The New Paper, 14 August 2015

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    • 331 1 MAN’S SHOCK AFTER FOOD POISONING BOUT Docs tell him: You have to lose your handsfeet& ›2 tNP Photo: shoNa ChoNg 8"*****1"*****1 (gntinentali nai-KEn TYRE SPECIALS AVAILABLE IN STORE! i P i. CIMBBANK Complimentary car servicing worth $138 with every set of tyres purchased from any Stamford Tyres outlets in Singapore.
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    • 63 1 0 riSiNG STarS CarriE WONG aNd aLOySiUS PaNG TEaM UP fOr NEW TV SEriaL Will their on-set sparks turn into something more? ›8 tNP Photo: Choo ChWEE hua EX-NSP SEC-GEN TO STAND AS INDEPENDENT IN POTONG PASIR ‘People ask me if I’m a mole for PAP’ ›6 TNP PHOTO: SHONA
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  • news
    • 1298 2 / 3  -  Reports by HISYAM NASSER and FOO JIE YING tnp@sph.com.sg What initially seemed like a standard case of food poisoning vomiting, diarrhoea and bouts of fever turned into a matter of life and
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    • 282 2 / 3 Three days after Mr Tan Hwee Boon, 50, ate a raw fish dish, or yusheng, he showed symptoms of food poisoning. A diagnosis at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), however, revealed that the technician had severe pneumonia that was complicated by sepsis that led
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    • 43 4 $2.6m The record amount in scholarships awarded to 58 students by the Government, maritime businesses and seafarer unions this year, revealed Singapore Maritime Foundation yesterday. The MaritimeONE Scholarships and Tripartite Maritime Scholarships support local and overseas diploma and degree courses.
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    • 138 4 Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduates interested in the aviation industry will now have the chance to gain experience and certification under two new SkillsFuture Earn And Learn programmes. Meant for passenger services agents and ground operations specialists, the programmes enable ITE graduates to be
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    • 61 4 Driver gets jail, ban for killing woman at pedestrian crossing (The New Paper, Aug 12): We reported that District Judge Salina Ishak had accepted the mitigation that shadows cast by some nearby trees could have compromised driver Kuah Kok Hoon’s view. This is incorrect. The judge had said that
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    • 219 4 Self-help groups combine forces Thirty school-based student care centres run jointly by all four selfhelp groups will be set up over the next few years, with the first expected to be ready next year. In total, the centres could offer 3,000 places, or even more if
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    • 148 4 About 3.6kg of heroin worth more than $254,000 was seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in an early morning operation yesterday. The drugs were packed and hidden in cabbages, a method not encountered previously, said the CNB in a statement. A suspected Singaporean drug trafficker
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    • 310 4 Out of 150 firms the Manpower Ministry (MOM) called in for talks over the past year, 38 have been identified for closer scrutiny as they are not doing enough to hire and groom Singaporeans. These firms will have their Employment Pass (EP) applications looked
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    • GE 2015
      • 243 6 / 7 Why Potong Pasir? “I especially love the kampung spirit built by Mr Chiam See Tong when he was MP for 27 years. “But i think the kampung spirit is beginning to slip away as people get caught up with the stress of living in Singapore.
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      • 611 6 / 7  -  Lawyer Tan Lam Siong, who intends to contest as an independent, promises to try to follow in the former potong pasir mp’s footsteps Reports by JUDITH TAN j ud itht@sph .com.sg TAN LAM SIONG Profession: Lawyer Age: 54 Ward contesting: Potong Pasir SMC
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      • 365 6 / 7  -  Report by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg He’s the man who doesn’t give up. After trying to run for the presidency and failing at the General Election (GE) a combined total of five times over the past 15 years,
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      • 170 6 / 7 Presidential Election 1999: Application unsuccessful Statement from the Presidential Election Committee (PEC) said that Mr Ooi did not qualify for the certificate of eligibility as he was made a bankrupt on two occasions and his application was incomplete. 2005: Application unsuccessful PEC deemed that his
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      • 91 6 / 7 Lawyer M. Ravi has ruled himself out of joining a political party for the upcoming General Election. In a Facebook post, he said his role in society is “the calling of service to the legal and judicial system but most of all a
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      • 102 6 / 7 Opposition party Singapore Democratic Alliance has released a list of improvements that it will be calling for in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, an area it intends to contest in the upcoming General Election. Among others, it wants a regional hospital, more schools and childcare centres.
