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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
Dec 18, 2004
Mourinho's moaning about Henry's goal just a diversion
LONDON -- There should have been no controversy.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 11, 2004
Controversial Hoddle given one more chance by Wolves
LONDON -- "You and I have been physically been given two hands and two legs and a half-decent brain. Some people have not been born like that for a reason.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 3, 2004
Gunners have gone from invincible to mortal in just over a month
LONDON -- On the face of it two defeats in your last 56 Premiership games hardly seems reason for a crisis.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 27, 2004
England's condemnation of Spain in race row hypocritical
LONDON -- When Laurie Cunningham, the former West Bromwich Albion winger, joined Real Madrid in the 1980s, the Spanish pronounced his surname "Coon-ingham." This was shortened to "Cunny" or "Coony" as they said it, just as Steve McManaman became Macca.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 19, 2004
Portsmouth's Redknapp, Mandaric reach uneasy truce in ongoing turf war
LONDON -- Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp and chairman Milan Mandaric are like a married couple constantly quarreling but who find it difficult to live together, though, equally can't live without each other.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 13, 2004
Jol hoping to put a foot in Tottenham's revolving door
LONDON -- Tottenham Hotspur appointed a new man to take charge of the first-team this week -- so, no change there then.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 5, 2004
Robben could leave Man United ruing day it passed on him
LONDON -- The Premiership has a new star.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 29, 2004
Mystery solved: Ferguson hit by orange juice during brawl
LONDON -- There is nothing this column likes more than an exclusive though it would normally be a player moving to another club or a manager quitting than a culinary scoop.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 22, 2004
Typical war of words ahead of Premiership showdown
LONDON -- It is likely to become very nasty and personal with no punches pulled -- and that is just the war of words between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the build-up to Sunday's Old Trafford showdown reaches boiling point.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 15, 2004
English newspapers make beeline for Beckham's jugular
LONDON -- Only in England could David Beckham be not so much in hot water but a bubbling volcano for admitting he deliberately got himself cautioned during England's 2-0 win against Wales last Saturday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 9, 2004
Real Madrid already on defensive over signing of Owen
LONDON -- It usually means the kiss of death for a coach and it is almost unprecedented for a player to be given a vote of confidence, but Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has spoken up for his non-striking striker Michael Owen, who has come under fire after failing to score since his arrival from...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 1, 2004
Rooney's debut helps Manchester fans overlook his roots
LONDON -- Mancunians, generally speaking, do not like Liverpudlians and that is putting it mildly. The feeling is also mutual and just about the only thing the folk from the two cities have in common is their opinion of each other.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 26, 2004
Mourinho's method wins many games, not many friends
LONDON -- Returning from Chelsea's 3-0 Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain in France last week this correspondent was the last passenger to leave the team's plane. A police officer at Gatwick Airport asked: "Did they win?"
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 18, 2004
Referees an easy target of blame for managers, players, media
LONDON -- Last weekend was such a bad one for referees that the man from the Daily Mirror was desperately searching for someone to speak up on behalf of the off-form officials.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 11, 2004
Will Souness be able to make a difference for Newcastle?
LONDON -- There is a famous line by Groucho Marxo where he says he would never be a member of a club that would have him as a member.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 3, 2004
Signing of Rooney a big gamble for Manchester United
LONDON -- Incredible.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 13, 2004
Time to put distractions aside and get season under way
LONDON -- The buildup to what promises to be the closest, most exciting Premiership ever has been overshadowed by the Football Association soap opera, the Patrick Vieira saga and more recently Michael Owen's propoesed move to Real Madrid.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 5, 2004
Naughty Sven prepares to meet his fate
LONDON -- A nun took up residence outside the Football Association's headquarters in Soho as the remains of English football's governing body prepared for Thursday's meeting of the board, which will decide the future of head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and maybe one or two high-ranking executives.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 9, 2004
Long season has stars worn out for international play
LONDON -- Euro 2004 needed big names rather than long names to shine.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 4, 2004
Blaming referee for England's loss to Portugal pathetic
LONDON -- When Urs Meier disallowed Sol Campbell's last-minute goal against Portugal last week the Swiss referee had no idea he was to become the latest recipient of the English media's revenge on a Johnny Foreigner who had, in the words of most tabloids, "cheated us" out of victory.
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.
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
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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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