The New Paper, 4 April 2015

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  • 24 1 the new paper SATURDAY APRIL 4 2015 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MCI (P) 137/12/2014 tnp.sg facebook.com/thenewpaper twitter.com/thenewpaper To subscribe: 6388 3838
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    • 30 1 2 DEAD, 3 HURT IN EARLY-MORNING GEYLANG FIRE Resident hears screams and sees thick smoke: I saw people out of the window jumping ›2 TNP PHOTO: JEREMY LONG 8"*****1 *****1
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    • 46 1 0 12-hour guide to TNP Kallang Wave party today ›8 TNP PHOTO: JEREMY LONG TNP PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR HER INSPIRATIONAL PATIENT: Can’t walk or talk after motorcycle crash, but she bounces back ›6 NEIL HUMPHREYS ON ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL: Sterling’s the man to save Reds’ blushes›S4
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  • news
    • 734 2 / 3  -  Early-morning blaze at Geylang flat yesterday kills two foreign workers, injures three Reports by CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg Thick black smoke filled the air and shouts of “Fire! Fire!” broke the silence of the night. In their desperation to escape the burning
      PHOTOS: JEREMY LONG, LIANHE WANBAO, NURUL SAFA NIZAMMUDEAN  -  734 words
    • 653 2 / 3 The Lorong 6 Geylang unit which caught fire yesterday had just been visited by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for an inspection about a week ago. In reply to e-mail enquiries, an SCDF spokesman said its officers had visited the flat on Feb
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    • 65 4 66 The number of days US sailor Louis Jordan, 37, spent drifting at sea before being rescued by a German tanker some 320km off the coast of North Carolina on Thursday. While fishing, his boat overturned and he was found sitting on the upturned hull. He said
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    • 271 4 Singapore has sought Oman’s help in evacuating Singaporeans from war-torn Yemen if necessary. Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli made the request while he was visiting Oman this week to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations
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    • 339 4 Crowds in Iran’s capital Tehran hailed Iran’s nuclear negotiators when they returned yesterday after reaching a framework deal with major powers. But Israel warned it was a “very dangerous” step and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met security chiefs to prepare a response. Iran
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    • 188 4 The National Museum of Singapore closed the queue for an exhibition on Mr Lee Kuan Yew hours before closing time yesterday because of the huge turnout. The exhibition, which will run till April 26, is open from 10am to 8pm daily, but just
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    • 159 4 A new competition will encourage amateur gardeners to grow fruits and vegetables at home and in neighbourhood community gardens. The National Parks Board (NParks) will launch the Community Garden Edibles Competition at the HortPark in Alexandra today, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in
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    • 172 4 Two men, both believed to be serial housebreakers, have been arrested, police said yesterday. Police were alerted on Thursday morning when the owner of a restaurant in Smith Street found that the cash register had been prised open and $265 was missing. With the
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    • 114 6 The Singapore Health Inspirational Patient and Caregiver Awards was launched in 2010 to pay tribute to patients and caregivers who have shown courage, resilience and patience. It is organised by the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. Two new categories were introduced this year: l Inspirational
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    • 814 6  -  Determination to recover after accident wins woman SingHealth Inspirational Patient and Caregiver Aw ard Reports by FOO JIE YING fjieying@sph.com.sg At her lowest point, she felt less than human she was bedridden, tube-fed, in diapers and unable to talk. A motorbike
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    • 573 8 / 9  -  Today’s the day. The New Paper Party at Kallang Wave will start at noon and continue all the way till midnight. If you’re planning to spend 12 hours enjoying the festivities at Kallang Wave Mall, here’s our hour-by-hour guide on all the things you
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    • 89 8 / 9 WHAT A mega dance party organised by The New Paper, featuring 50 top DJs, local singing duo Jack Rai and special dance performances. WHEN Noon to midnight today WHERE Kallang Wave Mall HOWTO GET THERE Nearest MRT station Stadium Bus
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    • 176 8 / 9 Here’s what you’ll get in your goodie bags: AVONE BEAUTY SECRETS Brow-shaping session worth $18 and a $20 voucher redeemable for services worth $50. BASIL BY THAI EXPRESS Free signature Basil Chicken Wings worth $8.90. CRAB IN DA BAG Two $10 vouchers. EAT AT TAIPEI $10 off
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    • 276 8 / 9 Shops at Kallang Wave Mall are getting into the festive Easter spirit and offering shoppers special deals and extended operating hours. PROMOTIONS Forever 21 (#01-02 #01-59) l Buy two items and get one free (selected items only). Gourmet Pizza To Go (#01-43) l One-for-one pizza
