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FA Cup: Chelsea Survive Scare Against Luton, Liverpool Beat Norwich

Chelsea survived a major FA Cup scare to reach the quarter-finals with a 3-2 win at Luton just hours after Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale on Wednesday. Thomas Tuchel's side took to the Kenilworth Road pitch for the fifth round tie with their heads still spinning from Abramovich's bombshell announcement. The Russian billionaire has decided to sell Chelsea amid fears he could be sanctioned by the British government amid his country's invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich, who is alleged to have close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will give the net proceeds from the sale to victims of the Ukraine war, with his asking price starting at a reported GBP 3 billion ($4 billion).

West Ham’s Ukrainian star Andriy Yarmolenko to travel to Poland to collect fleeing family

West Ham star Andriy Yarmolenko will fly to Poland in the coming days to collect his family after they fled Ukraine, according to national team legend Andriy Shevchenko.

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Winter Olympics: NYT

WASHINGTON: Senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the New York Times reported, quoting Biden administration officials and a European official who cited a Western intelligence report.