Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has been named the 2006 Caf African Footballer of the Year. It is the first time Drogba has won the award and, in edging out Samuel Eto'o, he denied ...

They were led by the artfully bruising Didier Drogba, with Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue and Didier Zokora all also shining in the Premier League, a world away in London. Yaya Toure, then with Greek ...

Didier Drogba celebrates scoring in World Cup 2006 qualification for Ivory Coast Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas.