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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; PREMIER REPORT</title>
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		<title>Di Canio hiring doomed from start</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paolo di Canio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunderland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ellis Short is a billionaire, rich beyond the dreams of most. The American owner of Sunderland achieved this by being one step ahead of his business rivals, making shrewd and correct decisions while appointing the best senior management. So why on earth did Short even consider making Paolo di Canio manager of his club last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals bring Rooney United pardon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Rooney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely can a player who had bad-mouthed his club and let it be known via &#8220;sources&#8221; he wanted to leave have been given such a standing ovation as Wayne Rooney when he was substituted in the 84th minute of Manchester United&#8217;s 4-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen. The Old Trafford faithful stood as one to applaud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>England sweating on World Cup slot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2014 World Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup qualifying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[England is top of its group with two home matches to play as qualification for Brazil 2014 approaches what Sir Alex Ferguson would call &#8220;squeaky bum time.&#8221; They are the third-highest scorers in the European qualifying section and only two countries have conceded fewer. England is unbeaten and no other side has a better goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uneasy feelings persist about England</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2014 World Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moldova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If England beats Moldova at home Friday night and then defeats Ukraine (a) and Montenegro (h), it will top Group H and qualify automatically for the World Cup finals next year. Its fate is in its own hands. The bad news is &#8212; so is Ukraine&#8217;s. You can put as much top spin as you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taylor&#8217;s gambling no laughing matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gordon Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers&#8217; Association, did the equivalent job in the National Football League he would not have been allowed to run up alleged gambling debts of &#163;100,000 to a bookmaker. Taylor, whose &#163;1,082,615 a year salary makes him the highest paid trade union official in the U.K., is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mourinho picks up where he left off</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Moyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He had changed, he assured us. The self-styled &#8220;Special One&#8221; was now the Mild One and there was a collective nodding as the gullible ones bought into Jose Mourinho&#8217;s promise that he was Mr. Nice Guy. The Portuguese has a style and charisma that makes him a media darling, but even his compliments have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chelsea, Man City start as favorites</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/08/16/soccer/chelsea-man-city-start-as-favorites/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chelsea-man-city-start-as-favorites</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[premier league]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We know the short list from which the Premier League champion will come. It&#8217;s been the same for the last four years and shows little sign of changing. Money talks and those talking loudest are Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United with Arsenal and Tottenham trying to make themselves heard. The days of a surprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suarez not worth trouble for Arsenal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luis Suarez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to decide which to dislike most about Luis Suarez. The way he racially abused Patrice Evra; how he subsequently refused to shake Evra&#8217;s hand; the way he clamped his teeth into two opponents &#8212; Chelsea&#8217;s Branislav Ivanovic the latest victim; his habit of falling over with the minimal encouragement to win a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage of convenience for Chelsea</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/08/soccer/marriage-of-convenience-for-chelsea/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=marriage-of-convenience-for-chelsea</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho talks about a love affair, but his return to Chelsea is more of an arranged marriage. Had they been able to pick their own partners Mourinho would have chosen Manchester United and Roman Abramovich would have walked down the football aisle with Pep Guardiola. Mourinho needed a job and Abramovich needed a manager. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>England needs victories, not draws</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/01/soccer/england-needs-victories-not-draws/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=england-needs-victories-not-draws</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 15:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2014 World Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[England plays Brazil in a friendly on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. Whether England will return to Brazil for next year&#8217;s World Cup finals remains in the balance. Its performance in Wednesday&#8217;s 1-1 draw against the Republic of Ireland underlined yet again, as if we needed to be reminded, that for England winning games is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cole not fit for England captaincy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/25/soccer/cole-not-fit-for-england-captaincy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cole-not-fit-for-england-captaincy</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[He is seen as the type of player who