The New Paper, 13 February 2015

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    • 84 1 0 VAN GAAL: Rooney’s a success in midfield GARY LIM: What a waste of England’s best striker ›S2 MAN JAILED FOR ABDUCTING BABY Mum says: I’ll never forgive him for putting my son in danger ›6 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13 2015 LAW MINISTER K. SHANMUGAM SLAMS WORKERS’ PARTY OVER RUNNING OF
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  • news
    • AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT IN PARLIAMENT
      • 343 2 / 3 Feb 13, 2014: Ministry of National Development (MND) concerned that Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council’s (AHPETC) auditors had submitted its accounts for the second year running with a note that they were unable to fully verify them. Feb 14: AHPETC chairman Sylvia Lim says MND’s statement is
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      • 1227 2 / 3  -  Minister tears into Workers’ Party town council management Reports by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg 1. WP BREACHED ITS POSITIONS OF TRUST WITH UNLAWFUL PAYMENTS Millions of dollars had been paid to friends of the Party, he said. Days after the WP won the
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      • 106 2 / 3 Minister for Law K. Shanmugam explains in Parliament what he called “losses” suffered by AHPETC in a simplified manner: l You have a business, with cash, valuables belonging to other people. l You don’t know what exactly you have. l You put a friend
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      • 650 2 / 3 Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Kiang said the party supported Mr Khaw Boon Wan’s motion relating to the AuditorGeneral’s audit report, but called on town council transfers to be “de-politicised”. He said the problems of the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC)
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    • 54 4 $43.5b The value of construction projects awarded by the Government between 2012 and 2014. Three in four of the 590 projects worth more than $10 million during the period went to the lowest bidders, Senior Minister of State for National Development and Transport and Industry Lee Yi
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    • 131 4  -  Ronald Loh The man who allegedly killed his father at their West Coast home was charged with murder yesterday. Mark Tan Peng Liat, 29, a businessman, appeared in court clad in an olive green shirt and he appeared calm as the charge was read
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    • 81 4 Seven men and two women from a renovation firm, Upgrading General Contractor, have been arrested for suspected involvement in several cases of “cheating by personation”. Most of their victims were the elderly. They are believed to have “passed themselves off as representatives from HDB, Town Councils
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    • 261 4 A government advisory committee for moneylending is considering whether guidelines are necessary for debt collecting practices, said Senior Minister of State for Law Indranee Rajah in Parliament yesterday. The committee, which was set up last June, is expected to issue its final report by the end
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    • 210 4 Between 20 and 30 per cent of 70 applications for permits to fly drones in Singapore were rejected last month, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo in Parliament yesterday. They were rejected mainly because of safety as there was the risk of
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    • 226 4 Some 51 flat buyers were unable to take possession of their new flats in 2013 and 2014, after a second credit assessment conducted by the Housing Board. This was revealed by Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee in Parliament yesterday. He
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    • 116 4 A 29-year-old motorcyclist died after he was thrown onto the MRT tracks between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang stations early yesterday morning following a traffic accident on the Lentor flyover. The Straits Times Online reported SMRT spokesman Patrick Nathan as saying that its
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    • 55 5 SCDF’s tips on fire safety at home: l do not leave cooking unattended; l do not overload electrical outlets with appliances; l always switch off electrical appliances when they are not in use, and l check the condition of cables regularly. Frayed wires or cracked cords should
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    • 231 5  -  2 taken to hospital in first case, no injuries in second Report by DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg Two fires broke out at HDB flats yesterday morning, but were quickly put out. At about 9.15am yesterday, a fire started at a unit on the ninth-storey of
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF TNP READERS  -  231 words
    • 842 6 / 7  -  Man abducts eight-month-old boy in front of his mother Report by SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB ashaffiq@sph.com.sg They had known each other for almost five years. But the housewife wants nothing to do with him any more after he abducted her eight-month old son last year. This sparked
      TNP ILLUSTRATIONS: CELESTINO GULAPA; PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  842 words