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    • 886 10  - Where’s the song dance? First talent search here by K-pop giant SM Entertainment a surprisingly muted affair, with only one judge in attendance Report by ANDREA SEET andreas@sph.com.sg When the very first K-pop talent search was held in Singapore in 2010 under JYP Entertainment and Alpha Entertainment, thousands of wannabes
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    • 147 11 Germanwings crash Information from the second black box found in the wreckage of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps confirms that the co-pilot acted deliberately, investigators said. “A first reading shows that the pilot in the cockpit used the automatic pilot
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    • 433 11 WHAT: Massacre by Shebab militants WHERE: Garissa University, Kenya WHEN: Thursday TOLL: At least 147 killed, 79 wounded Piles of bodies and pools of blood running down the corridors. Survivors of the Kenya university massacre described how laughing gunmen taunted their victims amid
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    • 252 11 One of Shanghai’s leading taxi companies has introduced a “two strikes and you’re out” rule for drivers found guilty of cherry-picking fares. Shanghai Dazhong Taxi Co said on Thursday it has recruited 100 members of the public to work as “service supervisors” in
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    • 80 12 When: April 25-26 How to join: Register at tnpsuvivalchallenge.com Closing date: April 12 Registration fee: $175 for twin sharing, $165 for triple sharing, $99 for child (aged four to 12) without additional bed. Prices include one-night accommodation at a four-star hotel, lunch, dinner and
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    • 483 12  -  The Kwoks have not missed a single TNP SUVival Challenge, which is now in its 10th year Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg When Mr Kwok Chee Wei, 49, took part in his first The New Paper SUVival challenge in 2006, his daughter Kwok Fei was
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    • 127 13 13.05m The winning distance for the longest distance category at Wednesday’s Red Bull Paper Wings National Finals. 50.37m The winning distance by Czech contestant Tomas Beck at the last Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals in 2012 in Salzburg, Austria. 69.14m The current world record for farthest
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    • 654 13  -  Winners of paper plane contest to represent S’pore in Austria next month Report by GODWIN NG ngodwin@sph.com.sg He flipped, somersaulted and won not a gymnastics competition but a paper plane contest. Mr Sean Teo, 22, was one of the three winners of the Red Bull
      TNP PHOTOS: BENJAMIN SEETOR  -  654 words
    • FASHBASH
      • 588 14 / 15  -  Hollywo d sh uld pat itself on its bac because eve ybody did their homework this wee and avoided being flunked, says JEANMARIE TAN JEAN MARIE TAN You can’t do sweatpants... Ladies, Number One cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no! US actress Eva Mendes jokes about
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    • 126 16 The Heimlich manoeuvre is taught as part of the first aid course at the Singapore Red Cross. If you want take the Standard First Aid course, which includes the Heimlich manoeuvre module, Singapore Red Cross Academy can even customise it. Its spokesman said it can be taught
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    • 494 16  -  Man, 77, learns Heimlich manoeuvre the first time his wife chokes Reports by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg Twice, Madam Poo Tai Hoo, 72, choked until she turned purple. And twice her husband of 50 years, Mr Teo Gem Chua, 77, saved her life by administering the
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    • Article, Illustration
      332 16 The theory behind the Heimlich manoeuvre is to squeeze the abdomen below the level of the diaphragm (the domeshaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen). That way, the lungs are compressed and the air within is driven with force, dislodging any blockage in
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    • VOCAL
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        • 219 17  -  MR LEE KUAN YEW’S FUNERAL PROCESSION FROM READER MOK JUANG WEI JADE On Sunday, the skies opened up and wept along with Singaporeans paying their last respects to our founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. But the occasion also opened a floodgate of goodwill and kindness.
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        • 210 17  -  GERMANWINGS CRASH FROM READER EUNICE LI DAN YUE The recent Germanwings plane crash was not the first caused by pilot suicide. So it was reassuring to read reports that more airlines will now make it compulsory to have at
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    • 144 19 A Malaysian political cartoonist known for skewering the country’s ruling regime was charged yesterday with what his lawyer called a record nine counts of sedition. Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, who goes by the pen name Zunar, has faced sedition charges before for his cartoons
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    • 318 19 Animal first spotted in January, believed to have lost fur from disease or abuse A sick sun bear, which came to public attention when a video clip of its sighting went viral this year, has been found and handed over to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC).
