The New Paper, 26 December 2013

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    15 1 the new paper thursday december 26 2013 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ceNTS 70 MICA(P)084/01/2013
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      42 1 BABY CHARMAINE’S FAtAl StrugglE AgAinSt CAnCEr touChED A nAtion. tWo YEArS lAtEr, mum iS BlESSED With... new hubby, new baby, New life ›6 TNP PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR days to5 EugEnE WEE Stop the speeding, stem the bleeding ›22 4-D results SportS pullout›S16
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      45 1 0 THURSDAY DECEMBER 26 2013 And your winners are... poSEur Fann’s secret to selfie success: lights, filters and... loSEr Fail of the Year ridhwan Azman: From zero to hero to zero again ’tWEEtEr Sweetie-pie Jayley sweeps Babe award, thanks to twitter fan base ›12 awards2013
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      Lock icon Pleasure island
      1277 2 / 3  -  Southern hideout draws well-heeled boaters Reports by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg By day, Mr Ong Hong Him is a busy human resources executive. He deals with people every day, training others in interpersonal skills. But twice every week, Mr Ong, 67, trades his suit for casual wear and
      TNP PHOTOS: JEREMY LONG; TNP GRAPHIC: KELVIN CHAN; SOURCE: SENTOSA, YOURSINGAPORE.COM; ST FILE PHOTOS  -  1,277 words
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      Lock icon At least 40 killed in Iraq attacks
      111 4 Attacks, including bombs that exploded in a market near a church in Baghdad, killed at least 40 people across Iraq yesterday, officials said. “Two roadside bombs exploded in a popular market in Dura, killing 35 people and wounding 56,” interior ministry spokesman Saad
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      Lock icon Rain pelts Philippine disaster zone
      108 4 Survivors of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon spent a gloomy Christmas surrounded by mud yesterday as heavy rain drove many people inside their flimsy shelters. Groups of children in raincoats braved the weather in the devastated central city of Tacloban, knocking on doors in trick-or-treat fashion
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      Lock icon Indonesians stage protest
      244 4 CHURCH CLOSURES Some 200 Indonesian Christians held a Christmas service yesterday in front of Jakarta’s presidential palace protesting at the closure of their churches due to pressure by Muslim hardliners. The members from two churches near the capital sang hymns, recited prayers and lit candles by a
      PHOTO: AFP  -  244 words
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      Lock icon Search for missing barge crew continues
      146 4 Search-and-rescue operations continued for a seventh day yesterday for the four missing crew members of the capsized Bolivia-flagged barge Heng Hong 168, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). As of 5pm yesterday, the operations involved two air force Super Puma helicopters,
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      Lock icon Firefighter unknowingly pulls daughter’s body from crash
      132 4 It was a nightmare before Christmas. Volunteer firefighter Steve Whitcomb, 58, had pulled a dying woman from the wreckage of a car crash, only to find that the dying victim was his daughter. Ms Katie Hamilton, 30, had died on the highway after
      PHOTO: FACEBOOK/STEVE WHITCOMB  -  132 words
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      Lock icon ‘Overwhelming emotions’
      617 6  -  She has a new baby, but mum who lost daughter Charmaine (above) to rare cancer 2 years ago says seeing her things still brings back... Report by BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Two years ago, Madam Cynthia Lim lost her daughter Charmaine to childhood cancer neuroblastoma. This year, she
      TNP PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  617 words
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      Lock icon British man, 90, breaks heart transplant record
      135 8 A British man has entered the record books as the world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient. Mr John McCafferty, 90, broke the previous world record of 30 years, 11 months and 10 days set by Mr Tony Huesman, of the US, who died in
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      Lock icon Pope’s Xmas plea: Make peacemaking personal
      271 8 Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as Roman Catholic leader, yesterday called for dialogue to end the conflict in South Sudan and all wars, saying everyone should strive to be personal peacemakers. Speaking to tens of thousands of people from the central balcony of