gives footballers a bad name. Someone who typifies all the perceived negatives about the modern-day player. Ashley Cole is the snarling face of the beautiful game, someone who disputes every decision made by a referee or an assistant, someone who seems to thrive on his unpopularity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beckham&#8217;s impact was immense</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/18/soccer/beckhams-impact-was-immense/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=beckhams-impact-was-immense</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Beckham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[premier league]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The England coach was pulling away after a training session when suddenly David Beckham asked the driver to stop. Beckham stepped out of the coach and signed autographs for two fans he had missed earlier. Sometimes it is the small things that define a person. Sorry Jose, but the real Special One is David Beckham. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moyes facing monumental task in taking over for Ferguson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[David Moyes has been constantly overlooked by England&#8217;s top clubs. Since 2007, by which time Moyes had been in charge of Everton for five years, Chelsea have had five managers, Spurs and Manchester City three each. For whatever reason, Moyes, chosen as Manager of the Year 10 years ago after his first season at Everton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not everyone in England would welcome Mourinho back with open arms</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/04/soccer/not-everyone-in-england-would-welcome-mourinho-back-with-open-arms/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=not-everyone-in-england-would-welcome-mourinho-back-with-open-arms</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho wants to be where people love him. &#8220;In England I am loved by the fans and the media, fairly criticized or credited when I deserve,&#8221; he said after Real Madrid&#8217;s Champions League knockout by Borussia Dortmund. How quickly he forgets. So do the Mourinho fan club among the English press who can&#8217;t wait [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suarez case latest to show F.A.&#8217;s flaws</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/27/soccer/suarez-case-latest-to-show-f-a-s-flaws/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suarez-case-latest-to-show-f-a-s-flaws</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever punishment had been handed down to Luis Suárez would have been criticized. That the Liverpool striker was banned for 10 games for sinking his teeth into the arm of Chelsea&#8217;s Branoslav Ivanovic has outraged some (mainly on the red half of Merseyside) because of its severity. Others think it&#8217;s what a brilliant player but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third place a good finish for Arsenal</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/20/soccer/third-place-a-good-finish-for-arsenal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=third-place-a-good-finish-for-arsenal</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A season which has seen Arsenal knocked out of the domestic cups by League Two Bradford City and Championship struggler Blackburn Rovers, with critics and Gunners fans pointing angry collective fingers at Arsène Wenger, is likely to end with humble pie once again being eaten by those who doubted the former Nagoya Grampus Eight coach. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man City better off keeping Mancini</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manchester City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[premier league]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Mancini]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to some reports, Manchester City has lined up various replacements should Roberto Mancini be fired this summer. This, of course, presupposes the club&#8217;s power brokers have met to discuss possible successors in case they decide to fire the Italian. Apart from this unlikely scenario, why on earth would City want to get rid of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Di Canio hiring destined for disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/06/soccer/di-canio-hiring-destined-for-disaster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=di-canio-hiring-destined-for-disaster</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paolo di Canio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blunderland FC is searching for a new manager. Chairman Ellis Long heads a board meeting. Long: &#8220;How about Paolo di Canio?&#8221; One stunned director almost spits out a mouthful of coffee. &#8220;Mr. Chairman, di Canio has never managed higher than League One and his, er, political views may overshadow any appointment . . . &#8220; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>England no lock for 2014 World Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/30/soccer/england-no-lock-for-2014-world-cup/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=england-no-lock-for-2014-world-cup</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Hodgson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No English clubs left in the Champions League and a growing possibility of Montenegro, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan and Panama at the 2014 World Cup but not England. March has not been a good month for the country that gave the world its favorite sport. The usual European suspects &#8212; Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland and Russia &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montenegro a challenge for England</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/22/general/montenegro-a-challenge-for-england/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=montenegro-a-challenge-for-england</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Marino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup qualifying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a moment Jonathan Pearce will never forget. Pearce, who now has a leading role in the BBC&#8217;s football commentating team, was covering the 1994 World Cup qualifying game between San Marino and England for the commercial radio station Capital Gold in November 