The New Paper, 23 February 2014

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  • UPFRONT
    • 437 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg tlie@sph.com.sg Love can make us do the silliest things. Like buying overpriced blooms, eating stuff that looks more like modern art than food, agreeing to watch movies you’d otherwise rather poke your own eyes out than watch. Yes,
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    • 108 2 INDEX S19 27 Hed Chef Hedy Khoo’s recipe for char siew TNP PICTURE: GARY GOH SPORTS PULLOUT S.LEAGUE: Former Blackburn boss Kean gets opening win as DPMM beat Albirex Niigata 16 Knight rider Onboard the Extreme Sailing Series with Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie 11 Confessions of a will writer
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  • PEOPLE
    • 1096 3  -  One woman lost $700,000, another $850,000 their life savings to conmen. Technology has made it even easier for scammers to chat up lonely older women and get them to open up their hearts and bank accounts REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg Their mother has
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    • 574 4 / 5 The 56-year-old went on a holiday to Gambia, West Africa, a few years ago. It has a reputation for being a hotbed of holiday romances between young local men and older British women. There, Ms Jane Cole from Yorkshire, UK, met Michael,
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    • 1220 4 / 5  -  A lonely heart makes an easy target, says a pyschologist. But one woman explains why she is holding on to love despite having lost her savings REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg He was a foot reflexology therapist. Charming, attentive and caring,
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    • 584 8  -  A study shows that divorce among marriages under five years rose from 272 in 1980 to 1,268 in 2012. But one couple is still going strong. ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF (zaihan@sph.com. sg) asks how they make it last ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF She still hates
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    • Article, Illustration
      1024 12 / 13  -  Website offers online Mandarin lessons with sexy women in suggestive costumes REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Sexy car washes, French maids and seductive nurses not quite the usual make-up of a Chinese language lesson. But online language school SexyMandarin is finding a market for lessons taught this way. In
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    • 192 12 / 13 S’porean becomes SexyMandarin teacher: Miss Angie Ng is the first Singaporean to join SexyMandarin’s teaching staff. The 21-year-old has starred in one video and is hoping for more opportunities. When contacted by The New Paper on Sunday, she declined to be interviewed. But she told MyPaper
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    • 445 12 / 13  -  ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg Honestly, I was trying to learn Mandarin. But the situation I was in huddled in a quiet corner of the bedroom with earphones on and looking at half-naked women on the computer screen didn’t convince my wife one bit.
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    • 394 14  -  The new measures to clamp down on unlicensed tourist guides are long overdue, say local licensed tourist guides. CALLIE KWONG and TAY RUI LIN pick up some of the strange bits of information the rogue operators have been offering. CALLIE KWONG, TAY RUI LIN It’s about time.
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    • 534 16 / 17  -  REPORT AND PICTURES ARIFFIN JAMAR Jariffin@sph.com.sg I’m standing on the dock, with the wind in my hair, and everyone asks: “Who’s with Ben?” I don’t know who Ben is, never mind who is with him. All I know is that I’ve been given a guest spot
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    • Article, Illustration
      724 18 / 19 It has been a controversial Winter Olympics. As it hits its final day, Jennifer Dhanaraj and Jonathan Roberts check out the eye candy that has been on display for both sexes Denny Morrison/ Gilmore Junio (Canada) Speed skating Not only are these hunks pretty hot (you have
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    • 551 21 Whirlwind romance ends in tragedy as Indian man kills American wife It was a violent end to a whirlwind romance scripted against the backdrop of the Taj Mahal, the biggest monument of love. And their marriage was over in about four months. Mr
      PHOTOS: AFP, FACEBOOK /ERIN WILLINGER  -  551 words
    • 318 21 Johor drowning There have been many drowning incidents lately, but this one tugs at the heartstrings of even the most stone-hearted. Madam Suhaili Sarudin, a mother who lost her son in the drowning in Segamat, Johor, even had a premonition. She dreamt of a
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    • 370 22 Male stewardesses not spared; 16% harassed too Sexual harassment doesn’t happen just on the ground. It happens on flights, too, and it can be as bad as it is in pubs or on public transport. A survey in Hong