      PHOTO: AP  -  271 words
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      Lock icon Thai PM’s national reform council proposal rejected
      356 10 Thailand’s prime minister proposed a “national reform council” yesterday to seek a way out of the political crisis gripping the kingdom, following weeks of mass street protests against her government. Ms Yingluck Shinawatra said the body would be set up in parallel with
      PHOTO: AP  -  356 words
    • FLAME awards 2013
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        Lock icon BABE OF THE YEAR JAYLEY WOO
        627 12 / 13  -  The results are out and here are the winners to join our annual hall of fame (and shame) Catherine Robert The year produced a bumper crop of surprises, some weird but most good. And none was more surprising than the tale of the little
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        Lock icon AH BOY OF THE YEAR TOSH ZHANG
        373 12 / 13  -  Jocelyn Lee They dominated the local showbiz industry this year. So much so that we decided to give these boys a category of their own Ah Boy Of The Year. It was a tough fight between the talented Tosh Zhang, smart-mouthed Wang Weiliang
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        Lock icon SHOCKER OF THE YEAR HUANG WENYONG'S DEATH
        237 12 / 13  -  Jocelyn Lee His unexpected death in April sent shockwaves through the local entertainment industry. The news about Huang Wenyong’s passing had readers voting it the most shocking event this year. The veteran local actor, who died from lymphoma, was 60. He left behind
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        Lock icon SELFIE QUEEN OF THE YEAR FANN WONG
        334 14 / 15  -  Jocelyn Lee All hail the newly-crowned Selfie Queen! With her pretty face and flawless skin, local actress Fann Wong’s selfies on her Instagram account fannaiaiwong) have always been very popular with her followers, with each garnering, on average, more than 3,000 likes. The
        PHOTO COURTESY OF FANN WONG  -  334 words
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        Lock icon #FAIL OF THE YEAR RIDHWAN AZMAN
        469 14 / 15  -  Catherine Robert Before the mayhem unfolded for 19-year-old Ridhwan Azman, he was enjoying the rewards of his journey from a regular YouTuber to a famed local actor. Local director Jack Neo had given him his bigscreen break with the two Ah Boys To Men
        PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/RIDHWAN ASMAN  -  469 words
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        Lock icon S’PORE’S FAVE BOY BAND ONE DIRECTION
        310 14 / 15  -  Juliana June Rasul This award, really, is for the Directioners. We are not surprised at all that One Direction, the world’s biggest English-speaking boy band, squelched the competition Korea’s Big Bang and Exo in our first-ever Singapore’s Fave Boy Band Flame Awards poll. Why?
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        Lock icon SURPRISE! OF THE YEAR XIE SHAOGUANG
        309 16  -  Jocelyn Lee There were three strong contenders in our new Surprise! Of The Year category. But TNP readers voted Xie Shaoguang’s ordainment as a monk the biggest secret uncovered in 2013. The former MediaCorp actor stunned everyone when TNP reported in September that he
        TNP FILE PHOTO; TNP PHOTO: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  309 words
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        Lock icon BOOMZ AWARD ANTHONY CHEN
        415 16  -  Juliana June Rasul So the Best Foreign Film Oscar shortlist is out, and Ilo Ilo is not on it. No matter. We’ve given local director Anthony Chen his own little “Oscar” trophy as a keep- sake for creating a Boomz in our local film industry and
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      Lock icon Flip-flops for charity
      606 18  -  British brothers orphaned by 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami carry on parents’ philanthropy legacy Report by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg Boxing Day nine years ago was the last time the Forkan brothers saw their parents. Londoners Paul and Rob Forkan, then 15 and 17 respectively, were in Weligama,
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      Lock icon BY THE NUMBERS
      34 20 3 The number of Turkey’s cabinet members who resigned over a high-level corruption scandal yesterday. One of the members also called on Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to follow suit, Reuters reported.
