The New Paper, 1 February 2014

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    17 1 the new paper SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 088/01/2014
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      61 1 She hires CNY boyfriend for $7,500 Money paid to escort agency to cover three 4-hour sessions ›2 TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: GAVIN FOO 8 *****1 *****1 Were OPEN during CNY r 4 STRIKING GOIB Terms and conditions apply. www.burgerking.com.sg n Burger King Singapon For a full list of our opening hours,
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      7 1 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/tnp To subscribe: 6388 3838
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      31 1 0 SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 2014 TNP PHOTO: GARy GOH LionsXII star Gabriel Quak proposes to girlfriend on CNY Eve ›S22 PM Lee: 1,500 from pioneer generation to get Istana invite ›6
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      Lock icon Boyfriend for hire
      886 2 / 3  -  Singapore women ire men to stav off prying questions from relatives during Chinese New Year Reports by MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Hire a man. That’s what some Singapore women do during the Chinese New Year period to avoid the inevitable question: When are you going to settle down?
      TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: GAVIN FOO  -  886 words
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      Lock icon He celebrates CNY for only half a day
      472 2 / 3 It is easy to understand why the man sitting in front of me is the most popular male social escort for the Chinese New Year. He is tall, handsome with or without his spectacles a nonprescriptive accessory to give him the “intelligent”
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      Lock icon Jump in bookings of male escorts
      501 4  -  Report by MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Six agency managers say they have seen an increase of about 20 to 25 per cent in bookings for their male social escorts during Chinese New Year in recent years. Most declined to give exact figures. This is almost
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      Lock icon 6,000 Chinese men for rent
      411 4  -  Young men post nearly 6,000 online ads renting themselves out for festive season in China Report by CALLIE KWONG ckwong@sph.com.sg In China, men are charging as much as 600 yuan (S$126) a day as boyfriends-for-hire for Chinese New Year. Chinese forum Baidu Tieba has a
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      Lock icon Firstborns of Year of the Horse
      187 6 / 7 Three baby boys were born at the stroke of midnight on Thursday, making them Singapore’s firstborns in the Year of the Horse. They were born at Raffles Hospital and Parkway East Hospital. Two simultaneous births took place at Raffles Hospital, which welcomed Ashden Tee
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      Lock icon Govt to continue to help businesses, workers
      112 6 / 7 Businesses and lower-income workers can expect more help as the Singapore economy goes through restructuring. The assurance came from Deputy Prime Minister Teo chee Hean (right), who was at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Chinese New Year gathering yesterday, Channel
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      Lock icon 1,500 invited to Istana on Feb 9
      523 6 / 7  -  Honouring S’pore’s pioneer generation Report by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will invite 1,500 people from Singapore’s pioneer generation to a garden party at the Istana on Feb 9, to honour those who helped build the nation in the early
      TNP PHOTOS: GARY GOH  -  523 words
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      Lock icon 2 French football stars acquitted
      144 6 / 7 French football stars Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were acquitted of having sex with an underage prostitute. The decision by a Paris court ends four years of legal proceedings that had threatened to end in prison terms. This could have prevented one or both of
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      Lock icon Chinese acrobats in high-flying act at Sentosa
      115 6 / 7 Members of the Zhengzhou Star Acrobatics Troupe rehearsing for their performance in front of the Merlion attraction in Sentosa as part of the resort island’s Chinese New Year celebrations. Using suspended wireframe cubes, the acrobats will form different shapes that symbolise happiness and
      PHOTO: SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION  -  115 words
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      Lock icon China tones down celebrations
      241 6 / 7 Chinese welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Horse with toned down celebrations on Thursday. People heeded government pleas to set off fewer of the fireworks believed to bring good fortune, because of concerns about air pollution. Chinese New Year is normally marked by riotous
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  241 words
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      Lock icon Drama-free debt ceiling hike likely: Top Obama aide
      119 6 / 7 A top White House official voiced confidence on Thursday that Republicans would agree in the next few weeks to lift the country’s borrowing limit without using the confrontational tactics that rattled financial markets in past years. White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews
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      Lock icon Woman dies after scarf gets caught in escalator
      123 6 / 7 AFP A woman was killed in Montreal, Canada, on Thursday when her hair and scarf became entangled in a subway escalator, officials said. The victim, 48, whose name was not released, was on the moving staircase in the morning when her scarf
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      Lock icon Yahoo accounts breached with stolen password
      97 6 / 7 AFP Yahoo alerted users of its free e-mail service that hackers had slipped into accounts to loot information using stolen passwords. The California company did not disclose the extent of the breach, but said that it is asking those affected to change their passwords.