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    • 315 19 For over 12 years, he raped his stepdaughter. If that was not horrible enough, the girl’s mother even gave her consent to the assault. The 46-year-old construction worker and his 45-year-old wife were arrested at a construction site in Bangkok on Thursday,
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    • 7 19 Tuition fees up at all public universities
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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  • 357 22  -  Reap the benefits of adding fruit and vegetables to your diet with tips from a dietician. By Cheryl Chia chiasrc@sph.com.sg e all know that we need to have two servings of fruits and vegetables respectively, every day. Ms Rddhi Naidu, a dietician from
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    • 53 1 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE PAHANG v LIONSXII ISA HALIM ERRIFIC RIO SATURDAY APRIL 4 2015 the well-oiled midfield engine of Isa, Firdaus and Izzdin helps drive lionsXII’s potent attack ›S2 24-page pullout FIRDAUS KASMAN MeN’S 4x100M RELAY TEAM HOPE FOR S’PORE OPEN FILLIP AHEAD OF SEA GAMES ›S22 IZZDIN SHAFIQ PHOTOS:
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  • sports
    • M’SIAN SUPER LEAGUE
      • 151 2 / 3  -  HAIQAL SARI GEYLANG INT’L 3 TAMPINES ROVERS 2 Geylang International shocked title favourites Tampines Rovers 3-2 in a Great Eastern-Yeo’s S.League clash at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Tampines got off to a bright start in the 12th minute as Firdaus Idros opened accounts with a
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      • 1043 2 / 3  -  Led by captain Isa, Izzdin and Firdaus make engine room tick for LionsXII REPORTS BY DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg IN KUANTAN In a year when Singapore football has generally disappointed, the LionsXII have provided some rare cause for optimism. Their adventurous style of play has delivered a refreshing
        PHOTOS BY GAVIN FOO gavinfoo@sph.com.sg  -  1,043 words
      • 374 2 / 3 Pahang coach Zainal gets tough with erring Elephants They hit 10 shots in a row from outside the box, but the Pahang players just couldn’t hit the back of the net in their shooting drill. Ten push-ups were their punishment. Three consecutive times,
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    • 171 6 / 7 AFP CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 114 MIAMI HEAT 88 LeBron James scored 23 points yesterday morning (Singapore time) to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-88 victory over the Miami Heat that dimmed his former team’s play-off hopes. James passed former Knicks centre Patrick Ewing for 20th
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    • 143 6 / 7 AFP Scott Piercy matched a Houston Open record yesterday morning (Singapore time), firing nine birdies in a nine-under 63 for the firstround lead in the US PGA Tour event. Piercy, looking for a victory that would give him a berth in next week’s US
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    • EPL
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        94 4 / 5 9.9 km The league-leading total distance Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling (right) has covered this season. 85 Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey (right) has made the most 360-deg pirouettes on the ball this season. The tally is 12 off Scott Parker’s season record of 97. 5 The number of hat-tricks in
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      • 1181 4 / 5  -  Failure to beat Arsenal and secure a top-four place could see Sterling leaving Reds Life’s little ironies are hammering Brendan Rodgers like nails in a coffin. NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Before Manchester United came along, the Liverpool manager’s back was sore from all that slapping.
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      • 569 4 / 5 PA Sport Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accepts his side cannot afford not to turn up in another big game if their top-four ambitions are to survive. Before the international break, the Reds’ 13-match unbeaten league run was ended at home to Champions League-chasing rivals Manchester
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      • 647 6 / 7 Wenger focused on Arsenal and not on ending Liverpool’s top-four hopes PA Sport Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his players to focus on sustaining their own fine form rather than dealing a potentially fatal blow to Liverpool’s Champions League qualification ambitions at the Emirates
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      • 408 6 / 7 PA Sport Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes Theo Walcott’s frustrating night with England in Turin in midweek will not leave the forward’s confidence “damaged” over the closing weeks of the season. Walcott produced a low-key display after being handed an opportunity to start up front with Roy
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      • 723 6 / 7  -  WACKO NEILO NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Raheem Sterling wants to play up front for Liverpool. Theo Walcott still thinks he can play up front for Arsenal and England. They believe they can do a job there. I believe I can do a job as
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      • 548 8 / 9  -  The fatigue factor may ruin Chelsea’s run-in unless Mourinho gives his stars a breather GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg Something incredible happened at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Belgium were struggling to hang on to their 1-0 lead against Is- rael in a Euro 2016 Group B
        PHOTOS: REUTERS  -  548 words
      • 29 8 / 9 11 Eleven Chelsea players have started more than 20 league games this season the highest in the English Premier League. Hazard has started 29 of them.
