Didier Drogba

International Break Checklist

With the outmoded, outdated and frankly uninteresting prospect of international football once again lugubriously darkening our doors, I thought I would construct a checklist of sorts for things to watch out for during another...

Chelsea - The First Furlong

So, seven games into another enthralling, highly-charged Premier League campaign, the international break gives us all an opportunity to sit back and reflect on our start to the season. As Mr Scolari put it this week, sitting...

Bartley - This season is a massive one for me

is determined to make up for lost time after enduring an injury-ravaged campaign in 2007/08. The Manchester-born youngster managed only two Reserve team appearances last season but has been an ever-present in Neil Banfield’s...

Liverpool and Chelsea keeping tabs on Olympiakos hot shot Diogo

are tracking Brazilian forward Diogo after the 21-year-old's impressive start to life at Olympiakos. But Chelsea have been told that another target - 23-year-old Napoli striker Ezequiel Lavezzi - is not for sale. Middlesbrough...

Goal-line technology: Video killed the soccer star

by Jorge Moran, FoxSoccer.com Updated: October 7, 2008, 7:55 AM EST Comment The idea of using video replays in football is absolute nonsense. Many argue that the implementation of such technology will merely bring the...

Chelsea wait on injured Cole

Chelsea face a fretful couple of days after it was confirmed yesterday that Joe Cole suffered ligament damage to his ankle in the impressive 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at the weekend. Cole underwent MRI scans yesterday and...

Florent Malouda blossoms under Luiz Felipe Scolari's new Chelsea regime

Florent Malouda has praised manager Luiz Felipe Scolari for giving him a fresh start at Chelsea. Making strides: Florent Malouda has found consistency at Chelsea this season Photo: GETTY IMAGES Injuries plus Jose Mourinho’s...

Kevin McCarra: Capello is bound to strike problems by shunning Owen's cunning

Michael Owen, who has scored 40 goals in 89 internationals, has failed to make Fabio Capello's latest England squad. Sir Bobby Charlton, mindful of decorum, could be smothering his glee at the realisation that his record of 49...

Germany v Wales live on MOTD

LIVE - GERMANY v WALES: 15 OCTOBER John Toshack takes his Wales squad to Borussia Park, Monchengladbach, to face Germany in the second of this week's World Cup 2010 qualifying fixtures (1930 BST, BBC Three). Since Germany have...

Chelsea's Injury Crisis Keeps Mikel in London

An injury crisis afflicting a club almost 4, 000 kilometres away from Abuja is the reason why midfielder John Mikel Obi will not be part of the action when the Super Eagles tackle the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone this weekend.