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    • 227 22 The Chinese remain the most enthusiastic luxury shoppers around the world. Their purchases made up 47 per cent of the global luxury sales last year, an industry report showed. Chinese consumers played a key role in sustaining the growth of the global luxury
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    • 208 22 Among Bulgaria’s rural Pomak minority, there is just one village that keeps traditions alive. Nestled in the southern snowcapped Rhodope Mountains, Ribnovo rolls back the centuries each winter for workers returning from Europe to tie the knot in extraordinary Muslim weddings. For
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    • 328 23 A Chinese grandfather has built a replica Lamborghini sports car to drive his grandson to school. And it cost him just US$824 (S$1,045). The car can reach speeds of 96kmh, reported ECNS, the official English-language website of China News Service. Mr Guo, a farmer
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
    • 915 9  -  Budget gets happy nods from heartlanders, though the immediate rise in duties for cigarettes and liquor leaves some grumbling MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg A day after the Budget speech, retiree Choong Kah Yong is sitting at a coffee shop in Pasir Ris with a
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  • CONFESSIONS of A WILL-WRITER
    • 935 11  -  Helping clients prepare for the future can be complex, but it can be a moving experience too BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Some may find it morbid to talk about death and what-ifs on a daily basis. But discussing the practical consequences of death is par
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    • 29 14 WEDNESDAY IN GIRL CRUSH Will 2NE1 beat Girls’ Generation in the battle of the K-pop girl group comebacks? Jason Johnson says airplane ficks like Non-Stopfuel his fear of fying
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    • 32 14 SPORTS NOON EDITIONS DON’T MISS OUR WED FEB 26 Olympiakos v Man United Zenit v Dortmund CHAMPIONS LEAGUE G G THURS FEB 27 G G Galatasaray v Chelsea Schalke v Real Madrid
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  • EATS
    • 577 25  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg The first thing I noticed in their tiny kitchen was the Robot Coupe blender. Normally, you will find this heavy-duty blender in topflight commercial kitchens rather than in hawker centre stalls. It means these folks blend their own rempah for their chicken
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    • Article, Illustration
      645 27  -  HED CHEF HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg We are told not to judge a book by its cover. But I have to confess that when it comes to char siew (barbecued pork), I always judge it by its colour. I can get put off by the seemingly artificially coloured bright
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  • 787 28  -  BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg Sailing Ahoy there! The Extreme Sailing Series is on this weekend, so Iwanted to get in on the nautical action though I had a less extreme version in mind. I imagined breathing in the salty sea air and enjoying the warm sea
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
    • 437 29  -  JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Nerds rule. No longer are they defined as mouth-breathers. The geeks are inheriting the earth. Or at least their culture is. And if you had any doubts, look no further than the recent fashion weeks. Designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte presented their
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  • HUMOUR
    • 752 30  -  NOTES NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com.sg It’s not right. Malaysia has found a dinosaur before Singapore. The next-door neighbours already have cheaper homes, cheaper makan and car prices that do not make grown men cry like Justin Bieber. Now, the Malaysians have found their first dinosaur tooth.
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    • 809 31  -  ACT BLUR S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg It has been called the most important invention of the 20th century. And I’m not talking about the Internet or Flappy Bird. (For one thing, Flappy Bird was created in the 21st century.) I’m talking about
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
      • 170 31 Reuters This diminutive joyrider already hit the headlines two weeks ago by claiming to police he was a dwarf who forgot his driver’s licence. He is actually just a 10-year-old boy from Norway who decided to take his parents’ car.
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      • 139 31 Wires A British man is going to prison for 32 months for an attempted burglary. But what made it more embarrassing is that he was stopped by a 68-year-old woman and her daughter armed with a rolling pin and a pan.
