The New Paper, 17 November 2015

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    • 34 1 TNP SCHOOL SPORTS STAR AWARD NJC shooter Sports School sprinter take top honours ›S14 tnp photo: jEREMy long SENTOSA BEACH DRAMA Naked yoga instructor pins down sex pervert wearing dress ›6 photo: facEBook 8"*****1"*****1
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    • 55 1 0 DAY® FZt OF 1 CHRISTMAS Day mm Tok k°h^ L SINGER MING BRIDGES: I weighed 80kg a year ago ›12 TNP PHOTO: PHYLLICIA WANG WOMAN, 73, DIES IN RIDING ACCIDENT It was her first time on a horse ›2 photo coURtESy of tiMothy ng JOVER CHEW PLEADS GUILTY He
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  • news
    • 776 2 / 3  -  Birthday celebration turns tragic after grandmother, 73, falls off horse, which falls on her Reports by JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg She was 73 years old and was game to try anything new. This time it was horse-riding. It was her first time in the
      PHOTOS COURTESY OF TIMOTHY NG; PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO  -  776 words
    • 391 2 / 3 A woman weighing less than 65kg could not possibly pull down a 550kg horse, said International Equestrian Federation vet Roshni Selvam. She was referring to the accident at Punggol Ranch on Saturday, where a horse had fallen on 73-year-old Lim Ah Boey while
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    • 223 2 / 3 OCTOBER2006 A horse called Peanut lunged and bit customer service executive Meryl Yeo, then 23, on the right breast. She was at Gallop Stable at Pasir Ris Park with her fiance and had bought a packet of horse feed to feed the two ponies there,
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    • 42 4 60.12% That’s how much the sales of new private homes went up last month, with 546 units sold, compared with 341 in September. But the number was 30.45 per cent lower than the 785 units sold in October 2014.
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    • 257 4 Three taxi companies have been fined by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for falling short of standards. Singapore’s smallest operator Prime was slapped with the heftiest penalty of $108,990. SMRT was fined $21,396 for not having the required proportion of taxis on the
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    • 395 4 PM Lee tells G-20 summit: There are no easy solutions to the threat of terrorism, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday night, as he urged all countries to remain resolute against terrorists. This involves both domestic efforts and international cooperation. “This is a
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    • 181 4 AFP Leaders of the world’s top economies vowed to seek a deal to stave off catastrophic global warming at an upcoming UN conference in Paris, according to a draft statement drawn up yesterday at a summit in Turkey. Negotiators at the Group of
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    • 156 4 Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at some gantries will be reduced for the December school holidays. The new rates will kick in on Saturday and last till Dec 31. ERP rates will be lowered by as much as $1, the Land Transport Authority (LTA)
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    • 586 6  -  Discovering she was being filmed, she storms into next stall to stop cross-dresser Report by LINETTE HENG linheng@sph.com.sg A yoga instructor was showering in a public toilet at Tanjong Beach on Sentosa when she noticed a phone camera next to her feet. Startled by the discovery,
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    • 123 8 / 9 BANGLADESH Rahman Mahabubur, $20 Khandaker Amirul Islam, $200 Md Abdur Rashid Late Mukbul Hosain, $450 Md Esrafil, $280 Tohidul Islam Abdul Samad, $320 Lutfur Rahman Abdul Alim, $300 CHINA Hua Shulai, $300 Li Weiguo, $350 Liu Xiao Ping, $1,000 Wan Qun, $700 Zou Jing Tong, $390
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    • 209 8 / 9 A Mobile Air salesman would offer a mobile device at a low, attractive price to walk-in customers. After the customer agreed on the price, the salesman collected the full payment. The salesman would then open the packaging of the mobile device in front of the customer
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    • 661 8 / 9  -  Ex-Sim Lim Square shop owner pleads guilty to cheating, criminal intimidation Reports by RONALD LOH rloh@sph.com.sg Four months after setting up Mobile Air, he masterminded a scheme to lure unsuspecting customers to his Sim Lim Square shop by offering mobile devices at low prices.
