The New Paper, 18 August 2015

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    • 56 1 TNP PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO ACTRESS SYIRAH JUSNI ON BOYFRIEND’S SHOCK DEATH: I still feel the pain every day and have a fever every night ›16 WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER CARPARK CARNAGE MPV slams into seven cars like a ›2 pinballPHOTO: SHiNmiN dAi y NEwS She had no licence and had been
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    • 44 1 AT LEAST 16 KILLED, 80 INJURED IN BLASTS AT POPULAR BANGKOK SHRINE TNP’s Maureen Koh: Half-blown body was at spot where I’d stand once a year ›14 PHOTO: TwiTTER/@RiCHARdBARROw NEIL HUMPHREYS ON MAN CITY’S MAULING OF CHELSEA: In defeat, Mourinho lost his dignity ›S2
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  • news
    • 281 2 / 3 The owner of a black Mazda thought his car had escaped the carpark carnage and was about to leave for work when the police asked him for his details. That was when he checked his car and realised that he was one of
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    • 922 2 / 3  -  Woman arrested for drink-driving in carpark, seven other cars damaged Reports by DAVID SUN davidsun@sph.com.sg A black multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), allegedly driven by a woman who had no licence and had been drinking, crashed into seven other cars like a pinball early yesterday. The
      PHOTOS: SHINMIN DAILY NEWS; TNP GRAPHICS: KELVN CHAN  -  922 words
    • 43 4 $2.1b The two blasts that rocked China’s port city of Tianjin, which killed 114 people and injured more than 700, could result in insurance losses of up to US$1.5 billion (S$2.1 billion), Reuters quoted a Credit Suisse analyst as saying.
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    • 121 4 The Straits Times Online Malaysia’s former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad slammed prime minister Najib Razak again in his blog yesterday, saying he had “stolen the government” and the people faced a grim future. “Najib may be able to buy his way through in
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    • 88 4 A Swiss national was yesterday sentenced to three years’ jail by a Thai court for blackmailing his former employer PetroSaudi International. It is unclear if Xavier Andre Justo will appeal, reported The Straits Times Online. The 49-year-old former IT executive blackmailed PetroSaudi, an energy company
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    • 294 4 Parliament approves changes to labour law Employers who do not issue itemised payslips or spell out employment terms in writing to their workers can be fined under changes to the law approved by Parliament yesterday. The amendments by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to the Employment
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    • 161 4 New private home sales last month soared to the highest in over two years. Developers moved 1,594 new private homes in July more than four times the 375 new homes sold in June according to figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday.
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    • 147 4 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver the National Day Rally speech on Sunday. He will first speak in Malay and Mandarin from 6.45pm to 7.30pm, then in English from 8pm to 10pm, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement yesterday.
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    • 557 5  -  Fire at Little India restaurant Report by KOK YUFENG yufengk@sph.com.sg Like any other Monday morning, sous chef Raj Pal was in the kitchen of the Jungle Tandoor Restaurant getting ready for opening at 11am. But yesterday, as he was preparing food an hour before the doors
      PHOTOS: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS, BALA MURIMUTHU  -  557 words
    • PARLIAMENT
      • 929 6 / 7  -  Workers’ Party-run AHPETC’s financial issues once again raised in Parliament Report by ELIZABETH LAW lawsm@sph.com.sg The Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) issue was in the crosshairs yet again yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also the Minister of Finance, took aim at the town council
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      • 143 6 / 7 In response to Mr Png Eng Huat’s query, People’s Association’s deputy chairman Lim Swee Say said the seven claims totalling $114,767 made by the Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC) chairman to himself were for: FINANCIAL AID Immediate financial assistance for a needy family at a funeral wake. There were
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      • 306 6 / 7  -  Report by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg Before yesterday’s Parliament session ended, Non-Constituency Member Lina Chiam of the Singapore People’s Party hit back at Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s explanation of the People’s Association’s (PA) lapses in the Auditor-General’s Office (AGO) report.
