDERLAND 0 Gus Poyet’s Sunderland reign got off to a nightmare start as a second-half capitulation saw them hammered at Swansea. The Swans had not won on home soil in
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        Lock icon STURRIDGE SAVES REDS
        413 7 Form striker on target as Pool avoid a shock defeat NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 (Cabaye 23, Dummett 57) LIVERPOOL 2 (Gerrard 42 pen, Sturridge 72) Daniel Sturridge preserved Liverpool’s promising start to the Premier League season by denying 10-man Newcastle a famous victory. The Reds trailed before the
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        Lock icon Pienaar is so sweet for Toffees
        258 7 EVERTON 2 (Mirallas 8, Pienaar 57) HULL CITY1 (Sagbo 30) Substitute Steven Pienaar produced a stunning comeback after six weeks on the sidelines as he scored with his first touch to get Everton back to winning ways. The South African, whose last appearance before
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        Lock icon England’s No. 7s at major tournaments
        103 8 / 9 World Cup ’54: Stanley Matthews World Cup ’58: Bryan Douglas World Cup ’62: John Connelly World Cup ’66: Alan Ball Euro ’68: Alan Ball World Cup ’70: Francis Lee Euro ’80: Kevin Keegan World Cup ’82: Kevin Keegan World Cup ’86: Bryan Robson Euro
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        Lock icon TOWNSEND IS THE NEW NO. 7
        498 8 / 9  -  PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg *Paul Parker is a former England and Manchester United defender who won two EPL titles and earned 19 caps for his country. He is currently a football pundit with Fox Sports. In recent years, England have struggled somewhat to find a
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        Lock icon Good outing for S’pore athletes in KL
        113 8 / 9  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ Singapore’s sprinters had a good outing at yesterday’s Malaysian Open Athletics Championships in Kuala Lumpur, with podium finishes in the men and women’s 100m races, as well as in the men’s 4x100m relay. Amirudin Jamal clocked a personal best of
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        Lock icon AVB offers advice to Townsend
        489 8 / 9 Wire Services Andre Villas-Boas has told Andros Townsend to continue working hard so that he avoids the same off-the-field problems Jack Wilshere has encountered recently. Townsend became the most talked about player in English football last week when he made a stunning international debut against
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        Lock icon SPURS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK
        149 8 / 9 Match: 0309 ASTON VILLA V TOTTENHAM Team update: Spurs knocked in eight goals in their last two visits to Villa Park for all competitions. The visitors won’t have Younes Kaboul for at least another week. Aaron Lennon could make the teamsheet. Hotshot Christian Benteke is
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    • FOOTBALL
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        Lock icon IS THE ENGLAND JOB A POISONED CHALICE?
        787 10 / 11 Intense scrutiny, dearth of talent mean manager is in no-win situation PA Sport Reuters 1The England manager’s position is a “horrible job”, according to Sir Alex Ferguson. HOrrIBle POSItION, SAYS FerGIe The incumbent Roy Hodgson has endured a week of mixed fortunes and
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        Lock icon Ferguson: I knew I’d done my time
        114 10 / 11 PA Sport Ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has no regrets over retiring earlier this year. Ferguson, who left his post at the end of last season as the most successful manager in British football, said: “My reaction was that I knew it
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        161 10 / 11 AFP Mexico named their fourth coach in six weeks in a bid to save their dismal World Cup qualifying campaign. On Friday, Club America coach Miguel Herrera was hired ahead of next month’s two-legged play-offs against New Zealand. Herrera (right) replaced Victor Manuel
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        380 10 / 11 Wire Services Manchester United teenager Adnan Januzaj may spurn the advances of Belgium and Albania due to the unprofessional conduct of both nations, said his father. That raises the chances of the 18-year-old (right) playing for England once he completes a five-year residency period.