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      Lock icon Notorious gang leader shot dead
      229 20 Malaysian police have shot dead the alleged leader of a notorious gang of robbers. The man from Sampang, Indonesia, was identified as Matruji. He was also known as Mat Ting War, 43, the police said. He was spotted sitting in a car by the police
      PHOTO: THE STAR  -  229 words
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      Lock icon Safe driving is no accident
      1342 22 / 23  -  reflectionsreflections2013 Thursday, December 26 2013 THENEW PAPER THENEW PAPER Thursday, December 26 2013 B USNO Cash prize snowballs to$4,000 Get today’s numbers inside Page 4 NATIONAL DAY A day for young and old to remember Pages 6-9 TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO TNP PICTURE: JEREMY LONG
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      Lock icon Hunger Games his ideal role
      326 26  -  ANTM 20 runner-up says he wants an acting career Report by JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg He isn’t “Starvin’ Marvin” anymore. Marvin Cortes, 21, earned that nickname for being “desperate” during his stint on the 20th season of US reality TV modelling series America’s Next Top
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      Lock icon We never saw her make a mince pie
      380 27 Celeb chef’s assistants claim: Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson’s festive celebrations are a far cry from what is shown on screen, her former assistants have claimed. They said she relied on caterers, hired a team to decorate her Christmas tree and never cooked
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      Lock icon NY mayorelect’s daughter reveals drug, alcohol abuse
      331 29 The teenage daughter of incoming New York mayor Bill de Blasio has made startling revelations. Ms Chiara de Blasio said on Tuesday that she underwent treatment for depression and drug and alcohol abuse over the past year, the New York Daily News reported.
      PHOTOS: AP, AFP  -  331 words
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        565 30 / 31  -  Polytechnics provide many opportunities to prepare students for their future careers. Linette Heng (linheng@sph.com.sg) speaks to five outstanding polytechnic students and graduates to find out how polytechnic life has contributed to their success Polytechnics are an attractive option for students after secondary school. In the second
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        328 30 / 31 NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC Inspired by his businessman grandfather, Mr Quek Siu Rui wanted to be an entrepreneur. From creating a franchise of mobile icecream vendors to a jigsaw puzzle theme cafe, the 26-year-old graduate from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Business Studies course and
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        Lock icon Star athlete, Olympic hope and model student
        347 30 / 31 REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC She is one of Singapore’s brightest young athletes, and one of the country’s hopes for an Olympic medal in 2016. And despite the rigours of training, paddler Isabelle Li, 19, is a model student at Republic Polytechnic (RP). She is a
        PHOTO: REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC  -  347 words
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        Lock icon He started social enterprise after winning competition
        299 30 / 31 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC When he was a second-year business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Mr Keith Tan and his team won an enterprise competition in which they helped design a greenhouse, promoted mushroom cultivation and built a computer laboratory for a village in India.
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        Lock icon Poly law student was inspired by law drama
        340 32 TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC He was the first polytechnic student to enrol in the National University of Singapore’s law faculty (NUS) in 2005. There, Mr Lavanesan Swaminathan, now 31, was also selected to be part of a pioneer batch of seven students who attended
        PHOTO: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC  -  340 words
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        Lock icon He receives offers to buy over company
        412 32 NANYANG POLYTECHNIC At the age of 23, Jed Tay is the managing director of Anomalyst, a design-based post production company. And in just three years, the company, which provides motion media design for film, advertising campaigns and broadcasts, has received four buyout offers.
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      Lock icon Fresh poly grads in $1.2m deal
      367 34  -  Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg They joke that their business took off thanks to the kiasu spirit of Singaporeans. Fresh out of Temasek Polytechnic five years ago, Ms Elfaine Tan and Mr Kingsley Peh, both 25, set up a website called Fr3b (pronounced freebie)
      PHOTO: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC  -  367 words
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      87 1 EPL: MAN CItY v LIVErPOOL ATTACK mode Suspect at the back, liverpool need to beat City at their own game to consolidate top spot, says gaRY lIM ›S2 thursDAY DECEMBER 26 2013 20-page pullout rED ALErt: Luis Suarez, the first player in Premier League history to score 19 goals in
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        Lock icon REDS MUST GO FOR CITY'S JUGULAR
        591 2 / 3  -  Suarez Co do not have the pedigree to handle formidable City attacks GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Are Liverpool genuine title contenders or mere pretenders? With a little help from Manchester City, they will soon find out. Liverpool go into Christmas top of the league table
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        Lock icon JOHNSON: WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE BEST
        753 2 / 3 PA Sport Defender Glen Johnson insists Liverpool have a first-11 who are a match for any of their biggerspending rivals. The English Premier League leaders face tough trips to Manchester City tomorrow morning (Singapore time) and, three days later, Chelsea both clubs who
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        Lock icon RODGERS: FANS CAN DREAM...