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      • 159 6 / 7 The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) takes a “very serious” view of any misuse of funds in Child Development Accounts (CDA), Ms Low Yen Ling said yesterday in Parliament. The Parliamentary Secretary for MSF was referring to the case last month
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      • 124 6 / 7  -  Tan Tam Mei Bus services with lower demand may be diverted when there is a large-scale train disruption, said Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Transport Josephine Teo in Parliament yesterday. The Land Transport Authority reviewed the July 7 train disruption that affected
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    • GE 2015
      • 115 8 The Media Development Authority (MDA) yesterday issued a reminder to political parties asking them to abide by the rules when it comes to political films. The Films Act prohibits, among other things, making, reproducing or distributing any party political film. The MDA said that
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      • 537 8  -  SPP member files complaint after PAP uses Swami Home for event Report by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg The Sunshine Welfare Action Mission (Swami) Home has been advised to adhere to its constitution after it rented out its premises to the People’s Action Party (PAP) to introduce its candidates
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      • 343 8 Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir Sitoh Yih Pin confirmed he will be defending his hard-won Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the upcoming General Election. But the People’s Action Party politician admitted that he does not dare to dream about a bigger
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    • 170 9 AFP Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman’s stepgranddaughter was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in New York as he apparently tried to perform an exorcism. Ms E’Dena Hines, 33, was found on a Manhattan street early Sunday morning with multiple stab wounds, officials said. She was
      AFP  -  170 words
    • 460 11 22 local competitors fielded at international vocational skills competition The Straits Times Singapore has clinched a silver and two bronze medals at a recent global competition of vocational skills, which ended in Brazil on Saturday. The silver was won by Nanyang Polytechnic student Daniel Lee
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    • 155 13 Malaysia will ask three social media and Internet companies to curb content in the interest of public safety, the communications minister said on Monday. The request is the latest attempt by the Malaysian government to manage the growing controversy over the debt-ridden
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    • 321 13 Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Gua Musang Member of Parliament Razaleigh Hamzah said they have nothing to do with an alleged plot to topple the Government. Mr Muhyiddin said he would not bring down a government he helped build,
      PHOTOS: THE STAR  -  321 words
    • 381 13 The Johor crown prince has chided an United Malays National Organisation (Umno) supreme council member, saying that those not in the know should not make statements on the relationship between the Malaysian prime minister and the Johor
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    • 582 14 / 15 Singaporeans among injured in Bangkok blast A Bangkok shrine that is popular with Singaporean tourists was the scene of carnage yesterday as two bombs ripped through the area. Some Singaporeans were among those injured, the Singapore Embassy in Bangkok told
      PHOTO: AFP, TWITTER/K5_RESCUE, TWITTER/UNTALCHARLIE  -  582 words
    • 405 14 / 15  -  Comment by MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg A photo of the aftermath of the blast at Erawan Shrine that a friend sent via WhatsApp made me shudder. It was a half-blown body in front of a table that I am so familiar with. The very spot where the
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    • 751 16  -  Local actress Syirah Jusni talks about coping with loss after death of boyfriend, actor Ashmi Roslan Report by TAN KEEYUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg It has been more than two months since the sudden and shocking death of her boyfriend, actor Ashmi Roslan, who died from a
      TNP PHOTOS: JONATHAN CHOO; PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/SYIRAH JUSNI  -  751 words
    • THE BIG PICTURE
      • 561 18  -  Big Picture winner hopes to keep photo to motivate son in future Report by JUSTIN ZHUANG tnp@sph.com.sg This picture of determination is Mr David Wirawan’s gift to his son Jonathan. The six-year-old wanted to catch the Republic of Singapore Air Force Black Knights’ aerial display on
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    • TV


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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • 317 20  -  By Belinda Wan bwan@sph.com.sg Meetings are part of decision-making and planning our work. But meetings can be counterproductive if not conducted properly or if there is a lack of participation. Some office workers make the mistake of keeping their opinions to themselves in meetings.
