The New Paper, 23 June 2014

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  • 15 1 the new paper MONDAY JUNE 23 2014 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI(P)088/01/2014
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    • 70 1 2014 SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN SPORTS REDESIGN NEWS-BREAKING PHOTO FEATURE DESIGN PAGES CLOSURE Of KAmPUNG@SImPANG BEDOK Do-gooder faces bankruptcy after his team loses $1 million in hawker centre social venture Hurt trying tohelp the poor ›2 TNP PHOTO: KOH HUI THENG *****1 *****1 tnp.sg
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    • 62 1 0 MONDAY JUNE 23 2014 WORLD CUP LATEST IN NOON EDITION 22 PAGES IN SPORTS PULLOUT World Cup Group H Belgium 1 Russia 0 Super sub Origi seals it with last-gasp goal ›S28 Neil Humphreys on Hodgson: 3 strikes he’ll be out ›S14 PHOTO COURTESY OF CONSTANCE SONG Constance blends
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    • 734 2 / 3  -  What makes one social enterprise thrive while another folds? In the first of a two-part series, KOH HUI THENG (kohht@sph.com.sg) looks at what worked and what went wrong at Singapore’s first privately-run hawker centre GOODINTENTIONS, BADOUTCOME KOH HUI THENG (kohht@sph.com.sg) Helping the disadvantaged can be disadvantageous.
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    • 262 2 / 3 As they climbed the stairs to the hawker centre, her mother turned and told Madam Fion Phua: “Girl, the food here better be worth the climb!” The matriarch, in her 70s, was panting by the time she reached Kampung@ Simpang Bedok. Singapore’s first
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    • 219 2 / 3 Here is what can help sustain a business, whether it is for good or for profit, according to those in the industry l Enforce specific working hours Previously, Kampung@Simpang Bedok stallholders ran their business as and when they wished. Having standard regulations in place, such as a minimum
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    • 146 4 South Korean troops were yesterday engaged in a fierce gun battle near an elementary school with a runaway soldier who had shot and killed five members of his unit on the border with North Korea. The 23-year-old army sergeant, surnamed Lim, had
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    • 78 4 Hong Kong residents cast their ballots in an unofficial referendum on democratic reform yesterday. Booths opened across the territory after an online poll that enraged Beijing and stunned organisers with a huge response of more than 500,000 votes. Tensions are growing in the former
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    • 70 4 Instead of thinking about whether you can spend your CPF at the age of 55, we should think about how we can help Singaporeans remain employed, earn a good living, and continue to contribute to CPF because the more they have in CPF, the longer they defer (its) use, the
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    • 281 4 The number of dengue cases has been going up and the authorities have intensified efforts to curb its spread, especially in Serangoon, Kovan and Hougang, where there have been large clusters. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has been deploying 200 officers there daily including
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    • 55 4 LAST DAY: The entrance of the Trick Eye Museum at Resorts World Sentosa yesterday. It was the last day that museum tickets were going on sale at half price. The maximum capacity of 250 was increased to 300 to accommodate the extra visitors who waited six hours just to get
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    • 141 4 Gardens by the Bay welcomed its 10 millionth visitor yesterday, a week ahead of its second anniversary. Mr Kho Su Kiak, 73, from Sarawak, who is here visiting his daughter and her family, was surprised with a gift as he entered the Flower
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    • 113 4 This year’s Singapore Community Games drew to a close yesterday. The three-month competition saw a record 10,000 people taking part. Among the sports in the games were badminton, bowling, football, sepak takraw and basketball. The closing event saw the finals of sepak takraw and basketball
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    • 161 4 Some 50,000 devotees gathered yesterday morning at the Sri Veeramakaliamman temple in Little India to witness a highly anticipated occasion after its $7 million makeover. The temple marked its reopening after two years of restoration with a consecration ceremony. Hindu temples undergo renova-
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    • 208 8 / 9 More are signing up for self-defence classes and enrolment rates at schools have been growing in the last five years. Krav Maga Academy opened in 2006 with between five and 10 students. It now sees an average of 20 to 25 students each