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    • 119 10 Several Malaysian leaders are on the target list of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, based on intelligence reports received by the country’s national security agencies. Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein revealed that he was among the targeted leaders and
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    • 484 10 Youth and Sports Minister urged to make wearing of syariah-compliant sports attire compulsory for athletes National athletes should wear syariah-compliant sports attire as the dressing for some events are “too sexy”, which could lead to promiscuity among athletes, said several lawmakers in Malaysia. The issue
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    • 309 10 Members of Australian metalcore band I Killed The Prom Queen were in a Malaysian immigration lock-up yesterday for performing on Saturday without a permit, an official said. Immigration Department director-general Mustafa Ibrahim said he hoped to quickly deport the five-member group,
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    • 459 11 Four escape plane crash-landing in M’sia Additional reporting by Foo Jie Ying After breaking its tail and having a failed emergency landing, a light aircraft swooped down near a moving taxi before nosediving into the waters. The fact that all four on board, including two
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    • 766 12  -  Local singer-songwriter Ming Bridges, who once graced the cover of Shape magazine, gained weight due to a medical condition Report by TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg Even if you were local singersongwriter Ming Bridges’ biggest fan, you might have walked right past her last year, not
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    • 152 13 A 27-year-old Japanese flight stewardess was fined $7,000 yesterday for stealing from shops in Paragon earlier this year. Satoko Otaka, who was suffering from major depression with impulse control disorder then, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft. Another four charges of theft and
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    • 371 13 A senior public servant convicted of misappropriating two iPads was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail yesterday. Jeganathan Ramasamy (right) was director of the technology department at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) when he obtained the iPad 2s —worth almost $1,900 in total from
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    • 401 14 / 15 Drivers trapped in cars, traffic at standstill after flash floods Three motorists were trapped in their cars after a heavy two-hour downpour caused massive flash floods in Johor Baru city yesterday afternoon. Their vehicles were stuck in a flash flood on busy Jalan Wong
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    • PARIS TERROR ATTACKS
      • 279 16 Veerender Jubbal is not a terrorist. But, after the Paris attacks last Friday, Mr Jubbal, a Sikh, was suddenly targeted as responsible for the heinous crimes that shook the world. It all began when someone photoshopped his image and circulated it online, reported India
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      • 577 16 Victims included at least 25 foreigners The Paris attacks on Friday night cut down journalists, lawyers, students, parents of small children people from all walks of life and more than a dozen countries. Authorities say they have identified more than 100 of at least
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    • 605 17  -  S’poreans still heading for Paris despite last week’s terror attacks Report by TAN TAM MEI tammei@sph.com.sg The city of Paris is now in lockdown after France declared a state of emergency that could last up to three months following devastating terror
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    • 463 18 Chief executive for Singapore Seah Kian Peng takes over The Strait Times NTUC FairPrice’s group chief executive Tan Kian Chew, 62, will step down at the end of the year after 23 years with the cooperative, it said yesterday. From Jan 1, Mr Tan will
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    • 166 19 Advance purchases of tickets to anticipated blockbusters may be common, but at a price of $180? The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Light Side/Dark Side Package is the most expensive movie bundle in Singapore to date. Past movie advance sales packages included a $98 Harry
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    • 672 19  -  Fan queues for 24 hours for tickets to Star Wars Imax movie premiere Report by NATASHA MEAH natmeah@sph.com.sg The avid Star Wars fan was clearly emotional. “I’m going to cry. It feels good. I’m in a daze now,” said Mr Nicholas Ho, 33, when
      TNP PHOTOS: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  672 words
    • TV


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    • 386 20 LOCAL WEATHER THUNDERY SHOWERS High 32° Low 24° Watch ’em PASAL DUIT SURIA, 9.30pm Cik Ahmad Salleh has his own TV show to help the Malay community with managing their finances. But fame and fortune comes with a price the loss of privacy. The media is now more interested in
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  • 463 21  -  partyBy Lavania Subramaniam partyBy lavanias@sph.com.sg Christmas is around the corner. Thinking of throwing your own hristmas party this year? Ms Christie Xu, a party planner with three years of experience, shares some of the party essentials that you will need to organise a fun
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  • 671 25 It can be frustrating when you are looking for a job and you are constantly told you are over qualified. Even though you really want the job and would bring your best self to work, prospective employers do not think you could
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    • 69 1 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17 2015 WoRlD Cup QualIFIeR SINgapoRe v SYRIa MIND THE GAP Coach Stange backs his lions to roar, despite gulf in class between lions and Middle east sides ›S2 20-page pullout UPBEAT: Safuwan Baharudin (foreground) and his teammates will want to show what Singapore are capable of. TNP
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  • sports
    • 748 2 / 3  -  Stange says Middle East sides are stronger, but urges lions to show the gap is closing Report by SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg There are 20 places in the Fifa world ladder separating Syria and the lower-ranked Singapore side in 152nd spot, but the numbers coming off the football pitch
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    • 677 2 / 3  -  Coach Fajr says they have only a win on their minds Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg Instead of their national team jackets or track suits, the Syria officials strode into the Amara Hotel conference room yesterday in white T-shirts emblazoned with an image of their
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    • 718 4 / 5  -  Left back hopes he won’t be left out tonight due to his club’s title decider on Saturday Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg At his best, Shaiful Esah’s left foot is a weapon that can make life extremely uncomfortable for opposing defences, either with his vicious swinging crosses or
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    • 459 4 / 5  -  National coach recounts anxious moments as his sons walked 11km to hotel after Saturday’s Paris attacks Report by DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg While the terrorist attacks outside the Stade de France during the France-Germany friendly stunned everyone, Singapore coach Bernd Stange had his share of anxious moments, too.
