Today, 17 February 2003

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  • HOT NEWS
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      Price of temptation
      508 2  -  Jose Raymond Footballer speaks of bank balance and lure of betting by j ose@newstoday.com. sg MOHD Noor Ali (picture) sits in a grubby little coffeeshop outside Bedok Stadium, his training ground, and orders another can of coke. This is his biggest indulgence. The scrawny footballer, who was
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      Lock icon Peace, please
      466 3 Blair, Howard on defensive as millions rally against war on Iraq LONDON Faced with unprecedented opposition in their own countries and around the world against a war on Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Australian counterpart, Mr John Howard, went on the defensive yesterday to avert
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      Lock icon KL on alert ahead of NAM summit
      240 3 AFP reported. KUALA LUMPUR A massive security plan has been put into force in the Malaysian capital ahead of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit The summit, to be held from Feb 20 to 25, will bring together leaders and representatives from the NAM's
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Teo's story
      261 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Book written on local theatre icon Photo from TWO years after his death, the story of Singapore theatre master William Teo (picture) will be told in book form. William Teo His Work in Theatre, published by Editions Didier Millet, will be launched tomorrow. Teo died at
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      Lock icon The deterrent
      583 5 AFP AFP Spore drive to raise security awareness SINGAPORE, preparing its citizens for the worst, is building new underground shelters against military and terrorist attacks and drumming up a high-profile campaign to raise security awareness. Thousands of Singaporeans and foreigners thronged four emergency shelters opened to the public
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      WTC is now HarbourFront Centre
      114 5  -  Tor Ching Li IT is no longer called the World Trade Centre. The retail mall in Maritime Square, revamped at a cost of $30 million, will be known as Harbour Front Centre. Shoppers are expected to get a great deal as new retail shops open
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  • LETTERS
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      Lock icon Real peace
      354 6  -  Kumar Force is sometimes a necessary evil I REFER to the article, "UN's future is in your hands" (Today, Feb 14) by Assoc Prof Brian Farrell. Like him, I am a supporter of peace and believe that in the real world we live in, force is necessary for
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      Why visit M'sia when it mocks us?
      161 6  -  Ananda Perera IT was with shock that I recently saw a political leader on TV acting like an ageing entertainer egged on by the audience. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's performance last Friday may have been entertainment for Johoreans. For
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      Ambulances: Every second counts
      107 6  -  Roberto Pregarz I WOULD like to ask the authorities this: Why is it that ambulances must stop at every red traffic light? Is it too risky for the ambulances to drive through the red lights? Why can't the authorities, who can fine people for jaywalking and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Pain from PTP thorn
      400 7  -  Francis Kan First PSA layoffs in 23 years by francis@newstoday.com.sg SINCE it exploded on the scene in 2000, Malaysia's Port of Tanjong Pelepas (PTP) has been a lingering thorn in the side of PSA Corporation. Two years on, with the news that the Singapore port will
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      Lock icon HK bankruptcies may have peaked
      133 7 Bloomberg HONG KONG Personal bankruptcies in Hong Kong more than doubled to a record in January as an economic slump forced companies to sack staff to cut costs. Bankruptcies rose 155 per cent in January from a year earlier to 3,193, the Official Receiver's Office
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        82 7 SINGAPORE shares continue to be weighed down by war concerns. Trading volumes were light as prudent investors remained sidelined. Singapore's largest companies are expected to decline this week. A report to be released today may show exports rising in January by the smallest amount in seven months as the
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        Your Ssl buys
        36 7 US$ 0.5679 UK£ 0.3593 Yen 68.370 HK$ 4.4292 RM 2.1577 Euro 0.5708 Rupiah 5128.2 Baht 24.616 Peso 30.369 A$ 1.0081 Indian Rs 27.410 Won 686.32 C$ 0.8945 Yuan 4.7007 NZ$ 1.1360 NTS 19.729
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 7 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 318.35 Silver uss/oi 4.567 Platinum uss/oi 590.8 Rubber cents/kg 150 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1568 Brent crude uss/barrel 25.29
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      Lock icon Fly Paradise
      371 8 Agencies Balinese airline geared to draw visitors to island FOUR months after his bar was blown up, Balinese entrepreneur Kadek Wiranatha is launching an airline. "As a Balinese, if I don't do this who will?" the 44-year-old civil engineer who owns four hotels, taxi firms, restaurants, a nightclub
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      Lock icon Saved by Iraqi crisis
      161 8 AFP HOBART (Australia) Australian shipbuilder Incat has been rescued from receivership by the US military build-up in Iraq, the company's directors said over the weekend. A producer mostly of high-speed ferries, Incat was the largest private-sector employer in Australia's island state of Tasmania before it was
