Chelsea moved five points clear in the English Premier League after claiming a controversial 1-0 victory at home to defending champions Manchester United on Sunday.
European heavyweights AC Milan and Real Madrid fought to a 1-1 draw in the San Siro on Tuesday which leaves them level on points at the top of Champions League Group C.
Didier Drogba is backing his Ivory Coast team to make history by becoming the first African country to reach the final of the World Cup next year.
Didier Drogba came off the bench to rescue a point for Ivory Coast as they drew 1-1 with Malawi on Saturday to book their place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Chelsea have been lifted by the news that Didier Drogba's injury is not as bad as feared, while England midfielder Joe Cole is set to make his long-awaited comeback.
Manchester United substitute Michael Owen broke Manchester City hearts with a dramatic winning goal deep into injury-time at Old Trafford on Sunday, but Chelsea stayed top of the English Premier League with a 3-0 crushing of London rivals Tottenham.
Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba already has two goals after the first two games of the English Premier League season with Chelsea (2-0). One of the game's most feared strikers, Drogba, 31, sat down with me in Baltimore recently to talk about Chelsea, next year's World Cup and what it takes to adjust to so many new managers in a short time. Here's an edited version of our conversation:
Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea came from behind to beat Hull City 2-1 in the opening match of the English Premier League season.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has signed a new three-year contract with the English Premier League giants.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has told a news conference that he expects striker Didier Drogba to remain at the club, after the Ivory Coast international scored the opening goal in the Premier League side's 2-0 friendly victory over Italian champions Inter Milan in Pasadena on Tuesday.
Chelsea moved five points clear in the English Premier League after claiming a controversial 1-0 victory at home to defending champions Manchester United on Sunday.
European heavyweights AC Milan and Real Madrid fought to a 1-1 draw in the San Siro on Tuesday which leaves them level on points at the top of Champions League Group C.
Didier Drogba is backing his Ivory Coast team to make history by becoming the first African country to reach the final of the World Cup next year.
Didier Drogba came off the bench to rescue a point for Ivory Coast as they drew 1-1 with Malawi on Saturday to book their place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Chelsea have been lifted by the news that Didier Drogba's injury is not as bad as feared, while England midfielder Joe Cole is set to make his long-awaited comeback.
Manchester United substitute Michael Owen broke Manchester City hearts with a dramatic winning goal deep into injury-time at Old Trafford on Sunday, but Chelsea stayed top of the English Premier League with a 3-0 crushing of London rivals Tottenham.
Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba already has two goals after the first two games of the English Premier League season with Chelsea (2-0). One of the game's most feared strikers, Drogba, 31, sat down with me in Baltimore recently to talk about Chelsea, next year's World Cup and what it takes to adjust to so many new managers in a short time. Here's an edited version of our conversation:
Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea came from behind to beat Hull City 2-1 in the opening match of the English Premier League season.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has signed a new three-year contract with the English Premier League giants.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has told a news conference that he expects striker Didier Drogba to remain at the club, after the Ivory Coast international scored the opening goal in the Premier League side's 2-0 friendly victory over Italian champions Inter Milan in Pasadena on Tuesday.
Didier Drogba has been handed a four-game ban from European club competition for his antics after Chelsea's Champions League semifinal defeat to Barcelona last month.
Didier Drogba has been handed a six-game ban from European club competition for his antics after Chelsea's Champions League semifinal defeat to Barcelona last month.
Chelsea will learn in the "course of the next week" what action will be taken against the Premier League club and individual players after their fiery Champions League exit to Barcelona on Wednesday.
Referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was understood to have been smuggled out of England by police after receiving a number of death threats following his officiating of the Champions League semifinal second leg between Chelsea and Barcelona -- according to the UK Press Association.
A stunning last-gasp strike from Andres Iniesta put 10-man Barcelona in the Champions League final on the away goals rule, giving the Catalan giants a 1-1 draw at Chelsea on a night of high drama at Stamford Bridge.
Didier Drogba muscled his way through for a late winner to put Chelsea into the FA Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday.
Chelsea have one foot in the Champions League semifinals after fighting back from going a goal down at Anfield to beat Premier League rivals Liverpool 3-1 in their quarterfinal first leg on Wednesday.
Goals from Didier Drogba and Alex proved enough to earn Chelsea a 2-0 FA Cup quarterfinal win at Championship side Coventry, putting them through to the last four for the third time in four seasons.
Didier Drogba fired rejuvenated Chelsea to within four points of quintuple-chasing Premier League leaders Manchester United with the only goal at Portsmouth on Tuesday.
Didier Drogba scored the only goal as Chelsea beat Juventus 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to give Guus Hiddink's side a slender advantage ahead of their Champions League last-16 second leg in Turin.
Didier Drogba shares Nicolas Anelka's belief that the duo can fire Chelsea's trophy charge under caretaker-manager Guus Hiddink.
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho says he may yet move for Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Jermaine Jenas of Tottenham in the January transfer window.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba said he lost his passion for football during the close season after his team failed to win a trophy as Manchester United pipped them to the English title and the Champions League.
