The New Paper, 29 December 2013

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1 24 The New Paper
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon There’s still place for hope in this world
      394 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Are you, like me, wondering where the time went in 2013? Time and tide wait for no man as the saying goes, I guess. I can recall with alarming clarity a work day in the beginning of the
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      120 2 INDEX ST FILE PICTURE: 30 Cheat sheet for New Year’s Eve How to brave the parties and the crowd 7 Christmas gift Last week, she was searching for her family. Now, they are reunited Sports pullout Leading the pride Isa Halim tipped to be Fandi’s choice of captain for LionsXII
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Moved by them in 2013?
      916 3  -  Newhope Teen trapped in toddler’s body gets outpouring of help, easing bankrupt dad’s woes To many of our readers, our reports are more than mere words on a page. They have moved you to cry, to contribute time and money, to encourage and to cheer
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      Lock icon New start
      767 4 / 5  -  Motocross racer with paralysed arm gets sponsors, becomes mentor to depressed injured biker aft r our report REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Deep ruts may faze most riders, but not this motocross competitor. Never mind if he has lost the use of his right arm below the shoulder.
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      Lock icon New fame
      341 4 / 5  -  Owner of one of world’s biggest doll collection gets media glare, more rare dolls REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg The New Paper’s story on Mr Jian Yang catapulted him into international limelight. News agency Reuters came calling. So did BBC News, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail Online UK and
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      Lock icon New life
      414 6  -  Filipino doctor who falls four storeys down lift shaft on her way to recovery and her edding REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Five months ago, she suffered a horrific accident, plunging four storeys down a lift shaft. Now, not only is she on her way to a full recovery,
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      Lock icon The best Christmas gift
      743 7  -  Brothers find long-lost sister after reading about her in The New Paper on Sunday REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Thanks to last week’s edition of The New Paper on Sunday, Mr Rodney Koh found his long-lost sister. We had featured Madam Thanapakiam, 68, who had been
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      Lock icon Graduate heeds call of the wild Animal attraction
      308 13  -  The Singapore Zoo celebrates its 40th birthday this year. Its nearly 300 staff members work round the clock to keep this living classroom the size of 40 football fields running. Its employees tell JUDITH TAN why they dedicate their lives to the
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      Lock icon She meets first love here while playing truant
      300 14 / 15 Ms Natt Haniff (above, with Gambir), 40, remembers writing to then-CEO of the zoo, Mr Bernard Harrison, “begging for a job”. “I’d just graduated and I desperately wanted to work at the zoo,” the assistant corporate communications manager says. There was only
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      Lock icon 38 years on and still raring to go
      354 14 / 15 Growing up near the beach at Sembawang, Mr Michael Marshall (left), 60, had always been fascinated by the sea. “I love marine animals like whales, dolphins and sea lions. I love watching them in their element,” says the manager of Animal Presentations.
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      Lock icon Vet lives in zoo, literally
      424 14 / 15 She was just a month into her job as a veterinarian with Wildlife Reserves Singapore, when Dr Ng Weng Yan (right), 28, moved into the zoo. Well, into the zoo’s vacant veterinary staff quarters to be precise. It was November 2009 and she remembers it
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      Lock icon Bank CEO slammed for ‘boastful’ Christmas card
      323 17 The Christmas card was supposed to generate some festive goodwill at JPMorgan Chase, one of the four biggest banks in the US. The card, sent by the bank’s chief executive Mr Jamie Dimon, 57, shows him swinging his tennis racquet in his palatial
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      Lock icon Myanmar on my mind
      474 18 / 19  -  REPORT PICTURES GAVIN FOO gavinfoo@sph.com.sg I have travelled far and wide this year, but Myanmar stands out for one reason its people. For most of December, I covered the 27th South-east Asian (SEA) Games, which came to a close in the capital of Naypyidaw last weekend
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      Lock icon Third op to help ‘elephant man’
      285 20 He has been suffering from facial tumours since he was a child. Mr Huang Chuncai, 37, known in China as the “Elephant Man, had already undergone two operations to remove the tumours. On Christmas Day, he went through a third operation. Doctors removed about
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      Lock icon Doctor probed for ‘branding’ patient’s liver
      248 20 A surgeon in the UK is being probed after he allegedly burned his initials onto a patient’s liver during a transplant surgery. The initials were spotted by another surgeon during a routine surgery, The Telegraph reported. Consultant Simon Bramhall, 48, who is accused of
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      Lock icon US man brutally guts mum in horror murder
      476 21 He woke up on Boxing Day intent on murdering his mother. And Robert Owen Rankin, 22, did it in the most gruesome way possible. The Connecticut man readily admitted to the police that he used a fire poker and then a buck
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      Lock icon Home owners kill intruder who planned to rape
      336 21 He broke into the house, armed with a flexible tripod stand. According to reports, he may have been planning to sexually assault the owner’s wife and videotape it. But Ken Boonstra, 48, was stabbed to death by a 26-year-old woman while her
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      Lock icon Doggone it!