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    • 460 8  -  Local actors Carrie Wong and Aloysius Pang’s screen chemistry to spill over to real life? Report by JOCELYN LEE jocelee@sph.com.sg They are local TV’s most prominent rising stars. And they play a couple on screen for the first time. Far from feeling
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    • 153 9 Malaysia’s economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly two years in the second quarter, the government said yesterday. It is the latest negative sign for policy-makers faced with a plummeting currency and political turmoil, AFP reported. second-quarter growth was 4.9 per cent, down from 6.5
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    • 278 9 M’sian police believe victim could have been killed elsewhere before he was dumped in the car and set on fire The decapitated body of a man was found in the boot of a burnt car in Rawang, a town in Selangor. The authorities were told
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    • 275 9 A suspect was shot dead and his accomplice was injured after a highspeed car chase with the police in Klang early on Wednesday. Both men were high on the Malaysian police’s wanted list for various offences. The police said that during the
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    • 153 11 A Nigerian court granted a 57-year-old man a divorce after hearing that his wife often brought his meals to him too late in the evening, local media reported. A court in Lagos heard that Mr Olufade Adekoya was at the end of his tether
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    • 443 11 He is known as the bad boy of tennis. But Australian Nick Kyrgios, 20, who is notorious for his oubursts on and off the court, struck a new low at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal on Wednesday. In a second-round match against
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    • 291 11 The refugee crisis in the Greek island of Kos took a turn for the worse when about 2,500 of them were locked inside a stadium for nearly 24 hours. With no access to shade or water, the refugees, mostly from Syria and
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    • 132 12 Japanese police have arrested a man accused of barging into a lawyer’s office, cutting off his penis with garden shears and flushing the organ down a toilet. Local media reports said Ikki Kodukai, a 24-year-old Tokyo graduate student, may have been acting out of
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    • 371 12  -  Teen given reformative training Report by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg A teenager was yesterday sentenced to reformative training for punching his exgirlfriend in the jaw. Full-time national serviceman Pravin Raja Morgan, 19, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of voluntarily causing hurt. A Community
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    • 637 13 Transport Minister says his quitting should not distract from GE Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew declined to give further insight into why he will be resigning after the election in an interview with The Straits Times yesterday. Hinting that he was, however, not affected by
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    • 577 14 / 15 Explosions at port facility in China equivalent to a magnitude of between 2 and 3 on Richter scale and could be seen from space The two explosions were so massive that they were registered by the US Geological Survey (USGS) as two small seismological actions, and as a
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    • 163 14 / 15 There are no reports of Singaporeans with serious injuries so far, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) yesterday. It said: “Late last night, our embassy in Beijing activated its warden system in Tianjin to ascertain the safety of 79 registered Singaporeans near the
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    • 613 16  -  Burlesque dancer Sukki Singapora to perform during F1 weekend Report by LISA TWANG lisat@sph.com.sg When burlesque dancer Sukki Singapora returns home to Singapore, she looks forward to catching up with friends and family and local food. “I’m being fed curry all the time,” she said
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    • 298 18 / 19 Former Crystal Jade boss Ip Yiu Tung (pictured on facing page) has used part of the windfall he reaped from selling the restaurant chain to give bonuses of up to $40,000 to current and former employees. Mr Ip, a 66-year-old Hong Konger who
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    • 518 18 / 19  -  Foreign nurses are now a common sight in nursing homes and hospitals, so Nurses’ Day on Aug 1 had extra significance. Two foreign nurses at the Red Cross Home for the Disabled speak to ANG QING (aqing@sph.com.sg) about working here ANG QING (aqing@sph.com.sg) She had
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    • 300 18 / 19 To Ms Cherilyn Austria Imson, the patients under her care are like family. Which is why she is feels sad that there is so little family support for patients in Singapore compared to the Philippines. The 39-year-old Filipino nurse said that about
