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Sale of Chelsea FC confirmed

Chelsea Football Club is sold for more than $5 billion US dollars. We ask what it means for the club and what the post-Roman Abramovich era might look like.

Chelsea Football Club is sold for more than $5 billion US dollars to an American investment consortium led by Todd Boehly. We ask what it means for the club and what the post-Roman Abramovich era might look like under the LA Dodgers and LA Lakers co-owner.

Elsewhere, Shanghai is preparing to lift its strict Covid lockdown measures. And the Colombian presidential election goes to a surprise run-off.

(Photo: Todd Boehly after Chelsea v Watford match. Credit: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters)

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Mon 30 May 2022 22:32GMT

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