      301 22 Man’s best friend gets extreme makeover Call it extreme dog grooming. Dogs are transformed into lions, tigers and popular superheroes all in the name of grooming. Mrs Sue Eld-Weaver is one of the top dog groomers in the UK. She has won every competition there, with the help
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      Lock icon Keep snapping!
      173 26 / 27  -  INSTALIFE TNP Photo journalist Ariffin Jamar We started with the aim of sharing. A snapshot of life in pictures while on assignment as press photographers from The New Paper. But seven months on, it has morphed into a larger-than-life project. Since Instalife was made open to public submissions
      PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/OHSYAR; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/ LEEYIKKEAT; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/HANLIANG; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/ZOOBAY; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/ IAMHESTER; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/SANG_NILA_UTAMA; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/ FARASUNDAYS; PICTURE: INSTAGRAM/IJANPAKNOH  -  173 words
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      159 6 The first 50 readers of The New Paper who visit any of the five Buzz outlets listed below will receive a complimentary bottle of Sing Kee kaya (400g). To redeem, simply cut out the coupon below and the other matching coupon in tomorrow's copy of The New Paper. Limited to
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  • CONFESSIONS OF AN ATM CASH REPLENISHMENT OFFICER
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      Lock icon It’s the queue cutters
      906 11  -  Carrying cash isn’t stressful... BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg The job is to top up the cash in ATMs every time they run low. Banks outsource this responsibility to Certis Cisco, which employs Mr Ismail Hussein. Yes, he deals with large sums of money on a daily
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon It’s time for drastic measures
      809 12  -  Dealing with the perennial problem of drink driving MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He admits that he had been “flirting with danger” and “would likely have continued” doing so, had he not been caught last year. It was the fourth day of Chinese New Year and Mr
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      Lock icon Stay off the booze if you’re driving
      119 12  -  Jennifer Dhanaraj The prescribed legal limit is a blood alcohol content of 80mg per 100ml of blood, or a breath alcohol content of 35mg per 100ml of breath. The consequences of drink driving are severe. Upon conviction, drink drivers will be disqualified from
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Hungry for dinner porn?