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    • TV


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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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  • Travel Discoveries
    • 151 21 SEOUL Wander along shops at Lotte Duty Free, Petite France and Shinchon Shopping Street, and visit the KimJin-yu Kim Original Drawing Show. Buy premium ginseng at the Ginseng monopoly showroom. GYEONGGI-DO Home to the spectacular Gwangmyeong Cave and the historical Unification Bridge, which marked a significant
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    • 70 21 KANAS LAKE The deepest freshwater lake in China located in the Altai Mountains. Be charmed by its colourful forests during autumn. SAYRAM LAKE China’s largest alpine lake. Its crystal blue waters and breathtaking surroundings make it a great choice for hikes. NALATI GRASSLAND Home to a variety of
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  • 279 22  -  By Hector Tan htan@sph.com.sg Save time and hassle looking for clothes to match the next time you are dressing to go out. 1. Declutter There is no point in keeping old clothes that you are not wearing. Unless they have sentimental value, consider giving your
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  • sports
    • FOOTBALL
      • 829 2 / 3  -  Syllabus ready, fields secured, FAS technical director Sablon eyes major changes to youth development Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg He has spent his first four months on the job immersing himself in the local football ecosystem, studying its intricacies and mulling over critical changes
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      • 113 2 / 3 The FAS Cubs Programme will be launched tomorrow at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 2.30pm and the public is welcome to attend the event. Information on sign-ups for the programme is available on the FAS Cubs Facebook page and at the various PA centres.
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      • 508 2 / 3  -  Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg At a briefing session yesterday on the FAS Cubs Programme that will be launched tomorrow, FAS technical director Michel Sablon conceded that there is no distinct style of play here. He also felt that local players still had
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    • EPL
      • 823 4 / 5  -  If the United attack fails to fire against Villa, it’ll be time to shop for new firepower GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg One shot on target in 90 minutes summed up Manchester United’s opening-day performance. An unfortunate own goal by Tottenham Hotspur’s Kyle Walker gave the hosts a
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      • 170 4 / 5 AFP West Ham United’s Senegalese striker Diafra Sakho could play against Leicester City tomorrow despite having been arrested on suspicion of assault, manager Slaven Bilic said yesterday. Sakho, 25, is thought to have been arrested last week on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend in east
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      • 581 4 / 5 PA Sport Louis van Gaal has confirmed that David de Gea is still not mentally fit enough to play for Manchester United. De Gea sat out United’s season-opening win against Tottenham last week. Van Gaal felt he was not able to focus because
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      • 585 4 / 5 Bayern aiming to be first German side to win Bundesliga title four times in a row PA Sport The German Bundesliga returns tomorrow morning (Singapore time) with defending champions Bayern Munich raising the curtain on the new season by welcoming Hamburg to the Allianz Arena.
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      • 150 6 / 7 PA Sport Vincent Kompany believes Kevin de Bruyne would be a phenomenal signing for Manchester City. The City captain feels his Belgium teammate would give the side an extra edge if they finally strike a deal with Wolfsburg. De Bruyne has been
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      • 509 6 / 7 Man City’s Kompany throws down gauntlet to Chelsea ahead of Sunday’s clash Wire Services The destination of the Premier League trophy will not be decided when current champions Chelsea meet their immediate predecessors Manchester City on Sunday, but the winners will get a welcome psychological boost for the
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      • 151 6 / 7 PA Sport Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado’s exit appears to be imminent, following a goodbye message from teammate Erik Lamela. Soldado (right), 30, has endured a torrid time since moving to White Hart Lane in 2013 and Sky sources reported earlier this summer that he was
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      • Article, Illustration
        662 6 / 7 Carragher feels Begovic could cost Chelsea against Citizens Wire Services Thibaut Courtois’ dismissal against Swansea last week could cost Chelsea in their crunch tie against Manchester City on Sunday. Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes that the suspended Belgian’s replacement, Asmir Begovic, could be Blues’ weak link.
