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...Jonathan Sullivan, an expert on Chinese politics at the University of Nottingham, says the constant tinkering with football regulation reflects the wider challenges of doing business in China....
...In an interview with the Financial Times, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexico’s economy secretary, said his government was consulting with Washington and conscious of the new president’s desire to bring...
...Wilson Palacios cost only £1m when he was signed from the Honduran side Olimpo, while the Ecuadorian midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia came on a free transfer after two years on loan from Villarreal....
...When Everton did break into the top quartet, their experience was enough to make other potential challengers wonder whether it were worth the effort: poor refereeing that saw them lose to Villarreal in the...
...In Spain it is noticeable that Villarreal, who for a variety of reasons have ostracised the Argentina playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme, have undergone a similar resurgence in the absence of their star....
...The hunt for the new Roy Keane goes on, with the latest solution being Michael Carrick alongside a ball-winner – either Villarreal’s Marcos Senna or Bayern Munich’s Owen Hargreaves....
...Their Champions League interest was ended by a controversially disallowed Duncan Ferguson header away to Villarreal, and a freakish 5-1 defeat to Dinamo Bucharest saw them rapidly exit the Uefa Cup as well...
...Rangers, the first Scottish side to reach the knockout phase under the present format, will face Villarreal, probably the least fancied of the group winners....
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