Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast 0 Ghana 0 (Ivory Coast win 9-8 on penalties).

Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1

Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

Fellow Champions of Europe and non-Champions of Europe, are you having a Champion of Europe day today?

Lille have confirmed the signing of Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou on a free transfer following his release by Chelsea.

Ryan Bertrand has been pitched into the biggest game of his life tonight as the 22-year-old starts for Chelsea in their Champions League final clash with Bayern Munich.

Chelsea caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo is “very hopeful” Gary Cahill and David Luiz will be fit to start Chelsea’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

David Luiz and Gary Cahill have failed to recover from hamstring injuries in time for Chelsea’s final Barclays Premier League game of the season against Blackburn on Sunday.

Chelsea are set to be without David Luiz and Gary Cahill again for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at Liverpool.

Chelsea will still be without David Luiz and Gary Cahill for tomorrow’s FA Cup final against Liverpool.

Interim boss Roberto Di Matteo has gambled on resting both Juan Mata and Frank Lampard as he makes six changes for Chelsea’s Premier League game against Newcastle tonight.

Chelsea will still be without David Luiz and Gary Cahill for tomorrow night’s Barclays Premier League game with Newcastle.

Chelsea are facing a defensive crisis ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game against QPR.

Chelsea will assess Didier Drogba tonight before deciding on their starting XI for tomorrow night’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Barcelona.

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0

Roberto Di Matteo made as many changes as realistically possible for Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League clash at Arsenal today.

Didier Drogba will miss Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game at Arsenal tomorrow.

Roberto Di Matteo tonight confirmed David Luiz would miss both legs of Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.

Roberto Di Matteo has kept his promise to name his strongest XI as Chelsea look to book their place in the FA Cup final with a win over Tottenham at Wembley today.

Defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole were today both passed fit for Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham.

Chelsea were today facing a potential defensive crisis derailing their season after Branislav Ivanovic was hit with a violent-conduct charge.

Chelsea’s hopes of Champions League qualification have not quite been totally shot down, but they received a fairly hefty wounding courtesy of Texan Clint Dempsey last night.

Fulham 1 Chelsea 1

Chelsea will reassess John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Ramires ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at Fulham.

Chelsea will be without John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Wigan.

Salomon Kalou has vowed to answer those dismissing Chelsea’s chances of beating Barcelona, insisting he has already spotted weaknesses in the European champions’ rearguard.

Roberto Di Matteo now has two weeks to prepare his Chelsea side for their sixth Champions League semi-final in nine years.

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate)

David Luiz has overcome an ankle injury to start Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg against Benfica tonight.

Raul Meireles is Chelsea’s only doubt for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Chelsea’s Salomon Kalou was coy when asked about extending his contract past the end of the season after his match-winning performance in the Champions League victory at Benfica.

There can be little doubt that Frank Lampard was right when he said that Chelsea are no longer the force of old, but they still have the knack of winning games they don’t deserve to.

Benfica 0 Chelsea 1

Fernando Torres was back on the bench as Didier Drogba started Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game against Tottenham today.

Carlos Tevez returned to the Manchester City substitutes’ bench this evening, six months after refusing to warm-up for that fateful Champions League tie with Bayern Munich.

John Terry will miss Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game at Manchester City tomorrow.

The sheer scale of the numbers had threatened to crush Fernando Torres; 24 hours and 33 minutes of playing time without a goal coming into this game, 150 days since he last found the net.

Chelsea 5 Leicester 2

John Terry is set for his first action since the match against Swansea on January 31 after undergoing surgery on his injured knee.

Birmingham 0 Chelsea 2

Didier Drogba and Daniel Sturridge are expected to be fit for Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game at West Brom.

Andre Villas-Boas has admitted for the first time that he could be sacked as Chelsea manager.

Andre Villas-Boas has admitted Porto star Hulk would be an ideal signing for Chelsea.

Chelsea 3 Bolton 0

Ashley Cole joined John Terry in failing to make Chelsea’s Champions League clash at Napoli tonight.

John Terry remained a major doubt tonight for Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 first-leg clash at Napoli.

The question posed by an Italian journalist to Andre Villas-Boas at Stamford Bridge couldn’t have been more straightforward.

Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Jose Bosingwa all missed out as Chelsea made four changes for today’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Birmingham.

Ivory Coast set up a final showdown with Zambia after Gervinho’s solo goal saw them past Mali in Libreville last night.