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      • 350 6 / 7 PA Sport Everton have completed the signing of teenage defender Mason Holgate from Barnsley for an undisclosed fee, understood to be an initial £1 million ($2.2m). Holgate, 18, has put pen to paper on a five-year deal, keeping him at Goodison Park until 2020.
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    • racing
      • 1840 8 / 9 GET READY FOR KIS S THE DARK COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 CANBERRA (2,000M) 3 SOUTHERN GAMBLE (25:1-4-7): Resumed with 4¾-len, ½-len 3rd (54.0) to Legal Tender 1,000m Queanbeyan C3 Soft(7) trk July 11. Led them for a long way when ½-len 2nd (56.0) to Kiss
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      • 833 8 / 9 12:13 Race 1 CANBERRA—2000M 1 GET YA KICKS B P WARD (3) 59 2 LIAM DA TORIO CARLY FRATER (8) 59 3 SOUTHERN GAMBLE A LAYT (5) 59 4 LITTLE MISS CHELSY MS K A SMART (2) 57 5 PHOEBE IRENE J PENZA (6) 57
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      • 901 8 / 9 14-8-2015 Friday Next Macau Meeting Saturday 15th Aug 2015 MACAU 8:05 PM Macau (Turf) 1 HK$170,000 The Delhi (Class 5/6) No Form Name 1 *****0 2 *****1 3 *****2 4 *****0 5 *****9 6 *****5 7 *****7 8 *****6 Mission Fortune Rivers Elite Cutey Bear Best
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      • 1546 10 / 11 GOING FORECAST: GOOD C5 6.20 —1700m (Polytrack) Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) RACE 1 1 0-0-5-Happy Joy 59 (42) E Aslam c1 4 (4nzg Steven Lam-Happy Joy) 2 *****0 Pinyin 58.5 (41) CC Wong*
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      • 56 10 / 11 Last start, he ruined his chances when he was slowly away and then over-raced. His failure could also be due to the secondrun syndrome. Now third-up, he can make amends in Race 9 tonight. Tan Thean Loon, on his best
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      • 1597 10 / 11 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI MEETING RACE 1 (1,700M) 1 Happy JoyHH Ran on OK late at odds and should appreciate Class 5. Value. 2 PinyinHH Form reads badly but race suits. Could improve lengths from gate 5. 3 Ready FortuneHHH Will
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      • 930 12 / 13 Having given last Sunday’s Woodlands Handicap a miss, EL PADRINO made up for it by coming out yesterday morning for a barrier trial to top him up for his title defence in Korea on Aug 30. Ridden by race-jockey Oscar Chavez, the Alwin Tan-trained
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      • 1345 12 / 13 14-8-2015 (Friday) p LAYi) Do illegally. Always play with care. Coupon Betting please mark “MAL” 12:30pm 1 Class 6 ₩25,000,000 sand1200m 1 6 Eorok 2-kor-f 1] Lee Yong Ho4 9.3% 50 Kang Byung Eun 8.7% 2 3 Stealth 2-kor-c 2] Choi Si Dae 16.1% 54 Lee Sang
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      • SOUTH AFRICA RACES
        • 425 12 / 13 FAIRVIEW PREVIEWS RACE 1 (1,200M) (1) MEMPHIS MAFIA has had a few chances to exit the maidens but tends to find something to beat him. He does go well on the turf and cannot be discounted. (2) MINNAROOM can still show improvement and must be
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        • 704 12 / 13 7:05 Race 1 maiden Plate 1200m 1 MEMPHIS MAFIA K Zechner (4) 60 2 MINNAROOM C Zackey (1) 60 3 JOHN IN FLIGHT F Naude (15) 60 4 BAY BOMBER S Fortune(-4) (2) 60 5 FLYING ZEST C Ndlovu (5) 60 6 KONAN N
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      • 438 14 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 RACE 9 Ready Fortune 3 Johnny Hates Jazz 7 Gypsy Star 6 Dos Equis 8 Ready Fortune 3 4 8 7 South Gate
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      • 900 14  -  KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS Report by TAN THEAN LOON loon@sph.com.sg Newcomer VANDERBILT appears to be a horse with potential, judging from his trial at Kranji yesterday. Ridden by apprentice R Firdhaus, the Steven Burridge-trained four-year-old showed speed and, although eventually beaten into second by RAINBOW WARRIOR, his run
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    • 143 15 Nicholas Fung of Malaysia was among the clubhouse leaders in the second round of the weather-interrupted PGM Northport Glenmarie Championship in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Fung battled through illness to return with a one-under 71 for a sixunder 138 total which was matched by American Blake Snyder
