didier drogba finally bows out calling time on his playing career.men beat portugal to guarantee a spot at next year's eurobasket finals. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. welcome. without a competitive win this year and relegated from their nations league group, martn 0 neil and his backroom team have left their roles with the republic of ireland. he said it's with a heavy heart he leaves following a run of poor results. joe lynskey reports. one was the tactician, the other hand of government, it was the blend of personalities that ireland hoped promised so much. here he comes now. the republic of ireland scores in the place is going on. this was the high point of o'neill and keys revolution. a win against italy to come to the knockout stage at the euros, but the next cycle brought harder times, and key players retirements were exposed in world cup qualifying where ireland's hoped that my clothes were ripped apart by russia. —— hopes were ripped apart by russia. you are asking about roy's criticism of players. the tv tell you, this is

that is the 2009 bbc african footballer of the year, didier drogba.year's nominees, and winning the uefa europa league and super cup with atletico madrid helped thomas partey to be nominated. the 25—year old ghana international may have missed out on a world cup appearance, but his strong performances in la liga and in europe for atletico has left partey with a host of new admirers. scoring goals allows herself to be seenin scoring goals allows herself to be seen in the world, because our football is all about goals. any time you score, you feel confident, and you have more confidence to keep playing more. it was a great season, because we were second in the league and we won the europa cup and we won in the super cup. yes, ifeel great, it isa in the super cup. yes, ifeel great, it is a dream come true. because it is know, doesn't on the ball. you know, he doesn't rush, he doesn't panic, and i want to be like him. i want to be lay kim. i started in a small but village where my father was, like, the team manager. he did a lot of sacrifices that he neve

all right so football now and former chelsea striker didier drogba has called time on his career at the age of forty are best known for his time in the english premier league draw by one twelfth major titles were chelsea he's also a much beloved personality in his country of birth the ivory coast for his exploits both on and off the pitch. brought her for her car. her secure her. pass car error but the ivorian strikers done just that this goal for phoenix rising which won the second division american side a western conference championship was the last of his storied career the forty year old announced his retirement via twitter thanking fans and teammates drug was best known for his two stints at chelsea he won four premier league titles and west london including the league and cup double in two thousand and ten drug but also led chelsea to champions league glory netting the decisive penalty in the two thousand and twelve final against byron munich his one zero four premier league goals for the blues make him the best african scorer in league history drug has drawn crowds from all over

didier drogba retiring from football.g from marseilles, and i was watching him play against newcastle many many moons ago, and we heard these rumours about this player that we were going to see, he is great, he is different, but honestly to see him play on a small pitch for that first time was staggering. he looked different, had a different quality, a different pace, so much power. he was a star in the making. completely. he looked com pletely in the making. completely. he looked completely different to everybody else. the level of power and pace was staggering. and he has decided he will retire after a fantastic career. he spent nine years at chelsea, helping them to their first premier league and champions league titles. he's also the only player to score in four separate fa cup finals. the charities commission says it's engaging with the professional footballers association amid criticism of chairman gordon taylor. loads of players want him to resign, and taylor himself has ordered a review into the players union, whi

and in sport, the chelsea fc legend didier drogba confirms he will be retiring from playing footballer 20 years. we'll have more on that and the latest sport news later. the wife of a british student who has been jailed for life for spying in the united arab emirates has strongly criticised the government's handling of the case. daniela tejada arrived back in uk in the last few hours. she said the foreign office failed to act quickly and firmly enough when her husband, matthew hedges, was detained in may. mr hedges, who's 31, says he is innocent, and was in the uae to research his phd. speaking this morning on the bbc‘s today programme, ms tejada says officials had disregarded her views, and appeared to place britain's interests in the gulf above those of her husband. theyjust disregarded my requests. they said that it wasn't part of theirjob, that it wasn't part of their duty. on one occasion one of the caseworkers actually said that the foreign office did not have a duty of care so they weren't obliged to make such representations. i was under the impression that they were putting

in sport, after terrorising defences for 20 years, the former chelsea striker didier drogba retires from