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      • 198 31 Wires An opposition politician is accusing Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo of favouritism. The reason? Mr Di Rupo has chosen a zoo in the French-speaking south over one in the Dutch-speaking north as the home for two giant pandas. The
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    • 38 1 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23 2014 CHELSEA 1 EVERTON 0 CAPTAIN MARVEL Skipper John terry scores late winner as leaders Chelsea show title fight ›S2 WIll DuBaI WIN MaRK VeNuS’ RetuRN to WINNINg oRBIt? ›S23 24-page pullout PHOTO: ACTION IMAGES
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  • sports
    • EPL
      • 711 2 / 3  -  REPORTING FROM THE UK CHELSEA 1 (John Terry 90+3) EVERTON 0 IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg Chelsea have made an art form of playing badly and winning and it may yet win them the title. John Terry’s injury-time winner secured another three points when they were matched in
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      • 89 2 / 3 45 min Oh, what a waste. The ball falls to Kevin Mirallas on the edge of the box but he sends the ball spiralling off to the corner flag. 48 That’s not on! Substitute Ramires kicks Steven Pienaar repeatedly as he lays on the ground. 60 Amazing
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      • 159 2 / 3 AFP Confusion reigned at Stamford Bridge on Saturday after Chelsea’s winning goal in their 1-0 Premier League victory at home to Everton was credited to three different players. Chelsea scored the only goal in the third minute of stoppage time, when John Terry challenged visiting goalkeeper
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      • 218 2 / 3 THE GOOD THE BAD LOW ESTEEM OSCAR (CHELSEA) The Brazilian midfielder was hauled off at the break and he was lucky to get that much time on the pitch. He gave the ball away repeatedly, he offered little in terms of defensive assistance and he played like a man low
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      • 787 4  -  ARSENAL 4 (Olivier Giroud 5, 31, Tomas Rosicky 42, Laurent Koscielny 57) SUNDERLAND1 (Emanuele Giaccherini 81) GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Five minutes were all Arsenal required last night to prove a point. It’s the time of the year when the Gunners’ internal clock automatically switches off their
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      • 111 4 AFP A stunning long-range strike from Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid moved three points clear of title-rivals Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, as they beat Elche 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu last night. After an unconvincing start, Asier Illarramendi’s deflected effort had given the hosts
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      • 151 6 CARDIFF CITY 0 HULL CITY 4 (Huddlestone 18, Jelavic 38, 57, Livermore 67) Cardiff City failed to give owner Vincent Tan any kind of birthday present as they lost a crunch game at home to Hull City. The Malaysian billionaire is 62 today,
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      • 612 6 Solitary goal enough to keep title bid on track MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Toure 70) STOKE CITY 0 Yaya Toure grabbed the only goal as Manchester City finally saw off dogged Stoke to claim three crucial Premier League points. After two league games without a win
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      • 158 7 WEST HAM UNITED 3 (Jarvis 20, Cole 23, Nolan 71) SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Yoshida 8) Kevin Nolan inspired West Ham to fourth successive Premier League victory as Southampton were left to rue missed opportunities at Upton Park. The east Londoners’ rise shows
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      • 652 7 Stekelenburg at fault as Baggies peg back Fulham WEST BROM1 (Vydra 86) FULHAM 1 (Dejagah 28) Fulham goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg’s late howler gifted West Brom a deserved point and deny Felix Magath the perfect start to his reign as Cottagers manager. The
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      • 155 8 PA Sport David Moyes has promised Manchester United fans that Wayne Rooney will not be last big-name signing at Old Trafford this year. Rooney finally put pen to paper on a new five-and-a-half year contract worth £300,000 ($630,000) a week yesterday morning (Singapore time).
