The New Paper, 7 June 2014

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1 24 The New Paper
  • 15 1 the new paper SATURDAY JUNE 7 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI(P)088/01/2014
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    • 111 1 2014 SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN SPORTS REDESIGN NEWS-BREAKING PHOTO FEATURE DESIGN PAGES 6 DAYS TO THE WORLD CUP GARY LIM French hopes all but over with Ribery’s injury Overnight queue for boots, voucher, World Cup poster ›11 8 PAGES IN SPORTS PULLOUT BINGE DRINKING
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    • 571 2 / 3  -  Teen regrets binge drinking after he is hospitalised for alcohol poisoning Report by MELODY NG melodyng@sph.com.sg He started drinking even before he turned 18, usually about twice a month with his friends. And he would binge drink, often to the point
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    • 523 2 / 3  -  Report by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg At 3am on a recent Saturday, The New Paper saw a young woman slumped at Jiak Kim Bridge, close to Zouk. A fight had broken out at the nightclub’s carpark. So nobody paid any attention to the woman, who was
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    • 729 4  -  Report by ZUL OTHMAN zothman@sph.com.sg There is no need to raise the legal drinking age to 21, as in the US. When contacted, the chairman for the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Culture, Community and Youth, Mr Baey Yam Keng, said: “A
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    • 39 6 27 The number of cases of fallen windows this year, given by National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a blog post, quoting Building and Construction Authority records. There were no injuries involved in these cases.
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    • 143 6 A group of workers resting against a tree near Outram Park MRT Station on Thursday evening were admiring its peculiar heartshaped stump when something else caught their attention. Nestled in a crevice between two of the tree’s branches was what would later be
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    • 319 6 PM Lee holds up NJC as an example Schools are key in levelling up opportunities and helping less welloff Singaporeans move up in life. That was the message from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday, as he spoke of how National Junior College (NJC) has been
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    • 159 6 Former top civil servant J.Y. Pillay has been appointed to the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority. He is one of four new members appointed in a shake-up of the Vatican bank committee. The others appointed to the Authority are former national security advisor to US president
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    • 146 6 Just over a week after writing a Facebook post that criticises government policies, Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Inderjit Singh has sought to clarify his remarks. The veteran People’s Action Party (PAP) MP explained that although he had criticised policies he felt were
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    • 45 6 A visitor posing for photos with a 3D installation at a media preview of the Trick Eye Museum at Resorts World Sentosa. The museum, which features paintings and optical illusion installations, will open to the public this Sunday. PHOTO: REUTERS
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    • 863 8 / 9  -  Coroner’s inquiry into death of security guards in condo fire raises several points Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg She said to her supervisor over the radio set: “Uncle, fire”. Then she went silent. Madam Sooria Kala Kanaseon, 33, and Mr Sim Lai Huat, 55, both security
      PHOTOS: PICO GUARDS, MR SIM WAI KIANG, ST FILE; PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  863 words
    • 750 11  -  TNP’s limited edition World Cup poster, Courts vouchers and Puma boots snapped up in 2 hours Report by LIM MIN ZHANG mzlim@sph.com.sg One man was in the queue from 7pm the day before. Others soon joined him. They were after The New Paper’s specially printed, limited
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    • Article, Illustration
      549 12  -  Law firm organises laser tag event for boys from welfare home to build teamwork Report and photos by BENJAMIN LIM benlim@sph.com.sg He ran, ducked behind trees and shouted tactical commands while firing his rifle. But this was not a live-fire exercise during his national service reservist training. Instead
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    • 272 13  -  Men fined for fighting outside court Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg They showed scant respect for the law, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Adriani Marhain, of the two men who fought outside the State Courts in February. Vasily Chuply, 24, and Alexander Kalinin, 37,
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    • ANG MO KIO DOUBLE DEATHS
      • 445 14  -  Student bids final goodbye to mother, granny Report by NG JUN SEN ngjunsen@sph.com.sg For the most part, Germaine Ng kept her composure at the funeral mass for her mother and grandmother. At Mandai Crematorium, the 17-year-old polytechnic student delivered a calm and measured eulogy,
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    • FASHBASH
      • 615 16 / 17  -  Who’s on top? And who’s a flop? Our headmistress of haute couture JEANMARIE TAN grades the best- and worst-dressed celebrities of the week JEANMARIE TAN Always match your bra and underwear no matter what. You never know who will see it! US reality TV personality Kourtney Kardashian
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    • 825 18 / 19  -  Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg For three decades, the 75-year-old man and his wife had been living in a threeroom flat in Ang Mo Kio. But when she fell ill, part-time cleaner Lee Teck Seng downgraded his flat to pay the medical bills. The couple have
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    • 709 18 / 19  - Easy difficult COMMENT 2 KINDS OF RENTERS By SAM BAKER Sam Baker is co-founder of SRX, an information exchange formed by leading real estate agencies in Singapore to disseminate market pricing information and facilitate property transactions. Investing in rental is a complicated process. This column is the third of a
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    • 174 20 A Spanish zoo vet shot a keeper with a tranquilliser dart when a gorilla escape drill went awry, knocking out the unfortunate victim, who then spent three days in hospital. Zoo workers ran a drill simulating a gorilla escape on Monday, said
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    • 32 20 217,000 The number of jobs the US economy added last month. It is less than the previous month’s, but still a solid number, US Labor Department data showed yesterday.
