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	Watkins joins RFL board
		Maurice Watkins, director at Manchester United and experienced sports lawyer, has joined the board of the Rugby Football League.
		Watkins becomes a non-executive director of UK rugby league's governing body and is believed to have come on board to aid in negotiations regarding a new TV rights contract when the existing deal with pay-TV platform BSkyB expires at the end of next season.
		Watkins also serves a member of the Premier League's legal working party and is on UEFA's panel of external legal experts.
	www.sportbusiness.com /news/149381/watkins-joins-rfl-board (137 words)

	Maurice Watkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maurice Watkins (born August 29, 1956) is a former boxer from Houston, Texas.
		After the IOC announced that Iraq would be allowed to compete in seven sports at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, including boxing, the United States military, overviewing the new Iraqi Olympic committee, set about to find a new boxing coach for the Iraqi national boxing team.
		When Watkins arrived there, he saw what he described to a Sports Illustrated columnist as not too much talent, but a lot of heart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maurice_Watkins (475 words)

	Soccer365 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Watkins was unavailable for comment but it is thought the attack is part of a concerted campaign to prevent American business tycoon Malcolm Glazer taking control of the Red Devils.
		Watkins is the largest individual shareholder on the United board, owning a 1.9% stake, valued at approximately £13million.
		Even though Watkins had no prior knowledge of who the shares would be sold to, fans have accused the solicitor of selling United's heritage and aiding Glazer's attempts to purchase the club.
	www.soccer365.com /EUROPEAN_NEWS/Premiership/page_99_82031.shtml (332 words)

	Middle East Online
		Maurice Watkins went to Iraq last year on a mission to kill termites, but ended up presiding over the rebirth of the brutalized nation's sporting heritage.
		Watkins was himself a former amateur featherweight boxing champ whose career highlights include membership in the mid-1970s US Olympic boxing team that featured future boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard, among others.
		Watkins plans to visit his wife and children in Houston over the next two weeks, after which it will be back to training camp for the Iraqis, who still hope to qualify via the China and Japan eliminators in March and April, respectively.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=8554=8554&format=0 (730 words)

	WATKINS
		MARCUS CALLOWAY4 WATKINS (HENRY O3, JOSHUA2, THOMAS1) was born December 24, 1870 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died August 23, 1928 in McMinn County, Tennessee.
		LONIE ETHEL4 WATKINS (HENRY O3, JOSHUA2, THOMAS1) was born September 02, 1882 in Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, and died January 05, 1963 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
		DOVIE RHEA5 WATKINS (MARCUS CALLOWAY4, HENRY O3, JOSHUA2, THOMAS1) was born December 05, 1896 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died October 03, 1967 in Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee.
	www.angelfire.com /ga4/jholc/Watkins.html (5795 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Science mourns DNA pioneer Wilkins
		Maurice Wilkins was an intensely private and self-effacing man who was much loved by colleagues and students, KCL said in a statement released on Wednesday.
		Maurice was one of New Zealand's brightest stars whose achievements were known to but a select few of his countrymen.
		Maurice Wilkins was not only a great scientist but also a man deeply concerned with the social implications of his science.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3720060.stm (1699 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Olympics / Boxing / Through everything, he's a fighter
		Discovered by a British colonel who was also a fight fan, Watkins soon was conscripted to form a new Iraqi boxing team funded by coalition forces with the belief that if they somehow could produce just one Olympian, it might begin to unify Iraq around something other than politics.
		When Watkins walked into that tiny boxing gym with one undersized ring and six heavy bags jammed in a dank, stuffy room beneath a stadium in Baghdad, Ali wondered what this guy was all about.
		Watkins did and along with three Iraqi coaches, he settled on Ali as the one to push for the wild-card exemption.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/boxing/articles/2004/08/18/through_everything_hes_a_fighter?pg=full (1270 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It did not take long before word got around that Watkins had enjoyed a distinguished career as a boxer back home in the US and he was asked to take over the team.
		Watkins broke down the barriers by beginning each training session with a team dance and a chant of “Iraq is back!
		Lucky to have escaped a mortar bomb attack during a stay in Baghdad, Watkins said he and team leader Muhawi Shawkat Shibly had been threatened because not everyone was happy that an American was training the Iraqi boxing team.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040505/asp/sports/story_3207969.asp (332 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		Najah Ali introduced himself to Watkins in another way: He told Watkins he would be the one to go to the Olympics.
		Eventually, Watkins was led to a soccer field outside the gym where the boxers paired off and gloved up.
		By the time Watkins arrived, after the fall of Hussein, the Iraqi boxers didn't have to worry about the physical punishment.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/07/26/oly07-26-2004.html (1072 words)

