Premier League approve Chelsea takeover as Todd Boehly deal moves another step closer

A number of Manchester United supporters have sent a string of 'good luck' messages to Nemanja Matic after he completed his move to Italian giants Roma on Tuesday.

This Morning viewers were left divided and distracted as Mason Mount made a live appearance on the show. The footballer headed to chat to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the ITV daytime show fresh from England's defeat against Hungary.

Coronation Street star Jane Hazlegrove looked worlds away from her on-screen character as she headed to a glitzy awards bash over the weekend. The actress, who plays Bernie Winter in the ITV soap, donned her best glam as she attended the British Soap Awards.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBugs, Daffy, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang will be back in a Broadway-set “Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical,” the first-ever Looney Tunes Original animated movie musical, which is produced by Warner Bros. Animation.Envisaged as a family event, “Bye Bye Bunny” will screen on HBO Max and Cartoon Network.The announcement brought to a climax a mega studio focus on Warner Bros.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJust a few short months ago, Matt Damon exhorted us to fearlessly buy into cryptocurrencies — in a slick CGI ad for Crypto.com hyping the tagline, “Fortune Favors the Brave.”Now, with cryptocurrencies in freefall and cratering to new lows, the Oscar-winning star of “Good Will Hunting” and “The Martian” is getting mercilessly dragged again for his gig as the face of Crypto.com in a new round of online jeering.Users across social media are pointing out that if you had taken Damon’s advice to buy into cryptocurrencies last fall, the value of your holdings would have dropped roughly two-thirds today.If you bought $1,000 of bitcoin the day Matt Damon's "Fortune favors the brave!" commercial came out, it would now be worth $375 pic.twitter.com/rp5IdjBD3m— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) June 13, 2022Damon is one of a slew of celebs who have touted cryptocurrencies, alongside bold-face names like Kim Kardashian, Steph Curry, Larry David, DJ Khaled, Floyd Mayweather and Tom Brady.In the Crypto.com ad, Damon takes viewers on a historical journey of brave men and women who have made a difference in the world, inspiring people to “be their bravest selves.” The ad, directed by Wally Pfister, began airing in October and also ran during NBC’s Super Bowl LVI telecast.

Carson Burton Harry Styles plays a closeted policeman in the teaser trailer for the romantic drama “My Policeman.”Released by Amazon Studios on Wednesday, the teaser finds Styles and co-stars David Dawson and Emma Corrin entangled in a complicated love triangle. The story — an adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel — follows Styles’ character Tom Burgess, a closeted policemen. Since it is illegal to be gay in 1957 Brighton, Burgess begins dating a schoolteacher named Marion (Corrin), but also has a secret love affair with a museum curator named Patrick Hazelwood (Dawson).The film jumps between two time periods: the 1950s and the 1990s.

Ben Croll Beginning midday at the halfway mark of a weeklong expo, Netflix’s first ever animation showcase was in many ways the centerpiece event of this year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival.Over the course of a ninety-minute presentation hosted by Variety’s Peter Debruge, executives and creative teams previewed upcoming films and series from the streamer’s adult, family, and preschool divisions while directors Henry Selick and David Fincher beamed in with behind-the-scenes looks at projects “Wendell & Wild” and “Love, Death & Robots” released episode “Bad Travelling” and rapper Kid Cudi made a surprise appearance to boost his visual-album “Entergalactic.”And then Guillermo del Toro took the stage, receiving a hero’s greeting as he announced, “Animation is not a f—ng genre. Animation is film!” When the cheers died down, he world premiered eight minutes of footage, finished and unfinished, from his stop-motion fable about a wooden boy with a borrowed soul.

Arsenal unless their new American owners buck a worrying trend.It's a relief for everyone at Stamford Bridge that Todd Boehly's takeover has gone through and they can finally sign players again. But Chelsea is just a toy for them to play with.Look at all the other American owners in the Premier League - their US sports teams all do better than the teams they own over here. Look at Stan Kroenke at Arsenal.

Chelsea-mad OnlyFans star Astrid Wett has attracted criticism after calling for the club to erect a statue of Roman Abramovich outside Stamford Bridge stadium, despite his alleged links to despot war monger Vladimir Putin.Abramovich was effectively ousted as the club's owner following the UK government decision to freeze the assets of the billionaire in March, over his alleged links to Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine.From a footballing perspective, the oil magnate oversaw perhaps the most successful period of the west London club's history, winning five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, two Community Shields, two UEFA Champions Leagues, to name just a few. With these titles in mind, Wett took to Twitter to say: "Roman Abramovich statue at Stamford Bridge for all he’s done as our owner, agreed?"Abramovich has owned the club since 2003, and technically still does, but a takeover by an American group led by Todd Boehly is believed to be close to completion.The reaction to Wett's tweet was mixed, with some people agreeing that Ambramovich made Chelsea a footballing force.Others couldn't look past the humanitarian element, as the war rages on in Ukraine and the businessman's alleged pal has been accused of war crimes.

