UK should step in to fund scheme tracing Ukrainian children, say Lib Dems Ministers urged to act after US ended support to help locate an estimated 20,000 children taken to Russia The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025
Manchester United’s new field of dreams at risk of repeating the Tottenham trap Like their rivals, the problem is not the rise in revenue that a new home offers but that so little of it ends up being spent on players The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2025
UK may fight Abramovich in court to get £2bn from Chelsea FC sale for Ukraine Ministers frustrated by failure to agree terms with Russian oligarch and court case may be only way to break impasse The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025
Will Thomas Tuchel speak for England over Donald Trump's World Cup? Tough questions coming for the England boss as US President rips up old world order Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025
£2.5bn from Chelsea sale ‘still not handed to Ukraine war victims three years on’ Roman Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea after being placed under sanction The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025
£2.5bn from Chelsea sale ‘still locked up’ three years on Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club after being placed under sanction by the UK Government over his links to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025
Officials to explore housing Ukrainian refugees in Roman Abramovich properties The Government was being pressed again on ending the stalemate over cash from the sale of Chelsea FC. Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025
New British Virgin Isles measures don’t protect businesses or privacy – they protect criminals If overseas territories refuse to implement meaningful corporate transparency reforms, we must use our powers to ensure they do The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025
Will the Dodgers’ billions make MLB like European soccer? Not so fast … The World Series champions have been accused of becoming baseball’s Manchester City, spending their way to success. But there are differences The Guardian - US · Jan 31, 2025
Best Chelsea kits to sport when watching the Blues True Blue forever? Jen Offord lists the iconic shirts every real fan should own Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025
Roman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bn The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025
Roman Abramovich may owe HMRC £1bn for unpaid taxes, analysis shows Exclusive: Leaked papers suggest billionaire’s overseas firms should have paid UK tax on profits from hedge funds The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025
What the papers say – January 29 Wednesday’s speech by Chancellor Rachel Reeves dominates the day’s front pages. The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Tuesday briefing: How an unknown Chinese startup wiped $593bn from the value of an AI giant In today’s newsletter: the US has had a huge head start on artificial intelligence – but now a low-cost rival from Hangzhou has turned the industry on its head The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025 Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expenses
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025 Chelsea in talks to avoid points deduction over secret transfer payments made under Roman Abramovich Club in talks with Premier League over financial settlement over alleged rule breaches 10 years ago
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025 Chelsea hope for financial deal with Premier League over secret transfer payments Chelsea are negotiating with the Premier League over a financial settlement related to secret payments for transfers made during Roman Abramovich’s ownership
FourFourTwo · Dec 23, 2024 ‘It was without a doubt one of the most important matches that I played in my career. It wasn’t just Champions League football – it was a whole club at stake’: Ex-Chelsea star opens up on key game which changed the Blues' fortunes forever Chelsea became a completely new club overnight, following one key victory
The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024 ‘Fairly and cleanly’: Mourinho hits back at Guardiola with Manchester City jibe José Mourinho has delivered a withering response to Pep Guardiola after the latter saying he had won twice as many Premier League titles as his long-time rival
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024 States of Play: making sense of football’s descent into the morass In charting the game’s transformation into a geopolitical weapon, new book serves an urgent and crucial purpose
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024 Chelsea FC: UK government 'moving forward' on £2bn from club sale being spent on humanitarian work in Ukraine A Foreign Office minister told Parliament that the Government was committed to making progress in releasing the funds
FourFourTwo · Sep 14, 2024 Flops, fallouts, 4-4-3s and fans' wrath: A timeline Chelsea under Todd Boehly's BlueCo Chelsea were bought out by BlueCo and Todd Boehly in 2022 - who have overseen an era of hyper-spending under four permanent managers and three squad overhauls
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024 Gloves are off as Boehly and Eghbali battle for supremacy at Chelsea With too many grievances spilling out into the open over the past week, Clearlake Capital and Boehly are now looking for ways to buy each other out
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024 Enzo Maresca not concerned by reported rift between Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali were at the heart of the Blues’ 2022 takeover when Roman Abramovich sold the club.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024 Clearlake hopes to buy out Todd Boehly or remove his power in Chelsea civil war Chelsea’s majority shareholder, Clearlake, feels Todd Boehly should sell up or accept governance changes that strip him of influence over decisions