in football the former shell the striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty eight the ivorian won four premier league titles and the champions league in two glittering spells at chelsea his career also took him to china canada and the us drop i made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at international level and was voted african footballer of the year twice. tennis star venus williams and settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident in june twenty seven teen of the terms of the agreement between williams and the estate of drone parson who died in the crash were not disclosed arson was a passenger in a car that collided with the s.u.v. that williams was driving a police report clear the star of any responsibility for the accident. christophe will have the business headlines coming up after a short break but first it's been exactly fifty years since the beatles released their white album nowadays seen as one of the greatest albums of all time let's listen to one of the tracks. think that that i guess sometimes but i said n

we have some football news for you now the former chelsea striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty. one for premier league titles and champions league in two glittering spells chelsea his career also took him to china canada and the u.s. dugout made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at the international level he's voted african footballer of the year twice. tennis star venus williams has settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident in june of two thousand and seventeen the terms of the agreement between williams and the estate of jerome larson who died in the crush were not disclosed barson was a passenger in a car that collided with the s.u.v. williams was driving a police report cleared williams of any responsibility for the acts. what has been a long time coming but first in rome can now become digital time travelers and step back into the days of the roman empire rome reborn is the largest computer simulation in the world and for years u.s. researchers have been digitizing all existing information and now they have re

to the american footballer of the year didier drogba has announced these retirement the former ivory coast captain is now forty but is still being on the pitch as a player owner with phoenix rising in the united states one for english premier league titles and the european champions league during two spells with chelsea a match up between the two new york teams in the n.h.l. saw the rangers come out on top over the islanders cody macleod and ross johnston demonstrated the importance of this friendly rivalry to the two teams the rangers were already three nothing up but their point and it ended up being five prescribe rubbing salt in the islanders move here. major league baseball's rookie of the year show hey otani has returned to japan after a record breaking first year with the los angeles angels a tiny switch from japan to the major leagues in january was disrupted by an elbow injury but he still had a great year with bat and ball even breaking a ninety nine year record held by babe ruth twenty four year old is fresh from surgery that could stop him pitching until twenty twenty he

just in sports is for you now in football a former shell see striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty the ivorian one for premier league titles in the champions league in two glittering spells at chelsea his career also took him to china canada the us made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at the international level and he was voted african football of the year twice. robert qubit so we'll return to formula one with the williams team in two thousand and nineteen eight years after he sustained a life threatening injuries the poll has impressed as williams test driver the season will be tasked with improving the fortunes of the team or currently last in the f one standings who would return to the sport was once unthinkable he nearly lost his arm in a huge rally accident in twenty eleven he said being back on the grid would be one of his greatest achievements. offensive history can now become digital time traveller since dec back into the days of the roman empire rome reborn as the largest computer simulation in the world so far for year

football news the former shell see striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty the ivorian won four premier league titles in the champions league and two glittering spells at chelsea his career also took him to china canada and the us made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at international level and he was voted african footballer of the year twice. tennis star venus williams has settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident in june twenty seventeen now the terms of the agreement between williams and the estate of jerome carson who died in the crash were not disclose arson was a passenger there in a car that collided with the s.u.v. that williams was driving a police report clear the star of any responsibility for the accident. are today's an important anniversary for music fans it's been exactly fifty years since the beatles released they were white album. marchesa is following the story for us hi mark why is this album so significant well it is something that was for the beatles a creative swerve after the uber and and h

time african footballer of the year didier drogba has announced his retirement the former ivory coast captain is now forty but is still being on the pitch as a player owner with phoenix rising in the united states one for english premier league sidles and the european champions league during two spells with chelsea. england's cricketers are eyeing a special prize when they meet st lanka in colombo on thursday for the start of the third and final tests they are aiming to become the first non asian team since astray in two thousand and four to complete a test series whitewash over the sri lankans on their own soil the english have already won the series thanks to two convincing wins in the previous matches to compound their problems the hosts will be without captain dinesh chandimal who is injured. every grab a charity now first. to show that we are becoming more consistent they were finding ways of winning. and playing good cricket for longer periods of time so and as well as any going to the size of one's head. in test cricket is. a brilliant achievement and would fill us with a huge

