Roman Abramovich has owned Premier League club Chelsea since 2003Roman Abramovich’s attempt to sell Chelsea has been halted after the oligarch was sanctioned by the UK government as part of its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The freezing of Abramovich’s assets, which include Chelsea, means the club cannot sell further match tickets.The move is intended…Continue Reading

A total of 49 of the 54 penalties taken by Washington and Bedlington in their shootout were scoredA world record 54 penalties were needed to separate two non-league sides from England’s north-east in a marathon cup shootout on Wednesday.More spot-kicks were taken at the end of the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup tie between Washington and…Continue Reading

Scott Brown made 33 appearances for Aberdeen this seasonIn the world of Hollywood horror movies there is a particular plotline device featuring the plight of the protagonist that can be loosely described as ‘It ‘Aint Over Yet’. You know the kind of thing. It looks like curtains for Chucky in Child’s Play, but no, what’s…Continue Reading

Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, has held talks with his agent Jorge Mendes over his future at Old Trafford. (Sun)external-linkLyon striker Moussa Dembele is another striker Manchester United are looking at, with the 25-year-old Frenchman reportedly available for £25m in the summer. (Mail)external-linkAston Villa boss Steven Gerrard wants the club to exercise…Continue Reading

Newcastle United are interested in signing Germany defender Antonio Rudiger when the 29-year-old’s Chelsea contract expires at the end of the season. (Telegraph)external-linkBut Manchester United will rival their fellow Premier League side for Rudiger’s signature this summer. (Express)external-linkUnited, however, could miss out on signing the centre-back because of the uncertainty over who will become the…Continue Reading

The minute Paris St-Germain sporting director Leonardo heard about it, he grabbed his phone and called Neymar right away. Like everyone else, he was surprised to find out through an interview aired by DAZN in October that his 222m euros star sees this year’s World Cup as “his last one”, stating he doesn’t know if…Continue Reading

‘Not over the moon, but really happy we went through’Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool deserve to be in the Champions League quarter-finals despite some “slapstick” finishing as they were beaten by Inter Milan in the second leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield.An outstanding finish by Lautaro Martinez was not enough for the Italian champions as…Continue Reading

Vorskla Poltava player Lucas Rangel made a detour to collect Tetiana Sukhoparova and the pair endured an arduous journey out of Ukraine”It was a deafening sound, something I had never heard before. They were flying really low so I just assumed, ‘that’s it, they’re going to attack us’,” Lucas Rangel told BBC Sport.They didn’t, but…Continue Reading

Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have scored more goals for a single team in the Champions League than Robert LewandowskiRobert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick inside the opening 23 minutes as Bayern Munich thrashed Red Bull Salzburg to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.The Poland captain, on his 100th start in the competition, confidently stroked home…Continue Reading