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      Lock icon Battle hots up ... for Iraqi oil
      629 9 Battle hots up for Iraqi oil ■AFP French, Russian and Chinese firms in lead PARIS As the escalating beat of war drums sounds, international oil majors and their governments are preparing for the battle to stake claims on Iraq's vast oil reserves, the second-biggest in the world, behind those of
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      Lock icon Sumitomo to issue $4b of shares
      148 9 AFP TOKYO The Japanese banking giant, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, will issue new shares worth up to 300 billion yen ($4.37 billion) by March to boost its capital, a report said yesterday. The group will sell the shares to domestic and foreign investors and
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      Flowing smoothly
      428 10  -  Carmen Lee Hyflux fundamentals good, valuations above market average by news@newstoday.com.sg THE share price of Hyflux, the water treatment specialist, has risen 5.4 per cent since the start of the year and outperformed the broader market as measured by the Straits Times Index (STI). The STI dipped 4
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      Lock icon Still at odds
      242 13 Bloomberg WTO meeting ends with 'huge divergence of views' TOKYO World Trade Organization (WTO) members concluded three days of talks without healing a rift over agricultural tariffs and subsidies that threatens efforts to liberalise global trade. "There was a huge divergence of views" on agricultural trade, said
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      Lock icon Reuters'to cut 1,000 jobs'
      97 13 AFP LONDON The British information group, Reuters, will this week announce it is cutting 1,000 jobs as part of a radical restructuring programme, as it unveils its worst-ever financial performance, London newspapers reported yesterday. According to The Independent on Sunday, Reuters will announce a loss of
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      539 10 Every Monday, we carry a table of dividends declared by companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The list, compiled with the assistance of Telekurs Financial, appears in our business and finance pages. The new service is in line with the efforts of the editorial team at Today to provide
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Against the wall
      285 14 Sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mart takes off NEW YORK An ambitious sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, America's biggest employer, is gaining momentum. The lawsuit claims that women made up 65 per cent of Wal-Mart's hourly employees but only 33 per cent of its managers and highlights wide
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      Lock icon Hyundai confesses to secret money transfer
      156 14 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's Hyundai business group yesterday admitted its secret money transfer to North Korea served as a sweetener for bringing the Stalinist country to an inter-Korean summit three years ago. Mr Chung Mong Hun, who heads Hyundai's business deal with North Korea,
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      Lock icon Here's the Kimjongilia
      148 14 AFP photo A NORTH Korean hostess waiting beside a display of the Kimjongilia a type of Begonia flower allegedly invented by a Japanese admirer with a photo of leader Kirn Jong II at an exhibition, where dozens of government departments and army units competed to produce the
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      Lock icon US sets final tests for Iraq
      368 15 Agencies Fail these tasks and it will be war, US warns WASHINGTON The United States is planning final tests of Baghdad's willingness to disarm its alleged weapons of mass destruction, the New York Times reported yesterday. According to the paper, the US is planning
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      End to Nato crisis in sight?
      189 15 BRUSSELS Nato launched fresh talks yesterday to resolve a damaging rift over Iraq, holding a meeting of key committee members which does not include France, which along with Belgium and Germany, has blocked accord, sources said. Nato chief George Robertson convened the Defence Planning
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      Make a date in traffic jam
      148 15 LONDON Traffic lights are set to become the newest place to meet the love of your life, thanks to a British company that has come up with a hi-tech system that allows motorists to swop telephone numbers without winding down the window. Subscribers to
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      Lock icon Editors urge self-censorship
      137 15 -AFP DENVER Editors of top science magazines voiced concern that terrorists could use studies they publish to help make chemical or biological weapons and urged cautious self-censorship. "Any work that might be used by terrorists for malevolent purposes should not be published," said a statement signed by
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      Lock icon Ready for UN
      402 16 Reuters Chinese troops on standby for Congo mission CHANGPING COUNTY (China) A small but significant change is taking place in Beijing's attitude towards peacekeeping and its position on the global stage. Sporting the blue berets of United Nations peacekeepers, a Chinese army engineering unit of 175 and
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      Lock icon Maine lawmakers in battle of the bulge
      125 16 Reuters AUGUSTA (Maine) Lawmakers in the US state of Maine have unveiled what experts call the nation's first comprehensive anti-obesity legislation. The legislation targets the sale of soft drinks and junk food in school vending machines, calls for chain restaurants to display nutritional
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      Lock icon Go, Philippines, go!
