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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 20, 2008
Blackburn makes smart decision by naming Allardyce new manager
LONDON — We will probably never know why Sunderland did not consider Sam Allardyce to be the right man to succeed Roy Keane, who resigned (by mobile phone text to chairman Niall Quinn) earlier this month.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 13, 2008
Chelsea's air of invincibility a thing of the past
LONDON — By no stretch of the imagination could Luiz Felipe Scolari be called a failure as Chelsea manager.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 6, 2008
Keane stood by his convictions
LONDON — It was always going to end like this.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 29, 2008
Super Sunday provides full slate of excellent matches in U.K.
LONDON — The words many football-loving married men in Britain would love to hear from their wives today are: "I have some bad news for you. . . . an old school friend of mine is in town. . . . I said I would see her tomorrow to catch up on things. . . . I'd ask you to come along but we'll be talking...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 22, 2008
Even with best players out, Capello's England continues to impress
LONDON — The theory that international friendlies are a waste of time was blown out of the water by the score line from Berlin: Germany 1, England 2.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 15, 2008
Drogba case: Punish the perpetrator not the victim
LONDON — The thug from the section where Burnley fans were seated who threw the coin which struck Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will probably never be arrested and charged.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 8, 2008
Wenger won't compromise beliefs despite struggles
LONDON — If Arsenal loses to Manchester United on Saturday the Gunners can forget about winning the Premier League.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 1, 2008
Redknapp's magic transforms Spurs overnight
LONDON — Just when you think there is nothing left in football to surprise you, along comes Harry Redknapp.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 25, 2008
Move to Milan may be end of Beckham's stay in L.A.
LONDON — From the worst team in Major League Soccer to a side crammed with superstars, World Cup and Champions League winners — who writes David Beckham's scripts?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 18, 2008
Full steam ahead for England as Capello pushes all the right buttons
LONDON — For £6 million a year success should be almost guaranteed, but football does not always work like that. However, at the moment Fabio Capello's salary is looking a bargain because on Planet Football managers and players can earn vastly inflated salaries as long as the team is winning.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 11, 2008
Racist abuse continues to poison beautiful game
LONDON — Rio Ferdinand this week hit out at the inadequate punishment that one of world football's most respected authorities handed out for racist behavior.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 4, 2008
Loss to Hull could push Ramos closer to the door
LONDON — At the start of the season Sunday's Premier League fixture between Tottenham and Hull had the look of a game between one team riding comfortably high with the other in the relegation zone.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 27, 2008
Impact of Tevez ruling could be profound in future
LONDON — So now we know. There is such as thing as a one-man team.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 20, 2008
Ashley proves business success irrelevant in soccer
LONDON — In the 1956 autobiography of former Newcastle striker Len Shackleton, one chapter was entitled "The Average Director's Knowledge Of Football."
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 13, 2008
Capello masterful in England's victory over Croatia
LONDON — The impression is that if you told Fabio Capello he had just won a record lottery jackpot — or even had he discovered he had lost the winning ticket — his expression would not change.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 6, 2008
Meddling from management left Keegan, Curbishley with no choice
LONDON — Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley resigned this week as managers of Newcastle and West Ham because the new breed of Premier League owners wouldn't let them manage.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 30, 2008
Strange transfers have Spurs in trouble just two games into season
LONDON — Tottenham made a dodgy start to last season and manager Martin Jol was shown the door.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 23, 2008
Barwick's departure comes as no surprise
LONDON — England's uninspiring 2-2 draw against the Czech Republic on Wednesday was overshadowed by the news that Brian Barwick is to leave his post as chief executive of the Football Association after four years in it.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 16, 2008
Heavyweights poised to dominate again
LONDON — Predicting the top four clubs at the end of the 2008-09 Premier League season is relatively easy.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 31, 2008
Players facing short summer with Euro 2008, World Cup qualifiers
LONDON — The Premier League's leading players are set for burnout this summer despite England's absence from Euro 2008.
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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