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      • 576 8 Manager reveals how he got United player back to his best PA Sport David Moyes told Wayne Rooney he had “gone soft” before the start of this season. But the turnaround in the England man’s form since has convinced the Manchester United manager he is
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      • 897 16 / 17  -  Reds must be wary of Swansea, as Rodgers continues to improve Liverpool PAUL PARKER npsports@sph.com.sg Many will expect a routine win for Liverpool when Swansea City visit Anfield tonight. Even though the hosts have one of the best home records in the English Premier League,
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      • 878 18 NEWCASTLE v ASTON VILLA (Tonight, 9.30pm, SingTel mio TV Ch 103 StarHub TV Ch 228) PA Sport A defiant Alan Pardew is refusing to hide from the pressure of life as Newcastle manager amid speculation that his days are numbered. The 52-year-old woke last weekend to
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      • 129 18 PA Sport Jan Vertonghen has defended teammate Roberto Soldado after the striker’s miss in the Europa League defeat by Dnipro led former Tottenham owner Lord Sugar to label the Spaniard as a “donkey”. Soldado was guilty of missing Spurs’ best chance of the game in Ukraine
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    • racing
      • SINGAPORE RACES
        • 692 9 RACE1 FOLLOW THE KING: Became unbalanced on jumping after being bumped by SOARING WIN who jumped awkwardly inwards. TRIPLE A PLUS: Severely crowded JADE WIN: Severely crowded; clipped heels and blundered; held up and unable to improve. MONEY KING: Shifted in after being bumped.
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        • 156 9 Top jockeys Ivaldo Santana and Danny Beasley have each been suspended for two race days for careless riding while on board ASTROSTAR (Race 10, Feb 16) and ON TWISTTER (Race 2, Feb 21) respectively. Both riders pleaded guilty but will be permitted to fulfil their
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      • BEST BET SINGAPORE
        • 616 10 / 11 1 7 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE 9 RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 3 Fiscal Wings 13 Danger Money Tan Thean Loon Lord Grantham 1 Prosperity Star 2 7 Fiscal Wings 5 Jackpot Larry
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        • 1370 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S IPOH TIPS Race 2:1 Syce Cracker 2 Champagne Needed 12 I Wish 11 Flash Gordon Race 4:1 Flying Kiss 2 Colourland Kid 3 Improbable 7 Oracion Race 6: 4 Brave Malala 1 Combined Power 2 Lightning Rod 3 Spanish Garden
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        • 193 10 / 11  -  BRIAN MILLER IT is not often that three of the four tipsters are unanimous when it comes down to the best bet of the day. Well, this is one of those once-in-a-blue moon occasions. Three tipsters Tan Thean Loon, the mysterious Mr X
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        • 1372 10 / 11 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1600m 4 CONCRESCENCE 54 (19-6) O Chavez (8) 9 5 1 (438) 9 TUBAY 50 c 49 (182-34) A Raiyan* (5) 3 3 2 (412) Hd 3 KAILASH 54.5 c 51.5 (126-23) MM Firdaus* (7) 2 2 3 (485) Ns 2 OPPORTUNE
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      • 1996 12 / 13 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,400M) 1 Fiscal WingsHHH Has only one win in Singapore but regularly places in this grade. 2 JackpotHHH Only win was at this journey and will appreciate being in Class 5. 3 Lord GranthamH Best run
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      • 1994 12 / 13 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 C5 D1 12.50 —1400m (LC) (Turf) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****3 Fiscal Wings 57 (43) M Nunes 8 (5ag M Walker-Te Akau Racing) 2 *****7 Jackpot 57 (43)
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      • 1497 14 / 15  -  COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO, COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE 1 (1,200M) WHAT A HEART (3) is a proven performer on this surface and has had excuses in his four All-Weather-Track outings this term. He gets a golden chance with a drop
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      • 1454 14 / 15 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 AWT—1200m TIME 1:00 Stakes: HK$550,000 No. Horse name Trainer Jockey wt(ib) Bar 1 GOLDWEAVER Y S TSUI J MOREIRA 133 8 2 FIERY RAIDER W Y SO W M LAI 131 9 3 WHAT A HEART
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      • 325 14 / 15 RACE 1 (CAULFIELD): 1st 1 Vilanova ($68$18) 2nd 2 Countersnip ($10) 3rd 5 Alpha Beat ($13) 4th 7 Mysonharry Forecast $80 Place Forecast (1-2) $28, (1-5) $32, (2-5) $14 Tierce No winner ($1212 jackpot carried forward to next race) Trio $195 Quartet No winner ($40 jackpot carried
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      • 952 14 / 15 YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA RESULTS RACE 1 (MATAMATA, NZ): 1st 6 Flying Orca ($51-$13) 2nd 4 Juggernaut Rock ($8) 3rd 9 Kentucky Son ($29) 4th 13 Seagold Forecast $36 Place Forecast (4-6) $20, (6-9) $27, (4-9) $19 Tierce $1771 Trio $293 Quartet No winner ($1228 jackpot carried forward to next