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      • 652 8 / 9 Unlike previous title-winning campaigns, Chelsea boss not ready to make bold claims PA Sport Chelsea are six points clear of second-placed Manchester City and with a game in hand, but Jose Mourinho believes the title race is still open and even fourth-placed Manchester United,
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      • 774 18 Van Gaal does not rule out catching Chelsea, says Fellaini is ‘undroppable’ PA Sport He is the first name to be pencilled into the starting line-up. On current form, Louis van Gaal says Marouane Fellaini is undroppable. Many tipped Fellaini to be one of the first players
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    • 96 18 Wire Services China’s top track and field star Liu Xiang is going to announce his retirement this month, according to Chinese newspaper reports. The Shanghai newspaper Xinmin News said Liu would announce his retirement on on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Liu had been sidelined for more
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    • 254 8 / 9 Reuters World football’s governing body Fifa has supported the decision by Indonesian Super League (ISL) officials to start the new season today with 18 clubs and ignore the advice of the government to ban two sides. The Indonesian Professional Sports Agency (BOPI), sanctioned by
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    • racing
      • 660 10 / 11 Trainer Leslie Khoo (left) made a flying start to the Good Friday meeting when he snagged the first two races of the bumper 12-race programme with two favourites, BRANKSOME and FASTNET DRAGON. Branksome ($14), a five-year-old by Henny Hughes, actually missed the start
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      • 996 10 / 11 12:10 Race 1 ROYAL RANDWICK—1400M 1 PRIDE OF DUBAI J BOWMAN (6) 56.5 2 MISHANI HONCHO C WHITELEY (3) 56.5 3 READY FOR VICTORY NICHOLAS HALL (8) 56.5 4 ODYSSEY MOON D OLIVER (5) 56.5 5 TARQUIN J B MC DONALD (7) 56.5 6
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      • 1336 10 / 11 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 ROYAL RANDWICK (1,400M) 7 ENGLISH (3:2-1-0): Challenged strongly from 200m but the winner was too strong len 2nd (54.5) Vancouver 1,200m R’hill Golden Slipper March 21. Beat all but her star stablemate Vancouver in the
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      • 793 12 / 13 DESTER SINGAPORE 3YO SPRINT In a thrilling dash to the line in the $250,000 Group 3 Dester Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint over 1,200m, smart filly KIWI KARMA upstaged arch-rival and former stablemate AFFLECK to land the first leg of the Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge yesterday.
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        1771 12 / 13 Seoul 4-4-2015 (Saturday) p a Y(i> D° n °t illegallyresponsibly! Always play with care. Live telecast of Korean races from Race 4 onwards. Coupon Betting please mark “SIN”. 12:00pm 4 Class 6 ₩25,000,000 sand1200m 1 *****Rocinante 4-kor-f 1] Choi Bum Hyun 13.7% 54 Khak Yong Hyo 9.9% *****8
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      • 2332 12 / 13 Race 1 C5 (LC) 1200m 10 BRANKSOME 56 (14-9) M Nunes (1) 6 5 1 (517) 7 XZUBERANCE 57 c 55 (80-21) R Rueven* (3) 1 1 2 (520) 0.5 13 TIME AFTER TIME 55 (38-12) S Sam (12) 4 3 3 (501) 2.75
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      • 2126 14 / 15 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 HASTINGS (2,000M) 8 CRISTAL: Runner-up at Awapuni. Ran home well at Wellington. Distance will suit. 6 DA SHINDIG: Maiden win came at Matamata. Stuck on well at Waikato. Distance will suit. 1 WAIT A
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      • 1362 14 / 15 TODAY’S NZ (HASTINGS) AUSTRALIA (TOOWOOMBA/ASCOT/ GERALDTON) RACE CARD 12:19 Race 1 HASTINGS—2000M 1 WAIT A SEC D G BRADLEY (14) 59 2 NOT ALLOWED B R JONES (9) 57 .5 3 POWERADE M L DRAVITZKI (15) 57.5 4 CAJUN B R LAMMAS (11) 57 5 OSMUNDA SHANNON DOYLE (12) 57
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    • EPL BETTING
      • 1578 16 / 17  -  RICHARD LENTON npsports@sph.com.sg ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL Arsenal have won 10 and lost only one of their last 18 home games against Liverpool, and they should extend their recent run of good form which has seen them win 14 of 16 matches. The Gunners almost always
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        771 16 / 17  -  GARY LIM BRIAN MILLER ALI KASIM BANKER Back United on the ½-Goal Wayne Rooney is on fire and so is Michael Carrick. It tells you why Manchester United are the form team of the Premiership. There isn’t much Aston Villa can do to stop the Red Devils from
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    • 152 19 Reuters Sergey Bubka has promised a complete review of athletics if he becomes the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations later this year. Bubka, 51, who is standing against Britain’s Sebastian Coe at the IAAF elections in August, outlined his plans “to ensure
