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Chelsea transfer targets - in pictures

22 Jun 2015

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Raphael Varane

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Workers at the site of the Lusail Stadium in 2019

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Why we’re talking about . . .

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In Focus

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Assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis flags for offside in a Premier League match

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In Depth

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Vladimir Putin and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Putina

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