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    • 385 20 But Pakistani woman survives ‘honour killing’ attempt by family members An 18-year-old Pakistani has survived being shot twice and thrown into a canal to drown by her family for marrying the man she loves, police said. This case comes weeks after the “honour killing” of another
      PHOTO: REUTERS  -  385 words
    • 590 22  - A man of ‘warmth affection’ Popular ventriloquist, entertainer Victor Khoo dies of cancer Report by MELODY NG melodyng@sph.com.sg Victor and Charlee. Their familiarity and fame were such that there was never any need for honorifics or surnames. Now, with the death of Mr Victor Khoo, what remains is the legacy
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    • 145 23 Two Hong Kong airlines said yesterday that they had received a warning from Taiwan about a possible bomb attack targeting a flight to the southern Chinese territory. Details on the nature of the threat were scant, but the alert comes at a time
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    • 436 23 Families of MH370 passengers launch campaign to source funds for search It has been almost three months since Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 went missing. And with no leads whatsoever, relatives of the passengers on board the plane are launching a campaign to raise
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    • 226 23 Malaysians will soon be able to enjoy visa-free travel to the United States. With the Malaysian Immigration Department preparing to comply with US guidelines, the visa-waiver programme (VWP) is expected to take effect in about 18 months’ time, The Star reported. This initiative
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    • 234 13 news IN YOUR SPORTS PULLOUT Does Mariah carry it off? Apartments for seniors CHANCE FOR ROONEY REDEMPTION Are ‘granny flats’ losing their appeal? PAgE18 Jeanmarie Tan says no PAgE17 S’PORE’S GYMS AMONG THE PRICIEST: SURVEY different beers FREE WORLD CUP SCREENING too beerfest different wines c and whiskies V A
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  • 28 24 US pop star Katy Perry on splitting with her ex-boyfriend, singer John Mayer, earlier this year
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    • 51 1 MAIN MAN: Italy’s Mario Ballotelli will be leading Italy’s quest for goals in Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS FROM STALE TO STIRRING attack’s the way to go for prandelli’s Italy ›S6 SATURDAY JUNE 7 2014 24-page pullout SSa preSIdentIal hopeful lee KoK Choy unveIlS hIS ‘dream team’ to taKe on JeSSIe phua
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  • 24 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • WORLD CUP 2014 (JUNE 12 – JULY 13) 6 DAYS TO GO
      • 182 2 / 3 AFP Norwegian Ronny Deila has been appointed manager of Scottish champions Celtic on a 12-month rolling contract, the club announced yesterday. The 38-year-old former defender takes over from Neil Lennon, who left two weeks ago after four years in charge. “I will treasure this
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      • 560 2 / 3  -  Deschamps will rue dropping Nasri after Ribery’s exit GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg The ball ended at the final stroke of midnight for Cinderella. For France, the party ended before they even boarded the plane to Brazil. Coach Didier Deschamps is clinging on to hope, but fearing
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      • 533 2 / 3 Wire Services Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of being fit for Portugal’s opening World Cup clash with Germany were thrown into further doubt when coach Paulo Bento refused to put a time frame on his return. Ronaldo, 29 (right), failed once more to train with the rest of
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      • 430 4 / 5  -  LIM SAY HENG brings you some interesting facts about hosts Brazil and defending champions Spain LIM SAY HENG BRAZIL 1 Ronaldo is the top scorer in the World Cup Finals. The buck-toothed striker scored 15 goals from three World Cups in the 1998, 2002 and 2006
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      • 586 6 / 7  -  Italy are no longer a boring team under Prandelli THE EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHTS GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg In Italy, catenaccio now feels almost like a dirty word. Coach Cesare Prandelli has unshackled the Azzurri from the rigours of defensive football and given them a new lease of life. A period
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      • 271 6 / 7 Reuters Andrea Pirlo was given the rarest of honours during the Confederations Cup last year when the Italy playmaker received a rapturous reception at the Maracana. The Maracana crowd is notoriously difficult to please, with fans believing that no foreigner could possibly match the long
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      • 391 6 / 7 PA Sport Jose Mourinho has confirmed he is interested in bringing Cesc Fabregas to Chelsea with the midfielder seemingly on the brink of leaving Barcelona. Arsenal have an option to buy back the Spaniard as part of the deal that took him to the Nou Camp
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    • 738 9  -  It’s time for the England forward to fulfil the promise he showed on the world stage 10 years ago GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg They called him the White Pele. They thought he was England’s Messiah. But 11 years into his international career, he is best remembered as
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    • GOLF SHORTS
      • 182 10 After a bad patch of missed cuts and down-the-field finishes, Singapore’s Choo Tze Huang is up among the Asian Tour’s best in the Queens Cup in Samui, Thailand. Choo shot rounds of four-under 67 and 72 yesterday after sitting out Thursday, when rain forced him
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      • 67 10 Singapore’s Quincy Quek dropped to joint-second after the second day of the Lanhai Open on the PGA China Tour in Shanghai yesterday. He shot a two-under 70 for a seven-under 135 total (with Australia’s Da- vid McKenzie) and trail another Australian Steve Dartnall (67-67) by one
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      • 121 10 Seletar’s James Leow won the Boys’ A Division (1517 years) title in the Singapore Junior Golf Championship at Keppel Club yesterday. And, with Sarah Tan, James helped Singapore B to the runners-up spot in the team event, behind favourites Thailand, who also swept both girls’ titles.
