Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Ray Wilkins: a very real and remarkable football man
- English Soccer
- April 4, 2018, 15:47
In the eyes of all who watched him captaining Chelsea at the age of 18, Ray Wilkins was a golden boy of English football. To an instinctive vision of (...)

Bright lights, big city, bigger plans: Jim McGuinness in Beijing
- Soccer
- November 11, 2017, 10:00
In the elegant Chao Hotel on the hippest side of Beijing’s Sanlitun district, decorated with the bleached woods and downlighting of a contemporary art(...)

From Scolari to Pellegrini: how did the big-name coaches fare in China?
- International
- November 11, 2017, 10:00
Fabio Capello caused quite a stir when he arrived at Nanjing Airport in June. You just don’t see very many septuagenarians wearing jeans with matching(...)

How Paulinho earned seemingly bizarre Barcelona move
- English Soccer
- August 15, 2017, 15:54
April 2017: Paulinho had messed up. There was the Brazilian in China advertising a betting site alongside a Japanese porn star. His club, Guangzhou Ev(...)

Pablo Zabaleta and Robinho shared a debut but nothing else
- English Soccer
- May 20, 2017, 14:29
One of the endearing things about Manchester City, even in their present incarnation as global-scale wealth squanderers, is that every few years a pla(...)

Football in China: Facts and Figures
- Soccer
- December 24, 2016, 11:00
What is the Chinese Super League? The Chinese Football Association Super League was set up in 2004 as part of an effort to modernise and streamline t(...)

England gambled on Eddie Jones - FA need to do likewise
- International
- July 14, 2016, 11:50
The pronouncements have echoed down the years. Tournament on tournament, underachievement after depressing underachievement. This time they have insis(...)

Jackson Martínez joins Guangzhou Evergrande for €42m
- English Soccer
- February 3, 2016, 09:30
The Colombia striker Jackson Martínez has become the latest player to move to the Chinese Super League after Atlético Madrid confirmed he will move to(...)

Ramires to swap Chelsea for China’s Jiangsu Suning
- English Soccer
- January 25, 2016, 14:21
The Chelsea midfielder Ramires is attracting strong interest from the Chinese club Jiangsu Suning and is expected to cut short his stay in the Premier(...)

Barcelona ease into the Club World Cup final
- Soccer
- December 17, 2015, 13:36
Barcelona 3 Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick as Barcelona beat Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0 to book a FIFA Club Worl(...)