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    • Article, Illustration
      551 15 Lee and Lin on course for semi-final clash, but women’s Olympic champion Li crashes out BADMINTON Reuters Arch-rivals Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan remained on course for a blockbuster men’s singles semi-final showdown at the World Badminton Championships when they enjoyed routine third-round victories in Jakarta yesterday.
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    • NETBALL WORLD CUP
      • 587 16 / 17  -  Target missed, but Lim and Asian champs still aim for better finish LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM SYDNEY At 1.62 metres tall, Singapore’s Kimberly Lim is one of the shortest players here at the Netball World Cup. But, what the 20-year-old lacks in stature,
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    • 917 16 / 17  -  WTA and Sport Singapore are working to push the sport to the next level MELISSA PINE npsports@sph.com.sg Since I moved to Singapore a year and a half ago to head the WTA Asia Pacific office here, I have learnt so much about the history of
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    • 320 16 / 17 A number of qualifications in other countries have already been completed to date. I was just in Manila for the Philippines’ qualification last week and was inspired by the passion and appetite for tennis. We introduced the WTA Future Stars last year and it was a
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    • 883 18 / 19  -  Reds’ Under-15 side could ell fe ture the club’s senior players of the future Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg With five European Cup titles and 18 Premier League trophies and many of them inspired by players who came through their youth ranks Liverpool Football Club are one
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    • 187 18 / 19 Wire Services Fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki dropped her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto yesterday morning (Singapore time) but did not go quietly blasting the WTA Tour for forcing her to play in the tournament without proper preparation. Wozniacki, playing with a
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    • 498 18 / 19  -  LION CITY CUP Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg There may be 123 years of history behind Liverpool, and a trophy cabinet that gleams with the most priceless pieces of football silverware in club competition. Tonight, Liverpool’s Under-15s will not be playing at Anfield but
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    • ON TV
      • 227 18 / 19 RHB SINGAPORE CUP Today: ALBIREX NIIGATA v BALESTIER KHALSA Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 7.30pm ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Tomorrow: ASTON VILLA v MAN UNITED Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 2.45am SOUTHAMPTON v EVERTON Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium),
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      • 15 18 / 19 TOTAL BWF WORLD C’SHIPS Today: DAY 5 StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 12pm
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      • 22 18 / 19 ROGERS CUP Tomorrow: MEN’S QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 12.30am WOMEN’S QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 1am
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      • 36 18 / 19 US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 209 Singtel TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 2am CAMBRIA PORTLAND CLASSIC Tomorrow: DAY 2 StarHub TV Ch 208 Singtel TV Ch 114 (FOX Sports), 5am
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    • 648 20  -  Ismadi’s goal not enough to stop Tampines from crashing out RHB S’PORE CUP Report by GABRIEL TAN npsports@sph.com.sg QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Ismadi Mukhtar 90+5) BRUNEI DPMM 0 lBrunei DPMM win 3-2 on aggregate There was no repeat of the heated scenes from Monday’s
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