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UK says Chelsea can keep playing after Abramovich sanction, sale halted

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FILE: Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich AP

Britain's government said on Thursday it would enable soccer club Chelsea to continue playing matches after it imposed sanctions on its owner, Roman Abramovich, halting his plan to sell the English Premier League side.

Abramovich had put the club up for sale, but Britain's asset freeze and sanctions on him bar that process under the terms of the licence granted to the club.

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