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    • 718 8 / 9  -  More picking up Israeli self-defence technique Reports by CLEMENT YAP cyap@sph.com.sg She never felt truly safe living in California in the United States. Her car had been broken into and there was even a shooting at the school where she was a teacher. But it
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    • 618 10  -  Cute-scary J-pop star gets fans in a tizzy at S’pore concert Report by CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by EUGENE MOK If there were a J-pop singer worthy of being Singapore’s tourism ambassador, it would be the enigmatic Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. At just 21, the
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    • 140 11 A man who carried out an axe attack on mahjong players in China’s volatile Xinjiang region apologised on television yesterday, saying he was persuaded to go through with it in the name of “jihad”. The man is the only surviving member of a gang of
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    • 319 11 Discovery of teen shocks M’sian officials Malaysian immigration officials were shocked by the sight of a severely malnourished and handicapped teenager when they were conducting checks at a block of flats in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The 15-year-old boy, who is also believed
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    • 195 11 Miss your ex and want to find someone who looks like him or her? Online dating website Match. com is rolling out a new service that some Internet users have labelled “creepy”. But the US$5,000 (S$6,240) price tag
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    • 256 11 Could England defender Luke Shaw’s interaction with a Playboy playmate have affected his performance in England’s World Cup? Shaw, 18, had followed Ms Carla Howe, 23, on photosharing site Instagram earlier this month and had sent her private messages on Twitter when England was
      PHOTO: TWITTER.COM/THEHOWETWINS  -  256 words
    • 655 12  -  Regardless of the result in their match early tomorrow morning, both Spain and Australia are going home. Derek Wong (wderek@sph.com.sg) asks fans which team is likely to walk off the pitch with their head held a little higher than the other WORLD CUP 2014 Derek Wong
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    • 445 13  -  They will each receive $100 Burger King voucher Report and photo by OH MING XUAN mxoh@sph.com.sg After her pet chihuahua’s ear was badly injured during a grooming session, Ms Aileen Tung dialled The New Paper’s hotline. She wanted to tell readers to be more careful in
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    • 576 14 / 15  -  It’s not easy staging Sentosa’s new night show, Wings Of Time, which features majestic water effects, fireworks and light projections Report by COLIN THAM colintzx@sph.com.sg Most evenings, you can find Mr Zuhairi Mohamed Idris on Siloso Beach at Sentosa. Mr Zuhairi, 26, is one of the performers
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    • 695 16 / 17  -  Don’t hate me, says actress Constance Song, for her repeated encounters with former football star Reports by CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg Jealous netizens have accused her of doctoring her pictures. Even her friends call her in mock anger, demanding “answers”. All this is the result of her photos
      PHOTOS: COURTESY OF CONSTANCE SONG  -  695 words
    • 399 16 / 17 ACTRESS YVONNE LIM Last month, she ran after hollywood star George Clooney at a promotional event for luxury watchmaker Omega in Shanghai. Both are ambassadors for the brand. There was a funny story behind their meeting, Lim said. Clooney was trying to make a quick exit
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    • 49 1 POOR FREDCritics gang up on Brazil striker, but his mates back him ›S2 MONDAY JUNE 23 2014 28-page pullout HARSH WORDS: Former England striker Alan Shearer claims Fred’s (right) lack of mobility is dragging the Brazil team down. PHOTO: AFP MalaySia turn taBleS on Singapore in CauSeway trophy ›S23
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  • 28 PAGE PULLOUT sports
    • WORLD CUP 2014
      • 1009 2 / 3 Striker Fred should be dropped because he’s too ‘static’ Paulinho should make way for others, says Zico Wire Services Wire Services It’s the country that has given the world Pele, Ronaldo, Romario, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo and Zico. But at this World Cup, all Brazil seem to be relying
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      • GROUP A SHOWDOWN
