GMs Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championship in 2016. Photo by Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Jeffery Xiong of Coppell won his ...

Grandmasters Varuzhan Akobian (Left) and Jeffery Xiong at the U.S. Chess Championships. (Austin Fuller, Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis) Following the biggest victory of his career ...

Coppell’s Jeffery Xiong just became a teenager, but he already has an international reputation. The 13-year-old -- one of the two youngest chessmasters in… ...

Reading boss Steve Coppell has insisted he is committed to the club, despite so far failing to sign a new contract. Coppell's men moved 15 points clear at the top of the Championship after their 0-0 ...

In the world of international chess, there are about 1,400 Grandmasters across some 75 countries. One of the newest, and youngest, lives in Coppell. We… ...

A Coppell teenager is one of only a dozen grandmasters invited to play at the 2019 U.S. Chess Championship. Jeffery Xiong, 18, accepted a bid to compete in the 12-player, 11-round Round-Robin ...

Coppell had been in charge at Reading since October 2003 and the club won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history in 2006. And Madejski, speaking at a news conference on ...

Advancements in Coppell’s personal life, on the 30 th anniversary of when he was at the heart of Crystal Palace’s on-the-field advancements: the club’s first ever FA Cup final. Naturally, when you get ...

Coppell's men lost 2-0 to Burnley on the night and 3-0 on aggregate. "Following our play-off exit I feel it's the best thing, for both the club and myself, for me to leave," he said.

Reading manager Steve Coppell says he will not make an immediate decision over his future following the club's relegation from the Premier League.

However, on Monday, 4th June, 1984, that is exactly what happened as the Eagles made Steve Coppell the youngest manager in the league when they appointed the recently retired midfielder on a two-year ...