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British Tycoon Jim Ratcliffe Makes $5.3 Billion Bid For Chelsea

British businessman Jim Ratcliffe has made a 4.25 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) offer to buy Premier League club Chelsea, his company Ineos said on Friday. The club's Russian owner Roman Abramovich put the Blues up for sale on March 2 before being sanctioned the following week by the British government over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The lengthy sale was believed to be close to a conclusion, with New York bank the Raine Group -- handling the process for Abramovich -- reported to be set to announce their preferred bidder.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes 11th-hour £4.25billion bid to buy Chelsea

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has tabled a last-minute £4.25billion bid to buy Chelsea.

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.

Will Brittney Griner’s case be impacted by U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange?

Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia that freed marine veteran Trevor Reed on Wednesday will affect the status of the WNBA star.

7 Hearts & Rangers stars of the Youth Cup final - ace linked with Liverpool, goalkeeper hope, Kane inspiration

Rangers collected the club’s eighth Scottish Youth Cup victory earlier this week with a 2-1 win over Hearts.

Exiled Ukrainian athletes chase dreams in Albania and fret about home

Albania, but eight young Ukrainian track and field athletes are continuing to chase their sporting dreams. As the four teenage girls and four boys try to honour their homeland with sporting success, they are inevitably worrying about their loved ones back in Ukraine. "This war changed our lives but did not destroy our dreams," said Mariya Larina.

Pagliuca out of running for Chelsea, Ratcliffe makes bid

MANCHESTER, England : American investor Steve Pagliuca's group is out of the running to purchase Premier League side Chelsea, his spokesperson said on Friday, but British businessman Jim Ratcliffe says he has made a late bid to buy the London club.

In the muddy woodlands of a Baltic island, Sweden’s soldiers are getting ready for Russian attack

Wet snow turns into drizzling rain. Thanks to some diplomatic backing and the security clearance of the German and French embassies in Stockholm, I got finally authorization from the Swedish armed forces headquarters to enter the military facility on Gotland, a strategically important island in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Crouching down into the muddy soil I try best as I can to catch the tense faces of the young soldiers deployed across the coniferous woodland, passing a hidden tank, pausing behind some rocks for a few seconds, then silently moving further towards a trench that separates a small ridge from a large open meadow. It’s like a choreographed war-ballet, every single fighter fitting smoothly into the well-trained mechanism of their squad. Suddenly some dark silhouettes appear in the grassland ahead. Squad leader Benjamin commands: “Open Fire!”

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British Tycoon Jim Ratcliffe Makes $5.3 Billion Bid For Chelsea

Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes 11th-hour £4.25billion bid to buy Chelsea

Naomi Osaka starts clay season off in style with an easy straight sets win over Anastasia Potapova at the Madrid Open

Will Brittney Griner’s case be impacted by U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange?

7 Hearts & Rangers stars of the Youth Cup final - ace linked with Liverpool, goalkeeper hope, Kane inspiration

Exiled Ukrainian athletes chase dreams in Albania and fret about home

Pagliuca out of running for Chelsea, Ratcliffe makes bid

In the muddy woodlands of a Baltic island, Sweden’s soldiers are getting ready for Russian attack