Côte d'Ivoire and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba threw a star-studded charity bash at The Dorchester Hotel on Saturday evening and Footy Factor was their to capture all the action. With proceeds from the black-tie event going towards the Didier Drogba Foundation and it's goal to build a hospital for children in Abidjan, Drogba's place of birth, famous friends descended on� Park Lane eager to flash some cash.

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Amidst all the swirl of Hiddink's possible moves, the Chelsea rumours seem to carry most credibility. They could soon have Guus Hiddink back as technical director. It would look a bit crowded at the top with Carlo Ancelotti as manager, Frank Arnesen as director of football, and Ron Gourlay elevated to CEO in place of Peter Kenyon.

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Chelsea defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 to take an unprecedented five point lead in the Premier League. High on their last weeks win against Holders Manchester United, The blues crushed the newcomers in a one sided encounter at Stamford Bridge last night. Florent Malouda got the proceedings started for Chelsea in the 5th minute when he found [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea stormed past Wolves thanks chiefly to a fantastic performance from Michael Essien wh scored a brace.

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English Premier League leaders Chelsea hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Wolves are struggling and any points at Stamford Bridge would be welcome but probably unrealistic. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Chelsea beats Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Video Highlights

Chelsea wasted no time putting the match out of reach as they scored three first half goals.

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EA Sports' FIFA franchise strives for realism, to approximate the experience of being a footballer or managing a club. When you see the gaudy, arcade style interface of FIFA 10 for the Wii, you realize this will be a very different game.

Creating for the Wii constrains developers.

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Butt Buddies
Chelsea's captain Frank Lampard picked up a thigh injury while training today and will be out of England's friendly with Brazil this weekend.
Lampard has been a hot topic for us this season - he started off incredibly slow, but then finally scored from open play a few weeks ago and has been on fire ever since. Click to continue reading...

Nassim Ben Khalifa, the face of the U17 Swiss squad

In a few minutes the Swiss U-17 squad will take the field to face Colombia in the U17 World Cup semi-final. It is worth commenting that one has to look once or twice to find a name of Swiss extraction in the squad.

Nassim Ben Khalifa, their pre-eminent striker is a second generation Swiss with Tunisian roots.

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Bosingwa ruled out for three months
Via the official Web site: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that José Bosingwa underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this week. His recovery time will be approximately three months."

S***. At least we have an in-form Branislav Ivanovic to continue in his absent.

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The World Cup is almost set in terms of the teams that will qualify and once the play-offs are completed it will be clear whether the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Franck Ribery will be present or missing. In the meantime, Sweden's talented forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic will certainly not be going to the World Cup after his country failed to qualify from the same group which saw eventual winners Denmark earn automatic qualification and runners-up Portugal reach the play-offs.

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Carlo Ancelotti has decided to name his starting 11 way ahead of the game tonight which is unusual and he has also taken the step of giving complete rest to John Terry, Petr Cech and Nicolas Anelka whereas Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba will be on the bench. He said before tonight's game: "If I have the possibility to give rest to all the players who also have to play in their Click to continue reading...

"The Manchester players protested a lot. I don't know why. I don't like this."

Oh, the irony.

John Terry said he 'loved' Didier Drogba's disgraceful reaction to their result against Barcelona last season. Remember the one? He had to be dragged away from the referee before shouting "it's a fucking disgrace!

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Carlo Ancelotti claimed yesterday that Liverpool can no longer win the Barclays Premier League title, although such a dismissive attitude will not stop him seeking to follow their example when Chelsea face Manchester United on Sunday.
Chelsea can open a five-point gap at the top of table by beating United at Stamford Bridge and victory would put them 12 points clear of sixth-placed Liverpool, who host Birmingham City on Monday night. Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

The derby match between St. Pauli and Hansa Rostock once again brings fire and violence and police involvement, this time inflamed by St. Pauli's Deniz Naki. [101gg]

Every fan attending the Dynamo Kiev v Inter Champions League match will be given masks to protect against the terrifying dangers of swine flu.

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New Atletico manager Quique� Flores remembers the Blue machine well, Michael Essien all too well. Furthermore, a win will take us through to the group stages. Oh, and Didier Drogba is back to terrorize Europe.

I'll have that.

This man may be the fulcrum in 09-10.

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FIFA has announced its 23-man shortlist for World Player of the Year. Lets discuss who we think should win and why.

Michael Ballack
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Diego
Didier Drogba
Michael Essien
Samuel Eto'o
Steven Gerrard
Thierry Henry
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Andres Iniesta
Kaka
Frank Lampard
Luis Fabiano
Lionel Messi
Carles Puyol
Franck Ribery
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
John Terry
Fernando Torres
David Villa
Xavi

Club-wise distribution

Chelsea 5
Manchester United 1
Liverpool 2
Valencia 1
Barcelona 6
Real Madrid 3
Sevilla 1
Inter 1
Juventus 2
Bayern Munich 1
Arsenal 0

Oh wait !

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Via the Guardian (of course), following our 5-0 demoltion of Blackburn on the weekend ...

"The oversimplified reading of a diamond formation* suggests that any success is significantly dependent on the excellence of attacking full-backs. Yet Chelsea were without Ashley Cole and Jose Bosingwa when they obliterated Blackburn at the weekend.

