MALAWI: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Ivory Coast and Didier Drogba arrive for World Cup qualifying with Malawi

Record ID: 181064

  • Title: MALAWI: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Ivory Coast and Didier Drogba arrive for World Cup qualifying with Malawi
  • Date: 9th October 2009
  • Summary: CROWD OUTSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Malawi
  • Country: Malawi
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA3ZPCPUM523CWNETM873Z454B6
  • Story Text: Ivory Coast team arrived in Malawi on Thursday (October 8) and travelled to their hotel in Blantyre.
    Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, the Ivorian captain. led his team across the airport to the terminal building.
    The team play Malawi on Saturday (October 10) in their Group E World Cup qualifying match.
    The Elephants already have 12 points in the competition and only need one more to qualify for the South Africa World Cup finals next year. After the away match in Malawi the team host their final game against Guinea.
    Malawi has three points.
    World Cup African qualifying fixtures (times GMT).
    Playing on Saturday Group A Cameroon v Togo (1430) Gabon v Morocco (1430) Group C Zambia v Egypt (1200) Group E Malawi v Ivory Coast (1230) Playing on Sunday Group B Nigeria v Mozambique (1600) Tunisia v Kenya (1600) Group C Algeria v Rwanda (1815) Group D Benin v Ghana (1500) Mali v Sudan (1800) Group E Guinea v Burkina Faso (1700)
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