Chelsea have been quoted an eye-popping asking price in their bid to sign Brighton & Hove Albion defender Marc Cucurella this summer. Following a stellar first season in England with the Seagulls, Cucurella is attracting interest from the likes of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur as well as Chelsea this summer.

Thomas Tuchel has scrapped any plans for a summer holiday with Todd Boehly set to complete his takeover of Chelsea.Blues boss Tuchel would normally be jetting off for a break this week after the final weekend of the 2021/22 season. But he has instead decided to stick around and get to work with Boehly, who has today had his consortium's bid for the club approved by the UK Government.An announcement which will officially bring an end to Roman Abramovich's 19-year reign as owner is expected soon.

Chelsea have seemingly ended their mammoth search for a new owner.Due to sanctions placed on current holder Roman Abramovich, as part of a nationwide crackdown on Russian oligarchs, the Blues have been unable to operate as normal. Fans buying match tickets, the renewal of player contracts and bizarrely even purchases in the club shop have all been prohibited - but Boehly's takeover brings renewed hope around Stamford Bridge.The consortium led by the LA Dodgers' co-owner, 48, has passed the Premier League's owners' and directors' test and Boehly is reportedly ready to equip Thomas Tuchel with a £200m transfer war chest.

Todd Boehly and the Clearlake Consortium have had their £4bn takeover of Chelsea approved by the Premier League.

Vladimir Putin will soon unleash a bloody barrel bomb campaign in Ukraine after he brought in troops linked to the brutal Syrian army.The under-pressure Russian president has taken on 50 lethal weapons specialists to work alongside his own officials as they prepare to begin a new stage in the conflict, according to European intelligence officers speaking to the Guardian.Barrel bombs, containers packed with explosives and projectiles that are dropped from helicopters, killed more than 11,000 civilians in Syria after the outbreak of civil war in 2012 — including 1,821 children.Human rights groups have since accused airborne forces from Bashar al-Assad's government of using the weapon indiscriminately to unleash fear and terror upon entire populations.Now it is being claimed that the Russian army is planning to bring in men from its Middle Eastern allies to revive the flailing war effort in Ukraine, though some experts believe significant differences between the two conflicts may doom them to failure.Asserting that the western-backed and air-equipped Ukrainian army would be a much more difficult foe than the rebel groups in Syria, one European official told The Guardian: “This is probably why we haven’t seen them cross the border”“We know the capacity is there, but if they use it, they lose; we will know who’s done it, and they will likely be killed anyway.”Intelligence sources claim around 800 and 1,000 Syrian troops have volunteered to fight for the Russian army.Those wishing to travel to Europe to serve are said to have been promised salaries of $1,500 - $4,000 (£1200 - £3200) when they join the frontline, which is around ten times more than they would earn in their own country amid a prolonged economic crisis.Back on

Christopher Vourlias Russia may have been cut off from much of the international film community, but here at Cannes, members of the country’s media business are quietly trying to line up deals.Nearly three months into the war in Ukraine, the leadership of the film festival has spent its opening week fielding questions about its stance on Russia. Festival chief Thierry Frémaux, for instance, was grilled over the inclusion of competition title “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” a movie with financial ties to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Tottenham fans have been left fuming after John Cena was spotted at Chelsea's draw with Leicester City despite being a Spurs fan. The WWE superstar and actor was spotted sitting in front of future Chelsea owner Todd Boehly ahead of the 1-1 draw against the Foxes on Thursday night.

Chelsea defenders still want to play for the club by giving a masterclass against Leicester.And he also showed he isn't just England's best right back after bossing much of the second half of Thursday night's 1-1 draw in midfield. With Antonio Rudiger playing his last game at Stamford Bridge and FA Cup Final no-show Andreas Christensen nowhere to be seen, James took centre stage.And after James Madison's early opener for Leicester, he conjured an equaliser for Marcos Alonso with a lovely piece of skill. James is already Gareth Southgate's first choice on the right of the England defence, despite some fierce competition.But the 22-year-old is so talented, and was so good in this game, he ended up playing in the heart of the engine room.

Antonio Rudiger has spoken about his frustrations over Chelsea contract negotiations as he prepares to wave goodbye to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea reportedly nearing completion.The American was in the stands as the Blues drew 1-1 with Leicester City on Thursday (May 19) evening, just as he had been for the home match with Wolves earlier in the month. He wasn't the only famous face in attendance, with WWE legend John Cena also watching on.They weren't treated to a home win with James Maddison's early opener for the visitors cancelled out by Marcos Alonso's 33rd minute strike to leave it honours even in the penultimate game of the season.

Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has revealed he will take part in the 2022 Silk Way Rally after being unceremoniously dropped by Haas. The 23-year-old said he found out he had been dismissed by the American-owned team in a press release.

Vladimir Putin deploying his forces to move nuclear-capable missiles towards Russia's border with Finland amid fears over the latter joining NATO. A video posted yesterday (Monday, May 16) purportedly shows the deployment of mobile Iskander missiles from a motorway on the way to Vyborg, a western Russian town close to the Finnish border.