        • 536 4 / 5  -  Can Scolari and his Selecao deliver? GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Good things don’t always come in pairs, as Luiz Felipe Scolari is finding out. Brazil’s World Cup campaign hasn’t gotten off to the flying start an entire na- tion was anticipating. A jittery 3-1 victory over Croatia in their
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        • 705 4 / 5 GROUP A CROATIA v MEXICO (Tomorrow, 4am, SingTel mio TV Ch 142 StarHub TV Ch 224) Reuters Croatia’s World Cup shoot-out with Mexico for a spot in the last 16 pitches Mario Mandzukic, a gunslinger who is back among the goals, against Guillermo Ochoa, a
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      • 977 6 / 7 Wire Services Holland and Chile will fight it out for top spot in Group B tonight (Singapore time) and hope they can avoid a fearsome last-16 assignment against five-time World Cup winners Brazil. Both teams have won their opening two games, putting
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      • 570 6 / 7 Maradona is convinced that Brazil will not have it easy against their South American counterparts, should they meet Wire Services Diego Maradona lavished praise on for Chile ahead of their final Group B match against Holland, suggesting Jorge Sampaoli’s team would be a match for
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      • 612 8 Wire Services Brazil defender Dani Alves said yesterday that Spain’s premature World Cup exit was a lesson for teams as to how difficult it is to achieve success at the highest level. Crushing losses to Holland and Chile left Spain suffering one of
        Wire Services; PHOTOS: AFP  -  612 words
      • 260 9 Match: 0733 HOLLAND v CHILE ODDS: 2.20 3.30 2.70 4.00 (-1.5) 1.18 (+1.5) exact TipSTERS 1x2 1/2 HT/FT score Gary Lim (The Expert) Draw Chile D-D 2-2 (11.00) Ali Kasim (The Gambler) Holland Chile H-H 2-1 (9.00) Catherine Robert (The Chick) Holland Holland H-H 3-0 (20.00) Brian Miller (The Veteran)
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      • Article, Illustration
        620 10 / 11  -  Loew’s men must improve if they are to go all the way GERMANY FAVOURITES? GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg GROUP G GERMANY 2 (Mario Goetze 51, Miroslav Klose 71) GHANA 2 (Andre Ayew 54, Asamoah Gyan 63) With guts and guile, Ghana equalised against the Germans, took the lead, but
        PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP  -  620 words
      • 669 10 / 11 Veteran German striker equals Brazilian Ronaldo’s record Reuters MINS Miroslav who? The humble 36-year-old Germany striker Klose etched his name into immortality yesterday morning (Singapore time) when he scored his 15th World Cup goal in the 2-2 draw against Ghana. Equalling the record
        Reuters; TNP ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHICS: KELVIN CHAN, TEOH YI CHIE  -  669 words
      • 609 12 / 13 Lack of leader nearly cost Germany again Reuters GROUP G GERMANY 2 (Mario Goetze 51, Miroslav Klose 71) GHANA 2 (Andre Ayew 54, Asamoah Gyan 63) Germany’s 2-2 draw against Ghana yesterday morning (Singapore time) once again exposed the team’s lack of a true leader, a charismatic
        Reuters; PHOTO: AFP  -  609 words
      • 545 12 / 13 PA Sport GROUP F NIGERIA 1 (Peter Odemwingie 29) BOsNIA-HERZEGOVINA 0 Coach Stephen Keshi feels his Nigeria side delivered a victory for all of Africa after Peter Odemwingie’s goal put the Super Eagles on the brink of reaching the World Cup knockout stages. The Stoke
        PA Sport; PHOTO: AFP  -  545 words
      • 963 14 / 15  -  Experts suggest Hodgson’s downfall if England fail against Costa Rica NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM BELO HORIZONTE Roy Hodgson is already planning for the Euro 2015 qualification campaign, but he might be getting ahead of himself. The World Cup is over only for England. The manager’s
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      • 164 14 / 15 PA Sport Six months after being backed to win the World Cup by their manager, England have been eliminated from the tournament before they have finished their malaria tablets. The man with the reddest face in the England camp is Roy Hodgson. On Dec 5 he held
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      • 581 14 / 15 Redknapp reveals how some players try to wriggle out of representing England PA Sport Harry Redknapp has questioned the commitment of young English players to the national team cause, claiming there were certain individuals during his time at Tottenham who tried to find ways of skipping
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      • 852 16 / 17  -  Report by NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM BELO HORIZONTE GROUP F ARGENTINA 1 (Lionel Messi 90+1) IRAN 0 Messidependencia has truly taken hold. Argentina are in the grip of the most seductive of addictions. They are aware of the potential danger of being devoted to
