Blurry text on Chrome when using CSS -webkit-transform

Question 1

I am not sure this will be a viable solution for fixing blurry text but I have created something that seems to avoid the problem.

The trick I use is to encapsulate all elements that require the transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg) in a container and absolutely position the container behind the text. That way, the text is not subject to any transformation and therefore does not need to be deskewed. I did try separating the text in a different way but the mere proximity to a transformed element was still resulting in blurry text.

I have created 2 demos, this one retains your original HTML and this one using something a bit cleaner and more semantic. It is the latter that I have also included the code for below.

HTML

<article>
    <section>
        <h1>PEC Zwolle v FC Groningen Tickets</h1>
        <p>Football</p>
        <time><strong>04 Apr 2014</strong> | 21:00</time>
    </section>
    <aside>
        <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/2012_Olympic_Football_-_Men's_tournament_-_Honduras_Vs_Morocco.jpg" /><b></b>
    </aside>
</article>

CSS

article, aside {
    font-size: 12px;
    height: 80px;
    width: 365px;
}

article {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: Arial;
    position:relative;
    margin-left: 25px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}
aside {
    position:absolute;
    z-index:-1;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    background-color: #f5f5f5;
    border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #c9c9c9;
    transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
    -webkit-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
    -moz-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
    -o-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
    -ms-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
    -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}
img {
    height: 100%;
    width: 125px;
}
aside b {
    right:0;
    top:0;
    position:absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 10px;
    background: rgb(30, 143, 30);
    background: url(data:image/svg+xml;
    base64, PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiA/Pgo8c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJod…EiIGhlaWdodD0iMSIgZmlsbD0idXJsKCNncmFkLXVjZ2ctZ2VuZXJhdGVkKSIgLz4KPC9zdmc+);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1) 0%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1) 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1)));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1) 0%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1) 100%);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1) 0%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1) 100%);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1) 0%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1) 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(30, 143, 30, 1) 0%, rgba(71, 209, 21, 1) 100%);
    filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#1e8f1e', endColorstr='#47d115', GradientType=0);
}
section {
    color: #323d50;
    height: 100%;
    margin-left:140px;
}
section h1 {
    font-size:15px;
    font-weight:normal;
    margin:5px 0 0;
}
section p {
    color: #9aa7af;
    font-size: 10px;
    margin: 5px 0;
}
time {
    font-size: 12px;
}

Question 2

This is my simple version based on yours:

WITH AUTO WIDTH ! :)

https://jsfiddle.net/CastelMTL/x2Lhhdmj/1/

HTML:

  <article>
    <section>
        <p>Football</p>
    </section>
    <aside>
    </aside>
</article>
<article>
    <section>
        <p>Football Player</p>
    </section>
    <aside>
    </aside>
</article>

CSS: @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,700,900,900italic);

article, aside {
    font-size: 12px;
    height: 30px;
    width:auto;
}

article {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: Arial;
    position:relative;
    margin-left: 25px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}
aside {
width:100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-width: 4px;
border-color: red;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
border: 3px solid #04B552;
border-radius: 3px;
/* border-bottom: 1px solid #c9c9c9; */
transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
-webkit-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
-moz-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
-o-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
-ms-transform: skew(-10deg, 0deg);
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}

section {
    color: #323d50;
    height: 30px;
    margin-left:0px;
    display: block;
}
section p {
    font-family:'lato';
    font-size:15px;
    line-height:15px;
    font-weight:normal;
    margin:10px 15px;
}

time {
    font-size: 12px;
}