Hamilton faces rival Chelsea interest from part-Mercedes owner
Lewis Hamilton faces opposition in his Chelsea Football Club takeover interest from a co-owner of the Mercedes Formula 1 team.
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Naomi Osaka starts clay season off in style with an easy straight sets win over Anastasia Potapova at the Madrid Open
Naomi Osaka is through to the second round of the Madrid Open with an emphatic 6-3 6-1 win over qualifier Anastasia Potapova. The four-time Grand Slam champion, who is competing in her first clay-court tournament of the season and entered the Madrid Open as a wild card, was fully locked in against her Russian opponent who made 20 unforced errors and struggled on her first serve; she had little trouble dispatching the 21-year-old in 61 minutes. Ad/> Osaka will play either French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo — who beat Osaka on clay at the Billie Jean Cup in 2020 — next.
British tycoon Ratcliffe makes £4.25 billion bid for Chelsea
British businessman Jim Ratcliffe has made a £4.25 billion offer to buy Premier League club Chelsea, his company Ineos said on Friday.
Latest Kyiv attack 'clear sign of disrespect for the UN': Germany's Franziska Brantner
As Kyiv reels from a Russian missile attack which struck during a visit by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Brantner tells FRANCE 24 this is a "clear sign of disrespect for the United Nations" by the Kremlin, and that it "shows that Vladimir Putin is… inclined to go ahead with brutal force".
Can Europe afford to wean itself off Russian gas?
The world economy has been rocked by the current energy crisis, but one industry in particular has been hit the hardest. Yara is a Norwegian fertiliser company and industry leader, with production sites around the world. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, which has seen gas prices skyrocket, the firm's production costs have also gone through the roof.
Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly in exclusive negotiations to buy Chelsea for $3B - report
The consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly is in exclusive negotations to buy Premier League club Chelsea for $3 billion (£2.4bn), a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Chelsea sale: Next steps as Todd Boehly group face govt approval and Premier League test
The takeover of Chelsea has moved a step closer to completion with confirmation expected soon that the consortium led by US businessman Todd Boehly has been put forward as the preferred bidder and will enter exclusive talks with the club..
Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes £4.25 billion bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, owner of Ineos, has tabled a bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich. Abramovich put Chelsea up for sale following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and it was reported that a deadline of April 11 had been made for bids to be tabled. Ad/> It was reported that four bidders had been put on the shortlist, and they were looking to find out which had been handed preferred status by the Raine Group who are handling the sale on behalf of Abramovich.