    • 478 6 / 7  -  Report by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg He was arrested and charged with fighting with another man at a Bukit Batok coffee shop in September last year. A month later, while out on bail, he abducted an eight-month-old boy from Madam Mia,
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    • 148 8 / 9 5.02am: Mr Koka Nageswara Rao arrives at Changi Airport after two weeks in India. 5.22am: He boards a taxi for his home at Compassvale Street. 5.39am: He alights from the taxi. Between 5.39am and 5.42am: He reaches his second-storey flat’s front door, does a ritual before
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    • 663 8 / 9  -  Coroner’s inquiry find traces of chemicals in both; 7-year-old had died hours before mum fell to her death Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg He had just returned to Singapore after a two-week pilgrimage in India. When Mr Koka Nageswara Rao, 40,
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    • 176 8 / 9 Police do not suspect foul play in the death of Mrs Koka Sujana, investigation officer Staff Sergeant Shahrul Sophian told the court yesterday. This comes after her brother, Mr Koka Srikanth, had accused Mrs Koka’s husband, Mr Koka Nageswara Rao, of pushing Mrs Koka to her death
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    • 336 10  -  Man who had brain surgery appears weak in court as judge passes sentence on his stabbing of another man with scissors Report by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Turning up in court slumped in a wheelchair, he looked too frail to stand. Even when the
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    • 440 13 M’sian highway road rage drama Initially, it looked like yet another case of extreme road rage. But the mother of three children, who was caught in the middle of the extortion drama on the Kesas Highway in Shah Alam, Selangor, realised to her horror
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    • 290 13 First, the six prisoners broke into a weapons room in Taiwan’s capital Taipei and picked up four rifles and six handguns. Then, they took three staff members at Kaohsiung city prison, one of the biggest jails on the island, hostage. The 14-hour stand-off,
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    • 427 14 / 15 Gold-dusted dessert part of decadent spread at Governors Ball With the Academy Awards ceremony just a week away, Hollywood is going into overdrive to make sure the glitziest event on its calendar happens without a hitch. The stars who will descend on the red carpet
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    • 784 16 Muslim dentistry student, his wife and her sister gunned down in the US “It was execution style, a bullet in each head,” the father of two of the victims, psychiatrist Mohammad Abu-Salha, told the News and Observer. He said the gunman’s underlying animosity towards his
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    • Article, Illustration
      818 18 / 19  -  Fans of Fifty Shades Of Grey, which opened yesterday, are already making plans to catch the movie again after yesterday’s screening Reports by NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg Fifty Shades Of Grey introduced her to the world of erotic fiction. Miss Tess Halim, who calls herself a “professional
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    • 49 18 / 19 Source: MTV News 30 Minutes until first kiss 42 Minutes until first sex scene 20 Minutes’ worth of sexy scenes 14 Number of spanks 3 Number of times the catchphrase “Laters, baby” is used 2 Number of male butt sightings 6 Number of female butt sightings
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    • 567 18 / 19 SWEET TREATS You can now have a piece of Christian Grey. For dessert. Sort of. UK cake company Rosie Cake-Diva’s Rose Dummer is the mastermind behind two life-sized and honestly, freaky-looking cakes made to look like the sexy male character from the book. Grey, not the
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    • 539 20  -  Nursing home with modern features to open next year Reports by CHIN YONG CHANG ycchin@sph.com.sg Dark wood flooring, ambient lighting and spacious rooms for either one or two. On the roof, a luxuriant garden offers greenery for residents to move around. Come next year, a new
      PICTURES COURTESY OF PETER TAY STUDIO  -  539 words
    • 110 20 SMART SPOON A sensor that detects movement helps keep the spoon stable for people with Parkinson’s Disease or who have hand tremors. CARE WATCH A tracking device on the watch helps nursing staff monitor the movements of residents. The watch records vital signs, such as
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    • 146 21 Two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia will be transferred “as soon as possible” from prison for their executions, an official said. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the socalled “Bali Nine” heroin smuggling gang, were arrested in 2005 and
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    • 364 21 Thailand’s junta leader says military closely monitoring former premier’s whereabouts Thailand’s junta chief yesterday said the military is keeping such a close eye on ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra that she would be unable to eat a bowl of noodles without their permission.
