LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government halted a planned sale of soccer club Chelsea as well as the sale of players, new tickets and merchandise after it imposed sanctions on its owner, Roman Abramovich, but said the team will be able to play matches. Abramovich said last week he was putting the club up for sale, but Britain’s asset freeze and sanctions on him bar that process under the terms of the licence granted to the club. The government said it had issued a special licence to allow Chelsea to play fixtures and pay staff, but it will limit the sale of tickets, merchandise and even players…