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Mourinho hails Drogba, Wenger salutes Sanchez Kongo in LONDON ing on Eden Hazard’s title hunt 19th minute opener, then Premiership results netting with a clinical fin- By David Namunyala Chelsea 3 Spurs 1 ish in the 23rd minute Arsenal 1 S’mpton 0 before substitute Loic December 6-13 S’land 1 Man City 4 Remy’s fine finish in the East and Central Handball Everton 1 Hull City 1 73rd minute sealed Club Championships Chelsea’s seventh succes- Nairobi, Kenya - sive home win. !# “Yes, it is remarkable. Prisons captain Didier is a team player, *+!- ##$%& one of these with an old ' school mentality. Not self- win the East and Central ()!- ish, not vain, a humble ,##- Pele asks ers have the strength guy who plays for the onship title. in depth to last the team, fights for the team. The team of 18 players, pace in the title race. Fantastic,” Mourinho said. handled by coaches Ben Mourinho’s side main- Arsenal manager Arsene Opoka and Rodrick for guitar tained their six-point lead Wenger hailed the speed Muhumuza will battle at the at the top of the table of Alexis Sanchez’s adap- Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. SAO PAULO thanks to a throwback tation to the Premier The competition, start- performance from Ivory League after the Chilean ing tomorrow, will end next Five days after his con- Coast striker Drogba, who forward’s last-gasp win- Saturday. scored his fifth goal of the ning goal sank top-four Teams from Kenya, Tanza- season at Stamford Bridge rivals Southampton. nia, South Sudan, , Brazilian soccer legend on Wednesday to make “He was one of the Burundi and Zanzibar are Pele was out of inten- the absence of suspended players who had to dig also eyeing success. sive care Tuesday and leading scorer Diego deep today (Wednesday), Kongo said the team is walking around as he Costa a mere footnote. but he has such a desire ready for the task. Drogba, 36, showed to fight that he always “The team is in good shape there is still plenty of life finds something special and ready to compete,” “The patient ... is doing in his ageing legs by lay- to get the goal,” Wenger Kongo said before departure well without medical com- said. AFP yesterday. plications. He is able to #!! Kongo will look to players walk around his room,” the like Dominic Akena, Jimmy Albert Einstein clinic in Obur, Moses Akena, Anthony Sao Paolo said, in a state- Issamat, and Gilbert Ojok for ment. victory. Media reports said Pele At the same time, Police requested a guitar to strum men’s team is expected to as he continues his conva- make a debut in the event lescence. while are due in the The clinic said 74-year- women’s category. old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pele, is now SA IN GROUP receiving “semi-intensive” care but remains in the Party time same bed as previously. By David Namunyala The hospital said further kidney tests will be con- /# ducted tomorrow. #)! Pele was “lucid and eat- player awards in the ing well” without breathing ##- difficulties while receiving ! antibiotics intravenously, OF DEATH at a dinner today. the hospital said. All the 44 teams that par- The clinic suspended ticipated in the annual com- MALABO spreading of the deadly Ebola renal assistance on Sunday, after the draw for the 2015 petition will be represented virus. six days after the three- at the ceremony set for Hotel Nations Cup draw Indeed their gesture was time world champion was on Wednesday. Africana in . GROUP A Bafana Bafana — who won recognised publicly by admitted. Nominees for the best player the trophy when they hosted CAF president Issa Initial tests showed that Equatorial Guinea award in the men’s category it in 1996 but have experi- Hayatou during the Pele, widely regarded as Burkina Faso include Felix Muhabuzi of enced very little success since pre-draw ceremony. the greatest player of all Gabon Hotel Africana, Isaac Amanya — were drawn in Group C He expressed CAF’s time, was suffering from a Congo (Mukwano Group), Ibrahim along with perennial title con- gratitudes at flying to urinary infection requiring Kongo (Uganda Breweries GROUP B tenders Ghana, Senegal and the rescue of the tournament antibiotics. Limited) and Sadat Bamwa- Algeria for the tournament and praised their courageous Last Thursday, the hospi- Zambia gala (Quality Chemicals). that runs from January 17 to decision. tal said the man nick- Tunisia In the women’s category, February 8 in Rquatorial Two of South Africa’s named ‘O Rei’ (the king) Cape Verde the DFCU’s Brenda Namale, Guinea. rivals, Ghana and Algeria, had been placed in inten- DR Congo Grace Babirye (Mukwano) Equatorial Guinea — who were in the World Cup sive care after his condi- and Stella Nassuuna (KCCA) GROUP C co-hosted the 2012 edition finals this year with the tion became “clinically are the leading contenders. with Gabon — are fortunate latter reaching the second unstable,” alarming his Ghana The nominees were con- to be even involved as they round for the first time in fans. Algeria firmed after a voting process were originally disqualified their history and the Some Brazilian media South Africa by managers of the teams for fielding an ineligible play- Desert Foxes took eventual reported that Pele had sep- Senegal and the league organisers. er in a match. champions Germany to ticemia, a blood infection, At the same time, Kongo will GROUP D However, they regained extra-time in their last 16 after he failed to respond be crowned as top scorer African football’s governing clash. to treatment. Ivory Coast having registered 25 goals. body CAF’s favour when they It will be quite a baptism of But on Friday the clinic Mali Babirye will receive the offered to step in and host fire for Avram Grant the new- said he was responding to Cameroon women’s award (19 goals). the tournament after original ly-appointed coach of Ghana antibiotics while the star Guinea Elsewhere, Roofings Group hosts Morocco were them- — who have flattered to insisted via social media he will be crowned overall selves disqualified as hosts deceive on several occasions had simply been moved to South Africa will have to champions. when they said they wanted at the finals since they were another room for more pri- do it the hard way if they They got 227 points while to postpone the tournament crowned champions for the vacy. are to add to their sole Hotel Africana were second AFP because of fears over the fourth time in 1982. Africa Cup of Nations title Ghana striker Andre Ayew at 214.