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Sportshour: Drogba's American Dream

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Drogba's American Dream

15/04/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Drogba's American Dream

Caroline Barker presents the global sports show, focusing on Didier Drogba's new venture.

Caroline Barker presents the global sports show, with focus on Didier Drogba's plans as player and co-owner of the Phoenix Rising.

From pitch to boardroom

Having won just about all there is to win in European football, the former Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba is breaking new ground.  At the age of 39, he's signed up with the Phoenix Rising who play in the second tier of the north American game, as player and co-owner. He's next goal - to take them to the top flight of the north American game. He also tells us about his fears for football in Ivory Coast.

Kenya's speed king 

Jeremy Wahome is hoping to be the first Kenyan to line up on a Formula One grid.  At the age of 18, he's taking the next steps by competing in the British Formula three Championship - a series won in the past by the likes of Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen who went on to be crowned Formula One World Champions. Not content with a pursuing a career in motor sport, Jeremy is also studying at Cheltenham College and recently set up a library in the Kibera slum in his homeland. 

From sports arena to silver screen 

It used to be that the most popular films made in Bollywood were romances or action movies.  But not any more. 
It's always been said that sport provides great drama - and now that's being transferred to the cinema screen by India's film-makers and is proving a big hit with cinema goers.  It's also prompting a large number of Indian youngsters to take up a sport, as Rahul Tandon reports from India.

Raising the game 

Australia's leading female cricketers are set for a pay rise of 125 per cent.  On the international stage they're out-shining their male counterpart and later this year will bid to win the World Cup for the eighth time.  Their captain Meg Lanning tells us progress has been for female cricketers, but don't compare the men's and women's games.

Playing for the crowd 

Organ music used to be a regular sound at American baseball stadiums, but in the digital age some teams moving away from the 70 year old tradition.  Not at the Minnesota Twins, where their organist Sue Nelson has been entertaining the crowd and supporting the team for almost two decades.

Picture credit: Didier Drogba (Getty Images)

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