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Roman Abramovich has announced Chelsea Football Club is for sale

Roman Abramovich included in latest UK sanctions

Britain has imposed asset freezes on seven further Russian businessmen, including Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and Igor Sechin, the chief executive of Russian oil group Rosneft.

Ukraine • 10 Mar 22

The men were recorded chanting as they pushed back a black man trying to board a Paris metro train

Chelsea fans sentenced over Paris racist incident

Four Chelsea fans have been handed suspended jail sentences by a French court over a racist incident that happened before a Champions League tie in 2015.

News • 03 Jan 17

Members of the NYPD stand guard near Penn Station in New York

Police search for terrorism link in New York blast

Investigators sifted through blast remnants, examined video and scoured the scene of an explosion that wounded 29 people in Manhattan, attempting to establish if there were any links to international terrorism.

News • 19 Sep 16

Controversy erupted last month when Chelsea fans were filmed singing racist chants and refusing to let a black man on a train

Five men to appear in court over Paris incident

Five men involved in incidents on the Paris Metro ahead of a Chelsea match have been served with summonses, British police have said.

News • 11 Mar 15

Chelsea fans light flares during their UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match against Paris Saint Germain

Football hooligans continue to taint game

The incident in Paris is the latest in a long line of racist behaviour and disturbances carried out by some Chelsea football fans.

Special Reports • 18 Feb 15

A screengrab from the incident at Richelieu-Drouot station in central Paris

Chelsea fans video 'disturbing' - Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said a video of self-proclaimed racist fans who were filmed preventing a black man from boarding a Paris subway train, was extremely disturbing and very worrying".

News • 18 Feb 15

Chelsea turn first annual profit in Abramovich era

Boosted by winning its first Champions League title, Chelsea reported an annual profit on Friday for the first time in the nine-year reign of Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.

Business • 09 Nov 12

Chelsea to miss out on Battersea stadium

Chelsea Football Club will almost certainly fail in its bid to move its stadium to London landmark Battersea Power Station.

Business • 28 May 12

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