      568 16  -  S. Korean vloggers get money for gluttony REPORT: JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg Food rules on social media. The Internet is awash with snaps of all kinds of food, from the most basic breakfast to deliciously lavish dinners. But a trend in South Korea is taking the love
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      Lock icon ‘Mok-bang’ too much to stomach
      370 16  -  COMMENT JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg “Mok-bang” is food voyeurism at its most bizarre. Young, attractive Koreans stuffing their faces with delicious food daily and broadcasting it live seriously? Sure, the novelty factor of this online trend is rather intriguing. I’m sure many have been drawn to
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      Lock icon Gravlaks
      693 23  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg Party season is not over yet. There is still some entertaining to be done, so why not start your new year with this Nordic dish of gravlaks raw salmon cured in salt, sugar and dill. Mr Trond Brage Jakobsen, 49, a Norwegian working in
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      Lock icon Memories of 2013
      568 24  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg The year has had its fair share of twists, turns, joys and pains. Here, I will document the good, the bad and the ugly of 2013. THE GOOD Some memorable eats which I encountered this year that will linger into 2014 include the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Interesting times ahead for food scene
      247 24 We are witnessing exciting times as there have been so many developments in the culinary scene recently. For a start, we need more manpower to capitalise on the boom in the scene. Restaurant chains have closed not due to a lack of business, but
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      66 20 FEEDING THE STARS Singapore fans cater food for K-pop idols WATS CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Usher in the New Year with beer-steamed mussels, honey roasted barbecued spare ribs and more. CLASS 8 Buy/sell memberships of various golf and country clubs. CLASS 66 A-level Maths tuition by a 'JC teacher'
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      69 22 THE NEW PAPER “AVRIL LAVIGNE” CONTEST 15 Pairs of Tickets must be won by Avril Lavigne fans! SINGAPC ["ffiVGNE Ipi ON TOUR SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM at Singapore sports hub 15 FEBRUARY 2014 AT 8PM online WWW.SPORTSHUBHX.SG o VVIN! ,eaWreS ne 2 Under My Skin 3. Let Go ILaV 9 H
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  • WHEELS
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      Lock icon Helmet talk
      684 25  -  You don’t need to shout to be heard by your pillion with the Raptor-i helmet intercom BIKER BOY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg To colleagues and my wife, who all thought I was calling them from a room, I wasn’t. In fact, I was “in” a helmet. Not only
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      156 26 / 27 OV.E the ®er ATS r_J L. JI <. ml w m me m QUESTION This actor shot to fame as Rocky Balboa in the Oscar-winning film Rocky and he plays Henry “Razor” Sharp in the movie. Who is he? 1. Sylvester Stallone 2. Robert De Niro 3. Kevin Hart SMS
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Fashion going forward
      764 28 / 29  -  JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg A new year means another year of broken resolutions and Christmas trees overstaying their welcome. More importantly, it means it is time to overhaul your wardrobe. Well, not a complete overhaul. Many fashion magazines agree that cropped tops are (unfortunately) here to stay go
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon The NYE cheat sheet
      757 30 / 31  -  How to avoid being stranded among celebratory chaos AFTER 7 ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg There is no greater reminder to plan ahead for your New Year’s Eve (NYE) outing than the thought of being surrounded by absolute chaos. Of course, it is usually too late by then.
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      Lock icon My 6 nightlife wishes for 2014
      797 30 / 31 Time to make wish lists and resolutions for 2014. Last year, one of my resolutions was to drink less. I was reminded of that just a few weeks ago, thanks to finding a crumpled Post-it note. First thing to do next year: Clean my
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  • PLAY WHO SAYS SINGAPORE IS BORING?
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      Lock icon Things you can do this week
      671 32  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Yes, the crowds are heaving. It can be a chore getting to the countdown venue and getting home afterwards is even more of a pain. But do it right and everyone should have a good time. And if you are out
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon So how unlucky was 2013 for you?
      765 33  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg Triskaidekaphobia. That’s the fear of the number 13. For those of you who suffer from this condition, it must be a relief that in three days, 2013 will finally be over. I’ve read that in some high-rise
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Entrepreneur to preserve tattoos of the dead