we have some sports news now and in football the former chelsea striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty four in one for premier league titles in the champions league in two glittering spells at chelsea this career also took him to china canada and the us. drug made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at international level he was voted african footballer of the year twice. tennis star venus williams has settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident june of two thousand and seventeen the terms of the agreement between williams and the estate of jerome barcelona die. when the crash will not disclose carson was a passenger in a car that collided with the s.u.v. the boy was driving a police report cleared the tennis star of any responsibility for the. scare of business was christophe now the japanese carmaker nissan is set to decide on the fate of its chairman today that's right brian and this crucial meeting sets a kick off and just minutes from now expectations are that nissan will oust carlos going after he was unexpect

career which saw him win four premier league titles with chelsea and a champions league crown, didier drogbaut finished his career playing in the united states. the only player to score in four separate fa cup finals, he also scored the winning penalty for chelsea in their champions league final victory over bayern munich in 2012. he has been paying tribute to the club. the club changed me, improved me, and always the more i was scoring goals, the more the support was coming, and really... like, we've been chasing best champions league for, what, eight years together, and to win it the way we did, to suffer the way we suffered during the final, i think there is nothing more than this kind of relationship, you know, that i share with the chelsea fans. professional football association chief executive gordon taylor has called for a full and open review into the organisation's structure. taylor has been in charge for 37 years but has come under recent criticism, including from the union's chairman, ben purkiss. more than 300 current and former players have also reportedly signed a letter callin

limbo and vulnerable to violence and in sport the ivory coast two time african player of the year didier drogba announces or it his retirement at the ripe old age of forty young paul we'll be here in just a moment with more. from the beyond knights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. there's been an exciting time for australia for the actual hole of spring we're about to officially start summer but you wouldn't necessarily think that given what's been going on recently you saw the dust storms if you're watching just recently running through new science version of course is suffering from the longest drives in living memory and this is the just storm and the wind blowing it hitting the city not gone dark of course you know straight this is the position as you analyze of the loads dr utah is sitting in the tasman sea yeah there's rain for tasmania and a series of cold fronts the temperatures clearly dropping that was just one of the symptoms and these are daytime temperatures sixteen to eighteen no went out more like what you'd expect overnight this time of the temperatures have been a featur

in football the former shell c striker didier drogba has announced his retirement at the age of forty the ivorian won four premier league titles on the champions league in two littering spells at chelsea his career also took him to china canada and the us drug war made more than one hundred appearances for the ivory coast at the international level and it was voted african footballer of the year twice. the bundesliga has caved in to pressure from fans and will no longer stage matches on mondays when a new television deal begins and twenty twenty one supporters in germany have protested during monday matches with fans in frankfurt throwing tennis balls onto the pitch to disrupt their game with. monday evening kick offs were only introduced last season supporters' group say they create logistical problems for maps going fans and go against german football tradition. you're watching d.w. still to come and claim to bangladeshi photographer accused of spreading propaganda is released from prison show him to alarms lawyer tells you why she thinks the charges against him won't stand. and chi

we have massive names in the programme today, didier drogba talking us through his career, he retiresember him from. he talks about jose largely we remember him from. he talks aboutjose mourinho, i know you talked about what he said this week that he says jose you talked about what he said this week that he saysjose mourinho is that best manager he ever played for. this is what he had to say. that best manager he ever played for. this is what he had to saylj for. this is what he had to say.|j know that this team will be remembered forever from the chelsea fans and i'm really happy to be proud of this special team winning the first trophy after 50 years, i know people talk about it. jose mourinho is someone really special to me and we share a special relationship because when he decided to sign me he changed my life because it put me in a situation i could have an impact on my career and he told me if you want to be the best you have to come and play with the best team and work with the best manager stop there you go. we also have pablo sa balenka manager stop there you go. we also hav

after two decades of terrorising defenders, didier drogba is retiring from football. (00v) he‘s playedlary and the way the union spends its money. it‘s a big day for england‘s cricketers at the women‘s world t20 in antigua. they play india in the semi finals later tonight. if they win, they‘ll have the chance to become double world champions having won the one day title last year. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. the wife of a british student who has been jailed for life for spying in the united arab emirates has strongly criticised the government‘s handling of the case. daniela tejada said the foreign office failed to act quickly and firmly enough when her husband, matthew hedges, was detained in may. mr hedges, who‘s 31, says he is innocent, and was in the uae to research his phd. daniela spoke to the bbc‘s today programme as soon as she landed at heathrow this morning and said officials had disregarded her views, and appeared to place britain‘s interests in the gulf above those of her husband. i believe that they should have taken a firmer stanc