      67 16 Afp photo Aerobics instructors leading participants in a mass-exercise programme at a park in Manila yesterday. The event, which officials said drew some 100,000 participants, was aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle and breaking a world record. The official Guinness Book of World Records for the previous
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      Lock icon Hope for Aceh peace dims
      182 16 AFP BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) The prospect of peace in Aceh province is looking increasinglyshaky as monitors overseeing a truce between the government and separatist rebels blame both camps for serious violations of the accord. A document received by AFP yesterday revealed the accusation by the
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      Lock icon US warns Myanmar junta
      120 16 AFP WASHINGTON The United States, sceptical that Myanmar's military is serious about democratic reforms, has warned it is considering further sanctions against the junta. Mr Lome Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, said Washington was disappointed that the release from house
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  • COMMENTARY
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      You, I and the issue of privacy
      960 24  -  Looi Teck Kheong It's time for legislation. But who will start the ball rolling? PRIVACY is fast becoming an important asset in the lives of ordinary Singaporeans. Legislative protection is needed to ensure that redress may be sought through the courts by people
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      182 25 Dear Parents Your teen has just completed the 'O' levels. As parents, you would be concerned about where he should go next to further his studies. Which course he should take to secure him a good career or a place in a reputable university. And how would he cope with
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Now, to kill Napster cousin
      1044 26  -  David Ngiau Big music firms take on KaZaA but the Robin Hood of music lovers is making its stand THE future of popular music being decided in American courts has come to down a classic Robin Hood scenario, of capitalism versus music. At least that's
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      Lock icon Fairy tales for the kids
      440 28  -  Chen Sze Kai As library ambassador, newsreader will turn storyteller Today photo by by szekai@newstoday.com.sg YOU will recognise her as the solemn-looking news presenter of the 10 o'clock news on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. But, can you imagine her narrating a fairy tale to a
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    • LIVING LEARNING
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        Climb the nursing ladder
        685 29  -  Chan Sect Fun Opportunities galore for those with drive and skills by news@newstoday.com.sg NURSING is certainly much more than taking the temperatures of patients. Nurses with the ability and drive to advance their careers can think about the different career tracks available to them. Depending on
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        Purest of them all
        527 30 Bottled distilled water is devoid of impurities, so is it the best choice? WITH at least 60 per cent of the adult human body made up of water, every fluid choice is valuable to keep it hydrated. Water intake is especially essential in hot and humid
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Refugee world
        417 31 Reuters/Variety Migration the central theme of Berlin Film Festival BERLIN In This World, British drama about two Afghan refugees, won the top award at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, while Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman of The Hours shared the Best Actress prize. The 53rd
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        Lock icon Taliban tale, Bollywood-style
        175 31 AFP MUMBAI India's Bollywood film industry has departed from its usual romantic musicals to shoot the true story of a woman's struggle to escape the horrors of Afghanistan's former Taliban regime. Escape from Taliban stars actress Manisha Koirala as Sushmita Bandopadhyay, a woman from Kolkata who lived
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    • EAT OUT
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        Healthy Hawker fare hunt
        376 32  -  Teo Siok Kuan Health Promotion Board spearheads search for 'good' street food by eatout@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS love food and they love eating out. Many a waistline have been ruined by our sinfully-good street food so much so that hawker fare may become the nemesis of those seeking
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        Beers and gourmet dinners
        282 32  -  Karman Tse by karman@newstoday.com.sg WINE and food pairing is nothing novel to the Singapore epicure. But, pairing of food with beer will now take centre-stage. As part of the Singapore Food Festival (SFF), Asia Pacific Breweries has organise< the "Beer Gourmet Dinners", which will officially introduce
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        Swiss but not all cheese
        296 33  -  Pauline D Loh in Hong Kong Alpine favourites at the Grand Old Lady of Hong Kong by pauline@newstoday.com.sg DINING at The Peninsula Hong Kong is the ultimate night out for those who have "arrived". While having tea in its elegant foyer is an excellent opportunity
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        Gastronomic oasis in the heart of Bangkok
        335 33  -  Justine Moss in Bangkok by eatout@newstoday.com.se SET in a quiet sot off busy Sukhumvit Road, Hualamphong Food Station is a haven for the hungry, thirsty and tired in Bangkok. It's also a showcase for regional Thai food, other than the typical dishes like
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        J pop at the J Bar
        268 33  -  Pauline DLoh BARBECUED puffer fish jerky. Have you tried that? If you have, you're probably a regular patron of the J Restaurant et Bar in the nicelyrefurbished M Hotel on Anson Road. This is the reincarnation of the old Japanese restaurant in the pre-renovation
