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Chelsea Football Club
organizationChelsea owner Roman Abramovich confirms he is trying to sell the English Premier League soccer club. The Russian-Israeli billionaire has owned the Blues since 2003 and helped steer the Stamford Bridge club to 19 major trophies. A consortium of billionaires have already made their interest in a deal public.
Lauren Boebert
personBoebert earned 'boos' from the House chamber on Tuesday night when called out Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal while he was talking about cancer-causing burn pits. She previously defended herself late Tuesday evening, writing on the platform that 'When Biden said flag draped coffins I couldn't stay silent' Biden was describing the death of his son Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran.
Joe Biden
personBiden's speechwriters rewrote the opening lines on Ukraine, but 90 per cent was tired Left-wing domestic rhetoric. Biden is at heart an appeaser, a president who kowtows to America’s enemies. November needs to be the time we send Pelosi into retirement.
Roman Abramovich
personBillionaire oligarch set to receive bids for the club 'this week' Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss claims he has been offered the chance to join a takeover bid for Chelsea. Labour MP Chris Bryant has called for the UK Government to impose sanctions on Abramovich.
Jill Biden
personThe Ukrainian ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden. Joe Biden has travelled to Wisconsin to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Biden intended to continue to press Congress to act on programs in his stalled Build Back Better legislation.
Alisher Usmanov
personAlisher Usmanov has had his yacht seized by German authorities. The oligarch was hit with a number of sanctions by the European Union this week due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Dilbar was docked in Germany for a refitting job back in October but is now in the possession of the authorities. Everton revealed earlier this week that they had severed ties with the oligarch.
Anastasia Potapova
personElina Svitolina beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 at the Monterrey Open. Top-seeded Ukrainian decided she could do more for her country by playing. The 27-year-old is donating her prize money to the Ukrainian army.
RT
organizationYouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. Apple is pausing product sales in Russia. DirecTV said it was dropping Russia-backed news network RT from its pay-television packages.
YouTube
organizationGoogle-owned YouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. YouTube blocks the Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe "taking into account the ongoing war in Ukraine"
FA Cup
organizationJust 16 teams remain in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Seven of the eight eight ties take place between Tuesday-Thursday this week. There are nine Premier League teams left in the competition.
Shell
organizationShell will end all joint ventures with Russian gas giant Gazprom, worth around £2.25billion. Shell has pulled out of the £8billion Nord Stream 2 project. Also withdrew its 27.5 stake in a major liquefied natural (LNG) gas plant. BP has also announced it would abandon its nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil giant Rosneft.
Sputnik
organizationGoogle is blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik in Europe. The move follows the European Commission's announcement that it will "ban the Kremlin's media machine" YouTube barred the outlets from being able to monetize their content on the platform.
Daria Kaleniuk
personDaria Kaleniuk: 'Ukrainian women and children are in deep fear' Belarus troops have invaded Ukraine, Kyiv claims as 40-mile convoy of Putin's artillery snakes towards the capital. Comes amid fears Russia will 'use medieval tactics' to bomb the city into submission.
IOC
organizationIOC recommends ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes. FIFA set to suspend Russia ahead of Winter Olympics. Badminton's world governing body cancels tournaments in Russia and Belarus. India's IOC no longer accepts Russian, Kazakh crude on FOB basis.
Gazprom
organizationFIFA have thrown Russia out of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. Russia were due to play Poland in a play-off for Qatar 2022 on March 24 - a match Poland said they would boycott. The Poles have now been given a bye to the next round of qualifying. Russia will not compete at the women's Euro 2022 in England this summer.
Rosneft
organizationFTSE 100 stock market index extended its losses this morning. Many British savers have suffered a hit to their Isa and Sipp portfolios. First Horizon Corp. is being bought by TD Bank Group for $13.4 billion.
Liverpool
organizationLiverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Caoimhin Kelleher scored the Reds' ninth penalty of the shootout. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the decisive penalty. Jurgen Klopp became the first German manager to win the English League Cup.
European Union
organizationLuxembourg will send 100 NLAW anti-tank weapons, jeeps and 15 military tents to Ukraine. Slovenia's PM Jansa supports speedier EU membership process for Ukraine. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said it was necessary to give a clear signal that Ukraine was welcome in Europe's community of democratic countries.
Derek Jeter
personDerek Jeter announced a surprise departure from the Miami Marlins on Monday. Jeter became CEO of the Marlins in September 2017 when Bruce Sherman bought the team from Jeffrey Loria. Miami went 218-327 during his four seasons at the helm, finishing with a winning record only once.
Kepa Arrizabalaga
personChelsea lost 11-10 on penalties to Liverpool in the EFL Cup final at Wembley. Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the crucial penalty and saved none despite coming on late in extra-time. Caoimhin Kelleher scored the Reds' ninth penalty of the shootout.