Chelsea stayed in second place in the English Premier League with a 2-0 win over bottom club West Bromwich Albion in an early kick off on Boxing Day.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was suspended for three matches by the English Football Association on Tuesday for hurling a coin back into the crowd during a Carling Cup tie.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has admitted an English Football Association charge of violent conduct following last week's Carling Cup defeat by Burnley, when he was pictured throwing an object at away fans.
Chelsea have confirmed that striker Didier Drogba will not require surgery on the knee injury he sustained against CFR Cluj in the Champions League.
Chelsea escaped an uncomfortable night in Transylvania with a 0-0 Champions League Group A draw against minnows CFR Cluj -- but there are fresh concerns about the fitness of striker Didier Drogba.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba could be back in action on Wednesday, when Ivory Coast face Guinea in a friendly international at Chantilly. near Paris.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has admitted that star striker Didier Drogba is unlikely to feature for his side until the very end of August.
New Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has backed Nicolas Anelka to lead his attack for the start of the new season following the Frenchman's four-goal salvo in Sunday's 5-0 hammering of Italian giants AC Milan.
First Blood to Manchester United, as goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs made them the John Rambo to Chelsea's bumbling small town sheriff in last Sunday's EPL finale. At the moment it's anyone's guess who'll play the muscle-bound Vietnam veteran, and who'll be the hapless Vietnamese soldiers in next week's sequel.
Extra-time goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Liverpool to send the London side into a Champions League final showdown against English Premier League rivals Manchester United, 4-3 on aggregate.
Didier Drogba stepped up the war of words ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League semifinal second leg by saying he had lost respect for Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.
Prepare for sightings of Roberto de Assis, the brother and agent of Ronaldinho, all over Europe in the coming weeks.
Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and climb above their London rivals into second place in the Premier Division table.
Chelsea's Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba does not want to be considered for the African Player of the Year award any more after claiming that he missed out this year because he refused to travel to Togo from Ghana, where his team is still involved in the Nations Cup.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring as the Ivory Coast made light work of beating Benin 4-1 in their African Nations Cup Group B game in Sekondi.
Coming at a time when Europe's leagues are gearing up for the sharp end of the season and thoughts are turning to the knockout stages of the Champions League and UEFA Cup, the African Nations Cup can sometimes feel like the unwanted child of the international football calendar.
Chelsea's opening bid to sign $25 million-rated French international striker Nicolas Anelka has been rejected by Premier League rivals Bolton Wanderers.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been selected in the Ivory Coast's preliminary squad for next month's African Nations Cup.
Chelsea have confirmed that Didier Drogba has undergone an operation on his injured knee.
Police are investigating an incident in which a spectator shone a green 'laser' beam into the face of Chelsea striker Didier Drogba during his side's 1-0 Premier League win at home to London rivals West Ham on Saturday.
Two-goal Didier Drogba fired Chelsea into the last-16 of the Champions League as Group B winners as the Premier League side turned up the heat with a 4-0 triumph over Rosenborg on a freezing night in Norway.
Two goals by Steffen Iversen left Valencia's qualifying bid in the balance and Norwegian side Rosenborg dreaming of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time since 1996/97.
Didier Drogba delivered the fatal blow as Chelsea swept three points clear in their Champions League group after a 2-0 victory against Bundesliga hopes Schalke at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba struck a second-half winner against Valencia to give manager Avram Grant his first victory in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Didier Drogba, top marksman in the English Premier League last season, has made a speedy recovery from a knee injury and is expected to line up alongside Andriy Shevchenko when Chelsea face west London rivals Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Whether or not Didier Drogba was given some 'friendly advice' by his Chelsea team captain John Terry, or all the media criticism and rival fan abuse finally had some impact on him, but last season saw the Ivory Coast striker finally make his mark in the Premier League for all the right reasons.
Arsenal have no hope of challenging Manchester United and Chelsea next season for the English Premiership title after the sale of Thierry Henry, according to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
Didier Drogba scored four minutes from the end of extra time to give Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley stadium.
With an injury crisis so bad the club's training sessions must resemble a casualty clinic, Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho joked this week that even third-choice goalkeeper Hilario might get a game in Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester United -- up front, alongside Didier Drogba.
FA Cup final opponents Didier Drogba of Chelsea and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo are on the six-man shortlist for the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award.
With his two-point conversion to beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl and his subsequent on-field proposal to cheerleader Chrissy Popadics, one might have thought Boise State's Ian Johnson, 20, had fulfilled his sports-related dreams. But, no. After the game, the running back revealed that he longed to chat up Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, 28, a star striker for Chelsea. Talking to Drogba, Johnson said, "would be huge ... as big as winning this game." So I arranged for a transatlantic phone call between the two, and listened in. Here are excerpts from their conversation:
Didier Drogba kept up his remarkable scoring run this season by grabbing the opening goal of the match as Premier League champions Chelsea stayed nine points behind leaders Manchester United with a 2-0 win at Portsmouth.
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba says Chelsea partner Andriy Shevchenko needs to be less selfish if he wants to succeed at Stamford Bridge.