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      Lock icon It’s time to get the weight off
      567 8 / 9  -  Zoe Tay wants to gain more muscle and look more toned Zoe Tay, Kym Ng and Lin Meijiao are on a mission to transform themselves, starting from this Chinese New Year. CHARLENE CHUA (cchar@sph.com.sg) finds out what’s on the local veteran actresses’ must-do
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      Lock icon I want to be smarter this year
      442 8 / 9 Kym Ng plans to make better use of her brains Chinese New Year will be a quiet one for Kym Ng this year because her mother-in-law died recently. In Chinese tradition, one isn’t supposed to celebrate the festive season for the following year
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      Lock icon I want to understand Buddhism more
      436 8 / 9 Lin Meijiao hopes to visit M’sia or Taiwan to study This Chinese New Year, she will miss one of her best friends who used to bring lots of joy and laughter to those around him. In the past, when they would often be working
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      Lock icon We’ll shut poll booths if there’s violence
      358 10 Thai authorities on tomorrow’s vote Thai authorities might close polling booths if violence erupts during tomorrow’s disputed election. That will further undermine the credibility of a vote that is deemed incapable of restoring stability in the polarised country. The government has vowed to
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      Lock icon Miraculous escape for 13 after dive boat sinks
      266 10 Dramatic footage has emerged showing terrified passengers hurling themselves from a sinking tourist dive boat off the coast of Thailand. As the vessel named Aladdin went down in minutes, people can be heard screaming and shouting for help as they realise that
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      Lock icon Fireworks kill two in M’sia
      240 11 Tragedies mar New Year celebrations For two families in Malaysia, the New Year began on a tragic note. One man in Johor Baru and another in Ipoh died when firecrackers exploded. Mr Sze Joon Choon, a 36-year-old factory dispatch worker in Johor Baru, died after
      PHOTO: THE STAR  -  240 words
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      Lock icon Horse sense for the track
      856 12 / 13  -  Not a punter but tempted because it’s the Year of the Horse? Then you better read what Brian Miller (brian@sph.com.sg) has to say about punting, picking and pantang* Brian Miller (brian@sph.com.sg) Race-goers are a superstitious bunch. Some carry lucky charms to the track, queue at
      TNP PHOTO: KOK YUFENG  -  856 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ON AT THE TURF CLUB
      279 12 / 13 In conjunction with the Chinese New Year, the Singapore Turf Club (STC) has lined up a host of activities. On-course at Kranji today: l The running of the aptly named Fortune Bowl, a $200,000 race run over 2,000m on the turf track. l Dragon
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      Lock icon China’s 5-star cave hotel
      314 14 / 15  -  Construction is under way on a hotel resort that burrows into a 30m-deep quarry outside the city of Shanghai. Infographics journalists CEL GULAPA FADZIL HAMZAH dig deep to get the details CEL GULAPA, FADZIL HAMZAH It is a hotel where you can rock climb and bungee
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      Lock icon Horsing around
      561 16 / 17  -  As we celebrate the Year of the Horse, The New Paper went on a hunt for five individuals whose work is connected to horses in a way or another Report and Photos by GARY GOH, GAVIN FOO tnp@sph.com.sg 1 CAROUSEL HORSE Sales and marketing manager at Uncle Ringo
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      Lock icon The man with the golden touch
      534 18 / 19  -  God of Fortune rings in New Year Report by NUR SHEREEN IBRAHIM shereeni@sph.com.sg Meet one of Singapore’s most popular Gods of Fortune. Mr Alex Chia used to have a role in a variety show on Channel 8, but in 1995, he was scouted by
      TNP PHOTOS: LATASHNI GOBI NATHAN, ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  534 words
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      Lock icon Flop in S’pore, top in M’sia
      608 20  -  Singapore musician Tengku Adil Tengku Bahdar finds success across the Causeway Report by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg As a musician, Singapore-born Tengku Adil Tengku Bahdar was scrambling to make it big here. He made it to the Top 30 in talent competitions Anugerah
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      Lock icon For some it’s a moment of prayer
      720 22 / 23  -  South Asian Muslim workers use holiday to visit Little India mosque Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg It was a rare Friday off, so South Asian Muslim foreign workers took the opportunity to pray in and around the Angullia Mosque in Little India yesterday.
