Hiddink to remain at Chelsea in advisory role
Guus Hiddink. / AFP / BEN STANSALL / Guus Hiddink has confirmed he is to stay at Chelsea in an advisory role and will try to lure club legends such as Didier Drogba and Petr Cech back to Stamford...
View ArticleThe pain and the glory - the tattoo champions of Euro 2016
Portugal's Ricardo Quaresma (L) has never explained why he has two tear drops tattooed under his right eye. / AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE Ricardo Quaresma's eyecatching teardrop tattoo may be coated with...
View ArticleEto’o charity match in Turkey postponed due to coup
Eto'o Cameroun legend Samuel Eto’o announced that a charity match in the Turkish city of Antalya - aimed at raising money for his foundation was postponed until further notice following an attempted...
View ArticleDrogba fined for refusing to play
Drogba Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, has been fined for refusing to play for Montreal Impact last weekend. Drogba, 38, did not play against Toronto, with coach Mauro Biello saying after the...
View ArticleCosta filling vacuum left by Drogba
Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (2nd R) celebrates scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Chelsea at the KCOM Stadium in...
View ArticleDrogba, 38, in talks with Corinthians
Corinthians' sporting director Flavio Adauto told a press conference in Sao Paulo that negotiations between the club and the player were at an advanced stage. Didier Drogba could resume his playing...
View ArticleCote d’Ivoire will return stronger despite Afcon flop, says Drogba
Ivory Coast's forward Wilfred Zaha (R) challenges Morocco's midfielder Nabil Dirar during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Morocco and Ivory Coast in Oyem on January 24,...
View ArticleLukaku wants to create history at Old Trafford
Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku (R) hits a header past Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Moraes (L) during the International Champions Cup soccer match at NRG Stadium on July 20, 2017 in...
View ArticleMorata should not be compared to Drogba, says Conte
Alvaro Morata PHOTO:TwitterSpanish striker Alvaro Morata cannot be compared to Chelsea icon Didier Drogba, the Premier League champions' coach Antonio Conte said on Friday. Morata -- who is likely to...
View ArticleDrogba looks to future as stellar career winds down
Ivory Coast's football star Didier Drogba gives an interview at the Didier Drogba's Foundation headquarters on January 16, 2018 in Abidjan. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGOAt the age of 39, Didier Drogba is...
View ArticleDrogba club spring CAF Champions League surprise
Abidjan Williamsville's team players pose ahead of the African Champions league football match between Williamsville Athletic Club and Stade Malien at The Robert Champroux Stadium in Abidjan on...
View ArticleStandard Chartered names Drogba as Digital Bank ambassador
DrogbaStandard Chartered Bank has announced that sporting legend and Ivoirian icon, Didier Drogba will be endorsing the first digital bank in Africa as its ‘Digital Bank Ambassador.’ Set to launch in...
View ArticleAfrican great Drogba retires from football
Ivory Coast and Chelsea great Didier Drogba announced his retirement on Wednesday after a 20-year career. The post African great Drogba retires from football appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria...
View ArticleDrogba, Weah, Essien, others for ‘The Match’ in Lagos
Twenty-one African football legends, including Didier Drogba and Liberian President, George Weah, have been selected to participate in ‘The Match,’ a celebration of... The post Drogba, Weah, Essien,...
View ArticleOkocha, Drogba added glamour to english premier league – Ferdinand
Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, has revealed that former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, and his Elephant of Cote d’Ivoire counterpart, Didier Drogba, added glamour to the English...
View ArticleDrogba joins effort to distribute aid to poor in Ivory Coast
Former Ivorian striker Didier Drogba and one of the country's biggest music groups Magic System distributed aid on Friday to 200 families in a poor area of Abidjan as part of the effort to fight The...
View ArticleCoronavirus: I Don't Donate - Emmanuel Adebayor Fires Back At Critics
In a Facebook live video, veteran Togolese footballer Emmanuel Adebayor has said that he won't donate relief packages to his countrymen. The veteran goalscorer made it clear that he won't be coerced...
View ArticleDrogba… a fall patriotism, compassion could not halt
From the 2004 football season when he moved to Chelsea from Olympique Marseille until he retired from the game, there was, perhaps, no more beloved and famous footballer in the West African sub region...
View ArticleDrogba still favoured in Ivoirien FA Election despite no vote by ex-players
Two-time African Player of the Year, Didier Drogba is still considered as the favoured candidate to win the Cote d’Ivoire FA election slated for June despite his failure to secure a vote from members...
View ArticleDrogba's election hopes suffer serious blow
Didier Drogba’s hopes of becoming the next president of the Ivory Coast’s football federation has suffered a serious setback after the failure of his fellow players to support his candidacy. The post...
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