Drogba needs to return to top form but is still very much in Ivory Coast's international plans, coach Sabri Lamouchi said just days after dropping his team's captain. ...
09:40 PM, Mar 19, 2013
At least 61 people were crushed to death in a stampede after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan early on Tuesday, officials said. ...
02:14 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Drogba will lead a vastly experienced Ivory Coast squad in the African Nations Cup finals starting next month. ...
09:52 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Spain lead No. 2 Germany, with European Championship finalist Italy at No. 4. England is No. 6. ...
03:54 PM, Dec 19, 2012
FIFA have refused Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba permission to leave China's Shanghai Shenhua on loan before the January transfer window. FIFA said they had received a request to be registered outside an open registration period from the former Chelsea forward, whose season in the Chinese Super League is over. The 34-year-old wants to keep himself sharp for the African Nations Cup which begins on January 19. "Any professional player...
10:36 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Didier Drogba scored less than two minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute to help Ivory Coast overpower Austria 3-0 in their friendly on Wednesday. Didier Ya Konan and Lacina Traore were the other scorers as the Elephants extended their unbeaten run to 22 matches, including the 0-0 draw with Zambia in this year's African Nations Cup final which the Ivorians lost on penalties. Austria had slightly the better...
10:25 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Cape Town: Didier Drogba was again among the goals as the Ivory Coast led a list of former finalists in a winning start to World Cup qualification but new African champions Zambia lost their opening game on the road to Brazil. There was also a setback for Morocco, whose coach Eric Gerets' job is now under severe threat after a 1-1 draw away at lowly-ranked Gambia. Drogba and his Chelsea...
08:36 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Moscow: New Russia coach Fabio Capello kept faith with Andrei Arshavin by naming the underfire forward as his captain for Wednesday's friendly against Ivory Coast. Local media had called on Capello to take away the armband after Arshavin was heavily criticised for his performances during Euro 2012. The Italian, who replaced Dutchman Dick Advocaat as coach last month, said on Tuesday he was ready to give the 31-year-old another go....
10:22 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Beijing: Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's long-expected move to big-spending Shanghai Shenhua has been confirmed by the Chinese club's owner, media reports said on Tuesday. Zhu Jun, who reportedly visited Drogba's native Ivory Coast last week, said the 34-year-old was joining the club, but said no date for his arrival has been set and refused to discuss terms of his contract, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Unconfirmed local reports...
02:16 PM, Jun 19, 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
Washington: There are still up to half a million displaced persons in Ivory Coast, the United States has said, a sharp increase over a UN report the day before that put the number at just over 300,000. "The situation in Cote d'Ivoire is improving, but some continuing unrest is still generating new refugees," US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said yesterday. Toner said that fear among those who have already...
11:07 AM, Jun 16, 2011
Abidjan: Shooting erupted on Saturday in a sprawling Abidjan neighborhood where fighters loyal to Ivory Coast's arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo have sought refuge, residents of the area said. The shooting appeared to be between residual forces of a pro-Gbagbo militia and forces that fought to install democratically elected President Alassane Ouattara, said two residents of Yopougon suburb that includes several ghettos of shacks as well as middle-class homes. The residents...
10:59 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Boston: India has expressed worry over the events unfolding in the Ivory Coast, saying the situation in the West African country is deteriorating "by the hour" and hoped that a solution would be worked out between the warring factions. "We are extremely worried about the unfolding situation (in Cote d'Ivoire)," India's envoy to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri told. He said the UN Security Council is reviewing the situation in...
10:25 AM, Apr 11, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Ambassador to Ivory Coast Shyama Jain has been rescued by the United Nations forces. All the embassy staff has also been evacuated from the civil war torn country. Shama was trapped inside her home for several hours on Thursday because of heavy firing between opposition forces and those loyal to deposed president Alassane Ouattara. She was rescued in a daring operation by UN forces after many hours,...
03:59 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Abidjan: The United Nations and French forces opened fire with attack helicopters Monday on the arsenal of this country's entrenched ruler, as columns of foot soldiers finally pierced the city limit and surrounded the strongman's home. The fighters aiming to topple strongman Laurent Gbagbo had succeeded in taking nearly the entire countryside in just three days last week, but they faltered once they reached the country's largest city, where the...
08:28 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Johannesburg: Unknown attackers wielding machetes and guns killed more than 1,000 civilians in the neighborhood of an Ivory Coast town controlled by forces fighting to install the internationally recognised president, the Catholic charity Caritas told on Saturday. The UN mission in Ivory Coast said it has a team investigating the alleged mass killings in western Duekoue. It said most of the nearly 1,000 peacekeepers based there were protecting about 15,000...
09:35 AM, Apr 03, 2011
Dallas/New York: Valentine chocolates may become the new blood diamonds. As chocolatiers plan for one of their biggest sales weeks of the year, human rights activists are stepping up efforts to make consumers think twice before purchasing the traditional box of chocolates for their sweethearts for Valentine's Day on Monday. One online campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the the cocoa trade in Ivory Coast, which is helping to...
12:47 PM, Feb 10, 2011
London: The world is facing a 'chocolate drought', according to an expert, whose warning is prompted by fears that the globe's sustainable cocoa supplies could be exhausted by 2014. Political unrest in the Ivory Coast, the source of almost half the world's cocoa beans, has depleted the number of cocoa farmers there. Many have fled the country or are smuggling the crop into Ghana, where it is selling at a...
01:27 PM, Jan 28, 2011
The qualifier is against Guinea on Saturday. ...
02:18 PM, Nov 12, 2009
The BBC reported that there were some 36,000 spectators. ...
10:55 AM, Mar 30, 2009
