Now that the second season of the IPL is midway through, Rediff.com assesses the performances of the costliest players in the second season and finds out that they are not worth the price they came at.
Chelsea are planning to release prolific striker Didier Drogba at the end of this season.
Modest Braga, who have never won a Portuguese league title, stunned five-times European champions Liverpool 1-0 with a first-half penalty in the Europa League on Thursday.
Captain John Terry struck five minutes from time to give stuttering England a 2-1 win over Ukraine on Wednesday and extend their 100 percent start to World Cup Group Six qualifying.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he would stay with the EPL champions if he has enough support from the club.
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho said his team's comfortable 2-0 victory over Levski Sofia on Tuesday, felt more like a friendly than a Champions League match.
AC Milan sealed their first win of the Serie A season when they overpowered early pacesetters Lazio 4-1.
Ukraine is unbeaten in nine qualifying games and holds a seven-point lead over Turkey in Group 2
The 'Football for Hope' match will feature more than 50 of the world's best known players including Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham.
Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko will lead two teams on Tuesday in a benefit match to raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami.
Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and league leaders Manchester United overcame Middlesbrough 1-0.
Twice UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord and Tottenham Hotspur came through testing away ties on Thursday to progress to the group stage of the competition. Feyenoord overturned a 1-0 home defeat to win 2-1 against Swedish league leaders Kalmar and go through on away goals while a 1-1 draw for Spurs in Poland helped the Premier League strugglers eliminate Wisla Krakow 3-2 on aggregate in the first round.
Frank Lampard scored Chelsea's winner in a 1-0 pre-season victory over Feyenoord.
Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup after the two teams played out a sterile scoreless draw.
Ukraine's preparations for their maiden World Cup appearance have been dealt a significant blow with injuries to a few players.
Holders Chelsea moved into the semi-finals of the English League Cup with a 2-0 victory over Liverpool.
Chelsea failed to score for a fourth successive English Premier League match in a 0-0 draw with Fulham.
Brazilian Ronaldinho was named World Soccer magazine's Player of the Year on Thursday with Jose Mourinho winning Manager of 2004 and Greece taking the Team award.
Arsenal had to come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against bogey team Bolton Wanderers as champions Chelsea cruised into the FA Cup fifth round with a 3-0 win over third division Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has much to ponder as he prepares his side for Saturday's local derby against Fulham at Stamford Bridge.
Sampdoria defender Mirko Conte deflected the ball into his own goal to give A C Milan a 1-0 win in the Italian Cup.
Ludovic Giuly's goal earned the Spanish giants a 1-0 win over AC Milan in their semi-final first leg at the San Siro stadium.
The Brazilian's side beat Andriy Shevchenko's XI 6-3 on Tuesday in a tsunami relief benefit match expected to raise 8 million euros ($10.38 million).
Andriy Shevchenko scoring both goals in an impressive 2-1 victory in the Serie A league.
Ukraine was ordered to play a game behind closed doors as part of a UEFA punishment for racist behavior at last month's European Championship qualifier against Spain.
The 22-year-old has signed on an eight-and-a-half-year contract in deal worth 100 million euros ($108 million).
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