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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It’s all in the name of hindering their country

Men in South Korea must serve up to 24 months in the military, unless a medical exemption intervenes. Several players in the national K-League decided they much preferred kicking a ball about to getting maimed by a North Korean foot soldier, so they took advantage of the medical loophole and proceeded to dislocate their shoulders. To execute this cunning rouse