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      • 611 18 / 19  -  Our man in Belo Horizonte pinpoints La Albiceleste’s struggles against the indomitable Iranians NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg 1 CREAKY DEFENCE At the risk of comparing Argentina to England, the South Americans’ strategy has always been to rely on an adventurous attacking lineup to compensate for a brittle defence. Alejandro
        PHOTO: AFP  -  611 words
      • 566 18 / 19 Iran coach and media slam official for denying team a spot-kick Wire Services GROUP F ARGENTINA 1 (Lionel Messi 90+1) IRAN 0 Iranian media and national coach Carlos Queiroz slammed referee Milorad Mazic for denying them a famous result in their 1-0 Group F defeat by Argentina. The
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      • 287 26 / 27 Our man in Brazil, Neil Humphreys, rounds up what’s happening around the grounds, on the streets and beneath the underbelly during the World Cup. SPAIN RAINS ON PARADE Two Peruvians have embarked on a trip of a lifetime. They saved their money, plotted their journey and bought tickets
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      • 770 26 / 27 ‘THE KING’ SHUNNED AT THE WORLD CUP AFP He’s “the king”, renowned as football’s greatest ever and the icon of Brazilian World Cup success. But with the tournament finally back in his home country, it seems somebody forgot to invite Pele. At the opening ceremony in Sao Paulo,
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      • 305 26 / 27 Wire Services Roy Hodgson’s comments have came back to haunt him as Uruguay striker Luis Suarez said the England manager’s quip had fired him up for their Group D clash last Friday. Suarez scored both goals in Uruguay’s 2-1 win in Sao Paulo which
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      • ON TV
        • 136 26 / 27 WORLD CUP SCREENING TIMES Today: HOLLAND v CHILE SingTel mio TV Ch 141; StarHub TV Ch 223 (World Cup), 11.59pm AUSTRALIA v SPAIN SingTel mio TV Ch 142; StarHub TV Ch 224 (World Cup), 11.59pm Tomorrow: CAMEROON v BRAZIL SingTel mio TV Ch 141; StarHub TV Ch 223 (World
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        • 42 26 / 27 BMW OPEN Thursday: DAY 1 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 213/255 (Golf Channel/Sports HD), 4.30pm DAY 1 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 213/255 (Golf Channel/Sports HD), 8.30pm QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL Friday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213/255 (Golf Channel/Sports HD), 3am
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        • 33 26 / 27 WIMBLEDON Today: StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports) SingTel mio TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 6.30pm; StarHub TV Ch 210 (FOX Sports Plus HD) SingTel mio TV Ch 117 (FOX Sports), 8pm
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    • racing
      • GROUP 1 PATRON’S BOWL
        • 767 20 / 21  -  Reports by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg He might have achieved a two-out-of-two with huge winning margins but the sudden big jump from Class 4 to Group 1, which is essentially for top-class horses, and the longer distance were definitely the big hurdles. But the
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        • 616 20 / 21 race 1 C4 (LC) 1200m 4 HOHOHO 55 c 51 (22-10) KK Khoo* (6) 1 1 1 (483) 6 DAWN PROSPECT 53 (20-7) K Eirwan (9) 2 2 2 (500) Hd 7 STREET MAFIA 53 (80-17) How Yang (4) 3 3 3 (522) 4.5 8 YES CLUB
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        • 109 20 / 21 Trainer John O’Hara scored the biggest win of his career with his three-from-three hero SPALATO, who lifted the Group 1 Patron’s Bowl by a mere shorthead from Stepitup yesterday. Said O’Hara (right, with jockey Manoel Nunes): “Feels fantastic. Winning a Group 1 is the dream,
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        • 1918 20 / 21 race 1 rM d2 1200m 10 STAR JET 49.5 c 50.5 (6-5.10) M Nunes (1) 1 1 1 (497) 1 EXCITING PROSPECT 57 (40-7) A Munro (6) 3 2 2 (473) 1 9 HAPPY SAGA 49.5 c 48 (165-16) WL Tan* (4) 7 6
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      • ROYAL ASCOT
        • 352 22 AFP Three strong favourites justified their status on the last day at Royal Ascot on Saturday to give bookmakers one final pounding yet one of their own was responsible for much of their woes. The damage was done by a horse owned by
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        • 774 22 RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF—1000m 10 VICTORY GENERAL 117 (78-18) M CHADWICK (5) 1 3 MELLIFLUENT 127 (12-7) H BOWMAN (2) 2 2 DISCIPLES TWELVE 133 (34-10) Z PURTON (4) 3 4 RIBOT LEGACY 125 (160-32) H W LAI (8) 4 Trainer: C Fownes.
