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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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...