	RingSideReport.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Watkins would retire in 1990 and go on to actually kill termites and other pests when he became a licensed pest control expert.
		In the spring of 2003, Watkins was in Iraq working as a pest control specialist when he was approached by Mike Gfoeller, a Coalition Provisional Authority official who asked him what were the chances of putting together a boxing team for Iraq.
		Watkins trained and got his team into shape under heavy fire protection, which was needed daily for not only his protection, but also the entire team.
	ringsidereport.com /bbb8252004.htm (446 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Olympic Games : An American hand in Iraq's gold mission
		Watkins, a licensed pest control contractor who also has sold cars for the past six years, also happens to be a former professional boxer —; and a pretty good one at that.
		Gfoeller asked Watkins what he thought the odds were of reviving the Iraqi national boxing programme on short notice and qualifying at least one boxer for the Olympics.
		Watkins was undaunted by the risk to his own well-being, the random violence caused by insurgents and the lack of adequate facilities and equipment for the boxers.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/08/stories/2004080805391600.htm (999 words)

	CONCACAF
		Watkins along with Football Association (FA) officials Graham Noakes, Mark Ives and Kim Fisher conducted the four-day workshop (10-13 June) at the Dr. João Havelange Centre of Excellence in Trinidad.
		Thirty-eight administrators from 18 countries took part in the event, which was staged as part of a collaboration agreement between CONCACAF and the F.A. The workshop was entitled “Contracts, Transfers and Structures for Development” and focused on developing effective league and administrative structures as well as the new FIFA regulations governing the transfer of players.
		In his address, Watkins, a legal expert who is also on FIFA’s Dispute Resolutions Committee, urged regional administrators to develop the new skills that are required to manage football in the modern era.
	www.concacaf.com /view_article.asp?id=1481 (551 words)

	Bowl of Flakes - It really is a good time to be an Iraqi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Watkins went to Iraq around the time Hussein was toppled to work in pest control.
		In the ensuing weeks, Watkins and his group of boxers trained, ate and slept in a gym south of Baghdad, with bunks on one end and boxing rings on the other.
		Watkins and the three Iraqi coaches working with him were told they had to pick one boxer for the wild-card spot.
	www.metalflakes.com /bowlofflakes/showthread.php?t=25798 (839 words)

	Untitled
		John Maurice Watkins, the founder of this bookshop, was a friend and disciple of H P. Blavatsky and was himself personally involved in seeing the first edition of The Secret Doctrine, her great metaphysical classic, through the press.
		The ideal of founding the bookshop is said to have occurred to Mr Watkins in a conversation with Madame Blavatsky in which she lamented the fact that there was nowhere in London one could buy books on mysticism, occultism and metaphysics.
		Watkins Books, by the end of the decade of Disco, Watergate, and Trade Union strikes itself started to suffer from the pressures of rapidly soaring rents and rates, not to mention increasing competition, and the two partners found that running the shop was no longer financially viable.
	www.watkinsbooks.com /history.html (1715 words)

	US Policy article
		Watkins, a retired professional boxer, was in Iraq as a pest control expert during the spring of 2003.
		On the first day of practice Watkins told the team that they had a slim chance of making it to the Olympics, but said to also remember that anything is possible.
		Coach Watkins said that the boxing team and the U.S. Olympic Committee gave him equipment and clothes and welcomed him as one of their own.
	www.uspolicy.be /Article.asp?ID=03FAFE4B-F462-4469-BD66-AD49EA71261E (688 words)

	William Morris Agency
		Watkins, a former professional boxer and U.S. Golden Gloves champion, recently worked with our armed forces in Iraq as a pest control technician, where he ultimately took on the coalition's challenge to qualify an Iraqi fighter for the Olympics.
		Watkins succeeded by not only taking Iraqi boxer Najah Ali to the Olympics but also coaching him in his first Olympic win.
		Watkins is managed by Cliff Lee Roberts at Roberts Law Office in Houston.
	www.wma.com /0/press/pressreleases/Maurice_Watkins_092904.html (166 words)

	PCT Online :: News :: New Book on Maurice ‘Termite’ Watkins Now Available (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Watkins, of Deer Park, Texas, grew up in the pest control business and was the Iraqi Boxing Coach in the ’04 Olympics.
		Watkins went to Iraq to serve his country as a pest management professional.
		Watkins felt a calling to travel to Iraq and serve his country.
	www.pctonline.com /news/news.asp?ID=3651 (322 words)

	Legal Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Watkins thinks it was good for football that Belgium’s Jean-Marc Bosman famously followed his case through, which resulted in a landmark ruling against restrictions by football’s governing bodies on the employment of players from other European Union member states.
		That said, Watkins was highly critical of the FA ruling against Ferdinand, calling the sentence “savage and unprecedented”.
		The James Chapman & Co sports practice is clearly more than just Maurice Watkins, but he has been in the spotlight for so long that others may not have had the chance to prove in so high profile a way that they too have the Midas touch for the club and the firm.
	www.legalweek.net /ViewItem.asp?id=18476&Keyword=Manches (2044 words)

