81 executions in Saudi Arabia on one day and horror of Russia's invasion of Ukraine buffet the Premier League
By Jack Bantock, CNN
Ukraine Sport News
Chelsea: Who are the potential bidders before Friday's sale deadline
With the Friday deadline for the sale of Roman Abramovich's Chelsea approaching, BBC Sport recaps who the major interested parties are so far.
Barcelona fight back to reach Europa League quarter-finals
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the winner as Barcelona fought back from a goal down to beat Galatasaray 2-1 on Thursday to book their spot in the Europa League quarter-finals, while Andriy Yarmolenko scored an extra-time winner as West Ham knocked out Sevilla. After a goalless first leg at the Camp Nou last week, Xavi Hernandez's Barca trailed on aggregate in the last 16 when Marcao headed Galatasaray into a 28th-minute lead on the night in Istanbul.
Russian, Belarusian athletes to be excluded from Diamond League
The Diamond League of track and field competitions has banned Russian Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) and Belarusian athletes from its events "for the foreseeable future", organisers said, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Europa League: Andriy Yarmolenko extra-time goal sends West Ham United into last eight
Andriy Yarmolenko's extra-time goal earned West Ham United a 2-0 win over Sevilla on Thursday and took the English side into the Europa League quarter-finals. Yarmolenko had been granted compassionate leave after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and missed West Ham's 1-0 loss in the first leg in Spain due to illness.
Chelsea sale: 9 major players in bidding war as takeover deadline approaches
Chelsea have been up for sale since the beginning of this month but are without a buyer as the deadline for official bids passes.
Man City and Everton fans and players inspired Ukraine's latest sporting hero
Ukraine’s latest sporting hero says Manchester City and Everton fans helped to inspire the Paralympic medal haul that lifted his beleaguered nation. Cross-country skier Grygorii Vovchynskyi won an astonishing five medals - two gold, a silver and two bronze - in Beijing despite the anxiety over his family back home during the Russian invasion.
Cyprus, Turkey and Thailand: Top holiday spots feeling fallout from Ukraine-Russian war
Russians are not the biggest holiday planners, says Mikhail Ilyin, a priest and tour business owner in Pattaya, Thailand. Where most Europeans might book a holiday one or two years in advance, Russian tourists tend to be more spontaneous.