London: After maddening and thrilling football fans in equal measures for eight years, Didier Drogba's combustible Chelsea career is over. And it was fitting that one of football's most theatrical characters went out with one final, dramatic flourish. With the last kick in his last game, the 34-year-old Drogba won the Champions League for Chelsea on Saturday, scoring the decisive penalty in the shoot-out against Bayern Munich. "Even the greatest...
02:12 AM, May 23, 2012
London: Didier Drogba's Champions League-winning penalty kick was his last contribution to Chelsea, with the striker announcing on Tuesday that he was leaving the club after eight years. The 34-year-old Ivory Coast international clinched Chelsea's first European title with the final kick in a shoot-out against Bayern Munich on Saturday after producing the equalizer that forced the final into extra time. The goals took the talisman's tally to 157 in...
09:14 PM, May 22, 2012
London: Didier Drogba's representatives have denied reports which suggested that the striker had announced that he will leave Chelsea when his contract ends next month. The striker was quoted by France Football magazine as saying that he had already informed his team-mates of his decision to quit Stamford Bridge this summer after playing a leading role in their Champions League triumph against Bayern Munich on Saturday. "We [Drogba and his...
08:03 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will visit India next month for the grand finale of the Pepsi T20 Football event. The final-winning team will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be coached by Drogba, before they face the Indian cricketing stars in a fast-paced game of Pepsi T20 Football, a statement from the organisers said. Drogba, who has been a Pepsi brand ambassador since 2009, played a...
01:23 PM, May 22, 2012
Paris: Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is leaving Chelsea after playing a leading role in their Champions League triumph, according to a report to be published in French magazine France Football on Tuesday. Drogba, who scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out against Bayern Munich on Saturday after cancelling out Thomas Mueller's opener, has reportedly told his teammates that "we will not be together next season" during the parade to...
11:04 AM, May 22, 2012
London: Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said that the club will hold talks with forward Didier Drogba about a new contract next week, while also saying that they hope to appoint a permanent manager "sooner rather than later." Drogba, who scored the decisive penalty to defeat Bayern Munich in the shoot-out of the Champions League final on Saturday, is out of contract next month. The 34-year-old Ivory Coast international joined the...
06:51 AM, May 21, 2012
Munich: Chelsea won the 2011-12 Champions League with a gripping 4-3 win over Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. Bayern set up camp in the Chelsea half for the majority of the match, but were extremely wasteful in front of goal, passing up a number of opportunities that allowed Roberto Di Matteo's men to stay in the contest. Thomas Muller looked to...
03:12 AM, May 20, 2012
Munich: A look at how the Chelsea and Bayern Munich teams compare tactically and where the game might be won or lost ahead of the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena. Goalkeepers Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer, competing in his first Champions League final after reaching the last four with Schalke 04 last season, has been outstanding in Europe and saved two penalties in Bayern's shootout with Real Madrid in...
09:34 AM, May 19, 2012
London: Frank Lampard and John Terry are desperate for Didier Drogba to stay at Chelsea this summer despite speculation linking him with a move away from Stamford Bridge. The Ivorian is in the final year of his contract with the Blues and has been linked with a transfer to China to link-up with former Chelsea strike partner Nicolas Anelka at Shanghai Shenhua. However, after a strong end to the season...
12:16 PM, May 08, 2012
London: Didier Drogba dismissed suggestions that he will leave Chelsea in the summer after helping his side to a spectacular 4-1 Champions League victory over Napoli on Wednesday. The 33-year-old scored the opening goal and provided the assist for the winner as the Blues overturned a 3-1 aggregate deficit against their Italian opponents in extra time in the second leg at Stamford Bridge to enter the quarter-finals. After the game,...
02:58 PM, Mar 15, 2012
London: Under-fire Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas declared he doesn't need the support of the entire squad as long as he is backed by owner Roman Abramovich. A 2-0 loss at Everton on Saturday left Chelsea fifth in the Premier League and out of the Champions League qualification places. Villas-Boas hauled his under-performing players into the training ground on their day off on Sunday to discuss the team's misfortunes. Questioned on...
01:24 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Libreville, Gabon: Zambia returned to the scene of their worst sporting tragedy to make it a place of unrestrained joy after winning a nerve-racking African Cup of Nations final on Sunday on penalties over tournament favorites Ivory Coast. Stophira Sunzu scored the deciding sudden-death spot-kick after Gervinho missed for the Ivorians, giving Zambia a 8-7 win on penalties after the teams were locked at 0-0 through 120 minutes. Zambia's first...
09:05 AM, Feb 13, 2012
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