Paris (AFP) – Liverpool star Mohamed Salah equalled the Premier League goals record for an African when he scored in a 5-0 rout of Watford at the weekend.  The Egypt forward has netted 104 times in the world's most watched domestic league, matching the total of former Ivory Coast attacker Didier Drogba during two spells […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has refused an offer to join Corinthians of Brazil that would have included generous wages and a bullet-proof car. The Ivory Coast star, 38, is out of contract after a spell at Montreal Impact and was offered $120,000 (110,000 euros) a week, a 24-hours-per-day translator, […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – The Major League Soccer careers of Didier Drogba and Steven Gerrard could end without either man kicking another ball as their teams head into nerve-wracking sudden-death playoff games starting Wednesday. Two of the biggest names of the English Premier League's golden era, Liverpool icon Gerrard joined Los Angeles Galaxy in 2015 […]

New York (AFP) – Didier Drogba has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer chiefs after his refusal to play for the Montreal Impact last weekend, the league said Friday. Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast star Drogba stunned the Impact by demanding to be left out of the squad for their game against […]

Montreal (AFP) – Montreal Impact chief Joey Saputo said Tuesday the club had settled its dispute with Didier Drogba after the star striker sensationally refused to play last weekend. The 38-year-old former Chelsea and Ivory Coast star had stunned the club last weekend after demanding to be left out of the match-day squad upon discovering […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Amid drama surrounding the absence of Didier Drogba, the Montreal Impact settled for a 2-2 draw against Toronto that proved enough to secure a Major League Soccer playoff spot. The Impact announced on their Twitter feed before Sunday's game that Drogba was absent with back trouble. But coach Mauro Biello confirmed […]

Montreal (AFP) – Didier Drogba scored an injury-time winner as the Montreal Impact downed the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 to maintain their place near the top of Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference standings. Drogba's goal in the fourth minute of injury time came after a terrible blunder by Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe, who allowed the […]

Montreal (AFP) – Former Chelsea standout Didier Drogba scored on a half-volley in the third minute and Eastern Conference leader Montreal played to a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with visiting Philadelphia. It was the fourth deadlock in a row for the Impact, with Ivory Coast star Drogba's fourth goal of the season being matched […]

Didier Drogba scored his first goal of the Major League Soccer season on a clever backheel shot as the Montreal Impact snapped the Fire's four-game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win in Chicago. The former Chelsea star and all-time leading scorer of the Ivory Coast national team was standing in the centre of the box […]

Footballer Didier Drogba said Thursday he would take legal action against Britain's Daily Mail newspaper after it published allegations that most of the money raised by his charity in Britain was not going to good causes. The newspaper reported that less than one percent of over £1.7 million (2.1 million euros, $2.4 million) raised by […]

The best news of the Montreal Impact’s offseason came on Sunday when Didier Drogba effectively announced on Twitter that he’d be returning to Major League Soccer for the 2016 season. Even though owner Joey Saputo couldn’t confirm on Monday that Drogba would complete the upcoming season in Montreal, the exhale in Quebec could be heard […]