the ricketts family led consortium has pulled out of the running to buy chelsea because of what they call unusual dynamics around the sales process . the family, which owns mlb side the chicago cubs, had made the shortlist of bidders. but have now opted not to make a final bid. the consortium included billionaire hedge fund entrepreneur ken griffin and cleveland cavaliers owner dan gilbert. chelsea fans have protested against the ricketts bid in recent weeks. in tennis, great britain has the chance of qualifying for the finals of the billiejean king cup they re in action against czech republic on friday and saturday, with the best of five matches across the two days. the czech republic won the opener markeeta vondrusova with a comprehensive win over harriet dart and currently it s world number 12 emma raducanu against tereza martinsova. they re in the first set and it s 5 5. i ll have more for