National Teams Lace Up
02 March 2010
AIDS is a global pandemic, and so this week players from all over the world - from Korea to the Ivory Coast, to Brazil and Ireland, the United States and Netherlands, Portugal and China - will tie on (NIKE)RED laces and pull on (NIKE)RED track jackets for their mid-week international friendlies.
The laces are more than a symbol. Each pair of laces purchased supports Lace Up Saves Lives, a campaign created to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa using both education through sport and medication thru The Global Fund.
Led by (NIKE)RED's global ambassador Didier Drogba, who will take the field in London aga ...
Two minutes
11 October 2009
In what was to be a routine match against Malawi, the Elephants left their biggest names on the bench and found themselves down 1-0 in the 63rd minute.
Enter Didier Drogba.
Two minutes on the pitch and the Ivorian superstar equalized, sending his homeland into the finals for the second suc ...
Speed kills
05 October 2009
Strikers are judged on goals.
But on Sunday, Drogba demonstrated the importance of every area of a centre forward’s game.
His electric pace and storming power laid on the two goals that gave his team all three points and left them standing at the top of the league.
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