Substitute Didier Drogba bent in a free kick to give Chelsea a 1-0 win at Newcastle United in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Chelsea cut Manchester United's Premier League lead to five points after Didier Drogba scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United.
Didier Drogba struck in the 38th minute for the Ivory Coast to defeat Sweden 1-0 in an international friendly played at Le Mans in France on Wednesday.
Striker Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick as Chelsea trounced Watford 4-0 to put the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester United on Saturday.
Chelsea returned to winning ways on Wednesday when Frank Lampard, Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba gave them a 4-0 home win over Aston Villa in the fourth round of the League Cup.
Chelsea went top of Champions League Group A as Didier Drogba's hat-trick eased them to a 3-1 victory over injury-hit debutants Levski Sofia.
The Netherlands held firm against a spirited fightback by the Ivory Coast to ensure their passage to the knockout stage of the World Cup with a 2-1 win in Stuttgart on Friday.
Didier Drogba found goalscoring form ahead of the World Cup with a first half double as the Ivory Coast beat Slovenia 3-0 in a warmup match in Evry, France on Sunday.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that want-away duo Didier Drogba and William Gallas will not be allowed to quit the English champions until their contracts are up.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Didier Drogba is a "fighter" not a diver after the Ivory Coast star faced renewed criticizm Monday about his on-field conduct.
Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o has been named African Footballer of the Year for the third year running, edging out Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba by just two points.
Hosts Egypt have won the African Nations Cup, beating Ivory Coast 4-2 on penalties after the final finished 0-0 after extra-time.
Didier Drogba sent Ivory Coast into the African Nations Cup final against hosts Egypt on Tuesday with the only goal against Nigeria in Alexandria.
Didier Drogba pointed the way as the Ivory Coast became the first side to reach the African Nations Cup quarterfinals following a 2-1 win against Libya in Cairo on Tuesday.
Striker Didier Drogba converted a first-half penalty to give Ivory Coast a 1-0 victory over Morocco in their African Nations Cup opener on Saturday.
Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard scored two goals apiece in a devastating nine-minute spell as Premier League leaders Chelsea maintained their 100 percent start with a 5-1 defeat of Bolton.
Two well-taken goals from Didier Drogba gave English champions Chelsea a morale-boosting 2-1 win over FA Cup holders Arsenal in the Community Shield in Cardiff on Sunday.
Didier Drogba was on target as Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points with a 1-0 home win over struggling West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.
Barcelona staged a second half revival after a controversial red card for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba to take a 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
Chelsea continued their relentless assault on their first league title for 50 years and equalled a club record of seven successive top-flight victories by comfortably beating Portsmouth 3-0.
Chelsea swept seven points clear in the Premier League on Tuesday when Didier Drogba scored both in a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough while Arsenal and Manchester United drew at home.
Didier Drogba scored his first goal after a long injury layoff as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 4-0 at Stamford Bridge, to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the English Premiership.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba could be out of action for four weeks with a groin injury, according to his manager Jose Mourinho.
Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough with an 81st minute goal that took them to the top of the Premier League after Saturday's early game at the Riverside.
Two-goal Didier Drogba inspired Chelsea to a convincing 3-0 win over French side Paris Saint Germain in their opening Champions League Group H encounter on Tuesday.
Didier Drogba's yellow card for 'diving' against Aston Villa has been quashed by the English Football Association after referee Rob Styles reviewed a video of the incident.
Didier Drogba scored on his debut as Chelsea brushed aside Roma 3-0 in the Champions World Series in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is happy to wait until the end of the season to discover if the reported 24 million pounds ($44.5m) paid for Didier Drogba was worth it.
Chelsea and Marseille have agreed terms for the transfer of Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, the English Premier League club have confirmed.
A deal sending Olympique Marseille striker Didier Drogba to Premier League Chelsea is "99 per cent" completed, the French daily L'Equipe reported Sunday.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said the English Premiership runners-up must sign Didier Drogba and Tiago Mendes by Wednesday otherwise the duo will not be joining the club.
Marseille are prepared to sell striker Didier Drogba to Chelsea, but only at a price of "some 40 million euros," the French club have revealed.
Marseille president Christophe Bouchet said on Tuesday the French side had rejected a $34.5 million offer from Premiership Chelsea for striker Didier Drogba.
Marseille striker Didier Drogba is fit for Wednesday's UEFA Cup final against newly-crowned Spanish champions Valencia, coach Jose Anigo said.
Marseille striker Didier Drogba could miss next week's UEFA Cup final after suffering a hip injury on Sunday.
Didier Drogba scored twice as Marseille reached the UEFA Cup final against Valencia with a 2-0 aggregate win over injury-hit Newcastle.
Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba seized on a poor clearance by Metz keeper Ludovic Butelle, to hit a 77th minute equaliser for depleted Marseille in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.
Didier Drogba scored twice and Russian striker Dmitry Sytchev scored a last-gasp winner as Marseille gave new coach Jose Anigo a warm welcome with a 3-2 defeat of nine-man Lens.
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