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
Madrid: Just one day after lifting the Champions League trophy, Chelsea striker Fernando Torres said he is not happy with his limited role on the team. Torres said he had the worst moments of his career with the club this season and needs clarity about his future role with the newly-crowned European champions. Torres told Spanish sports daily AS that he had been bitterly disappointed at being left out of...
07:18 AM, May 21, 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
London: In front of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans, the new kings of Europe paraded the Champions League trophy through London's New King's Road on Sunday. The Blues are the capital's first European champions after beating Bayern Munich 4-3 in Saturday's shoot-out in the competition's 57th season. Even Chelsea's notoriously-reclusive owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, joined his expensively-assembled squad on an open-top bus to show off the trophy as...
06:26 AM, May 21, 2012
Munich: After leading Chelsea to the biggest trophy in club football, Roberto di Matteo's future as manager of the London club is still in doubt. Di Matteo had a conversation with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after the team's penalty shoot-out win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on Saturday, but he would not disclose what he discussed with the Russian billionaire. "What was discussed with the boss we...
06:11 AM, May 21, 2012
Munich: Chelsea's suspended captain John Terry missed the club's penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on Saturday but still described the win as the best moment of his career. The central defender was ruled out of the match at the Allianz Arena after being sent off in the semi-final second leg in Barcelona. "This is an incredible feeling," Terry told reporters after Chelsea won the...
05:21 AM, May 21, 2012
Munich: Bayern Munich's dramatic downfall in the Champions League final is unlikely to have a long-term influence on Germany's biggest club, although it could have a negative impact on Germany's hopes of winning the upcoming European Championship. Bayern's young squad was good enough to eliminate Real Madrid in the semi-finals and largely dominate Chelsea on Saturday before losing on penalties. Time will eventually heal those wounds. But more immediately, eight...
04:22 AM, May 21, 2012
Munich: Lots of money, lots of luck, and players who didn't care about winning ugly " just so long as they won " turned Chelsea into the champions of Europe. The money, of course, is Roman Abramovich's. The billionaire finally got his hands on the shiny trophy with big ears he so coveted. A bargain at $1.2 billion and counting. That's roughly how much of his wealth the Russian has...
01:37 PM, May 20, 2012
Munich: Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has spoken of his regret as he missed a vital penalty in the Champions League final defeat to Chelsea on Saturday. The match had ended 1-1 after 90 minutes but the Germans were handed a massive opportunity to regain control of the match in extra-time after Didier Drogba had fouled Franck Ribery in the box. Robben's spot-kick was weak, however, and Petr Cech dived...
01:15 PM, May 20, 2012
Munich: Chelsea players made it clear they wanted Roberto Di Matteo to be given the coach's job full-time after the Italian's whirlwind three months in charge ended with the Champions League trophy - the prize owner Roman Abramovich had craved the most. A 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich on the Germans' home ground after a 1-1 draw following extra-time on Saturday was the culmination of a stunning sequence...
09:51 AM, May 20, 2012
Munich: Some Bayern Munich players, including Arjen Robben, refused to take penalties in their shoot-out defeat by Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday, forcing coach Jupp Heynckes to nominate 'keeper Manuel Neuer, Heynckes told reporters. "Some of my players did not feel sure enough or confident enough to take penalties," Heynckes said. "They were tired after 120 minutes of play. You cannot force anyone to take a penalty."...
09:37 AM, May 20, 2012
Munich: When Didier Drogba completed Chelsea's quest for a Champions League title on Saturday, he did it in his unique way as a true diva of world football. Drogba scored the decisive penalty to defeat Bayern Munich in the shoot-out, after earning Chelsea an unlikely reprieve with an 88th-minute headed goal to level at 1-1 in a match dominated by a German side that made their home stadium advantage count....
06:51 AM, May 20, 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
Bayern Munich take on Chelsea in the Champions League final in Munich later on Saturday, with the Germans hoping to become European kings for the fifth time and the English attempting to reach the pinnacle of the game for the first time ever. ...
06:05 PM, May 19, 2012
Munich: Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has issued a plea ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea: No more penalties please.Bayern won a penalty shootout to eliminate Real Madrid in the semifinals and did the same in the German Cup semis against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Heynckes joked on Friday that a third shootout would be too much to suffer through at age 67, although German sides traditionally have a good...
10:04 AM, May 19, 2012
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