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MANCHESTER UNITED

Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe
SOCCER
Dec 25, 2023
Billionaire Ratcliffe agrees deal to buy 25% of Manchester United
United also said that Ratcliffe's INEOS company would take control of football operations after years of under-achievement under the Glazer family.
Bryan Robson leads the Manchester United team out for a UEFA Champions League fixture against Galatasaray at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul in November 1993.
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Nov 28, 2023
Welcome back to 'hell': Man Utd braced for Galatasaray cauldron
The fixture will being back painful memories for United players and fans who ran the gauntlet of hate in Istanbul back in 1993.
A hearse carrying the coffin of England World Cup winner and Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton is driven past Old Trafford stadium ahead of his funeral in Manchester on Monday. Charlton, described by Manchester United as a "giant of the game," died on Oct. 21 at the age of 86.
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Nov 14, 2023
Thousands line Manchester streets to bid farewell to Bobby Charlton
The 1966 World Cup winner, widely regarded as one of England's greatest players, died after an accidental fall at his care home on Oct. 21.
FC Copenhagen's Roony Bardghji celebrates scoring the team's fourth goal during a win over Manchester United on Wednesday in Copenhagen.
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Nov 9, 2023
Manchester United on brink of Champions League exit after collapse
The loss puts United at the bottom of the group, one point behind Galatasaray and Copenhagen, with two games left to play.
Bobby Charlton scored 249 goals in 758 appearances for Manchester United, as well as 49 goals in 106 caps for England.
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Oct 22, 2023
Bobby Charlton, England and Manchester United great, dies at 86
A survivor of the infamous 1958 Munich air crash, Charlton later helped England win its only World Cup and guided United to European glory.
Manchester United fans have frequently protested against the club's current owners, the Glazer family.
SOCCER
Oct 15, 2023
Qatari investors withdraw bid for Manchester United
The Qatari group had offered more than £5 billion ($6.1 billion) for the team, compared to its current market value of $3.3 billion.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 24, 2023
Manchester United beats Brighton to set up clash with Manchester City in FA Cup final
The nail-biting finish was a fitting ending after 120 scoreless minutes of wild swings in a game that careened from end to end all night.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 3, 2023
Manchester United holds players-only meeting after 'unacceptable' loss
Frustrated Manchester United players held a meeting without manager Erik ten Hag after being humbled in a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United on Sunday, said defender Luke Shaw, who gave a brutally honest assessment of his team.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2023
Manchester United looks immune to the banking crisis
The bidding war for Manchester United, a sporting institution, bears little connection to financial reality.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 20, 2023
Manchester United punches ticket to FA Cup semifinals as Fulham sees red
'This team has great character,' United manager Erik Ten Hag said after the match.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 6, 2023
Liverpool roars back to life with seven-goal rout of Manchester United
Liverpool's record 7-0 rout of the visitors reduced United's new-found swagger to a stagger.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2023
Resurgent Manchester United captures League Cup to end six-year trophy drought
Ending United's longest trophy drought in 40 years is no guarantee of future success, but manager Erik ten Hag appears capable of thriving in the unrelenting spotlight at Old Trafford.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 24, 2023
Erik Ten Hag confident Manchester United can 'beat anyone' after taking down Barcelona in Europa League
Manchester United should fear no one in its quest to win four trophies, manager Erik Ten Hag proclaimed after beating Barcelona 2-1 on Thursday to progress to the last 16 of the Europa League 4-3 on aggregate.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 21, 2023
Qatari bid for Manchester United poses questions over PSG's future
The tiny, gas-rich state is aiming even higher with its sights set on United, the most successful club in the history of the most powerful league in the world.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 19, 2023
INEOS and U.S. hedge fund enter battle to purchase Manchester United
The club is widely seen as one of the most prized assets in all of sport, with Deloitte ranking it as the fourth-richest in the world.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 23, 2023
Arsenal silences doubters with late win over Manchester United
The English Premier League leaders show their title credentials at the halfway point of the campaign.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 15, 2023
Erik ten Hag hails 'unstoppable' Marcus Rashford after derby goals
The England star scored for the ninth successive home match in all competitions to snatch a late win for United over derby rival Manchester City.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 31, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr until 2025
Ronaldo departed Old Trafford last month following an explosive television interview in which the 37-year-old forward said he felt betrayed by the club.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 26, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo remains as dependable as ever for Portugal
Following his tumultuous exit from Manchester United, the match against Ghana was his first chance to put himself in the proverbial shop window, and he duly delivered with a goal.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 23, 2022
Man United sale would bring unpopular Glazer family's era to an end
The Glazers have been unpopular with the Old Trafford fan base since the day Malcolm Glazer took charge in 2005 with a $934 million takeover that leveraged huge debts upon the club.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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