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    • 733 19 Dortmund coach hoping to capitalise on opponents’ injury woes BUNDESLIGA Wire Services One of the biggest fixtures on the German footballing calendar takes place this weekend, although some of the usual gloss has been taken off a game recently baptised “Der Klassiker” Germany’s answer to Spain’s
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    • SILAT
      • 139 20  -  NICOLE CHIA The 5th South-east Asian Pencak Silat Championships are on at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall today and tomorrow. This is the first time the Singapore Silat Federation (Persisi) will be hosting the event. Starting at 9am on both days, the opening and
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      • 533 20  -  Singapore exponents out to win at South-east Asian Pencak Silat Championships Report by NICOLE CHIA cnicole@sph.com.sg With powerhouses Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia fielding full squads for the 5th South-east Asian Pencak Silat Championships, local silat exponents are aware that the tournament, held at the Toa
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    • 102 21 Reuters The Sacramento Kings announced they had signed Sim Bhullar to a 10-day contract yesterday morning (Singapore time), making the 2.26m-tall centre the first player of Indian descent to join an NBA roster. The Toronto-born Bhullar initially signed with the organisation last August, playing
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    • GOLF
      • 552 21 Pressel not ready to be overtaken by Ko as youngest winner of a Major Wire Services She was 18 when she won her first Major in 2007 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship now renamed as the ANA Inspiration on the Dinah Shore Tournament course at
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      • 291 21 AFP A frustrated Serena Williams clawed into her 10th Miami final yesterday morning (Singapore time), defeating Simona Halep 6-2,4-6, 7-5. Williams (above), apparently rattled by the Halep cheer squad who drowned out most of the chants for the home hope, saw her mighty forehand desert
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    • ATHLETICS
      • 373 22 / 23 1Can Shanti Pereira break the 12-sec barrier again? The national 100m and 200m women’s record holder is Singapore’s biggest medal hope in the two sprint events. But since rewriting the 100m national mark with an 11.89 effort in 2013, the 18-year-old has struggled to
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      • 777 22 / 23  -  Men’s 4x100m relay team seeking confidence booster for SEA Games Reports by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Always the bridesmaid, never the bride? That seems to be the unwanted tag that the men’s national 4x100m relay team have had to live with, after finishing second at three consecutive
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      • 314 22 / 23 Just three weeks after hosting the biggest boyband in the world, the National Stadium will now see over 300 athletes from Singapore and around the region compete at the 77th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships this weekend. UK boyband One Direction’s concert on March
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    • ON TV
      • 288 22 / 23 MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Today: PAHANG V LIONSXII StarHub TV Ch 112/205 and 76.25MHz, 8.30pm ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Today: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 7.45pm MAN UNITED v ASTON VILLA Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 9.55pm EVERTON
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      • 28 22 / 23 NBA Today: INDIANA PACERS v CHARLOTTE HORNETS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 7am MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES v OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports 2), 8am
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      • 17 22 / 23 ANA INSPIRATIONS Today: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 208 Singtel TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 12am
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      • 14 22 / 23 MIAMI OPEN Today: MEN’S SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 1am 7am
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    • 698 24  -  New doubles pair Shinta and Neo tipped to break into world’s top 20 to stand a chance of qualifying for next year’s Olympics BADMINTON Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg Just four months ago, they played their first competition as a pair since 2006, and were
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