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        • 905 22 Race 1 Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1200M 5 DAYLA 58 (9-7) S’Manga Khumalo (1) 1 8 GRAND EPOQUE 58 (21-7) Weichong Marwing (9) 2 12 VOLUPTIOUS LADY 58 (89-13) Sherman Brown (8) 3 6 ENDEARING 58 (162-25) Mandla Ntuli (7) 4 Trainer: Sean Tarry.
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    • ForMUlA oNe
      • 585 24 Younger Rosberg now has more race wins than 1982 world champion Reuters Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two finish yesterday to stretch his championship lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton to 29 points after eight races. Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and
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      • 143 24 Singapore bounced back from Saturday’s defeat by Denmark by thrashing Italy in the World Cricket League Division 4 cricket tournament yesterday. Chetan Suryawanshi (96 not out) and Andre de Lange (62 not out) carried Singapore to a ninewicket win over Italy at the Indian Association. Scores:
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      • 384 24 AFP Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic enter Wimbledon plagued by injury fears and self-doubt, leaving Roger Federer convinced that this could be a golden opportunity to capture a record eighth title. World No. 1 Nadal (below), fresh from a record ninth French Open, was Wimbledon champion
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    • RUGBY
      • 98 25 National paddler Feng Tianwei clinched the women’s singles title at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Japan Open (Super Series) in Yokohama yesterday. Feng defeated Japan’s Ishikawa Kasumi 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 3-11,11-3,11-5, 13-11) to collect her third ITTF World Tour title of the year and
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      • 476 25  -  Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg Auckland Blues captain Piri Weepu was so exhausted after his team won the Rugby World Club 10s tournament, he stopped walking in the players’ tunnel and leaned against the wall. With eyes closed, the All Blacks scrumhalf whispered to the media
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      • 343 25  -  REDZWAN KAMARUDIN The home team representatives blazed the sixth and final day of the swimming programme at the TYR 2nd South-east Asian Championships presented by Yakult yesterday, claiming two gold medals, three silvers and a bronze. It was Singapore’s most productive day at the meet.
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    • GOLF
      • 113 23 AFP South Korea’s Amy Yang fired a two-under 68 yesterday morning (Singapore time) to seize a share of the third-round lead at the US Women’s Open alongside American Michelle Wie. Wie, who held a three-shot overnight lead, fought to a 72 at Pinehurst to
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      • 714 23  -  Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg Tears welled in his eyes as he stood on the 16th hole of Laguna National’s Classic Course, embracing his teammates. Plagued by a swollen tendon in his back, Rashid Ismail almost did not make it for yesterday’s
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      • 231 23 AFP Tiger Woods begins his competitive comeback from a three-month injury layoff on Thursday at Congressional Country Club, testing himself and the state of his game ahead of next month’s British Open. The 14-time Major winner, chasing the all-time record of 18 Major titles won
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    • WORLD CUP
      • 606 28  -  Belgium sub proves to be joker in the pack IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg GROUP H BELGIUM 1 (Divock Origi 88) RUSSIA 0 Belgium snatched a dramatic late winner against Russia this morning (Singapore time), certainly sealing their place in the next stage. It was substitute Divock Origi who smashed
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