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        156 12 / 13  -  DAVID LEE Harimau Muda have suffered a big blow in their hopes of making it three successive SEA Games football gold medals after talisman Wan Zack Haikal Wan Nor tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during training with his club FC
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        101 12 / 13 Brunei DPMM went to the top of Tier 2 of the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League last night with a 1-0 win over Hougang United in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Rodrigo Tosi scored the Wasps’ winner in the fourth minute of first-half added time to
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        Lock icon THE CASE FOR CEN TRAL DEFENCE
        995 12 / 13  -  Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg He is part of arguably the best centre back pairing in South-east Asia. Naturally Safuwan Baharudin would be one of the first names on Singapore Under-23s coach Aide Iskandar’s team sheet as he plots his way to this year’s
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        Lock icon The Plan B
        468 12 / 13  -  DAVID LEE Singapore Under-23s coach Aide Iskandar feels he has a good headache in central defence, and why not, since he has a wide range of options in that position. Besides Safuwan Baharudin and Afiq Yunos whom many feel are the first-choice centre backs for the Young
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        Lock icon ROMA MATCH RECORD START
        583 14 Wire Services Miralem Pjanic scored twice, once from the spot, to hand Roma a 2-0 win over Napoli and extend their lead in Italy’s Serie A to five points yesterday morning (Singapore time). Napoli, under the watchful eyes of former star Diego Maradona, began the match
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        Lock icon DFB to probe ‘ghost goal’
        114 14 AFP Hoffenheim have called for a replay after losing 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a freak “phantom” goal, as the German Football Federation (DFB) prepares to investigate. Leverkusen went top of the Bundesliga last Friday with Stefan Kiessling’s (right) 70th-minute winner scored in bizarre
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      120 22 / 23 Reuters Flanker Sam Cane produced an outstanding performance to help the All Blacks extend their unbeaten run over Australia in New Zealand to 16 games with a 41-33 victory in their third and final Bledisloe Cup clash in Dunedin yesterday. Fly half Aaron Cruden
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      358 22 / 23  -  After slow start to year, swimmer picks up fourth FINA World Cup medal Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg After a slow start to the year, Tao Li looks to have finally found her stride. The national swimmer picked up her fourth medal of the
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        192 22 / 23 Fairway bunker shots are very difficult. Firstly, you need to choose a club that can get you to the green. To play the shot correctly, dig your feet in the sand a little for good balance and move the ball position to the
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        133 22 / 23 Australian Scott Hend shot a eight-under 63 to open up a four-shot lead over Ernie Els of South Africa and Bangladeshi M. Siddikur after the third round of the Venetian Macau Open yesterday. Hend charged up the leaderboard with an eagle, seven
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        Lock icon Putting woes leave Rory trailing by 10
        435 22 / 23 Wire Services Rory McIlroy’s search for an elusive first victory of the year is set to continue after a cold putter left the former world No. 110 strokes off the pace after the penultimate round of the OneAsia Kolon Korea Open yesterday. The
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    • ON TV
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        150 22 / 23 EPL Tonight: ASTON VILLA v TOTTENHAM StarHub TV Ch 227; SingTel mio TV Ch 102,11pm Tuesday: CRYSTAL PALACE v FULHAM StarHub TV Ch 227; SingTel mio TV Ch 102, 3am LA LIGA Tonight: GRANADA v GETAFE StarHub TV Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115, 5.55pm ALMERIA v RAYO
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        14 22 / 23 SWISS INDOORS BASEL Tuesday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 8pm
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        41 22 / 23 SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5am VENETIAN MACAU OPEN Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 12pm PERTH INTERNATIONAL Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1.30pm
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        13 22 / 23 YONEX DENMARK OPEN Today: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 6.30pm
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      610 24 Woods’ agent considers legal action against analyst Chamblee for insinuating that... Tiger Woods’ agent is considering a lawsuit following a Golf.com story in which analyst Brandel Chamblee insinuated that Tiger Woods’ high-profile rules violations this year constituted cheating. The agent, Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management, released
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      537 15 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 6 3 4 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Premier Grade 10 Real Steel Take It Home Serpico 2 Northern Gold 1 2
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      898 15 RACE1 REAL GOODMAN: Slow into stride; crowded; eased; steadied. MAX RESOURCE: Raced wide. CAN’T TOUCH ME: Raced wide; bumped. SKY STORM: Raced wide. DRAGON PLAYER: Raced wide; bumped; jockey SH Lee, when questioned, said that it was his intention to go forward and lead. But
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE D/ POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1825 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 KS-D D3 12.45 —1200m(Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****7 Stanzout 58 (55) Z Zuriman* c3 6 (8nzg RB Marsh-Tudor Lodge Racing) 2 883-47 Pokaiwhenua 58 (52) C
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      1702 16 / 17 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF AND POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200M) 1 StanzoutHH Tough 8YO who will find this easier than recent outings. 2 PokaiwhenuaHHH Placed on Polytrack three starts back. This distance should suit. 3 Real Steel HHH
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      50 16 / 17  -  BEST BET TAN THEAN LOON WORLD WAR (left) has yet to run a bad race and he goes well for jockey Alan Munro. The Longines Singapore Gold Cupwinning jockey has partnered the Leslie Khoo-trained five-year-old three times for a win and two narrow seconds.
