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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
Jun 25, 2004
Rooney's performance could spell trouble for Everton
LONDON -- The suspicion is that it will all end in tears.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 18, 2004
Boorish behavior of England fans reaching outer limits
LONDON -- After each Euro 2004 game representatives of UEFA's technical committee select the Man of the Match. Correction, the (fill in the sponsor name) Man of the Match.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 12, 2004
France-England match an early treat for Euro 2004 fans
LONDON -- Hopefully, France's record over the last 12 months will have been kept a secret from England as the teams prepare to meet in Lisbon on Sunday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 4, 2004
Mourinho not lacking in confidence and not afraid to show it
LONDON -- On the face of it English football should be delighted that the coaches of the Champions League and UEFA Cup winner are coming to the Premiership.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 28, 2004
Porto's Mourinho paid his dues on way up coaching ladder
LONDON -- Two years ago few outside of Portugal had heard of Jose Mourinho.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 21, 2004
Millwall hopes to leave dark history behind in F.A. Cup final
LONDON -- At the end of a season dominated by Arsenal's unbeaten Premiership success an even less likely achievement of 2003-2004 has been overshadowed and overlooked by the all-conquering Immortals of Highbury.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 14, 2004
Arsenal one game away from setting new standard in England
LONDON -- Arsenal stands on the verge of what manager Arsene Wenger called "sporting immortality" with just Leicester blocking its path to the record books.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 8, 2004
Porto's Mourinho in line to be new manager of Chelsea
LONDON -- According to various back-page "exclusives" over the past week, Chelsea is buying Walter Samuel (Roma -- £15 million), David Beckham and Ronaldo (Real Madrid -- combined fee of £100,000 million), Ronaldinho (Barcelona -- £60 million), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool -- £30 million) and any other...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 30, 2004
Abramovich learning that money can't buy the Premiership
LONDON -- In the year of the comeback it should be no surprise if Chelsea manages to overturn the 3-1 first-leg deficit when it meets Monaco in the Champions League semifinal, second-leg match at Stamford Bridge next week.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 22, 2004
Lives of Beckham, Keane provide tabloids endless fodder
LONDON -- An apology. Those of you hoping for a column that does not mention David Beckham or Roy Keane will be disappointed.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 16, 2004
Return of Keane to Irish team stirs mixed emotions
LONDON -- Roy Keane's comeback with the Republic of Ireland was as messy as the confirmation of his international football retirement 14 months ago.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 9, 2004
Chelsea's performance makes Abramovich look foolish
LONDON -- There was a wonderful cameo of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich captured on television after Wayne Bridge scored the winner at Arsenal to send the Blues into the Champions League semifinals.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 3, 2004
F.A. gives Eriksson new deal, but how long will he stay?
LONDON -- "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 26, 2004
Chelsea management showing classy Ranieri no respect
LONDON -- When Roman Abramovich took over at Chelsea last July the club was on the verge of administration.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 12, 2004
Leicester players perpetuate England's drink culture
LONDON -- If somebody offered you a job which paid £30,000 a week and one of the stipulations was that you had to give up alcohol for a certain period of time, would it be too much of an imposition on your freedom?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 6, 2004
Despite track record, scrutiny of Ferguson remains relentless
LONDON -- Perhaps the real truth as opposed to what we have been told will never be known.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 28, 2004
Time running out for Houllier's 'plan' at Anfield
LONDON -- It seems a matter of when rather than if Gerard Houllier leaves Liverpool, perhaps only an unlucky 13 Premiership games to go before the manager has gone.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 20, 2004
England internationals wielding far too much power
LONDON -- We like to be different in England. We drive on the wrong side of the road. We drink warm beer, our plugs have three pins instead of two and when our football fans go abroad, they tend to fight rather than make new friends.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 13, 2004
Hoddle returning to Southampton not a good, or popular, idea
LONDON -- Imagine your company has a product soon to go on the market and to test public opinion you canvass the views of most of the potential buyers.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 6, 2004
Player power and disloyalty becoming endemic in English game
LONDON -- There is a new game sweeping English football and the rewards can run into millions for the lucky winners.
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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