        166 33 Reuters It may sound macabre, but a Dutch entrepreneur has set up a business to preserve the tattoos of the dead to be used as wall art. The scheme was created by Mr Peter van der Helm of the Walls and Skin tattoo
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        Lock icon No beer leads to battering at Christmas
        158 33 AP Coming home for Christmas empty handed is never a popular move, especially when it comes to beer. Authorities in the US state of South Carolina said a 44-year-old woman was enraged when a man returned home without beer on Christmas. She then
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        Lock icon Theatre director rams French presidential gate
        150 33 Reuters Even Christmas cannot quell an artistic temperament. On Wednesday, a theatre director rammed a car into the rear gate of the French presidential palace to protest against cuts in government funding for the arts. The 67-year-old unnamed Italian national was arrested as he
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      Lock icon It’s been a funny 2013
      995 34 / 35  -  NOTES Sex, haze, 6.9m and more sex: NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg The year began with a small island obsessed with sex and numbers and, well, we still are, aren’t we? With the New Year approaching, I’ve picked out the highlights of 2013 and the stories that
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      62 1 EPL: CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL SUNDAY DECEMBER 29 2013 MASTER AND DISCIPLE 24-page pullout Rodgers returns to the Bridge to face former boss Mourinho in a match pivotal to both teams’ title credentials, says IaIN MaCINtoSH ›S2 MEETING OF FRIENDS: Brendan Rodgers worked for Jose Mourinho (inset) during the latter’s first
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  • sports
    • EPL
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        Lock icon SEIZE THE DAY, REDS
        659 2 / 3  -  With Rodgers facing ban due to ref rant, Liverpool must not lose more ground IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE UK Brendan Rodgers will face his old boss Jose Mourinho on the touchline at Stamford Bridge today, but it may be his last appearance in a
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        Lock icon BY THE NUMBERS
        73 2 / 3 5 Chelsea have won only two of their last 13 EPL matches against Liverpool (W2, D4, L7), but five of their last seven EPL wins over the Reds came under Mourinho. 69 Mourinho is unbeaten in 69 EPL matches as manager at Stamford Bridge, winning 54 of
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        Lock icon Rodgers thanks mentor Mourinho before reunion
        666 2 / 3 PA Sport Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes he owes his career to the man he is trying to outsmart tonight Jose Mourinho. Rodgers worked as a youth team coach at Chelsea during Mourinho’s first spell in charge at the London club. He went on
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        Lock icon MIND GAMES AGAIN
        663 4 / 5 PA Sport He’s at it again. Either as The Special One or The Boring One, one thing’s for sure, Jose Mourinho is never shy of playing the mind games. Ahead of their meeting with title contenders Liverpool at Stamford Bridge tonight, the Chelsea manager is trying to
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        Lock icon CECH EYES BLUES RECORD
        361 4 / 5 PA Sport Petr Cech believes success for Chelsea in tonight’s English Premier League crunch clash with Liverpool is dependent on having a miserly defence as the goalkeeper eyes another landmark. Following clean sheets against Arsenal and Swansea, the Czech goalkeeper is aiming to match Peter Bonetti’s
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        Lock icon UNITED GRIND OUT LUCKY WIN
        708 6  -  Report by GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg NORWICH 0 MAN UNITED 1 (Danny Welbeck 57) No Wayne Rooney, no Antonio Valencia and no Danny Welbeck. Without arguably three of their most inform players starting, Manchester United almost ran into trouble at Carrow Road yesterday. In the end,
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        Lock icon Lamah goal keeps the pressure on Lambert
        141 7 ASTON VILLA 1 (Agbonlahor 7) SWANSEA 1 (Lamah 36) Aston Villa ended their losing run, but there was little respite for under-fire manager Paul Lambert as they ground out a draw with Swansea. It was a meeting of two out-of-form teams, with Villa
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        Lock icon Eagles battle bravely but striker swoops to save City
        305 7 MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Dzeko 66) CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Edin Dzeko’s 50th Manchester City goal proved enough to see off a dogged Crystal Palace outfit and send the Blues top of the Premier League. The Bosnian steered home Jesus Navas’ cut-back midway
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        Lock icon Dzeko finally breaks down the Palace door
        387 7 Fernandinho ventured forward late in that opening period that Julian Speroni’s goal came under severe threat. The Brazilian lashed a shot over after a brilliant piece of skill. He then saw his powerful header touched over by Speroni before having another effort blocked
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        Lock icon Iniesta: Barca ‘not scared’ of Man City