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        799 18 / 19 RACE 1 PORT LINCOLN (1,000M) 11 DAJEBONY RO (Runs:3 Wins:0 Places:0): 8½ len 11th 52.5kg to The Messina Nymph 1,000m Morhpk Mdn Oct 5. 6 THE HEADLINER (Runs:6 Wins:0 Places:3): len 2½ len 3rd 55kg to Debeersonus 1,000m Pt.Lin RST64 Dec 7. 1 CHLOBOROUGH (Runs:7
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (PORT LINCOLN/BUNBURY) RACE CARD
        1033 18 / 19 12:35 Race 1 PORT LINCOLN —1000M 1 CHLOBOROUGH MS K BISHOP (8) 58 2 DANIEL BOY W KERFORD (3) 58 3 FORESHORE MAK T BAKER (9) 58 4 LUNAR GALAXY M NEILSON (4) 58 5 MUNGO MERLOT P ROFF (5) 58 6 THE HEADLINER
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA RESULTS
        813 18 / 19 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 (OTAKI, NZ) 1st 6 Coastal Express ($23-$9) 2nd 2 Dame Margot ($11) 3rd 9 Sam I Am ($7) 4th 10 Crixus Forecast $20 Place Forecast (2-6) $11, (6-9) $13, (2-9) $15 Tierce $132 Trio $35 Quartet No winner ($1552 jackpot carried forward to
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        Lock icon Moreira is the RISING POWER in Race 3
        837 20 / 21 RACE 1 (1,000M) MARVEL PLUS (11) should settle on the back of what looks a good pace and can topple them late. GRACYTOM (1) was a course-and-distance winner last season at this level. He will only need a clean trip to have
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        Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (HAPPY VALLEY) RACE CARD
        1378 20 / 21 RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1000m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 GRACYTOM W Y SO C Y HO 133 8 2 GREAT ALEXANDER C FOWNES M CHADWICK 133 9 3 CHINA GOOD S WOODS H W LAI
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        Lock icon MOREIRA HAS FULL BOOK OF RIDES
        84 20 / 21 Singapore champion jockey Joao Moreira (left) is kicking off his Hong Kong stint with 10 rides from 10 races at Happy Valley today. Although a newcomer, he is surprisingly the only rider to have a full book of rides. His mounts: Race 1 Serendipity
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        404 20 / 21 SOUTH AFRICA RACES 6 9 AbANDONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. Race 1 Maiden Plate 1200M 9 EVERGREEN 59 (15-6) F Semela (6) 1 12 ROYAL PERFORMER 59 (38-9) S Mosia (4) 2 6 ERMINE STREET 59 (25-8) G Dadamasi (8) 3 3 NINJA WARRIOR
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
        1189 20 / 21 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1600m 6 PRINZIO 55 (46-15) D Bonilla (4) 3 4 1 (460) 4 GOOD FRIEND 57 (19-10) O Chavez (2) 9 8 2 (489) Nk 7 HOUSTON ROCKET 54.5 (48-14) Jose De Souza (6) 4 3 3 (483) 0.5 1 CASSANDRA SHADOW
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