Drogba’s countrymen suffer embarassing Olympic warm up

Last month, unsettled Didier Drogba was insistent that he would travel to the Olympics in Beijing, as the honour of playing a bit part in a competition held with little regard in the footballing world far outweighs representing one of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, apparently.

Le Drog, however, may not be so keen to join his fellow Ivory Coasters after the Under-23 side suffered an embarrassing 2-1 defeat at the weekend, where South Korea keeper Jung Sung-Ryong opened the scoring by belting one in from just outside his own box.

With pollution levels limiting visibility to about thirteen inches in Beijing, expect plenty more goals like this at the Olympiad…

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The best sports on the telebox tonight

The bookies fancy the hosts and the favourites to meet in the Africa Cup of Nations final this Sunday, but the former must defeat a strong Cameroon team, while the latter must overcome current holders Egypt. Read our betting previews of Ghana/ Cameroon and Ivory Coast/ Egypt, then head to the oddschicken to have a punt.

Africa Cup of Nations

Ghana/ Cameroon (British Eurosport, BBC Interactive, 5pm)
Ivory Coast/ Egypt (British Eurosport, BBC3, 8pm)