      TNP PHOTOS: LATASHNI GOBI NATHAN  -  720 words
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      43 1 StoKe V MaN uNIteD (Tonight, 11pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub TV Ch 227) EPL TOP FOUR? SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 2014 24-page pullout possible for Man united, says IaIN MaCINtoSH ›S2 FaNDI ColuMN: attaCK IS lIoNSXII’S WaR CRY ›S20 PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES
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  • sports
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        Lock icon MISSION POSSIBLE
        898 2 / 3  -  TOP FOUR? IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Manchester United are coming and only a fool would write them off. Not for the title, of course. That will be contested by Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea. But the champions are not out of the race for a place in the Champions
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        Lock icon Mata feels the need for speed
        499 2 / 3 PA Sport Juan Mata believes speed is the key to Manchester United getting three more valuable points from tonight’s English Premier League trip to Stoke. Man United have already had one positive result at the Britannia Stadium this season, securing an excellent win in
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        15 6 / 7 Number of goals scored by Adam Johnson for Sunderland last month 6
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        Lock icon MY GOOD FORM IS A MYSTERY
        462 6 / 7 Johnson can’t put his finger on the reason behind his red-hot streak Wire Services He’s in the form of his life, but Adam Johnson can’t explain why. The Sunderland winger scored six goals last month, the latest of which proving to be the winner
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        440 6 / 7 Villa boss feels Benteke’s early season struggles may prove to be a blessing in disguise PA Sport Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert believes Christian Benteke’s difficult start to the season may prove to be a blessing in disguise. A recent knee injury led to the striker having an
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        Lock icon ‘EPL NOT THE MOST SAPPING’
        457 16 / 17  -  Liverpool’s fitness head says lower leagues in England produce greater total distances EXCLUSIVE In the first of a two-part feature, GARY LIM speaks to the unsung heroes behind the Reds’ resurgence HEAD OF FITNESS AND CONDITIONING RYLAND MORGANS GARY LIM 1How old are you and
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        Lock icon ‘Gerrard, the perfect role model’
        621 16 / 17 NUTRITIONIST DR JAMES MORTON How old are you and how long have you been at Liverpool FC? I’m 31 years old and I have been working part-time for Liverpool since 2010. How big is the department you are a part of? I am part of
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        Lock icon ‘Rodgers wanted red nets, he got them’
        337 16 / 17 PRINCIPAL GROUNDSMAN TERRY FORSYTH How old are you and how long have you been at Liverpool FC? I’m 58 years old and I’ve been working at Liverpool FC for 41 years. I started at the club in 1972, when the legendary Bill Shankly
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        Lock icon MOURINHO: WE HAVE NO CHANCE THIS SEASON
        555 24 AFP Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has dismissed his side’s chances of winning the Premier League this season no matter what the outcome of their trip to leaders Manchester City on Monday. Chelsea will head to the Etihad Stadium three points adrift of City,
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        Lock icon I’D RATHER PLAY FOR CITY THAN POOL
        693 4 / 5  -  Our analyst tells SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ he is not convinced of Liverpool’s SAS partnership DIETMAR HAMANN npsports@sph.com.sg l Dietmar Hamann has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester City. He won the Bundesliga in 1994 and 1997, and the treble of the
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        Lock icon Navas loving life in Manchester
        654 4 / 5 PA Sport Jesus Navas says playing for Manuel Pellegrini’s free-scoring Manchester City is as fun as it looks. City show no sign of slowing up in their bid for an unparalleled quadruple, with Wednesday’s emphatic 5-1 win at 10-man Tottenham sending them top of the
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        Lock icon HOTPICKS
        786 8 / 9 GARY LIM BRIAN MILLER ALI KASIM BANKER Southampton to beat Fulham Southampton seem to have gone off the boil somewhat following their excellent start to the season, but they are still a formidable team. They displayed plenty of character to draw 2-2 with Arsenal and that is why they
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        1741 8 / 9 HULL v TOTTENHAM Four successive defeats have plunged Hull into a relegation dogfight, so the last thing Steve Bruce’s side need is to face a Spurs team on a run of five consecutive wins on the road, not to mention a team smarting from their midweek defeat
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        1929 10 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE1: 5 Super Wine 1 Taramis 3 Fairborn 12 Opportune Time RACE 2:1 Unme 11 The Sentinel 5 Mascot Dragon 7 Champagne Rose RACE 3:1 Good Friend 11 Beautiful Gift 2 Amped 7 Shortcut RACE 4:
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          223 11  -  TAN THEAN LOON Punters can get off to a good start to today’s Chinese New Year meeting with the aptlynamed HIGHLIGHT. The David Hill-trained three-year-old has a top chance in the opening race, the Kranji Stakes Div 2 event over 1,400m on the short course. The
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          517 11 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X 2 1 8 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 Highlight Affirmation Breaking Vaults 3 Lucky Dapper Affirmation 1 Greenback 6 2 5 Highlight
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        1828 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI TURF MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 Affirmation HHH Resumed and ran on well over 1,200m last start with excuses not to finish closer. This is more suitable. 2 HighlightHHH Young horse, improving. Won over 1,200m two starts back and