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    • 230 21 The daughter of Korean Air’s chairman was jailed for one year yesterday over a notorious “nut rage” incident that triggered an uproar over the behaviour of South Korea’s elite business families. Prosecutors had demanded a three-year sentence for Heather
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  • 416 23  -  By Cheryl Chia chiasrc@sph.com.sg No significant other to celebrate the day with? Count your lucky stars. Valentine’s Day is one fraught with more dangers for the attached than the singles. Woe betide the one who forgets this date or fails to prepare the right
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  • sports
    • EPL
      • 777 2 / 3  -  Van Gaal is not getting the best out of Rooney by playing him as a midfielder GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg MAN UNITED 3 (Chris Smalling 6, 45+3, Robin van Persie 82-pen) BURNLEY 1 (Danny Ings12) Versatility, as Wayne Rooney has found out, is a double-edged sword. England’s
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      • 36 2 / 3 v ROOnEY ROOnEY THE MIDFIELDER THE STRIKER 12 Games 9 3 Goals 5 17 Shots 26 5 On Target 8 1 Assists 3 19 Chances created 11 65 Passes per match 48
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      • 154 2 / 3 PA Sport Manchester United have reported a drop in revenue by 14 per cent for the second quarter of their financial year due to their absence from the Champions League. United’s revenues for the three months ending Dec 31 were £105.7 million ($219m) compared
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      • 630 2 / 3 PA Sport Louis van Gaal fears the public support he has received from Manchester United fans may be ebbing away. United bounced back from their drab 1-1 draw at West Ham by beating Burnley 3-1 at Old Trafford yesterday morning (Singapore time). Chris Smalling scored
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      • 147 4 / 5 PA Sport Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract, the Premier League club announced yesterday. Hazard joined Chelsea from Lille in June 2012 and has made 147 appearances for the Blues, scoring 43 goals. “I am very happy to sign a new
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      • 770 4 / 5 Mourinho evades Ivanovic controversy after Blues beat Toffees Wire Services CHELSEA 1 (Willian 89) EVERTON 0 Jose Mourinho threatened to walk out of his post-match media conference, when asked about an apparent headbutt by Branislav Ivanovic, after a last-gasp 1-0 win over Everton consolidated the
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      • 681 4 / 5 Striker faces another spell on the sidelines after injuring knee against Saints PA Sport SOUTHAMPTON 0 WEST HAM 0 Andy Carroll left St Mary’s on crutches after West Ham impressively held out at Southampton yesterday morning (Singapore time), despite goalkeeper Adrian’s dismissal a red card Sam
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      • 166 6 PA Sport Sergio Aguero has taken to Twitter to allay fears over his fitness after he was withdrawn late on during Manchester City’s emphatic 4-1 win at Stoke yesterday morning (Singapore time). Aguero bagged a brace for City, ending a six-game barren run, but fans were
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      • 670 6 Pellegrini more concerned that his team are back to being ‘good and solid’ PA Sport STOKE CITY1 (Peter Crouch 38) MAN CITY 4 (Sergio Aguero 33, 70-pen, James Milner 55, Samir Nasri 76) Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini insisted that he was “not thinking about
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      • 171 7 PA Sport Liverpool are awaiting the results of a scan to discover the extent of Steven Gerrard’s hamstring injury. The Reds captain came off in the second half of Tuesday’s 3-2 victory over Tottenham after complaining of tightness. “Unfortunately, he felt his hamstring towards the
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      • 524 7 Sacked Lambert insists he put his heart and soul into Villa PA Sport Paul Lambert has admitted managing Aston Villa was the “toughest challenge” of his working life, but that he remains proud of his time at the club. Lambert, 45, was sacked on Wednesday after almost
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      • 173 7 Press Association Sport takes a look at possible contenders to replace the Scot in the Villa Park dugout. TIM SHERWOOD Sherwood, 46, had recently been tipped to take the reins at QPR following the exit of Harry Redknapp but talks are believed to have broken down,
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    • 164 8 AFP Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed that former AC Milan player and director Ariedo Braida will form part of a new committee tasked with signing players. The Catalan giants are serving a 12-month transfer ban that won’t be lifted until January next
