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Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 21, 2017
More at stake than just cup final place for Chelsea, Spurs
The pity is that the F.A. Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Tottenham is not a Premier League match. With six games remaining, Chelsea leads Spurs by four points, following the Blues' 2-0 loss at Manchester United on Sunday. While no league points will be at stake in Saturday's game between the two best teams in England, it is still likely to have a significant effect on the title race.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 9, 2017
Chelsea wins again but Spurs keep up chase
Chelsea had the look of a champion again as it maintained its comfortable seven-point advantage at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday — but Tottenham Hotspur will not give up the chase.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 2, 2017
Chelsea suffers shock defeat to Palace
New life was pumped into the Premier League title race on Saturday after leaders Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Crystal Palace, enabling Tottenham Hotspur to cut the gap at the top to seven points after its 2-0 win at Burnley.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 3, 2017
Liverpool's erratic play this season difficult to decipher
Jürgen Klopp knows what is wrong with Liverpool. He just does not know how to fix it.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 10, 2017
Liverpool out of title chase after recent run of poor form
Given Liverpool's dreadful league form this year — three draws and two defeats — it is remarkable that victory over second-place Tottenham at Anfield on Saturday will see Jürgen Klopp's team only one point behind the visitors.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 3, 2017
Victory over Arsenal virtually guarantees Chelsea title
If Chelsea beats Arsenal on Saturday, the fat lady can begin gargling.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2017
Chelsea comfortable after Liverpool draw
Diego Costa's missed second-half penalty cost Premier League leader Chelsea a victory at Liverpool on Tuesday but a 1-1 draw did little damage to its title prospects as closest rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur dropped points.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 15, 2017
Chelsea shrugs off Costa's absence
Chelsea made light of striker Diego Costa's absence to extend its lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points on Saturday with a 3-0 win at champion Leicester City.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 13, 2017
Man United takes momentum into Liverpool match
According to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, the Premier League title will be decided by how the top six teams fare against each other.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 16, 2016
Teams with best goalkeepers likely to decide title race
The Premier League title race is becoming a little like an Agatha Christie play. Initially there are six suspects, then one by one they disappear for whatever reason.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 12, 2016
Costa returns Chelsea to top of league
Chelsea striker Diego Costa's class shone through as he fired his team back to the top of the Premier League on Sunday with a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion as the previous day's goal glut turned into a trickle.
SOCCER
Dec 8, 2016
Police open inquiry into child sex abuse at London clubs
British police said they had launched an investigation into allegations of historical child sex crimes at London soccer clubs following a wave of reports from former players that they had been abused as youngsters.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 2, 2016
Guardiola, Conte set to match wits in tactical battle
Pep Guardiola kept up with the progress of a penalty shootout with a difference this week. It was in the World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the reigning champion, and Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 25, 2016
Spurs hope to ease sting of CL failure by solving Stamford Bridge riddle
Harry Kane, the Tottenham striker, said Chelsea celebrated like it had won the title. In fact, the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in April meant Leicester City was champion and Spurs' hopes of a first English crown since John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as president of the United States had disappeared after a bitter game that saw it squander a two-goal lead and collect a Premier League record 11 yellow cards.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 21, 2016
Costa sends Chelsea into first place
Chelsea replaced Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table with a comfortable 1-0 win at Middlesbrough thanks to a first-half Diego Costa strike on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 6, 2016
Chelsea routs Everton to move top
Chelsea crushed Everton 5-0 on Saturday to storm to the top of the Premier League with a vintage display after Manchester City was held 1-1 at home by a last-minute goal from promoted Middlesbrough.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 24, 2016
Chelsea humiliates Mourinho's United; Saints hold City
Pep Guardiola may have thought it a bad day when he suffered a fifth match without a win on Sunday but it was nothing compared to the nightmare that befell his old managerial rival Jose Mourinho on an extraordinary afternoon of Premier League action.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 21, 2016
Mourinho's match tactics not the most entertaining
If Jose Mourinho sets up Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as he did against Liverpool on Monday, his return to Chelsea should carry a government health warning: "Watching Manchester United can severely damage your health."
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 21, 2016
Okazaki bags brace in Leicester City's extra-time loss to Chelsea
Striker Shinji Okazaki opened his season's account with a brace during Leicester City's 4-2 extra-time defeat to Chelsea on Tuesday in the English Football League Cup.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2016
Transgender inmate Manning to end hunger strike after U.S. Army OKs surgery
U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, ended her hunger strike on Tuesday after the army said she would be allowed to receive gender transition surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

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