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    • BOWLING
      • 560 10  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Nine Singapore bowlers were in contention yesterday for a place in the Singapore Open Masters women’s Round Two final at Orchid Country Club’s Orchid Bowl today. Coach Remy Ong kept an eye on all of them but, during the last two
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    • racing
      • 688 11 BELMONT STAKES AFP CALIFORNIA CHROME’S bid for American racing’s elusive Triple Crown culminates with the Belmont Stakes tomorrow morning (Singapore time), but a fairytale ending to his riveting story is far from guaranteed. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner will be
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      • 601 11 AFP All eyes will be on favourite Australia today to see if he is as good as his trainer, Aidan O’Brien, believes he is and win the Epsom Derby to give the recordbreaking Irishman a third successive win in the blue riband of flat racing
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      • 535 12 / 13  -  Reports by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg RUAPEHU and INVICTUS, two horses highlighted for their good form on the training track, delivered the goods in style at Kranji last night. Ruapehu, who won his trial and was the headline act for his impressive gallop on
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      • 694 12 / 13 Race 1 JUVENILE Plate (Fillies) 1000M 8 CONQUERING QUEEN 55 (188-35) M Yeni (1) 1 6 ACT AWAY 55 (239-40) B Vlooh (5) 2 10 PRETTYAMAZINGGRACE 55 (183-48) G Funeka (4) 3 4 SINGITA SUNRISE 58 (57-13) C Ndlovu (8) 4 Trainer: Gavin Smith. Margins:
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      • 242 12 / 13 Promising first-season apprentice Kif Toh was a man in a hurry last night, scoring on his first two rides. But he fell down to earth in Race 8 when he was dislodged from Sir Fleetwood near the 500m bend on the
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      • 1691 12 / 13 Race 1 KS-D D2 1100m 12 STATE TROOPER 50.5 c 49.5 (72-23) K Toh* (2) 2 1 1 (514) 3 WASSAIC 58 (21-6) I Santana (4) 8 7 2 (564) 2.5 2 GILT LAD 58 (52-17) B Vorster (8) 11 8 3 (502) Hd
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      • 1220 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 EAGLE FARM (1,600M) 1 BRAZEN BEAU (4:2-1-0): Should’ve won last time, losing it at the start. Previous win was outstanding. 3 PRESSING (3:2-0-0): Oliver recommended blinkers and more ground and gets that
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      • 1378 14 / 15 12:20 Race 1 EAGLE FARM—1600M 1 BRAZEN BEAU N RAWILLER (4) 57 2 TIME FOR WAR T ANGLAND (1) 57 3 PRESSING D OLIVER (3) 57 4 MOHAVE J BOWMAN (8) 57 5 LOOKS LIKE THE CAT D J BROWNE (6) 57 6
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      • 1158 14 / 15 Saturday MACAU 2:00 PM Macau (Sand) 1 CLASS Spe HK$180,000 THE SALVADOR 1050m No Form Name 1 *5*2*1 2 *****6 3 *890*6 4 *****7 5 *****9 6 *****4 7 ****** 8 *****6 9 050 10 *****9 11 300*08 12 *****4 Happy General Secret Gathering Captain
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      • 117 16 KUALA LUMPUR KRANJI TRACKWORK NST’S GUIDE TO YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK BY TOMORROW’S RUNNERS: Race 2: Duel Of Honour canter/ pace work. Race 3: Slow work: Power Shaft, looking well. Race 4: Slow work: Lone Staar, keeping form. Race 6: Slow work: Straleta, looking well, and Inter Reward, looking fit.
