Chelsea and Roman Abramovich reach new serenity with José Mourinho
After 12 years of owning the club and having gone through a variety of managers, Abramovich seems to have reached a new understanding with Mourinho• How ‘the Special One’ became ‘the Happy One’•...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho: Chelsea finished the job against Crystal Palace – video
José Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, comments on his team's win 1-0 win against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, which secured them the league title. Mourinho praises his Chelsea's...
View ArticlePing pong and polka dots in Gorky Park: Moscow's Garage gallery opens
Dasha Zhukova’s transformation of a vast Soviet-era cafeteria into a gallery designed by Rem Koolhaas has turned grim Gorky Park into a hipster hangoutDressed in short shorts and tight black...
View ArticleCoal crash: how pension funds face huge risk from climate change
Special report: The plummeting coal sector and a growing green divestment movement is leaving firms who still invest in fossil fuels and connected pension holders heavily exposedThe pension funds of...
View ArticleRoman Abramovich among 'dirty dozen' people with biggest stakes in coal
From Chelsea’s Abramovich to India’s Vinod Adani, here are the 12 super-rich individuals whose combined investments in coal equal China’s annual emissionsThe Chelsea football club owner Roman...
View ArticleChelsea may have to vacate Stamford Bridge for at least two seasons
• Redevelopment to 60,000 seat Stamford Bridge may take toll• Abramovich’s £500m project could involve digging below street levelChelsea’s plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge into a 60,000-seat stadium...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho will be fuming if Petr Cech wins the league for Arsenal | David...
The Chelsea manager does not usually sell a key player to a rival but Roman Abramovich has allowed the Czech goalkeeper to get the move he wanted.• Petr Cech joins Arsenal from Chelsea in £10m dealJosé...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho says disagreements with Abramovich in the past at Chelsea
• ‘We had some interferences and a bit of a disagreement with some ideas’• Mourinho expects usual suspects to compete for Premier League titleJosé Mourinho says his disagreements with Roman Abramovich...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho dismisses Roman Abramovich talk as he vows to battle on
The Chelsea manager insists his relationship with the owner remains strong as his side head to Everton with just four points from four gamesJosé Mourinho said so himself. He has never started a season...
View ArticleCesc Fàbregas says José Mourinho ‘is the best coach for the club’
• Fàbregas: ‘Chelsea are not well, but we will do better’• Spain international says he will do whatever Mourinho asksCesc Fàbregas has followed John Terry’s lead by throwing his full support behind...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho: Roman Abramovich will not sack me as Chelsea manager
• Portuguese says even mid-table finish will not cause him to lose job• Ruben Loftus-Cheek expected to start against Aston Villa at Stamford BridgeJosé Mourinho believes Roman Abramovich’s outlook has...
View ArticleUS steams ahead with new rules to curb pollution by superyachts
Despite protests from Russia, America takes unilateral action forcing bling boats to cut toxic emissionsNo self-respecting oligarch these days can afford to be without a superyacht. Ownership of a...
View ArticleChelsea keen to stand by José Mourinho but history shows their sackings work
There is no real appetite for change among the Chelsea hierarchy but mid-season removals of the manager have sparked upturns under Roman AbramovichJosé Mourinho is working on the reasonable assumption...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho retains club support but defeat by Porto could spell end
• Champions League tie and visit to Leicester may decide manager’s future• Chelsea’s owner, Roman Abramovich, saw defeat by BournemouthJosé Mourinho retains the support of the Chelsea hierarchy,...
View ArticleThe key figures at Chelsea who will decide José Mourinho’s fate
Roman Abramovich will have the final say on the future of the manager but who is talking with the club’s owner in the corridors of power?When the time comes to make a managerial change at Chelsea there...
View ArticleSpecial treatment not enough to save José Mourinho in the end | Dominic Fifield
José Mourinho’s Chelsea exit showed winning the title does not bring security even though he was granted more time than anyone else would have hadIn the end the news hardly came as a surprise. After...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho: the story behind his second Chelsea departure
José Mourinho has once again been sacked by Chelsea. Before this season the Portuguese had only lost one out of 98 Premier League matches but poor form this campaign made him the eighth manager sacked...
View ArticleRoman Abramovich consciously uncouples Mourinho at off-track Chelsea | Owen...
The owner’s rapprochement with the Special One was based on a desire to shape a dynasty but Manchester City have built a more convincing sustainable structureWhen Roman Abramovich swallowed his pride...
View ArticleJosé Mourinho sacking: Michael Emenalo takes centre stage and absolves players
Michael Emenalo has enraged Chelsea fans by referring to José Mourinho, the club’s most successful manager, as ‘the individual’ in a TV interview while refusing to criticise the playersTo the very last...
View ArticleRoman Abramovich tells Chelsea players: you must turn things around
• Owner delivered short speech at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground• José Mourinho returned to Cobham to collect the last of his thingsRoman Abramovich told Chelsea’s first-team players they needed to...
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