Chelsea and Côte d'Ivoire striker Didier Drogba has set his sights firmly on World Cup glory with his home nation.� The powerful striker, regarded by many as the best frontman in the world, scored the equalising goal that secured the Cote d'Ivoire's place in South Africa and admitted he has grandiose plans for the tournament next summer.

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The English Carling Cup continued on Wednesday with several of the Premier League clubs playing each other in crucial matches including Manchester City v Fulham, Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United v Wolverhampton. Here's a recap of these matches along with video highlights.

Chelsea edges Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Video Highlights

Chelsea rested several of their regular starters as they struggled in the first half to get a lead on Queens Park Rangers.

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Rounding up all the days biggest transfer news and gossip.

"You're going nowhere son!"

Arsenal Make Move For Chelsea Flop.
Arsene Wenger will turn his attention to Chelsea's Solomon Kalou after having his £5M bid for Bordeaux's, Chamakh turned down. The French club was holding out for at least £10M for the striker, however Arsene refuses to pay over the odds, and so he should.

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Well, the hot rumor of the day is that Arsenal has made a bid to Chelsea for Solomon Kalou. Apparently Arsenal are offering £6 million, while Chelsea are holding out for £8 million.

I have to say, I've never been all that impressed with Kalou, but he's still young, he grew up idolizing Thierry Henry, and he's basically a spare part at this point with Chelsea.

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Morning, today's post is brought to you with a hint of a *boilk* but not much more than that really. Although I can taste chips. Not so good.

Anyway, Sunday is a day of rumour and scuttlebutt in the papers so let's get on with that. The Times is reporting, in a very casual manner I have to say, that Kolo Toure has agreed personal terms with Manchester City.

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Chelsea's epic 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge against Liverpool drew high praise from football fans, with some going as far to call it the match of the century.

The reward� for the Blues was� a berth in the Champions League semifinals against Barcelona, and that two-legged tie begins today at Camp Nou.

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Bayern Munich: Jorg Butt, Phillip Lahm,Lucio, Martín De Michelis, Christian Lell; Andreas Ottl, Zé Roberto, Mark Van Bommel, José Sosa; Franck Ribéry, Luca Toni

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Eric Abidal, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta, Touré Yaya, Xavi, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o

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Chelsea FC: Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Michael Ballack, Solomon Kalou, Didier Drogba

Liverpool FC: Pepe Reina, Álvaro Arbeloa, Martin Skrtel, Jamie Carragher,� Fabio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Xabi Alonso,� Yossi Benayoun, Kuyt, Fernando Torres

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Continuing to surf on La Gazzetta's "Serie A vs. EPL" wave, here are ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champions League's Chelsea vs. Juventus. PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with the [. Click to continue reading...

Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champion's League Chelsea vs. Juventus. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with [. Click to continue reading...

Continuing to surf on La Gazzetta's "Serie A vs. EPL" wave, here are ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champions League's Chelsea vs. Juventus. PETR CECH Often tagged as the "second-best keeper in the world" (now down to third with Casillas, get over it Chelsea fans), Petr Cech has now the opportunity to go neck-in-neck with the [. Click to continue reading...

This should be a great game between two very well organised and efficient sides. Juventus have got back to winning ways after surprise slip ups against Udinese and against Cagliari and I'm expecting a tough battle when these two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. It will be the first time [. Click to continue reading...

This should be a great game between two very well organised and efficient sides. Juventus have got back to winning ways after surprise slip ups against Udinese and against Cagliari and I'm expecting a tough battle when these two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. It will be the first time [. Click to continue reading...

So that's what the top of the table feels like. On to the games...
Arsenal 3-1 Bolton -- Man the Gunners played some beautiful soccer on Saturday. 21 shots, 17 corners, 70% of possession. Turns out they were Jekyll this weekend and are now on top of the EPL standings. Kevin Cyril Davies (14') had the goal for Bolton, before three straight by Emmanuel Eboue (offside, 26'), Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Denilson (87'). Click to continue reading...

Solomon Kalou of Chelsea celebrates the Ivory Coast's goal with a teammate / AP Photo Matchday one is in the books for 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament with Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Italy all recording victories. However some performances were more impressive than others: Brazil for example were outplayed badly by Belgium for [. Click to continue reading...

The squads for the Football Tournament at the Beijing Olympics was finalized today. The following EPL players are in the competition: Javier Mascerano/Liverpool/ Argentina Adam Leijer/Fulham/Australia Solomon Kalou/Chelsea/Ivory Coast Gianni Zuiverloon/West Brom/Holland Ryan Babel/Liverpool/Holland Brad Guzan/Aston Villa/USA (Pending work permit) Victor Anichebe/Everton/Nigeria Andreson/Manchester United/Brazil Lucas/Liverpool/Brazil Jo/Manchester City/Brazil Dong Fangzuho/ Manchester United/China Ryan Nelson/Blackburn/New Zealand Simon Elliot/Fulham/New Zealand Alexandre Song/Arsenal/Cameroon Franck Songo'o/Portsmouth/Cameroon Hendry Thomas/Wigan/Honduras The full  list of American/Canadian based players (MLS/USL/NCAA) in [. Click to continue reading...

The United States failed to score a goal and were generally the poorer side in today's ING Cup match versus the Ivory Coast in Hong Kong. Solomon Kalou of Chelsea help create several good scoring chances for the Africans which... Click to continue reading...

Let me first apologize for the delinquency of this post. I slept through this morning's match and then caught the match later on the internet. The match today showed some weakness for the US at the back early in the match playing a 4-4-2, but the team believe it or not caught lightning in a bottle of sorts when Benny Feilhaber entered the match at halftime and helped control the next 15 or 20 minutes of the match. Click to continue reading...

Apparently lotsa cool dudes were there: Baron Davis, Reyna, Jason Kidd, Solomon Kalou, Leandro Barbosa.
All the credit and much love goes to Adam over at TiAS for the photo and the coverage.
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Standing in the middle of an energized crowd, Jozy Altidore rattled off autographs and posed for picture after picture. Even after most of the other stars who played in the Steve Nash/Claudio Reyna charity match in Manhattan's Chinatown, Altidore stood on the turf at Nike Field and signed and posed for fans eager to meet American soccer's most exciting young star.

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I've just been informed that Mourinho is going to flout the critics this coming season by playing some creative football. The evidence to qualify his words? Check out this truthiness:
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