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Serena Williams, Lewis Hamilton Each Commit $13M to Sir Martin Broughton Chelsea Bid

Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton—two of the most successful athletes in the history of sport—are now reportedly part of a bid to buy English Premier League club Chelsea.

According to Mark Kleinman of Sky Sports, Williams and Hamilton are each contributing £10 million to Sir Martin Broughton's Chelsea bid. That equates to about $13 million apiece in U.S. dollars.

Broughton's group is vying to purchase Chelsea on the heels of owner Roman Abramovich putting the team up for sale. Abramovich made the decision to sell after the European Union hit him with sanctions in the wake of his native Russia invading Ukraine.