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 414 19  -  Tigers coach wants points ahead of a good showing Report by GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg When Balestier Khalsa coach Marko Kraljevic takes charge of his first Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League game against the Courts Young Lions tonight, style will not be on his mind. The former Tigers midfielder wants
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      • 314 19  -  Report by REDZWAN KAMARUDIN redzwank@sph.com.sg ALBIREX 0 DPMM1 (Rodrigo Tosi-pen 14) He received just as much attention sitting on the bench as his players did out on the field. And DPMM boss Steve Kean is determined to stay in the spotlight, after his men opened
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    • SAILING
      • 502 20 / 21  -  Groupama and Team Aberdeen Singapore involved in accident at Marina Bay Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg As the boats bunched up approaching the finishing line at The Promontory@Marina Bay, Groupama skipper Franck Cammas was focused on completing the race. Cammas had another race to go on
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      • 106 20 / 21 Tan Jing-E (right) rewrote one of the oldest national Under-14 girls’ records yesterday at the Singapore Swimming Association time trials at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. The Swimfast Aquatic Club swimmer clocked 1min 2.72sec in the girls’ 100m fly to erase Christel Bouvron’s mark of 1:02.83,
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    • WINTER OLYMPICS
      • 409 20 / 21 Americans suffer second shattering loss to Canada in 24 hours Reuters After Canada dished out two crushing ice hockey defeats to the United States in 24 hours at the Winter Olympics, the North American neighbours could be headed towards a new Cold War. The Canadian women
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      • 259 20 / 21 AFP South Korea have demanded a review of the controversial Olympic Games women’s figure skating competition which saw national heroine Kim Yu Na beaten to gold by Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova. Defending Olympic champion Kim (below) was relegated to the silver medal position by the Russian
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    • GOLF
      • 573 22 / 23 Spaniard wins plaudits but loses match Reuters Sergio Garcia was ousted by American Rickie Fowler in the third round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time) in a match that will be remembered for a surprise concession by the Spaniard on the seventh hole. Garcia,
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      • 304 22 / 23 Wire Services Maybe, just maybe, this is the start of a comeback by Venus Williams. The 33-year-old American (right) claimed her biggest win in nearly four years when she beat Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-0 in the final at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. It
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      • 241 22 / 23 Reuters ORLANDO MAGIC 129 NEW YORK KNICKS121 (OT) Now 57 games into his NBA career, Victor Oladipo does not look like a rookie anymore. And he does not sound like one, either. His confidence is growing. Oladipo (right), the No. 2 pick in the NBA
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      • ON TV
        • 158 22 / 23 EPL Today:LIVERPOOL v SWANSEA SingTel mio TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm NEWCASTLE v ASTON VILLA SingTel mio TV Ch 103 StarHub TV Ch 228 (mio Stadium), 9.30pm NORWICH v TOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 11.55pm LA LIGA
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        • 27 22 / 23 NBA Today: DETROIT PISTONS v DALLAS MAVERICKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS v BROOKLYN NETS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports),, 11.30am
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        • 16 22 / 23 RIO OPEN Tomorrow: FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 4am
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        • 32 22 / 23 LPGA THAILAND Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 2pm WGC-ACCENTURE WORLD MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Today: DAY 5 StarHub TV Ch 208 SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 10pm
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        • 15 22 / 23 SINGAPORE LEG Today: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 4pm
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    • 406 24 At just 18, ‘Golden Girl’ Shiffrin is on course to become the face of the Winter Olympics Wire Services Not long after Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold in slalom, she paused to consider how her life might change. “Maybe it
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
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    • 88 20 / 21 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w BBSmreI Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) LW Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzzOKranji (18 years and above) IpLAV® Always play with care. Do not
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