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    • 69 22 CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS(CSA) *Singaporeans only *Min GCE ’N’ Level *Basic Computer Skills *Good Interpersonal Skills *Experience will be an added advantage Job Description: -Meet greet travelling passengers -Check-in passengers for flights -Flight Departure Mgmt -Relaying to passengers of Airline’s Policies Basic Salary Package is SGD$1600/= Walk-in interview at: Changi Airport
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  • 299 24  -  By Pearl Lee Nineteen-year-old Kartii, who goes by one name, has always wanted to be a hairdresser. So he applied to the hair fashion and design course at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) after he received his N-level results last year. But
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    • 77 24 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/ Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge For herbivores, carnivores, and everything else in-between. 1. ASST. MANAGERS 2. SUPERVISORS 3. TEAM LEADERS 4. TEAM MEMBERS 5. SALAD MAKERS 6. DISHWASHER 5 days week (Off Sat and Sun) Training provided Part time available (up to $9.50/hour) Email resume to: hr@thesaladshop.com.sg F&B
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    • 95 24 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Joie Restaurant is looking for passionate personnel to join us for the following positions:1) Waiters/Waitresses (Full Time/Part Time) 2) Management Trainee 3) Supervisor 4) Host/Hostess 5) Cook **Singaporean only** Walk-in interview Daily 12-2pm 181 Orchard Rd #12-01 Orchard Central Or call Miss Jen *****185
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  • sports
    • EPL
      • 1239 2 / 3  -  Chelsea boss’ dull whining can’t mask mess on and off the pitch NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg MAN CITY 3 (Sergio Aguero 31, Vincent Kompany 79, Fernandinho 85) CHELSEA 0 If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh. Otherwise they’ll kill you. Oscar Wilde
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      • 130 2 / 3 PA Sport Chelsea have agreed a deal for Augsburg left back Baba Rahman, the German side have announced. The Premier League champions will sign the 21-year-old Ghanaian for an undisclosed fee. Rahman played 31 games for Augsburg last season after joining from German second division
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      • 320 2 / 3 PA Sport PROBLEM: A creaking defence on the pitch shipping five goals in their opening two league games. CURE: Cough up the cash to secure John Stones’ signature from rivals Everton. Mourinho bemoaned a lack of pace in the back four, leading to the substitution
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      • 820 4 / 5  -  5 things we learnt about the title contenders over the weekend Sanchez and Rooney cannot win the title on their own for their teams Report by NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg He brings a drive forward, the pressure on the opponent... When it was 1-1, it’s not a coincidence
        PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS  -  820 words
      • 144 4 / 5 Wire Services Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking has dropped a hint that Kevin de Bruyne could be leaving, admitting that the next few days will be “difficult”. Before the weekend, Hecking said he was growing tired of all the speculation linking the Belgium international
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      • 344 4 / 5 PA Sport Arsene Wenger hailed a superb display from Mesut Oezil in Arsenal’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday and believes the win can be a turning point in the Gunners’ season. Olivier Giroud’s stunning volley and a Damien Delaney own
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 422 6 / 7 PA Sport Sergio Ramos has ended speculation over his future by signing a new five-year deal at Real Madrid, insisting he never wanted to leave the club. The 29-year-old World Cup winner has been linked with a move to Manchester United for most
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      • 308 6 / 7 PA Sport picks out the EPL’s best performers of the weekend PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS ROMELU LUKAKU EVERTON Scored a stunning brace to give Everton one of the shock results of the weekend, a 3-0 win at Southampton. JEFFERSON MONTERO SWANSEA After terrorising Ivanovic last week, Daryl
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      • 793 6 / 7 United boss believes striker will overcome indifferent start PA Sport Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal maintains he has complete faith in Wayne Rooney despite his indifferent start to the campaign. Rooney has been restored to his role as a central striker this season despite spending
