IVORY COAST: Drogba Now A Gold Seller

Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba on Tuesday signed his entry into the capital of state-owned Ity Mines Cooperation, after acquiring 5% shares from the government last year.

The 35-year-old striker, who now plies his trade in Turkey at Galatarasay, officialised the deal by signing a couple of documents in the presence of the country’s Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan and two other ministers in Abidjan.

MIKEL OBI: Drogba & Galatasaray have no chance against Chelsea

Mikel Obi has told Didier Drogba and his Galatasaray colleagues Chelsea will end their 2013/2014 UEFA Champions League campaign after both teams were drawn together in the   first knockout stage of the competition. Read more after the cut...

MANDELA: No punishment for Drogba & Eboue

Galatasaray players Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue will not face any further action for their tribute to Nelson Mandela in the wake of their win over Elazigspor. Read more after the cut....

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW: Drogba reacts to Galatasaray vs Chelsea draw

What a draw for Didier Drogba! Prophet Mourinho had earlier predicted and called for a re-union with Drogba. The last time Mourinho & Drogba had a re-union Mourinho won the both legs with Inter Milan. Read after the cut.....

Mandela lands Drogba & Eboue in trouble in Turkey

Last Friday evening Galatasaray’s Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue played a lovely homage to the late Nelson Mandela by bearing t-shirt messages in their side’s win over Elazigspor

It has now come to light that the Turkish football authorities took a rather dim view of the benevolent gesture, believing it to carry a political message and hence break the rules, and have summoned the pair to the FA disciplinary committee to explain themselves. See wahala..... see another picture after the cut

Yaya Toure, Mikel,Eto,Drogba, Aboutrika lead CAF Player of the Year award

The African Football Confederation (CAF) on Friday unveiled a 25-man shortlist for the prize of African Footballer of the Year for 2013, with Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba the leading names. Manchester City midfielder Toure has won the award in each of the last two years and winning it for a third consecutive year would see him match the achievement of Samuel Eto'o, winner in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Eto'o, now of Chelsea, has won the award four times overall but is not nominated this time. Two-time winner Drogba, now of Galatasaray, and Gervinho of Roma are the other candidates from the Ivory Coast, while there are five Nigerians in contention, all members of the side that won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa at the start of the year. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 9. See the list below after the cut.