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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
Jan 27, 2007
Agents receiving massive sums for little work on transfers
LONDON -- The following conversation took place at a house in England recently . . .
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 20, 2007
Mourinho, Shevchenko rows have Chelsea on defensive
LONDON -- Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said there was no crisis at Chelsea.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 14, 2007
Time for F.A. to get serious and crack down on Chelsea's continual abuse of rules
LONDON -- The sound of laughter could be heard coming from Stamford Bridge this week when a Football Association disciplinary commission fined Chelsea captain John Terry £10,000 for lying and doubting the integrity of Graham Poll, the Premiership's leading referee.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 7, 2007
O'Neill expects striker Larsson to give Man Utd a big boost
LONDON -- Apart from death and taxes there may be no other certainties in life but Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill must fear Henrik Larsson scoring on his debut for Manchester United in the F.A. Cup third round Sunday would complete the hat trick.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 30, 2006
Charlton's coaching carousel like a comedy skit
LONDON -- During the 1960s, American comedian Bob Newhart gave the world what was to become a classic sketch on his Emmy-winning show. It was called "The Introduction of Tobacco to Civilization," wherein a telephone call from Sir Walter Raleigh prompted skeptical laughter in England.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 23, 2006
Investigation reveals F.A.'s failure to monitor transfers
LONDON -- Occasionally in the media we will read the blindingly obvious from a university in Texas or wherever that after a year's research they can reveal that diving from a cliff into a ravine is dangerous. Or some other statement that we all know.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 16, 2006
Pardew had short leash in final days at West Ham
LONDON -- "We can move forward with Alan Pardew leading our efforts on the pitch. I will be continuing talks with him on how he sees the future of the playing side. He has my full support and confidence." -- New West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson assures manager Pardew his job his safe despite the club's...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 9, 2006
Premier League benefiting from foreign ownership of teams
LONDON -- By early 2007 a third of the 20 Premiership clubs will come under foreign ownership.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 2, 2006
Zidane's spot in last three a joke, no matter who says otherwise
LONDON -- Managers and players know football best because they are involved in it.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 25, 2006
Battle of Premier League titans certain to be a belter
LONDON -- It is prestige as much as points at stake when Manchester United and Chelsea meet in the Premiership summit clash at Old Trafford on Sunday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 18, 2006
McClaren already facing discontent among England faithful
LONDON -- Steve McClaren flashed his orthodontist friendly smile and said he was happy with England's display in the 1-1 draw against Holland in Amsterdam.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 11, 2006
Mourinho, Chelsea show appalling lack of class in Poll row
LONDON -- Congratulations to Chelsea for becoming more disliked than it was at the time of last week's column.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 5, 2006
Another week, another new low for Chelsea's Mourinho
LONDON -- Jose Mourinho would probably moan if he won the lottery and it wasn't a double rollover.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 29, 2006
West Ham manager Pardew finds himself on hot seat as losing streak hits eight
LONDON -- If West Ham players could pass the ball as well as they are passing the buck, the team would not be staring relegation and crisis in the face after eight consecutive defeats, their worst run in 74 years.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 21, 2006
Mourinho showing signs of double vision in Cech incident
LONDON -- The problem with Jose Mourinho is that as a manager the Chelsea boss makes a lousy witness.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 14, 2006
McClaren, Venables must regroup after fiasco in Zagreb
LONDON -- To the surprise, it seems, of nobody except the England coaching team the switch from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2 in Croatia was a shambles.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 7, 2006
McClaren's decision to possibly play 3-5-2 a real puzzler
LONDON -- To the best of my knowledge no team has ever won the World Cup, European Championship, Champions League or Premiership by playing a 3-5-2 formation.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 30, 2006
Rooney's slump shows striker is far from the finished article
LONDON -- Ruud van Nistelrooy was sold to Real Madrid there was a theory that the reason was because Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believed Louis Saha was a better partner for Wayne Rooney than the Dutchman.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 23, 2006
Weak 'expose' on bungs proof issue is becoming passe
LONDON -- Panorama promised to "rock the foundations of football" but in the end we were neither shaken nor stirred by a program in which the so-called whistle-blowers proved to be the unscrupulous characters rather than the bung-taking managers they were supposedly "exposing."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 16, 2006
Cole's tall tale: Move to Chelsea not about money
LONDON -- I was halfway through writing this column when there was a knock at the door.
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
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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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