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      1427 34 IV Her House (Debut) Ch 8,10.30pm HighnOteS Moon Water Arts Central, llpm Tongkat Tok AH Suria, 9.30pm 20/20 Channel News Asia, 7.32pm ■■■•"■*.<>"''» <■-■'••«• A n^'ZiX^Ah^ii^'hi.'! '.\h, ."'."'/'...,</;...,</h-.^.-l-. i.. 1..,-V.-;.,'i..,-V mV sculp^e, floating lyricism and the ferocity 5a fe*r Omar, fi««a/* Mai M, Zafea a look at how "Sin City"
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      592 35 Agencies Former captain slams horror show against Australia NEW DELHI Former captain Sunil Gavaskar was among the most outspoken critics after India's crushing nine-wicket World Cup defeat against Australia on Saturday. "India's pathetic showing in its game against Australia has almost ruined its World Cup chances," Gavaskar
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      220 35 Reuters Six Nations Rugby England 25 France 17 Defending champion humbled LONDON England turned on the power after the interval to defeat defending Six Nations champion France 25-17 at Twickenham yesterday morning. Neither side was at its best and the key match of the championship did
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      134 35 DALLAS Playing four game in five nights, the Dallas Mavericks had barely enough energy to outlast lowly Miami. Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and 12 rebounds and matched his career high with eight assists as the Mavericks recovered from a sleepy start to beat the Heat
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      893 36  -  S Murali in Perth Els has destroyed his opponents and tanned another course so by murali@newstoday.com.sg IF A genie had approached any one of the golfers at the A52.85-million ($2.96 million) Johnnie Walker Classic before the week started and told them that they could have four
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      154 36  -  S Murali THERE was a gala night in Perth to celebrate the Johnnie Walker Classic golf tournament, with the likes of legendary golfers Ernie Els and Nick Faldo present. And Singaporeans won everything. At the star-studded dinner on Saturday night, two individual prizes for Wednesday's Pro-Am,
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      343 36 Reuters LA JOLLA Tiger Woods, playing his first event of 2003 after undergoing knee surgery in December, hit a four-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the $4.5 million ($7.9 million) Buick Invitational yesterday morning. The world No.
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      618 38  -  Tan Yo-Hinn For $650 million, the new Kallang complex aims to by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT IS arguably the biggest move in Singapore's sporting history. Not only will it see an unprecedented cash injection, but it will also see the demolition of the Grand Old Lady of Singapore
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      47 38 Fans turned out in full force at the Tiger Football Night at Chijmes on Saturday night for the 'live' screening of the FA Cup fifth-round clash between the holder Arsenal and Manchester United, which the Gunners won 2-0 at Old Trafford.
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      119 38 THE Acting Minister of Community Development and Sports, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, officially unveiled the Code of Governance (COG) on Saturday. The COG, which contains 10 principles of good governance, is aimed at improving the efficiency of the National Sports Associations (NSAs) and is applicable to all NSAs of
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      Eriksson erred
      104 38 LONDON England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson created his own problem by making deals with club managers before Wednesday's friendly against Australia, English premier league chief executive Richard Scudamore said yesterday. The Swede was forced to play a different team in each half in the 3-1 defeat after agreeing with
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      82 38 MILAN Serie A leader Inter Milan suffered a 2-1 defeat at Chievo yesterday morning, after conceding two penalties and being reduced to 10 men for the final hour of the game. Chievo went ahead in the 22nd minute when its captain Eugenio Corini converted a spot kick. He
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      67 38 MANCHESTER Manchester United has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson may extend his current contract, which runs until 2005. The Scotsman was set to retire at the end of the last season, but decided to sign a new three-year contact and may continue beyond that. Meanwhile, United captain
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      61 38 LEVERKUSEN Bayer Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoller, who guided the club to the Champions League final last year, has been sacked in the wake of its seventh home defeat of the season, the club announced yesterday. The axe fell for 51-year-old Toppmoller following Saturday's 2-1 home loss to Hansa
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      490 39 AFP Controversial decision gives troubled Leeds vital win English FA Cup Crystal Palace 1 Leeds 2 Kewell strike sends Leeds through LONDON Crystal Palace was left furious yesterday after a controversial disallowed goal helped Leeds dump it out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 fifth-round victory at
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      222 39 AFP KIMBERLEY Pakistan's fearsome pace duo of Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar took nine wickets between them to rock Namibia for 84 and give their team a 171-run win in the World Cup yesterday. Wasim, 5-28 and Shoaib, 4-46, gave the Namibians a lesson in what
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      Can Sinchi last the distance?
      261 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg ITS pre-season preparations have been ideal so far. Earlier this month, S-League newcomer Sinchi FC beat National Football League (NFL) side Tampines Rovers 4-1 while its Prime League side beat the Danish under-18 side 3-1. The club also inked a $250,000
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      309 39 AFP EAST LONDON James Anderson's career-best one-day international haul of four for 25 set up a six-wicket win over the Netherlands as England finally got its World Cup campaign underway at Buffalo Park yesterday. Anderson's wickets helped restrict the Netherlands to 142 for nine from 50
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