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The owner of England's Chelsea Football Club, Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, as he leaves court in London, Oct. 4, 2011. Soccer club Vitesse Arnhem has been docked 18 points and will be relegated from the Netherlands top division. The club has been under investigation for ties to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Dutch soccer club docked points and relegated during probe of Russian ties to Abramovich

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Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. U.S. authorities moved Monday, June 6, 2022, to seize two luxury jets — a $60 million Gulfstream and a $350 million aircraft believed to be one of the world's most expensive private airplanes — after linking both to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) **FILE**

Feds win warrant to seize Russian billionaire’s $350 million jet

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Sanctions on Abramovich see restrictions placed on Chelsea

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Abramovich, a former Russian provincial governor and Vladimir Putin ally who became a steel and metals magnate, is now a dual Israeli citizen with a net worth estimated at more than $13 billion. He has used his fortune to buy the British soccer club Chelsea and homes in London and New York. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Roman Abramovich confirms he will sell Chelsea

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2020 file photo, Chelsea's head coach Frank Lampard looks on after the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at the Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England. Lampard has been fired by Chelsea halfway through his second season in charge of the London club on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 after being unable to replicate his success as the club’s record scorer in his first Premier League managerial job. Chelsea has lost five of its last eight Premier League games and dropped to ninth place, despite Lampard benefiting from nearly $300 million on new players for this season. (Nick Potts/Pool via AP, File)

No sentimentality as Abramovich fires Chelsea great Lampard

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Belgium forward Eden Hazard attends a press conference after his official presentation after signing for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Real Madrid announced last week that it had acquired the 28-year-old Belgian playmaker from Chelsea for a reported fee of around 100 million euros ($113 million) plus variables, making him the club's most expensive signing ever. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Chelsea mired in uncertainty as challenges grow

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 12, 2015 file photo, Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich, right, and Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, left, watch during the second half of the English Premier League soccer match between QPR and Chelsea at Loftus Road stadium in London. Gathered with his Chelsea’s directors, Roman Abramovich stopped the football talk to raise deep concerns he wanted them to address at the club and beyond. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Abramovich’s Chelsea confronts anti-Semitism problem

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri, right, reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Sarri state: Humbling loss endangers Chelsea coach’s future

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, file photo, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Roman Abramovich withdrew an application for residency in Switzerland, according to the Swiss migration office, as lawyers for the Russian oligarch lashed out at “defamatory” allegations involving money laundering and denied that he has links to organized crime. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Roman Abramovich ends Swiss residency bid after ‘defamatory’ claim

By Jamey Keaten and Kate de Pury - Associated Press

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri looks out from the sidelines during the Premier League match against Huddersfield, at the John Smith's Stadium in Huddersfield, England, Saturday Aug. 11, 2018. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

New coaches, contrasting transitions at Arsenal and Chelsea

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has received Israeli citizenship after his British visa has not been renewed. An Israeli Immigration and Absorption Ministry official says the Chelsea soccer club owner arrived in Israel Monday and was granted citizenship in accordance with an Israeli law granting that right to people of Jewish descent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Abramovich is latest Russian oligarch to move to Israel

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has received Israeli citizenship after his British visa has not been renewed. An Israeli Immigration and Absorption Ministry official says the Chelsea soccer club owner arrived in Israel Monday and was granted citizenship in accordance with an Israeli law granting that right to people of Jewish descent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Russian billionaire Abramovich gets Israeli citizenship

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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Russian billionaire Abramovich runs into UK visa issues

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte looks dejected during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge in London, Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Moans, lack of support signal Conte’s Chelsea future on line

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. According to a joint statement Monday Aug. 7, 2017, 50-year old Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich and his wife Dasha Zhukova have announced their impending divorce, after ten years together. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

Russian tycoon Abramovich and third wife announce split

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