1993. As the home side kicked off Pearce began his commentary: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stakes high in Aston Villa-QPR battle</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/16/general/stakes-high-in-aston-villa-qpr-battle/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stakes-high-in-aston-villa-qpr-battle</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aston Villa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two in-form teams go head-to-head Saturday in a game that will go a long way to deciding the Premier League fate of Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers. Despite the specter of relegation that hovers over both clubs, each approaches the showdown in a rare confident mood after two successive victories. It is estimated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for England to stop whining</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/09/soccer/time-for-england-to-stop-whining/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=time-for-england-to-stop-whining</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Show me a good loser and I&#8217;ll show you a loser.&#8221; — Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi knew a thing or two about winning, leading the Green Bay Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls. For him, winning was not the most important thing, it was the only thing. Yet a loser can still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benitez never had chance with Chelsea</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/02/soccer/benitez-never-had-chance-with-chelsea/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=benitez-never-had-chance-with-chelsea</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafa Benitez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like all Chelsea managers, Rafa Benitez was a dead man walking from day one. Of the previous eight during the Abramovich era, only Guus Hiddink wasn&#8217;t fired, but the Dutchman was on loan from the Russian Football Federation for three months. Even the trigger-happy Abramovich would have struggled to fire a loanee. While the sack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wenger getting diminishing returns</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/23/soccer/wenger-getting-diminishing-returns/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wenger-getting-diminishing-returns</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arsene Wenger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case for the prosecution is now stronger than that put by the defense. The English media have been reluctant to criticize Arsene Wenger because no manager has been more helpful during the 16 years he has been in charge at Arsenal, yet as another season of failure continues, the press and an increasing number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronaldo should rise to occasion at Old Trafford</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/16/soccer/ronaldo-should-rise-to-occasion-at-old-trafford/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ronaldo-should-rise-to-occasion-at-old-trafford</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Champions League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You just knew Cristiano Ronaldo would score in Madrid on Wednesday and Manchester United fans are bracing themselves for more of the same at Old Trafford when he makes an emotional return to the Theatre of Dreams. The fact is, Ronaldo scores in most games, as his record of 183 goals in 180 matches proves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eradicating match-fixing no easy task</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/08/soccer/eradicating-match-fixing-no-easy-task/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=eradicating-match-fixing-no-easy-task</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/08/soccer/eradicating-match-fixing-no-easy-task/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[premier report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;Fancy making a few quid?&#8221; he asked, and I knew his reply was not going to be legal. I was told to bet on Forest Green Rovers vs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man City right to off-load Balotelli</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/02/soccer/man-city-right-to-off-load-balotelli/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=man-city-right-to-off-load-balotelli</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You may think a guy who has to pay his ex-wife £82,000 &#8212; a day yes, a day &#8212; 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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bradford City&#8217;s march to League Cup final inspiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with English football is that it is so predictable. We knew last August the title would be won by Manchester City, Manchester United or Chelsea. It was pretty obvious that Robin van Persie would again be the dominant goal scorer. Roman Abramovich has fired a manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has given assorted referees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guardiola right not to join Chelsea</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/01/19/soccer/guardiola-right-not-to-join-chelsea/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=guardiola-right-not-to-join-chelsea</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one reason why Pep Guardiola never seriously considered joining Chelsea: Roman Abramovich. The Russian doesn&#8217;t lose out very often and when you have been to court to fight — and win — a £6.5 billion private case brought by your former mentor and business partner Boris Berezovsky then missing out on a manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chelsea fans refuse to blame owner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Davies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Bruce Buck came on the pitch before Wednesday&#8217;s League Cup semifinal first leg against Swansea to make a presentation to Petr Cech, the Chelsea chairman was booed. Seriously booed. There were a number of reasons for the supporters&#8217; growing frustration, the sacking of the popular Roberto Di Matteo, the appointment of the extremely unpopular [...]]]></description>
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