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Roman Abramovich in Limbo as Chelsea Owner’s UK Visa Renewal Delayed

May 20, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

In case you were wondering why Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich did not attend Chelsea’s FA Cup final win over Manchester United in London yesterday, it’s because he cannot legally enter the country right now. His United Kingdom visa expired in April, and according to multiple reports, he’s experiencing a delay in renewal.

It is the policy of the government agency that handles processing visas to not comment on reasons for delay. However, given that Abramovich is now based in London, is Britain’s 13th richest man according to the Sunday Times with £9.3bn, and tensions escalating between Great Britain and Ambramovich’s native Russia, this is obviously a major news development.

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Meghan Markle Prince Harry Wedding Shouldn’t Be Publicly Funded

May 17, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Absolutely no one, outside family and friends of the couple, SHOULD CARE about Saturday’s royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but unfortunately that train has long left the station. The Royal Wedding as a “news story” is the biggest nothing burger of all nothing burgers, but what can you do? This endeavor, for some reason, is considered worth paying attention to by millions of people all around the world, who have never met Harry or Meghan.

Meghan Markle, today, is now one of the world’s most famous people. The Northwestern grad who played annoying characters and really bad television shows has truly come a very long way. In 2013, when College Gameday came to NU and Markle was referenced in signs, as Rachel Markle, we were all like “who?”

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Man with Blackhawks Face Tattoo Went in Sewer System to Evade Police

May 6, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

An Elgin man, who sports a prominent Chicago Blackhawks logo tattoo on his cheek, tried to evade suburban police by taking an unorthodox route that be believed would lead him to freedom. Spoiler alert- it did not.

Bryant, Torres, who also has a giant #2 tattooed on his neck to honor Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith, attempted to flee police by jumping into the Fox River, swimming through it, and then entering a drainage pipe. Torres, doing his best Richard Kimball impersonation, then entered the sewer system, believing the police wouldn’t know where to find him.

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Liverpool Players Honor Supporter Sean Cox in Celebration on the Pitch

May 3, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Liverpool supporter Sean Cox, a 53-year-old father of three from Ireland, remains in an induced coma due to injuries serious injuries suffered near Anfield prior to Liverpool’s 5-2 win in the home leg of their Champions League semifinal tie with AS Roma.

Cox remains in critical condition while the two men who allegedly attacked him are in custody and due to appear in court. After Liverpool lost 4-2 at Roma tonight, but went through to the tournament final on aggregate 7-6, Liverpool players took a banner displaying the name of Sean Cox and brought it onto the pitch at the Stadio Olimpico.

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AS Roma Owner Denounces Attack on Liverpool Fan, Slams Hooligan “Morons”

April 29, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

AS Roma Owner James Pallotta launched an extremely scathing critique on the “morons” whose actions last week in Liverpool were examples of “the most disgusting stupidity.”

Prior to Liverpool’s 5-2 win in their home leg of a Champions League semifinal tie with AS Roma, two men attacked Sean Cox, a 53-year-old Liverpool supporter from Ireland who remains in critical condition. Two Italian men, believed to be AS Roma ultras, have been charged and remain in custody, due to appear in Liverpool Crown Court on May 24.

Cox sustained severe injuries and is currently in an induced coma in the Walton Neurological Centre near Anfield stadium.

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Jurgen Klopp Brutally Criticizes Brexit: “Makes No Sense At All”

April 23, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has made outspoken public criticisms of Brexit (Great Britain’s voting to leave the European Union) before, on more than one occasion, but today he kicked that up another notch.

When the Reds boss first heard about Brexit in June 2016, he thought that Britain exiting Europe meant that the England national team had been eliminated from the European championships.That’s how shocked he was to hear that the Brexit voted actually passed, because the concept of it made no sense to him.

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Roman Abramovich, Surprisingly, Escapes Sanctioning by the U.S. Government

April 6, 2018 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Back on January 30, Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich was been named to the United States Treasury Department’s Russian Oligarchs list, dubbed by many observers as the “Putin list.”

This list, with 210 names on it, includes 96 oligarchs with a net worth or more than $1 billion (£710 million) and very close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. While Abramovich, and the other names on the list, weren’t sanctioned at the time that this list was announced, it did serve as a prelude to potential economic sanctions.

What might be just the first wave of sanctions got announced today, and Roman Abramovich, surprisingly, was escaped unscathed.

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