        155 9 AFP Barcelona are “not afraid” of facing Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 next month, the Spanish giants’ emblematic midfielder Andres Iniesta said in an interview published yesterday. Last week Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure said Barcelona who he used to
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        Lock icon WEST HAM, WEST BROM SHARE SPOILS
        488 9 AFP WEST HAM 3 (Joe Cole 4, Modibo Maiga 65, Kevin Nolan 67) WEST BROM 3 (Nicolas Anelka 40, 45, Saido Berahino 69) West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion each squandered opportunities to move away from the Premier League relegation zone in a
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        Lock icon It’ll be sweet for Toffees, Saints
        579 10 / 11  -  Our analyst tells GREGORY LOO how the teams just out of the top four will fare PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg EVERTON Position: 5th* Paul’s grade: A Prediction: Top six While the Toffees have an added dimension this season, they’ve done very well, mostly thanks to
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        Lock icon Wenger raring for Toon test
        1054 10 / 11 Wire Services Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident that the Gunners can come through another severe test of their title credentials when the English Premier League leaders visit Newcastle tonight. The Gunners are buoyed by a comeback 3-1 win over West Ham at Upton Park
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    • BOX SEAT
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        Lock icon ZIDANE INSPIRED BY BRAZIL
        1250 12 / 13 In an interview with fifa.com, France legend Zinedine Zidane talks about his World Cup memories and relationship with Brazil 1How does it feel to see the footage from the 2006 World Cup quarter-final against Brazil, in which you starred? It’s a nice feeling. Truth be told,
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    • FOOTBALL
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        Lock icon CARDIFF'S $100M STUNNER
        606 14 Summer spending spree revealed after Mackay sacking Wire Services Details of Cardiff’s £50 million ($104m) summer spending spree have emerged for the first time after the sacking of Malky Mackay as club manager on Friday. The staggering amounts paid for players led to the deterioration of the
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        Lock icon Uefa’s Platini says it’s clear he’s not popular
        332 14 AP Uefa president Michel Platini believes he has made himself unpopular in some football circles by enforcing stricter punishments for clubs, but that it is a necessary consequence of trying to clean up the sport. Platini (right), who is weighing up whether
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    • racing
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        Lock icon TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD
        1843 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1:1 Fantastic Gift 7 Ace Amigo 4 Honest Man 5 Black Ahead RACE 2: 9 Heard The Latest 3 High Peak 5 Cizen Pure 6 Such A Good Time RACE 3: 6 Paddy’s Park 3 Big Tsunami
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      • HONG KONG RACES
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          Lock icon HARD TO KEEP OUT LUGER
          1467 16 / 17  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) JUST MISTERE (1) dashed home for a half-length second to Bernard’s Choice over this course and distance and didn’t enjoy the best of runs in a recent AllWeather Track
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          Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
          1661 16 / 17 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 TURF—1200m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 JUST MISTERE Y S TSUI K TEETAN 133 12 2 GOOD SMILE L HO N CALLAN 132 7 3 HELLO KIMBERLEY C S
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          Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
          1475 16 / 17 Race 1 C5 1300m 18 SAPPHIRE STAR 50 c 51.5 (13-6) J Shankar (6) 8 6 1 (490) 3 SACRED DEW 56 c 52 (87-23) S Shafrizal* (4) 5 5 2 (478) Shd 13 CABRERA 52 c 48.5 (69-20) M Hanif* (3) 1 1 3 (434) 0.5
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        Lock icon POWER PACKED CAN LIVE UP TO HIS NAME AT BUNBURY
        700 18 / 19 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1WARRNAMBOOL (1,700M) 1 LORD WIMBLE (34:10-5-4): Recent runs sound. Winning claims. 3 ZABISCO (28:6-5-3): Market best guide. 4 FEELING INVINCIBLE (21:8-5-2): Racing well at provincial tracks. This harder but one for the
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (WARRNAMBOOL/BUNBURY) RACE CARD
        958 18 / 19 12:40 Race 1 WARRNAMBOOL—1700M 1 LORD WIMBLE JOSH CARTWRIGHT (3) 60 2 MACEDONIAN REGAN BAYLISS (9) 60 3 ZABISCO D YENDALL (1) 59 4 FEELING INVINCIBLE MS L J MEECH (2) 58 5 ME HUNGI JARROD FRY (6) 56 6 HINCHLEY WOOD MS MICHELLE PAYNE
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA RESULTS
        508 18 / 19 RACE 1 (MOONEE VALLEY): 1st 13 Vihanna Victory ($97-$27) 2nd 4 Master’s Degree ($9) 3rd 6 Bruntwood ($11) 4th 15 Chateau Latour Forecast $106 Place Forecast (4-13) $14, (6-13) $35, (4-6) $16 Tierce No winner ($1193 jackpot carried forward to next race) Trio $311 Quartet No winner