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Carlo Ancelotti has decided to name his starting 11 way ahead of the game tonight which is unusual and he has also taken the step of giving complete rest to John Terry, Petr Cech and Nicolas Anelka whereas Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba will be on the bench. He said before tonight's game: If I have the possibility to give rest to all the players who also have to play in Click to continue reading...

Carlo Ancelotti has decided to name his starting 11 way ahead of the game tonight which is unusual and he has also taken the step of giving complete rest to John Terry, Petr Cech and Nicolas Anelka whereas Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba will be on the bench. He said before tonight's game: If I have the possibility to give rest to all the players who also have to play in

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By TRAVIS CLARK

It was all or nothing for Rafa Benitez and Liverpool on Saturday. While a loss wouldn't quite knock them out of the title race, it would be the club's fifth loss in a row and put title talk on the backburner, at least for the time being.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

It was all or nothing for Rafa Benitez and Liverpool on Saturday. While a loss wouldn't officially knock them out of the title race, it would be the club's fifth loss in a row and continue to undermine Benitez's job status.

However, Fernando Torres was passed fit, and his presence in the starting lineup was welcome considering captain Steven Gerrard was injured.

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Just two months into the 2009-2010 season, the "big four" of Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have lost 10 matches combined. Compare that with 18 matches lost by the league's elite combined in the entirety of last season, and it's clear that either the big four are weaker, or the rest of the league is getting stronger.

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On FIFA's web-site promoting the start of the U-17 World Cup in Nigeria the event is hyped as a chance to "discover the stars of tomorrow."� And while there is an impressive list of former participants (including, for example, Ronaldinho, Michael Essien, and Luis Figo) another look at the history of the U-17 World Cup offers more cautionary tales than burgeoning stars.

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Chelsea continued to hammer their opponents. After a 4-0 triumph over Athletico Madrid, the Blues annihilated Blackburn Rovers 5-0 at Stamford Bridge. Things started on the wrong foot for the Rovers, as the home side went into the lead with an own goal from Gael Givet in the 19th minute. Ever since that, the game took [. Click to continue reading...

Evening all.

Apologies for not finishing my preview post/s. However considering the game is on Sunday I thought delaying it was a reasonable thing to do. Besides fatigue has got the better of me completely today. It is a strange feeling when one minute there is enough energy within me to challenge Usain Bolt to a race, but the next minute it feels as if challenging Michael Essien in a sleep marathon contest was more appropriate.

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One of the highlights of last season was Liverpool's briliant double over Chelsea. Despite the club's poor overall record at Stamford Bridge - and a frustrating inability to beat the better teams so far this season - today's game is eminently winnable...but only if the formation and tactics are right, and that means aces in their place. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's depressing defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge could have (and should have) been avoided, but as is so often the case, Rafa Benitez's decisions conspired to adversely affect Liverpool yet again.
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OPTA's latest statistics have revealed some surprising facts about the effectiveness of two of Liverpool's key midfielders.
According to OPTA, Javier Mascherano is the top passer in the Premiership this season, with 547 completed passes and an accuracy rate of 87%. Chelsea's Michael Essien has the same accuracy rate but has completed a lot less passes. Click to continue reading...

Four more Chelsea players helped their countries qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa over the weekend. Michael Ballack captained Germany into the finals. Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba propelled Ivory Coast to its second consecutive WC appearance. And Branislav Ivanovic powered Serbia into the mix.

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Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira is tipped by many to be leaving the Italian giants after failing to find a regular place in Jose Mourinho's side. Besides Arsenal, his old club, Chelsea seems to be interested in the 33-year old.

Speaking of this, striker Didier Drogba told RTL:

Patrick Viera will be a good addition to our squad, if we can recruit.

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Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira is tipped by many to be leaving the Italian giants after failing to find a regular place in Jose Mourinho's side. Besides Arsenal, his old club, Chelsea seems to be interested in the 33-year old.

Speaking of this, striker Didier Drogba told RTL:

Patrick Viera will be a good addition to our squad, if we can recruit.

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Ancelotti interested in bringing veteran Frenchman?

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Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira could finally be set to seal his return to London, but surprisingly with Chelsea, according to reports.

The 33-year-old Frenchman who made more than 250 league appearances and won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups during his time at Arsenal - was linked with a return to Arsene Wenger's side along with Tottenham Hotspur earlier this summer.

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Chelsea hosted Liverpool on Sunday, October 4, 2009 in the biggest match of the weekend in the English Premier League. Were Liverpool able to get points on the road or did Chelsea win to remain top of the table? Here's a recap and video highlights of the match.

Chelsea defeats Liverpool 2-0 Video Highlights

Recap courtesy of (http://www.

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Today Man United and Arsenal have been linked with a 23-year old midfielder thought to be the next Michael Essien. Anthony Annan (who currently plays for Rosenborg) had a trial with Blackburn...
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Today Man United and Arsenal have been linked with a 23-year old midfielder thought to be the next Michael Essien.
Anthony Annan (who currently plays for Rosenborg) had a trial with Blackburn Rovers last season but the move didn't go through. He was also linked last season with Tottenham Hotspur but it now looks like he could move to one of the ‘top four' clubs. Click to continue reading...