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    • 675 8 Enrique warns complacency could kill his team in the second leg COPA DEL REY AFP SEMI-FINAL, 1ST LEG BARCELONA 3 (Lionel Messi 41, Andres Iniesta 49, Gerard Pique 64) VILLARREAL 1 (Manu Trigueros 48) Barcelona took a huge step towards a fifth Copa del Rey final
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    • racing
      • SINGAPORE BEST BET RACE 8 NO. 1
        • 315 9  -  Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg JIMMY REA was my best bet the last time he won and I am not going to hop off the promising galloper in Race 8 tonight. The Mark Walker-trained three-year-old New Zea-land-bred is at least Class 2 stuff
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        • 407 9 Tan Thean Loon Larry Foley Brian Miller Mr X RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 Golden Rabbit 8 Fatkid Wonderer 5 Best Nine 2 Mings Man 1 Fatkid Wonderer 5 Mings Man 1 Best Nine 2 7 Lion
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      • 1421 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 KS-D 6.50 —1100m (Polytrack) Stakes: $38,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 552 Mings Man 58 (55) M Nunes 7 (5ag RB Marsh-Tudor Lodge Racing) 2 *****1 Best Nine 58 (54)
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      • 1424 10 / 11 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,100M) 1 Mings ManHHH Maiden who went close last start. Can win this. 2 Best NineHHH Won well this company last start. In this a very long way from gate 3. 3 Cash Dot
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      • 257 10 / 11 KRANJI MALAYSIA TRACKWORK WILLIAM LOW’S GUIDE TO YESTERDAY’S KRANJI GALLOPS BY SUNDAY’S RUNNERS: RACE 3: Daad’s The Way canter/38. RACE 4: Chi Lin HH (A Munro) 39.2. NST’S GUIDE TO YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK BY TOMORROW’S RUNNERS: Race 1: Metallica canter/39.5. Vista 40.9. Gold Card canter/pace work. Slow work: Power
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      • 897 14 / 15  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg The consistent and speedy SEBAS passed his starting stall test with flying colours at Kranji yesterday morning and is ready to greet the judge again. Ridden by jockey Alan Munro, the Theo Kieser-trained three-year-old naturally
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      • 1542 14 / 15 13-2-2015 (Friday) p Y(i) Do n °t bet illegally. Always play with care Live telecast of Korean races from Race 4 onwards. Coupon Betting please mark “MAL”. 12:25pm 4 CL 5 [Domestic 5 (Korean-bred)] ₩40,000,000 sand1400m 1 231 World Quick 3-kor-f 1] Jo Sung Gon 21.3% 54.5
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      • SOUTH AFRICA RACES
        • 322 14 / 15 FAIRVIEW PREVIEWS RACE 1 (1,000M) (3) LA REBEL put up a good finish when winning in debut and should again go close. (1) CHESTEVIN showed guts when winning in debut and can also fight this out. Watch the betting. RACE 2
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        • 628 14 / 15 6:40 Race 1 Juvenile Plate (Fillies) 1000M 1 CHESTEVIN J Merwe (3) 58 2 CITY EXPRESS C Thabana(-2) (9) 58 3 LA REBEL S Naidoo (1) 58 4 AGTERSKOT G Funeka (2) 55 5 BALOO BALEERIE M Yeni (6) 55 6 CLASSIC DELIGHT K
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      • 1582 16 / 17 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 IPSWICH (1,200M) 1 ITALIAN STORM (8:1-2-0): Bolted in 2½-len win (56.0) Zettfidaa, Quattro Passi 1,200m Ipswich F&M Mdn Good(3) trk Feb 4. Bit tougher but can go on with it. 4 SHATTERING (15:1-4-1): Impressive 1¼-len win
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      • 1243 16 / 17 p a Y(i) Do not bet illegally, responsibly] Always play with care. 1:00 Race 1 IPSWICH—1200M 1 ITALIAN STORM J LLOYD (7) 58.5 2 SLEEP TIGHT TIMOTHY BELL (5) 58.5 3 CUT UP UNFIXED (9) 57 .5 4 SHATTERING MATTHEW MC GILLIVRAY (6)
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      • 1031 16 / 17 13-2-2015 Friday Next Macau Meeting Saturday 14th February 2015 p L A Y(i) Do not bet illegally. responsibly! Always play with care. www.turfclub.com.sg www.turfclub.com.sg MACAU 8:05 PM Macau (Sand) 1 HK$170,000 The Jupiter Island (Class 5/6) 1500m No Form Name 1 *****9 2 *****4 3 *****7
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    • S.LEAGUE
      • 939 18 / 19  -  Chairman Teo says with Sundram at the helm, Stags will mount title assault Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg The final piece of the Tampines Rovers jigsaw has finally fallen into place. At the club’s pre-season press conference at the Holiday Inn Atrium yesterday, chairman Teo Hock