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      • 168 8 AFP Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter is alleged to be behind the distribution of a negative article criticising his Uefa counterpart Michel Platini, according to German daily Die Welt on Sunday. Platini, 60, is the favourite to succeed Blatter, 79, in February’s election for a
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      • 480 8 South Korean Chung blasts Blatter’s corrupt regime, says Platini shouldn’t take over Wire Services South Korean billionaire Chung Mong Joon launched his formal campaign for the Fifa presidency yesterday, vowing to fix the scandal-hit world football body in four years. “Today, Fifa is
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      • 973 18 / 19  -  FAS must give foreign duo all the support to revolutionise youth football development LEONARD THOMAS leonardt@sph.com.sg COMMENT It was a damning indictment by a football coach who has only been here for a month, but Richard Tardy’s assessment of the standard of Singapore’s youngsters
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      • 153 18 / 19  -  DAVID LEE Singapore’s Quah Zheng Wen picked up another two bronze medals at the Fina World Cup, this time in the Paris stop on Sunday. The 18-year-old finished third in the 50m backstroke with a time of 25.22 seconds, behind twotime world champion
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      • 438 18 / 19 Wire Services Sergey Bubka yesterday denied he was the underdog in the battle for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) presidency with Sebastian Coe, insisting he was “very confident” of victory between two legends of track and field. Bubka (right) goes head-to-head with Coe when
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    • racing
      • 1016 9 RACE1 TIM: Restless in the barrier. FALCON: Lost ground after beginning awkwardly. ALWAYS A WINNER: Severely crowded; crowded a second time; raced keenly; eased. HAPPY PRINCESS: Severely crowded; crowded a second time. DRAGON WALK: Severely crowded; hung outwards; apprentice J See dropped his off-side rein
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      • 82 9 Jockey Nooresh Juglall has been suspended for two Singapore race days for careless riding. After an inquiry on Sunday, Juglall (right) was found guilty of careless riding in that near the 900m mark in Race 1 on June 21, he allowed BIG CITY to shift inwards
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      • 651 10 / 11 Perfect P and stablemate Power Play add to trainer’s firepower Trainer Patrick Shaw’s rush for gold can begin in earnest, after his pair of PERFECT P and POWER PLAY provided the quinella in Sunday’s $80,000 Class 3 race over 1,800m. The South
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      • 130 10 / 11 Four-time winner Titanium had the punters’ support, starting as the $14 favourite in the field of seven, but ran a disappointing last behind Perfect P, beaten about three lengths. The person most disappointed was naturally his jockey, Corey Brown, who was at a loss to
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      • SINGAPORE RACES
        • 786 10 / 11 FRIDAY OB 83 1100m *****2 Indian Jade 58.5 (83) (5eg M Walker-Lucky) *****6 Astrostar 56 (78) (5ag S Yeoh-UNI) ***** Olympic Anthem 56 (78) (5nzg M Freedman-China Horse Club) *****1 Raise No Doubt 56 (78) (5ag S Gray-Maple Stars) 55-1-- Good News 55.5 (77) (5ag
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        • 1036 10 / 11 SUNDAY C4 1600m *****6 Nation Theatre 57 (61) (6ag S Burridge-Premier Racing) --1792 Any Rumour 55.5 (58) (5nzg C Brown-Any Rumour) *****1 Blossoms Sequel 55.5 (58) (6ag L Laxon-Tivic) 3-2761 Mighty Man 55.5 (58) (4nzg M Freedman-Super Team) *****0 Cool Customer 55 (57) (6nzg RB
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    • MALAYSIA RACES
      • 1057 12 SATURDAY Supreme B Combined 1&2 1100m *****- Dark Matter 61 (98) (7ag F Maynard-Hippocrates) 809-10 Rebel Fury 60.5 (97) (9ag D Murphy-Bonaventura) 11-8-- Monsili 59 (85) (7ag D Murphy-Kanthaka) *****1 Tough Ruler 59 (85) (6amg D Murphy-Saratoga) *****7 Black And White 58.5 (84) (5ag KF
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      • 1068 12 SUNDAY ENRICH STAKES A 1400m *****5 Littlebitofjoy 57 .5 (94) (7amg I Ismadi-MAS) 18-003 California Cat 56 (87) (6ag F Maynard-Northwest Racing) *****2 Rush 54.5 (80) (7ag KF Wong-KY Ng) 0528-4 Ave The Snip 53 (78) (7ag D Murphy-Bonaventura) *****0 Intention 52 (74) (5ag Evelyn Seet-Loong
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    • 451 13  -  National cyclist sanctioned by SCF after ugly incident with teammate CYCLING Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg The Singapore Cycling Federation (SCF) has hit South-east Asia (SEA) Games bronze medallist Vincent Ang with a three-month ban from national representation, which was backdated and took effect from Aug 4.
