On Thursday Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the government with his assets in the UK frozen, leaving the football club in limbo. Today, we look at what sporting boycotts can achieve and ask if the Russian ice hockey star, Alex Ovechkin, could damage Vladimir Putin.

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Ryan Kennedy, Senior Writer at The Hockey News.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

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Sporting boycotts and the hockey player who could ice Putin