Ivorian Drogba, who had been playing in the United States for Phoenix Rising, had two spells at Chelsea, scoring 164 goals in 381 games having spearheaded the west London club's revival under owner Roman Abramovich.
Lleyton Hewitt demolished Vladimir Voltchkov after Chris Guccione upset Max Mirnyi in the Davis Cup quarter-final.
Chelsea footballer Eden Hazard says he is keen to win the Champions League title as his club begins its European campaign with a group stage match against Azerbaijani side Qarabag on Tuesday.
The International Cricket Council on Monday named the four superstars of the ongoing ICC World Cup.
Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's unexpected partnership in the doubles allowed France to gain an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Australia on Saturday and join Switzerland and Germany in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup.
He strongly criticised Wimbledon organisers after his fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt was seeded three.
Andy Roddick was promoted from his ranking of four to be named second seed for Wimbledon championships
The respective world number ones were named as top seeds for next week's US Open.
Black Lives Matter was stenciled onto NFL fields and NBA courts. Athletes raised fists and took the knee.
The 2001 champion beat Italy's Filippo Volandri to set up a third-round showdown with Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon.
Lleyton Hewitt, Wayne Arthurs, Todd Woodbridge and Scott Draper would be in the team for next month's Davis Cup tie with Austria.
Pospisil and Shapovalov joined forces in the deciding doubles rubber against Jordan Thompson and John Peers, winning 6-4, 6-4 in front of several hundred delirious Canadian fans.
Bangkok, Singapore, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur and a city in the Middle-East will be home to the first five teams of the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) later this year.
Hewitt Associates, the global human resources services firm, says that Indians got the highest salary hikes in 2004 and the trend is likely to continue in 2005 too.
Ana Ivanovic and Gael Monfils led the way for Indian Aces as they edged out Manila Mavericks 26-25 in a thrilling encounter in the India leg of the International Premier Tennis League.
Arsenal slumped to a last-gasp 2-1 Premier League defeat at relegation-threatened Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday in a blow to the London club's chances of securing European football next season. Watford's Craig Dawson grabbed a stoppage-time equaliser with an overhead kick to earn his side a 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Saturday and a vital point in their battle for Premier League survival.
In 2013, the average salary increase was 10.2 per cent while in 2009, it was 6.6 per cent.
India and UK will sign an agreement for setting up a Joint Economic and Trade Committee as part of steps to boost bilateral economic ties on Wednesday.
A lower-league match in Brazil turned bizarre when a referee pulled out a gun and pointed it towards players after tempers boiled over.
Reflecting the growth expectations of 5 per cent, India Inc has projected an average salary increase of 10.3 per cent for 2013, says the Aon Hewitt Annual Salary Increase Survey.
After the 'lingerie' outfit during the Wimbledon, Nike is back with fluorescent yellow gear for players, both male and female.
Indian central bank may soon edge out its counterpart in the Netherlands from the top-10 list, as latter's holding has largely remained unchanged.
The Belgian capped a remarkable comeback to the top level of the game following wrist surgery, beating the world No.1 in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
Nick Kyrgios eased past John Isner 7-5, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) in a duel of big servers to fire Australia to a 2-0 lead over the United States in their Davis Cup quarter-final in Brisbane on Friday.
Maharashtra and Haryana voted in assembly elections on Monday. Several prominent personalities also exercised their franchise.
The 22-year-old French Open champion downplayed her chances following a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 win over Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens in the opening round on Monday, telling the courtside crowd it would take a miracle for her to reach the final.
World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3, 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.
Andy Roddick completed round-robin play at the Masters Cup an unbeaten 3-0 blasting his way past Guillermo Coria 7-6, 6-3.
Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was, on Tuesday, ruled out of the third and final Test against South Africa due to a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Dinesh Karthik in the squad.
Novak Djokovic had to fight back from a set down to beat Thomaz Bellucci and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals.
The defending champion is on collision course with Lleyton Hewitt, the man whose title he took.
David Nalbandian won his delayed singles match and then teamed up with Mariano Puerta to win the doubles.
Images from the World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday.
The world No. 3 said he wants tp play in the Athens Games next year, because at 28 he has a good chance of winning a medal.\n\n
Australia's Patrick Farhat is set to join the Indian cricket team as its new physiotherapist. He will be joined by Shankar Basu and Arun Kanade who will be on board as strength and conditioning expert and masseur respectively.