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    • 159 13 National age-group golfers Joshua Ho and Lucius Toh shared the opening-day’s lead in the four-day 16th Singapore National Amateur Championships at Tanah Merah’s Tampines course yesterday. Joshua, representing the National Service Resort and Country Club, and Lucius of Seletar Country Club shot two-under 70s for
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    • 355 13  -  SIA carnival will run for two days this weekend, as F1 fever set to hit Singapore again Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg After a four-week break, the Formula 1 summer holidays are coming to an end. The second half of the 2015 season
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    • GOLF
      • 256 14 / 15 1His first club was from the tip Day’s father, who passed away when he was 12, came home one day with a cutdown woman’s club and put it in his son’s hand. It was his first club and inspired Day to get into the sport of
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      • 868 14 / 15 Day never imagined he would be a Major champion after ‘going off the rails’ during his childhood Reuters Bruised but toughened by a difficult childhood, Australia’s Jason Day endured several close calls at golf’s Majors before finally landing one with a three-shot victory at the US
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      • 159 14 / 15 268: Jason Day 68-67-66-67. 271: Jordan Spieth 71-67-65-68. 273: Branden Grace 71-69-64-69. 274: Justin Rose 69-67-68-70. 275: Brooks Koepka 73-69-67-66, Anirban Lahiri 70-67-70-68. 276: George Coetzee 74-65-70-67, Matt Kuchar 68-72-68-68, Dustin Johnson 66-73-68-69. 277: Robert Streb 70-73-67-67, Tony Finau 71-66-69-71. 278: Brendan Steele 69-69-73-67, David Lingmerth 67-70-75-66, Russell
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      • 606 14 / 15 Wire Services Jordan Spieth ended one of the best Major seasons ever by a player on a bittersweet note at the US PGA Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time) as he had to settle for second place while becoming world No. 1 for the first
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      • 349 14 / 15 Reuters Anirban Lahiri notched up India’s bestever result at a Major championship by finishing tied for fifth at the US PGA Championship yesterday morning (Singapore time), leaving him in no doubt he belonged at golf’s top table with the game’s current crop of
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    • TENNIS
      • Article, Illustration
        594 16 / 17 Bencic completes fairy-tale week after Halep retires in Rogers Cup final AFP Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic outlasted Simona Halep to win the WTA Rogers Cup final in Toronto, Canada, yesterday morning (Singapore time) when the Romanian second seed retired trailing 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 3-0. Bencic, who upset
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      • 362 16 / 17 AFP Britain’s Andy Murray snapped an eight-match losing streak against top-ranked rival Novak Djokovic yesterday morning (Singapore time) to win the ATP Montreal Masters only hours after his coach Amelie Mauresmo gave birth to a baby boy. The Scot, who moved to second
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    • 116 16 / 17 Reuters Brooke Henderson became the third player in LPGA history to win a Tour event before her 18th birthday and she did it in style with a runaway eight-stroke victory at the Cambia Portland Classic yesterday morning (Singapore time). The Canadian, who turns
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    • 588 16 / 17  -  S.League leaders and League Cup champions beat Balestier to reach S’pore Cup semi-finals RHB S’PORE CUP Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg BALESTIER KHALSA1 (Robert Pericic 90) ALBIREX NIIGATA 4 (Atsushi Kawata 19, Rion Taki 21, Shun Inaba 38, Rui Kumada 83) l Albirex win 5-1 on
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    • ON TV
      • 97 18 / 19 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS Tomorrow: LAZIO V BAYER LEVERKUSEN StarHub TV Ch 202 Singtel TV Ch 111, 2.40am SPORTING LISBON v CSKA MOSCOW StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 2.40am Thursday: CELTIC v MALMO StarHub TV Ch 202 Singtel TV Ch 111, 2.40am MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE Tomorrow: SARAWAK v LIONSXII
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      • 27 18 / 19 WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Today: DAY 1 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 7am DAY 2 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 11pm
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      • 13 18 / 19 ASHES TEST SERIES Thursday: DAY1 StarHub TV Ch 236 (STAR Cricket), 6pm
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      • 77 18 / 19 MADE IN DENMARK Thursday: DAY 1 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 204 (FOX Sports 4), 5.30pm DAY 1 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 204 (FOX Sports 4), 9.30pm US AMATEUR 2015 Friday: ROUND OF 32 16 StarHub TV Ch 209 Singtel TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 3am WYNDHAM
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      • 21 18 / 19 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Friday: PRACTICE SESSION 1 StarHub TV Ch 209 Singtel TV Ch 115 (FOX Sports 2), 3.55pm
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