        729 4 / 5 PA Sport With Liverpool top of the table on Christmas, manager Brendan Rodgers admits the fans can dream of ending their long wait for the Premier League title. But he is confident there will be no complacency within the squad as they chase their first league
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        Lock icon ...but Pool won’t be champions on May 11
        994 4 / 5  -  ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg COMMENT I once put a curse on Federico Macheda. In case Manchester United fans are wondering what happened to their young, promising Italian striker, he is now languishing in England’s second tier playing for Doncaster United. It wasn’t a
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        Lock icon PELLEGRINI EXPECTS MORE TWISTS
        784 6 / 7 PA Sport Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini knows the Boxing Day battle with Liverpool will be one of many rounds in an EPL title fight which has plenty of twists and turns to come. City remain firmly in contention following a 4-2 win at Fulham last
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        Lock icon Milner wary of Suarez
        744 6 / 7 AFP Step up and give your best with Tiger Balm®ACTIVE, range of muscle rubs, gels and sprays. Specially formulated by Tiger Balm®the name you can trust. ACTIVE is what you need for warm-ups as well as relief of your muscular aches and pains. So go on!
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        Lock icon Wilshere reacted to children jibes
        127 8 Reuters The abusive hand gesture Jack Wilshere directed at Manchester City fans this month was a reaction to jibes about his children, the Arsenal and England midfielder explained on Tuesday. The 21-year-old said he regretted his reaction, which resulted in a two-game suspension, and he
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        Lock icon GUNNERS SHOULD RETURN TO WINNING WAYS
        523 8  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg There’s only one thing that Arsenal fans want for Christmas and that’s to get back to winning ways as soon as possible. Every team has a blip somewhere in the season and the red half of North London will be praying
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      Lock icon Rooney playing for team: Moyes
      138 9 AFP Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has become more of a team player, said United manager David Moyes. The 28-year-old (right) who was given his Premier League debut by Moyes when they were at Everton has scored 10 goals this term, but it has been
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      Lock icon Januzaj in Ronaldo’s footsteps
      553 9 PA Sport Adnan Januzaj seems to be following the Cristiano Ronaldo route to stardom at Manchester United. Just like Ronaldo, Januzaj has burst onto the first-team scene at the age of 18 with a series of dazzling performances. As with the Portugal superstar, the teenager has
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    • EPL BETTING
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        Lock icon A CLASSIC AT THE ETIHAD
        1823 10 / 11  -  RICHARD LENTON npsports@sph.com.sg MAN CITY V LIVERPOOL This could be an Etihad classic. City have bagged 50 goals in 12 home games, and have won 11 of those matches. However, Liverpool are now riding high at the summit of the EPL as they chase a
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    • WACKY BOXING DAY
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        1022 12 / 13  -  Our columnist plays Santa Claus and hands out what each EPL team need NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg It’s that time of year when grown men dress in funny red and white clothes and go a little crazy. But enough about Vincent Tan, let’s talk Christmas presents. It’s
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        128 12 / 13 Reuters Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan has sealed a deal to take over Bosnian Premier League football club Sarajevo, officials said yesterday. Sarajevo general director Dino Selimovic confirmed the news and declined to provide details but local media reported yesterday that the Malaysian
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        Lock icon No way, Jose, he hasn’t changed
        627 12 / 13  -  Mourinho’s still a divisive figure Report by IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg CHELSEA v SWANSEA (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103, StarHub TV Ch 228) When he first returned, Jose Mourinho tried to convince us all that he had changed, that he had grown, that
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          1237 14 / 15  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 (1,650M) ALL TIMES LUCKY (3) appears ready to open his win account. He was just nailed on the line by Super Team over this course and distance earlier this
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          1095 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1650m TIME 7:15 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 GLOBAL FAME C S SHUM C Y LUI 133 5 2 VIVA DOLPHIN K L MAN B PREBBLE 133 1 3 ALL TIMES
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          Lock icon Blinkers will sharpen Chinchona
          583 14 / 15 CLAIRWOOD PREVIEW RACE 1 (1,000M) The start of the province’s “baby” races. The betting trend is sure to be the best guide here. RACE 2 (1,200M) (1) RESOLUTION will be a big threat on form even though the distance could be short for her. (4) MYSTICAL
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          Lock icon TODAY’S SOUTH AFRICA (CLAIRWOOD) RACE CARD