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        952 18 / 19 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 (ELLERSLIE, NZ): 1st 2 Stand Your Ground ($21-$7) 2nd 12 Zvonareva ($8) 3rd 3 Mountain Jack ($21) 4th 13 Moretti Forecast $12 Place Forecast (2-12) $6, (2-3) $18, (3-12) $18 Tierce $795 Trio $58 Quartet No winner ($100 jackpot carried forward to next
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        Lock icon AUSSIES IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
        608 20 England’s batting collapse leaves hosts chasing 201 for victory Wire Services Australia were chasing 201 runs to win the fourth Ashes Test and take a 4-0 series lead after a stunning English batting collapse on a chaotic third day’s play in Melbourne yesterday. Spinner Nathan
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        Lock icon Spinner Jadeja strikes for India
        145 20 AFP Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja struck twice as South Africa lost three quick wickets on the third day of the final Test against India in Durban yesterday. South Africa were 181 for three at lunch in reply to India’s first innings total of 334. Jacques
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        Lock icon Kings inflict double blow on the Heat
        725 21 AP SACRAMENTO KINGS 108 MIAMI HEAT 103 The Miami Heat hoped to rest three banged-up regulars and lean on LeBron James to steal a road victory before visiting one of the best teams in the Western Conference. Instead, the Sacramento Kings spoiled those
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        564 22 / 23 AP Along with victories, money and scoring average, another way to measure the strength of a golf season is total world ranking points. Tiger Woods won that category, too, but just barely over Henrik Stenson. A closer look reveals it was not really that close. Woods
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        Lock icon A FULL TURN FOR MORE POWER
        200 22 / 23 TIP OF THE WEEK Most people make their upswing just using their hands. This will result in a short upswing with less power Make your upswing with a full shoulder and chest turn. Positioning your club horizontally, turn your left shoulder towards your right
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        268 22 / 23 AP Roger Federer has arrived in Australia for the Brisbane International with a refreshed outlook for 2014, injury free and with a new coach on his team. “It’s the first time in a year that I could practice three, four weeks in
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          86 22 / 23 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tonight: EVERTON v SOUTHAMPTON SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228, 9.20pm NEWCASTLE v ARSENAL SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 9.30pm TOTTENHAM v STOKE SingTel mio TV Ch 103 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 228,11.50pm CHELSEA
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          42 22 / 23 NBA Today: HOUSTON ROCKETS V NEW ORLEANS PELICANS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS v MIAMI HEAT StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 11am Tomorrow: CLEVELAND CAVALIERS v GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 7am
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          63 22 / 23 HOPMAN CUP Today: CZECH REPUBLIC v SPAIN Star Sports (StarHub Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115), 10am POLAND v CANADA Star Sports (StarHub Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115), 5.30pm Tomorrow: US v SPAIN Star Sports (StarHub Ch 209; SingTel mio TV Ch 115), 10am FRANCE v
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          86 22 / 23 ASHES (4TH TEST) Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 237 (Star Cricket HD), SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (Star Cricket), 7.30am, 10.10am 12.30pm Tomorrow: DAY 5 StarHub TV Ch 237 (Star Cricket HD), SingTel mio TV Ch 123 (Star Cricket), 7.30am, 10.10am 12.30pm S AFRICA V INDIA (2ND TEST)
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        441 24  -  Midfielder set to take over armband, with Safuwan as deputy Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg He has been the LionsXII’s midfield enforcer since the inaugural season in 2012. Armed with 53 caps, Isa Halim is also the most experienced player in next season’s squad. Following
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      86 4 / 5 For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w L vew re (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) LW Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip A V(i) Always play with care. [responsibly] Do not bet illegally. Singapore
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      43 8 WEDNESDAY IN No shows Are 2013’s concert cancellations proof that Singapore’s not ready to be a live music hub? ‘It’s like having an orgasm’ Bryan Wong on his best meal ever in London Livin’ large low-cut We dissect American Hustle’s swanky 70s style
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      31 16 / 17 4-D Sat 28/12/13 FIRST SECOND THIRD 1406 2113 0904 STARTERS 1725 2740 2762 3463 5652 5927 6460 7495 9147 9747 CONSOLATIONS 0668 1024 1095 1609 1933 2218 2597 4362 7583 8074
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