Tag: Soccer
Roman Abramovich, Owner of Chelsea FC, Has Assets Frozen By Britain
The future of Chelsea F.C., one of Europe’s leading soccer teams, was thrust into uncertainty on Thursday when…
Chelsea Is for Sale as Pressure on Roman Abramovich Mounts
LONDON — Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch whose vast fortune transformed Chelsea into a global soccer powerhouse, confirmed…
FIFA Proposes Penalties for Russia but No Ban, Yet
Under mounting pressure to take action against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, the leadership of world soccer’s…
Stranded Soccer Stars, Frantic Calls and a Race to Flee Kyiv
Inside the windowless conference room of the Kyiv hotel where the soccer stars had gathered, the anxiety was…
Russia, Soccer and a Line Drawn Too Late
Everton and Chelsea, for example, have significant financial ties to Russian oligarchs who were named by a British…
How Sanctions on Russia Could Affect Champions League and Top Soccer Clubs
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has exposed fissures in European soccer that are threatening multimillion-dollar sponsorship agreements and have…
U.S. Women’s Players and U.S. Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit
A six-year fight over equal pay that had pitted key members of the World Cup-winning United States women’s…
Africa Cup of Nations: Soccer Tournament Offers Joy Amid Coups and Covid
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume turned down low so that nobody…
Amid Coups and Covid, Africa Focuses on What’s Most Important: Soccer
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume turned down low so that nobody…
Inside the FIFA Legends, Questions of Power and Process
It was at the end of that meeting, the woman said, as she and Macedo left a conference…
Fabrizio Romano: Soccer’s Prophet of the Deal
In part, his expanding influence — he has added five million social media followers in the past 18…