          988 14 / 15 6:00 Race 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1000M 1 AMOYI B Jacobson (6) 58 2 AMRITA A Forbes (5) 58 3 BATTLE WON S Cormack (10) 58 4 BAZINGA I Sturgeon (3) 58 5 CAPE JEWEL S Khumalo (9) 58 6 COSMIC STRIKE M Odendaal
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      • PENANG TRACKWORK
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          Lock icon RISING EMPIRE ON COMEBACK TRAIL
          516 16 NST Former Singapore galloper RISING EMPIRE looks ready to re-enter the winning list, judging by his impressive workout at Batu Gantong on Tuesday morning. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old Austral-ian-bred gelding cantered one round and then showed plenty of speed to cover
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          Lock icon Speed Baby heads the field in Penang classic
          435 16 SPEED BABY, who first raced in Malaysia and then Singapore before going back to Malaysia, gets pride of place in the RM500,000 ($192,000) Penang Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup on Sunday. The Kevin Coetzee-trained seven-year-old is the highest-rated, at 116 points,
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        Lock icon NOT MANY HAPPY RETURNS FOR COOK
        597 17 AP England captain Alastair Cook marked his 29th birthday and Christmas Day yesterday, yet found little cause for celebration on the eve of the fourth Test against Australia. Trailing 3-0 in the series and with the Ashes already gone, Cook (left) has lost veteran
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        Lock icon MOK DEFIED THE ODDS
        797 18 / 19  -  Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg He was prepared to sacrifice this year’s South-east Asia (SEA) Games to do well when the biennial event comes to Singapore in 2015. But, in the end, everything just seemed to fall into place for Mok Ying Ren as he defied
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        76 18 / 19 AFP Former world No. 1 and 17time Major winner Roger Federer said on Tuesday that he and wife Mirka are expecting another child. Federer became a father in July 2009 when Mirka gave birth to twin daughters, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva. “Mirka and
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        Lock icon Murray plays down new Lendl-Becker rivalry
        183 18 / 19 AFP Andy Murray believes the intense rivalry between his coach Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker, the newly-appointed coach of Novak Djokovic, which was a feature of the 1980s, won’t be rekindled in 2014. Lendl took Murray (right) to a breakthrough Major at the 2012
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          152 18 / 19 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tonight: HULL CITY v MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 8.45pm WEST HAM v ARSENAL SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 11pm CHELSEA v SWANSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV
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          Lock icon BASKETBALL
          78 18 / 19 NBA Today: GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS v LA CLIPPERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 11.30am Tomorrow: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS v ATLANTA HAWKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am HOUSTON ROCKETS v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am Saturday: MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES v WASHINGTON WIZARDS StarHub TV Ch 216
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          46 18 / 19 MUBADALA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), Ch 255 (Sports HD), 9pm Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), Ch 255 (Sports HD), 5pm Saturday: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports Plus), Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7pm
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          40 18 / 19 ASHES 4TH TEST Today: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 237 (Star Cricket HD), SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (Star Cricket), 7.30am Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 237 (Star Cricket HD), SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (Star Cricket), 7.30am
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          31 18 / 19 COPENHAGEN MASTERS Tomorrow: SEMI-FINAL 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 8pm Saturday: SEMI-FINAL 2 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 1am FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9.30pm
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    • QUOTES OF THE YEAR
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        407 20 Offbeat, outstanding or just outrageous, here are some memorable quotes in the sporting world this year “The season was too long, it should have ended after 35 games.” Nancy coach Patrick Gabriel, after the club’s relegation from the French first division. After 35 games, Nancy were a point
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      178 6 / 7 SCORE WITH M ACTIVE EPL ACTION WITH ACTIVE acter to get those extra two goals at the end and get the win. These are the sort of games you have to win if you want to win the title. “Every game is very important for us. We dropped points earlier
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      31 16 4-D Wed 25/12/13 FIRST SECOND THIRD 0482 6566 0239 STARTERS 0069 1136 1499 1768 2533 3218 3930 4272 4566 7182 CONSOLATIONS 0534 1344 1797 4777 5072 5187 5205 8276 9614 9913
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