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      • 120 18 / 19  -  NICOLE CHIA The recent confederation championships in Africa and Asia produced much movement in the Fifa world rankings. Asian Cup-winners Australia rose 37 places to No. 63, while African Nations Cup (ANC) champions Ivory Coast are now ranked 20th eight places higher than their
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        352 18 / 19 “You can call us Dad’s Army, Old Women’s Navy, we don’t care. We have to take it in our stride.” Tampines chairman Teo Hock Seng (above), on whether he would be bothered if people called his team Dad’s Army, a label thrust on the 2004 Tampines team featuring
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    • 129 20 / 21 AFP Japanese football officials maintained a stony silence over their search for a new national team coach yesterday, as former Roma boss Luciano Spalletti was strongly linked to the job. Italian Spalletti, 55, who led Zenit St Petersburg to two Russian titles in his last
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    • 650 20 / 21  -  Shuttlers Jia Min and Ryan have good chance of making squad for home games SEA GAMES Report and photo by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Their friendship began when they both trained under ex-national doubles player Tan Eng Han at the now-demolished Vincent Hall in Bukit
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    • 437 20 / 21 Morgan says his men won’t be intimidated by packed MCG CRICKET AFP Skipper Eoin Morgan is unfazed about Australia’s apparent oneday dominance over England heading into tomorrow’s World Cup opener in Melbourne. England are the outsiders against the hosts before an expected 90,000 crowd at the
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    • GOLF
      • 168 22 / 23 Reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion David Lipsky of the United States underlined his credentials by firing a sevenunder 65 to trail first-round leader Michael Hoey of Northern Ireland by one at the inaugural US$2 million ($2.72m) True Thailand Classic presented by Black
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      • 778 22 / 23 Troubled American takes a break from golf but vows to get back to the ‘pinnacle of his game’ AFP Fallen world No. 1 Tiger Woods is taking a break from tournament golf in a bid to get his faltering game back in shape after
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      • 548 22 / 23 December 2002 Tiger Woods has surgery to remove fluid from around the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his left knee. The surgery sidelines him a few weeks, but Woods wins in his first start back at the 2003 Buick Invitational at Torrey pines. April 2008 Shortly
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    • 157 22 / 23 AFP Two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori rallied to get past American qualifier Ryan Harrison yesterday morning (Singapore time) to book his quarter-final spot at the ATP Memphis Open. The Japanese top seed, who reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open last month, gained a key
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    • ON TV
      • 133 22 / 23 A-LEAGUE Tomorrow: WELLINGTON PHOENIX v MELBOURNE CITY StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 11.55am MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tomorrow: KELANTAN v LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 112/205 (SuperSports Arena) 76.25MHz, 8.30pm LALIGA Tomorrow: ALMERIA v REAL SOCIEDAD Singtel TV Ch 114 StarHub TV Ch 208 (FOX Sports), 3.40am SEVILLA v CORDOBA
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      • 28 22 / 23 NBA Today: CHICAGO BULLS v CLEVELAND CAVALIERS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 9am Tomorrow: MILWAUKEE BUCKS v PHILADEPHIA 76ERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am
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      • 61 22 / 23 THAILAND CLASSIC Today: DAY 2, SESSION 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 12pm DAY 2, SESSION 2 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 4pm Tomorrow: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 4pm AT&T PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4),
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      • 31 22 / 23 ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT Tomorrow: DAY 5, QUARTER-FINAL (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 2.30am DAY 6, SEMI-FINAL (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 9pm
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    • 638 24 James and the Cavs’ roll on with a virtuoso showing against his old team NBA Reuters CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 113 MIAMI HEAT 93 Tristan Thompson’s post-game interview was interrupted by teammate LeBron James jumping onto his back. Then James blared the music back in the victorious locker room,
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