	Personalities of Louisiana: John Watkins
		Watkins arrives from Philadelphia, serves as recorder under Mayor James Pitot.
		During Watkins’ administration Aaron Burr visits, the first Protestent church is organized, the market is improved for the first time since 1791, the streets of the Vieux CarrÈ are extended past the old ramparts, a garde de ville is established to replace the mostly Spanish gen d’armes.
		Watkins is a vestryman for the first Episcopal church.
	www.enlou.com /no_people/watkinsj-bio.htm (247 words)

	ESPNsoccernet.com - England - Utd condemn Watkins attack
		Watkins is thought to have been in the house when the attack occurred, with paint also being sprayed on an Audi and over parts of his house.
		Watkins is thought to have been targeted because a million United shares he sold in April ended up in the hands of American business tycoon Malcolm Glazer, the man widely believed to be behind the 'preliminary approach' to buy the club, which was confirmed to the Stock Exchange yesterday morning.
		Watkins was unavailable for comment today but the attack will no doubt have come as a major shock to one of the most respected figures in the game.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=312462&cc=5739 (645 words)

	Lateline - 05/12/2003: Iraqi boxing team aims for Olympics. Australian Broadcasting Corp
		MAURICE 'TERMITE' WATKINS: Well, they have been held back for 35 years.
		They've not had a chance to perform and when they did perform, it was in fear, fear that if they didn't do good, their families may be killed, they may be tortured, they may be raped.
		MAURICE 'TERMITE' WATKINS: Eventually, our good guys are going to overtake all the bad guys and in the meantime we're going to prepare this Iraqi national boxing team and get 'em prepared for the Olympics.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2003/s1004716.htm (605 words)

	Legal expert lends weight to TV dealing
		Rugby league: Sports law expert Maurice Watkins has joined the RFL board and is expected to play a key role in the negotiations for a new rugby league television contract.
		The Manchester United director and sports law expert Maurice Watkins has joined the board of the Rugby Football League and is expected to play a key role in the negotiations for a new television contract when the existing deal with BSkyB expires at the end of next season.
		Watkins becomes the RFL's third non-executive director, a coup for the game in general and specifically for Richard Lewis, the former Lawn Tennis Association director who took over as executive chairman at the start of the year.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/11-20-2002-30688.asp (342 words)

	'Termite' Gives Iraq the Olympic Bug
		This is exactly what happened to Maurice "Termite" Watkins, a civilian pest control contractor who left his wife and kids behind and headed to Iraq, to dodge heavy artillery fire, all in the name of protecting our troops from bugs.
		Watkins, a former car salesman and pest control professional, is an ex-junior welterweight contender, compiling a record of 59-5-2 with 40 KOs.
		Watkins is also helping Ali, along with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and others to get him enrolled in the University of Houston, where he can complete a master's degree in computer science.
	www.maxboxing.com /Stowell/Stowell080404.asp (1117 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Olympics 2004 \| Hollywood awaits Termite from Texas and Iraqi fly
		It is hardly any wonder that Maurice "Termite" Watkins will be coming to a cinema screen near you soon, courtesy of Bruce Willis, or possibly John Travolta or, who knows, maybe even Hugh Grant - Watkins declined yesterday to be specific.
		Within days, Watkins and 24 of Iraq's best fighters were holed up in a gym on the outskirts of Baghdad.
		With the big fight just a few hours away, Watkins probably had a lot on his mind, so he might be forgiven for missing the latest news from Iraq: mortar bomb hits downtown Baghdad, seven killed and more than 30 wounded.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /olympics2004/othersports/story/0,14817,1285362,00.html (899 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iraqi's one-man boxing team headed for Texas to train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Salah and former boxer Maurice "Termite" Watkins, who has spent the past seven months coaching the Iraqi boxing team for a shot at the Olympics in August, expect to arrive in Houston on Friday.
		In London, Watkins said, Salah sparred with the second-ranked local flyweight and "kicked his tail," Watkins said.
		Watkins' training methods, which emphasize fun as well as hard work, contrasted with those under former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2004-05-20-iraq-boxing_x.htm (531 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - How Taylor brought football to the brink
		Watkins, a Manchester United director, was there on behalf of the Premier League, while Hewison was acting for the PFA.
		Watkins and Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore were blissfully unaware of the news until Hewison turned to them on the steps of their hotel and said: 'Gordon's already called a strike.'
		Watkins had counselled during the negotiations that there was no need to send out the strike notice until today or maybe tomorrow while negotiations continued in the hope of finding a settlement.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2001/1122/20011122taylorstrike.html (992 words)

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