Roman Abramovich hands Chelsea ‘stewardship’ to club’s charity trust

Roman Abramovich has handed “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the club’s charitable foundation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich will remain Chelsea owner and the Russian billionaire will not be asking the club to repay the loans it owes him.

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Lukaku calls for meetings with social media chiefs

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku says social media companies should sit down with Premier League footballers to help combat online abuse. A large number of footballers have been subjected to racist abuse in recent years and spoken out about the discrimination, including Lukaku and his Chelsea team-mates Reece James and Antonio Rudiger.

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Chelsea investigating alleged sectarian abuse of John McGinn

Chelsea are investigating alleged sectarian abuse aimed at Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn by a member of the Stamford Bridge crowd. Scotland international McGinn, 26, played the full 90 minutes for Villa on Saturday as they lost 3-0 to Chelsea.

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