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    • EURO 2016
      • 346 6 / 7 PA Sport Ukraine head into tomorrow morning’s (Singapore time) Euro 2016 play-off second-leg clash against Slovenia in Maribor with some trepidation, despite holding a 2-0 advantage from the opening leg. Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Seleznyov in last Saturday’s match in Lviv put the
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      • 817 6 / 7  -  But Tottenham playmaker must replicate his club form for his country NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hinted that tomorrow morning (Singapore time) could be his final game for his country. If Christian Eriksen finds his game, it just might be. Sweden and Denmark arrive
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      • 620 6 / 7 Caretaker coach expected to be given full-time job after ending Hungary’s 30-year wait Wire Services PLAY-OFF, SECOND LEG HUNGARY2 (Tamas Priskin 14, Markus Henriksen 83-og) NORWAY 1 (Markus Henriksen 87) l Hungary win 3-1 on aggregate Hungary’s 30-year wait to play on the major
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      • 625 8 French legend Fontaine fears a repeat of terror attacks next summer Wire Services France should relinquish hosting rights to Euro 2016 in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, according to 1958 World Cup star Just Fontaine. The 82-year-old (below) was at the Stade de
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    • 167 8 AFP Joachim Loew says Germany’s friendly against Holland tomorrow morning (Singapore time) will be “a symbol of freedom”, with the result of little consequence, in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. The German Football Association (DFB) had been considering cancelling the friendly in
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    • racing
      • 628 9  -  Report by TANTHEANLOON loon@sph.com.sg With nothing much between now and early next year, trainer Patrick Shaw is looking for a desert raid with Sunday’s Longines Singapore Gold Cup hero COOPTADO. “Obviously, we’ll go to Dubai now for the 2,400m,” said the
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      • 1016 9 SATURDAY Novice 1200m --2-9 Gordon G 57 (58) (5ag BT Lim-Yoo Kee Mo) -2432- Tiger Stripes 57 (53) (5eg F Maynard-Hippocrates) *****4 Wow 57 (47) (4nzg L Moy-KS Chan) *****5 Sparkler 57 (42) (5ag F Maynard-Grasshopper) 064-09 Tesseract 57 (42) (4ag L Moy-KS Chan) 0-7136
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      • 1067 10 / 11 RACE I REMEMBER ME: Trainer L Dragon, when questioned regarding the significant decrease in the body weight of Remember Me, said that the gelding was having his first start for her after returning from a short spell. She added that Remember Me had progressed
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      • 1108 10 / 11 FRIDAY 89 1100m *****3 Kiwi Karma 59 (89) (4nzm M Clements-Dsands Racing) *****0 Southern Boss 59 (89) (6ag Desmond Koh-Southern) -8--62 Pioneer Seven 56.5 (84) (6ag S Baertschiger-TS Chionh) 1-2371 Bellwether 56 (83) (5ag M Freedman-Paul A Crawford) 485-21 Mycaptainoblivious54.5 (80) (6nzg S Baertschiger-Club Med
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    • OBITUARY
      • 162 12 Kwek Leng Joo, the deputy chairman and executive director of City Developments Limited (CDL), died yesterday, aged 62. CDL said in a statement that he died in his sleep after suffering a sudden heart attack. He is the younger brother of billionaire Kwek Leng
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      • 497 12  -  GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg As the first S.League chairman once told me: “You know your job, so I won’t tell you what to do.” It was way back in 1996, when the professional league was launched. He was the football boss, and I chaired
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    • 275 12  -  GODFREY ROBERT The Singapore Golf Association (SGA) has finally confirmed it. Over the past month, there was so much talk about Australian Andrew Welsford being named na- tional coach. And just over three months since the SGA interviewed 16 applicants, the association officially revealed the identity
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    • 166 13 Reuters Forward Kobe Bryant compiled 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing skid with a 97-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons at Staples Center yesterday morning (Singapore time). Guard Jordan Clarkson also had 17 points for
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    • 682 13  -  $1.3 million deal will allow selected athletes access to a network of Fitness First facilities Reports by GABRIEL TAN npsports@sph.com.sg The likes of Feng Tianwei and Jasmine Ser are seen as Singapore stars who strive to bring honour to the nation. They are full-time athletes, who