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        1900 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 KS-D D2 Gong Xi Fa Cai Stakes 12.50 —1400m (SC) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 3-0116 Affirmation 58 (54) M Nunes 12 (7nzg M Walker-Te Akau Racing) 2 -*****
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        Lock icon MAYPOLE'S READY TO MAKE IT TWO FROM TWO
        944 14 / 15 RACE 1 ASCOT (1,000M) 1 PALACE INTRUDER (Runs:1 Wins:1(1G) Places:0): Won with 57kg 1,000m Ascot Jan 22 (1st at 400m). 2 SILVER TRACE (Runs:1 Wins:1(1G) Places:0): 4 len winner with 53kg in 1,000m Ascot Open Jan 13 (1st at 400m). 7 JUNGLE
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        1326 14 / 15 1:15 Race 1 ASCOT —1000M 1 PALACE INTRUDER P HARVEY (1) 57 2 SILVER TRACE BEN PATERSON (6) 56 3 CASTLE RETREAT C STAPLES (4) 56 4 GONE AND GOT IT C HADDON (3) 56 5 MINUTE MAN RYAN HILL (5) 56 6 REBEL KING
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        Lock icon THURSDAY’S KRANJI BARRIER TRIAL RESULTS
        186 14 / 15 TRIAL 1 (TEST) 1 Amazon Gold (A Munro) 2 Black Snow (D Beasley) 3 Sky Empathy (M Zaki) 4 Cassis Oolong (TH Koh) 5 It’s Done Mate (J Powell) Margins and time: Shd, nk, 8, 11¾ (1min 01:23sec). TRIAL 2 (PRACTICE) 1 Valevole (Powell) 2
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        459 14 / 15 THURSDAY’S KL AND SINGAPORE TRACKWORK NST Topweight COBRADOR wound up preparations for a back-to-back win in tomorrow’s Great Treasures Stakes for Class 4 horses over 1,200m in Race 5 with a two-round workout at Sungei Besi on Thursday. Taken out by a
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        763 18 Barca boss: No slip-ups at crucial stage Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has warned his team there is no margin for error as they begin a crucial phase of the season. Victory over Valencia would see Barca open up a three-point cushion at the La Liga summit, with
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        328 18 Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde believes his team were unfortunate to get knocked out of the Copa del Rey, but does not think it will impact them too much ahead of their home clash against Real Madrid. Valverde is convinced that Raul
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        112 18 AFP David Stern steps down today after 30 years as commissioner of the NBA, a reign that saw him transform the league from a downtrodden afterthought into a global sporting powerhouse. The 71-year-old son of a New York deli owner revitalised the NBA with business and marketing
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        85 19 AFP NEW YORK KNICKS 117 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 86 Carmelo Anthony (right) scored 29 points as the New York Knicks clobbered the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-86 at Madison Square Garden yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Knicks won their fourth straight game and look like a completely different team
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        643 19 AFP Rory McIlroy endured a frustrating day on the greens at the Dubai Desert Classic yesterday, but he still reached the tournament’s halfway stage with a one-stroke lead. The Ulsterman struggled off the tees early on in his second round, but by the turn
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        141 20 Malaysian football legend Wong Choon Wah died early yesterday morning, reported The Star. According to Wong’s sister his death was due to heart failure. The 67-year-old former Selangor star was a household name in Malaysian football, having played for his country at the 1972 Munich
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        Lock icon ONLY ONE WAY TO PLAY: ATTACK
        656 20 In his regular column for The New Paper, coach Fandi Ahmad reveals what LionsXII must do to challenge for the Malaysian Super League title People have been telling me about how surprised they are at how well the LionsXII have coped with our tough
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        152 21 AFP Denver’s Peyton Manning is hoping to cap a record-setting season with a historic victory in Monday morning’s (Singapore time) Super Bowl over a Seattle squad determined to spoil his dreams of a fairy-tale moment. The Broncos’ star 37-year-old quarterback set National Football
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        401 21  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg The Malaysian FA Cup hasn’t been a very kind competition to the LionsXII. In their maiden season in 2012, the team were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Terengganu. Last year, they were dumped out by PKNS at the very first hurdle.
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        945 22 / 23  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Gabriel Quak confesses to not being a romantic guy. So on Thursday evening, when he bought girlfriend Melissa Teo flowers for only the second time in their sixyear relationship, something special was on the cards. Outside the Mandarin Gardens’ Bar
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          277 22 / 23 EPL Tonight: WEST HAM v SWANSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 104 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 229, 8.40pm NEWCASTLE v SUNDERLAND SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227, 8.45pm STOKE v MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 102 (mio Stadium); StarHub TV Ch 227,11pm HULL
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          27 22 / 23 NBA Today: MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES v MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER v BROOKLYN NETS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am
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          15 22 / 23 OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC Today: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 5pm
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          29 22 / 23 DAVIS CUP Tonight: DAY 2 ROUND 1: FRANCE v AUSTRALIA StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 9pm PARIS OPEN Tonight: SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 9pm
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