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PREMIER REPORT

SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 12, 2011
Man City needs win over Man United to stay in race
LONDON — What a fabulous season this is.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 5, 2011
Move for Torres sees Chelsea overpay again
LONDON — When you are a billionaire, you tend to get what you want.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 29, 2011
Gray-Keys scandal filled with irony on many fronts
LONDON — Hypocrisy is not as offensive as sexism and fortunately for those guilty of failing to practice what they preach it is not as obvious to the public.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 22, 2011
Arsenal likely to bring end to trophy drought
LONDON — The quadruple of winning the Premier League, Champions League, F.A. Cup and the League Cup has never been achieved in England.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 15, 2011
Rebuilding Liverpool a huge task for Dalglish
LONDON — Different manager, same old results.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 8, 2011
Highly compensated Man City fails to inspire
LONDON — The more you pay for most things, the better they are.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 1, 2011
Liverpool faithful want Dalglish back
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 25, 2010
Tevez meets his match in Man City's owners
LONDON — And the prize for the climbdown of 2010 goes to . . . Carlos Tevez, who has been left eating so much humble pie he will need to diet.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 18, 2010
Tevez perfect example of a spoiled athlete
LONDON — We cannot be far from the day when a footballer puts in a transfer request because he doesn't like the tea lady.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 11, 2010
Ashley outdoes himself by firing Hughton
LONDON — "Chris will remain our manager. It is our intention to renegotiate his contract at the end of the year.''
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 4, 2010
Bid process for World Cup a farce
LONDON — Before the host for the 2006 World Cup were decided the general feeling was that South Africa, FIFA president Sepp Blatter's preference, was nailed on. A one-horse race.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 27, 2010
England unlikely to win 2018 bid
LONDON — Next Thursday at FIFA House in Zurich the host for the 2018 World Cup will be chosen. The best bid — England's — will probably not win.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 20, 2010
Loss to France another setback for Capello's England
LONDON — It was a good week for Joe Hart, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 13, 2010
Carroll selection sends out wrong message
LONDON — Andy Carroll, the Newcastle United striker, is Saturday set to be named in the England squad for next Wednesday's friendly against France at Wembley.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 6, 2010
Irrepressible Bale making mockery of FIFA shortlist
LONDON — Gareth Bale is not among the 23 best players in the world. He is not included on the shortlist for FIFA's Ballon D'Or, which will come as a surprise to those who saw the Tottenham winger destroy Inter Milan twice in the Champions League.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 30, 2010
Di Matteo's West Brom winning friends in top flight
LONDON — With a quarter of the Premier League campaign gone there can be little doubt about the team of the season so far — West Bromwich Albion.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 23, 2010
Deplorable behavior tarnishes Rooney's reputation forever
LONDON — Thick, greedy, mercenary, unfaithful to his wife, photographed urinating and smoking outside a bar, has brought Manchester United into disrepute by his off-field actions, injured and hopelessly out of form; Wayne Rooney's resume for the second half of 2011 is surely one that even he must...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 16, 2010
Rooney's days with United may be numbered
LONDON — When Wayne Rooney was presented with the Footballer of the Year trophy last May the prospect of him (a) leaving Manchester United and (b) scoring just one outfield goal in seven months would have been so preposterous that any discussion could only have come at the end of a long night.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 9, 2010
Davies would make England history with debut
LONDON — England plays Montenegro in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Tuesday, when Bolton's Kevin Davies, at 33, could become his country's oldest debutant in modern times.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 2, 2010
Wenger needs to turn Wilshere loose against Chelsea
LONDON — Arsenal has the chance to prove it is ready to mount a serious Premier League title challenge when it takes on champion Chelsea on Sunday.

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