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      • 1615 16 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1: 6 Royal Green 3 Stormy Bruce 4 Blazing Steed 7 Mystic Warrior RACE 2:1 Sayaprayerforme 5 Rainbow Future 6 Luck Alot 7 Super Wine RACE 3:10 Costamialot 12 Little Man 6 Liberation Spirit 4
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 155 17 Reuters Ferrari’s former world champion Fernando Alonso upstaged the mighty Mercedes team by setting the pace in the first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday. Alonso, a winner on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2006 and runner-up to world champion Sebastian Vettel last
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      • 564 17  -  Stags goalkeeper Pasfield gifts Geylang winner but coach Rafi refuses to pin blame on Aussie newcomer Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg GEYLANG INTERNATIONAL 1 (Yuki Ichikawa 86) TAMPINES ROVERS 0 He had just seen a goalkeeping gaffe consign his side to the first defeat of his tenure.
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      • 578 18  -  Woodlands goalkeeper Yazid optimistic his team will bounce back from Singapore Cup thrashing Report by GABRIEL TAN npsports@sph.com.sg *The writer is a freelancer. It has been 11 days since Woodlands Wellington last saw action. That was when the Rams were crushed 5-1 by Geylang International, a result
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      • 884 19  -  Unheralded young winger has impressed for title-chasing Warriors this season Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Who is Warriors’ No. 32? That was the question on everybody’s lips when the team sheets were handed out before the top-of-the-table Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League tie between Warriors FC and Brunei DPMM
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    • S.LEAGUE BETTING
      • 526 20 / 21  -  Report by GABRIEL TAN npsports@sph.com.sg l The writer is a freelancer Balestier Khalsa coach Marko Kraljevic certainly is not shy about playing up the talent of his playmaker Park Kang Jin. He has described the South Korean as “the best player in the league”, one
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      • 893 20 / 21  -  DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg WOODLANDS WELLINGTON v TANJONG PAGAR UNITED (Tonight, 7.30pm, Woodlands Stadium) Perhaps even the Jaguars are unable to explain just why they have been so poor this season. The Singapore Cup win over Hougang United proved to be a flash in the
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    • 165 22 Wire Services American Ben Crane posted a sevenunder 63 for a two-shot lead in a weather-affected first round of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis yesterday morning (Singapore time). The four-time US PGA Tour winner is the outright clubhouse leader after darkness halted play,
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    • SWIMMING
      • 649 22  -  SSA presidential candidate says his team can excel with more consultation Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg There is the man with the Midas touch, an over-achiever, an award-winning former journalist turned expert fund-raiser, and multiple-gold medallists. It is no wonder that Lee Kok Choy calls
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    • NBA
      • 582 23 Dehydration and cramps floor Miami star as San Antonio draw first blood AFP FINALS, GAME ONE SAN ANTONIO 110 MIAMI 95 l San Antonio lead series 1-0 Combine Tim Duncan’s offensive wizardry, heat-wave conditions that paralysed LeBron James and Danny Green’s late heroics and you have
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      • 109 23 Wire Services A second-half hat-trick of penalty corners from Gonzalo Peillat gave Argentina a 3-1 win over New Zealand at the Hockey World Cup yesterday. The result sees Argentina top Pool B with hosts Holland in the men’s competition. Pelliat and Belgium’s Tom Boon
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    • ON TV
      • 107 23 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE TUESDAY: KELANTAN V LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 8.30pm FRIDAY: JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM V TERENGGANU StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football Channel), 8.40pm SATURDAY: LIONSXII v SARAWAK StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports Arena), 7.30pm INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES Tomorrow: ARGENTINA v SLOVENIA StarHub TV Ch 222 (Football
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      • 40 23 LYONESS OPEN Today: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 7pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 6.30pm ST JUDE CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 1am
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      • 64 23 FRENCH OPEN Today: DAY 14: WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 255 (Racquet Channel Sports HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 114 /117 (FOX Sports), 9pm Tomorrow: DAY 15: MEN’S SINGLES FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 255 (Racquet Channel Sports HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 114/117 (FOX Sports), 6pm;
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      • 37 23 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX Today: PRACTICE SESSION 3 StarHub TV Ch 208/209/210 (FOX Sports Star Sports FOX Sports Plus HD), 9.55pm Tomorrow: QUALIFYING StarHub TV Ch 208/209/210 (FOX Sports Star Sports FOX Sports Plus HD), 12.50am
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    • TENNIS
      • Article, Illustration
        643 24 Djokovic can’t stay cool in the heat, but beats Gulbis to reach 13th Grand Slam final AFP Novak Djokovic reached his 13th Grand Slam final and second at the French Open yesterday, ending giant-killer Ernests Gulbis’ colourful campaign. The world No. 2 triumphed 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
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