Roman Abramovich

Sports 02/26/19, 15:03

Gathered with his Chelsea directors, Roman Abramovich stopped the football talk to raise deep concerns.This was in November 2017, and Abramovich was alarmed by a rise in anti-Semitic incidents, particularly in Britain — and even in his own stadium. Rather than just focusing on trophies, the Premier League club's Jewish ...

Sports 02/11/19, 09:55

The squad has been publicly undermined. There's been grumbling about the lack of contact from the owner. And the team was just handed its biggest loss in 28 years.Maurizio Sarri's reign at Chelsea already looks like it's approaching the end, and he's not even completed a season."My job," Sarri said ...

Soccer 10/11/18, 07:46

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck says big teams should not be forced to join the "great unwashed," railing against attempts to make soccer more equal.UEFA has been exploring introducing regulations to improve the competitive balance to close the divide between clubs.But Buck says he is not "in favor of dumbing down ...

World 09/26/18, 10:42

Swiss officials say Russian oligarch and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich has withdrawn an application for residency in Switzerland after authorities made clear it would be rejected.Lawyers for Abramovich, meanwhile, have lashed out at "defamatory" allegations involving money laundering and denied that he has links to organized crime.FILE - ...