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Christopher Davies
Christopher Davies of the London Daily Telegraph is one of Britain's most prominent soccer writers. He regularly covers Premier League powers Arsenal and Chelsea in the Champions League, and he covers the Republic of Ireland internationally. Davies has covered eight World Cups and is a former chairman of the Football Writers' Association in England.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 25, 2007
Bad precedent set by Hackett in incident involving Styles
LONDON — Rob Styles went to work last Sunday and made a human error.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 19, 2007
Without Rooney, pressure on Man United
LONDON — One week into the Premier League season and already the C-word has reared its ugly head.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 11, 2007
Can anybody challenge Manchester United, Chelsea for title?
LONDON — In life you generally get what you pay for.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 26, 2007
Treatment of Liverpool fans result of actions back home
LONDON — The police baton-charged "blameless" fans who could not gain entry to the stadium despite having valid tickets, while many inside the ground were allowed in with forgeries.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 19, 2007
Mourinho's criticism of Ronaldo for diving is laughable
LONDON — If the Wembley gods are looking down on the first F.A. Cup final back at the rebuilt national stadium, they will decree that Manchester United takes an early lead against Chelsea.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 12, 2007
Gang of Four holding out hope courts will drop West Ham
LONDON — Celebratory glasses will be raised by those who escape relegation from the Premiership, but a nasty whiff of sour grapes surrounds the final round of fixtures tomorrow Sunday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 5, 2007
Liverpool, Milan prove worthy Champions League finalists
LONDON — The Athens police, sponsors, television companies and millions of fans around the world can relax. The Champions League final will not be between Liverpool and Manchester United, a matchup that would virtually have guaranteed nasty scenes in the Greek capital between two sets of fans whose...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 28, 2007
Mourinho continues shameful campaign of complaints against referees
LONDON -- Not for the first time Jose Mourinho got it hopelessly wrong when criticizing a referee.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 21, 2007
Upcoming Man United-Chelsea trilogy should be great theater
LONDON -- Three vs. four. The Treble against the Quadruple. Manchester United and Chelsea are providing the mother of all finales to the English season.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 14, 2007
Hard to envision Mourinho leaving Chelsea, despite friction with Abramovich
LONDON -- I am not a billionaire. I do not own a number of hugely profitable companies. Unlike Roman Abramovich, I am not the owner of Chelsea Football Club.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 7, 2007
Latest violence likely to cost Italy 2012 European C'ships
LONDON -- Quentin Tarantino would no doubt have been delighted by the horrendous scenes of gratuitous violence in Rome's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night had they been for his latest movie.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 31, 2007
England now longing for the days of departed Eriksson
LONDON -- When Steve McClaren was named Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor as England head coach few outside of the Football Association -- and quite a few inside by all accounts -- believed the former Middlesbrough manager was any more than the Son of Sven . . . Sven Lite.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 24, 2007
Nugent call up underlines England's problems
LONDON -- When England announced that a Preston North End player had been called up for the squad to play Israel in Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying tie it was further proof that the current batch of players available to the national team is hardly vintage.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 17, 2007
Scheduling making life difficult for McClaren's England
LONDON -- Fancy a good bet?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 10, 2007
Many questions facing Wenger and underachieving Gunners
LONDON -- In France Arsene Wenger was known as the Nearly Man.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 4, 2007
Complaints about officials ring hollow
LONDON -- Unless the Football Association brings in members of a jury from California, where no star can be found guilty it seems, Arsene Wenger, Dave Jones and Paul Jewell will have the book thrown at them -- albeit a small book.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 24, 2007
Nobody willing to take blame for fiasco with fans in France
LONDON -- Supporters are told they are the most important people in football . . . the sport's biggest sponsors . . . yet when they are randomly batoned and bloodied by French policemen, as around 500 Manchester United fans were at the Champions League tie against Lille, nobody seems responsible.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 16, 2007
Wigan's Jewell out of line with attack on referee Dowd
LONDON -- Last Sunday referee Phil Dowd made a human error when he failed to award Wigan a penalty after Emile Heskey was manhandled by Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 10, 2007
McClaren taking heat after England's most recent stumble
LONDON -- Seven months after Sven-Goran Eriksson's departure, many of those who were glad to see him walk away are yearning for a return of the good old days under the Swede.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 4, 2007
Upson saga illustrates how much power today's players have on transfers
LONDON -- West Ham United should beware after signing Matthew Upson from Birmingham City.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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