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    • 285 13 There are only nine months left before the four-year wait is over and the 2016 Olympic Games opens in Rio de Janeiro. Singapore have enjoyed medal success at the last two Olympics the table tennis women won the team silver in 2008
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    • 956 14 / 15  -  Report by SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg Sky’s the limit for hungry Sports School sprinter Diane There was a time when she could not even make the podium. By her own admission, Diane Hilary Pragasam was not a born sprinter. But, through hard work and determination, she
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    • 560 16  -  S Soocelaraj Award winner Vinson works even harder on his student-athletes’ character Report by JESLEEN SOH jsoh@sph.com.sg He had just pocketed a cool $3,000 after winning the S Soocelaraj Award yesterday, but First Toa Payoh Primary School teacher Joel Vinson is not one to bask in
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    • 593 17  -  Sports School expands reach and gives studentathletes more space to train, compete and learn Report by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The Singapore Sports School underwent a strategic review last year after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong challenged it to become a “national academy of sports
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    • 156 18 / 19 Reuters Nico Rosberg won the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix for the second year running yesterday morning (Singapore time), denying Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton a first success in the homeland of his late hero Ayrton Senna. Triple champion Hamilton, who has now failed in nine
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    • 159 18 / 19 AFP Park Inbee capped her final round with back-to-back birdies yesterday morning (Singapore time) to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, setting up a tantalising showdown with world No. 1 Lydia Ko in this week’s LPGA Tour Championship. The 27-year-old South Korean fired a 64 to reach
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    • YOUTH SPORTS
      • 561 18 / 19  -  New National Youth Sports Institute will help young talent reach their potential Reports by LIM SAY HENG sayheng@sph.com.sg The new National Youth Sports Institute (NYSI) will be a bridge between the Singapore Sports School and the Singapore Sports Institute (SSI), which serves the nation’s elite
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      • 479 18 / 19 Dream big. Persevere in your sporting pursuits. You will not be alone in your journey. That was the call made by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu, as she rallied studentathletes all over the country in her speech at
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    • ON TV
      • 79 18 / 19 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Today: SINGAPORE v SYRIA Singtel TV Ch 109 (Eleven), 7.30pm Tomorrow: COLOMBIA v ARGENTINA Singtel TV Ch 111 (mio Sports), 4.30am URUGUAY v CHILE Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 6.55am BRAZIL v PERU Singtel TV Ch 109 (Eleven), 7.55am INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Tomorrow: ENGLAND v FRANCE
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      • 51 18 / 19 WORLD TOUR FINALS Today: DAY 3 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 10pm Tomorrow: DAY 3 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 4am DAY 4 (SESSION 1) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1), 10pm Thursday: DAY 4 (SESSION 2) StarHub TV Ch 201 (SuperSports 1),
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      • 28 18 / 19 NBA Today: CHICAGO BULLS v INDIANA PACERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9am Tomorrow: WASHINGTON WIZARDS v MILWAUKEE BUCKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8am
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      • 26 18 / 19 MANILA MASTERS Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 12pm WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday: DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 204 (SuperSports 4), 4pm
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      • 24 18 / 19 WBSC PREMIER 12 Thursday: SEMI-FINAL 1 Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 5.50pm Friday: SEMI-FINAL 2 Singtel TV Ch 110 (Eleven Sports), 5.50pm
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      • 13 18 / 19 HONG KONG OPEN Friday: QUARTER-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 203 (SuperSports 3), 6.30pm
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    • WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
      • 713 20 Under-fire Argentina coach insists there’s nothing wrong with his tactics Wire Services There’s nothing wrong with my style of football and Argentina will eventually get it right. Gerardo Martino has shrugged off the pressure on him after winless Argentina took just two points from a possible nine after
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