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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
Feb 8, 2013
Eradicating match-fixing no easy task
Just under three years ago I received a call from a contact who knew people in a side of life that is at best described as shady. "Fancy making a few quid?" he asked, and I knew his reply was not going to be legal.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 2, 2013
Man City right to off-load Balotelli
You may think a guy who has to pay his ex-wife £82,000 — a day yes, a day — would have learned a financial lesson or two, but Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy and president of AC Milan, continues to be a lucrative benefactor and not just for the former Signora Berlusconi.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 25, 2013
Bradford City's march to League Cup final inspiring
The problem with English football is that it is so predictable.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 19, 2013
Guardiola right not to join Chelsea
There is one reason why Pep Guardiola never seriously considered joining Chelsea: Roman Abramovich.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 12, 2013
Chelsea fans refuse to blame owner
When Bruce Buck came on the pitch before Wednesday's League Cup semifinal first leg against Swansea to make a presentation to Petr Cech, the Chelsea chairman was booed. Seriously booed.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 5, 2013
Reds' Suarez experiencing amazing turnaround
It would have been a close call, but at the beginning of the season Luis Suarez may just have pipped John Terry as the least popular player in English football (the other contender, Joey Barton, had been loaned from Queens Park Rangers to Olympique Marseille so he was no longer eligible).
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 29, 2012
F.A.'s weakness gives Ferguson free rein to run mouth
Alex Ferguson doesn't do embarrassment or apologies, so the Manchester United manager will not be bothered that he did himself, his club and football a public disservice with some ridiculous comments over the past week. He has an agenda and keeps to it.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 22, 2012
Chelsea's Benitez trapped in no-win situation
Imagine going to work each day and no matter how well you do, your popularity rating struggles to rise above zero. You produce good results for your employers in your first month, yet you are still vilified.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 15, 2012
Arsenal's descent becoming farcical
It was not just elimination, it was humiliation.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 8, 2012
Quality of play this season really weak
The most popular league in the world?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 1, 2012
Man United, Man City in own class
Every season it's the same.
SOCCER
Nov 24, 2012
Chelsea owner Abramovich rules with Iron fist
The dismissal of Roberto Di Matteo was as brutal as it was predictable and unpopular, but let nobody think that Roman Abramovich gives a damn about public opinion. The saddest part about the serial sacker's methods is, that if success is the yardstick, Abramovich's way works as Chelsea has won 10 trophies...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 17, 2012
Time running out for Arsenal's Wenger
Can you imagine Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United — in fact any leading club — going seven years without a trophy yet not sacking the manager?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 10, 2012
Man City unbeaten, but uninspiring
Roberto Mancini is the last unbeaten manager in the Premier League this season.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 3, 2012
Another week, another Chelsea row
Sometime in the next week the Football Association must decide who it believes — four English-speaking match officials or a player whose mother tongue is Portuguese and whose English is far from fluent.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 27, 2012
Away CL ties frustrate English clubs
The best league in the world?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 20, 2012
UEFA's credibility hanging in balance
We shall know on Nov. 22 how seriously UEFA takes racism.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 12, 2012
Time for enabling of Cole to end
Ashley Cole could become the first England player to be omitted from a game because he is so unpopular and anti-social.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 6, 2012
Villas-Boas slowly but surely turning reputation around
When the media decides a manager is not to its liking for whatever reason, it takes time, trophies and charm to turn it around because humble pie is not a diet the press enjoys.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 29, 2012
Terry's legacy tainted by scandals
Four Games.
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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