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Manchester City offers Drogba double what Chelsea’s paying

Manchester City offers Drogba double what Chelsea’s payingLondon, Jan. 23: Manchester City has offered Didier Drogba 180, 000-pound a week to quit Chelsea.

The striker is interested because he believes his old boss Jose Mourinho will take over at Eastlands this summer.

Drogba, 30, could earn 40 million pound over a period of four-and-a-half years, reports The Sun.

The tabloid revealed yesterday that Manchester City had turned to 15-million-pound Drogba after failing to get Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn.

Dita Von Teese to perform striptease at Paris revue

Dita Von Teese to perform striptease at Paris revueLondon, Jan 23 : Burlesque star Dita Von Teese is set to take the French audiences by storm as she returns to perform striptease at Paris'' most famous nude revue.

The 36-year-old star has been booked in for a two-week run at the Crazy Horse in the French capital, where she also plans to show off musical skills.

"I feel that Paris is a place that still appreciates its showgirls. I feel I have to raise the bar," The Sun quoted her as saying.

‘Female Fritzl’ who raped son in ''house of horrors'' gets 7-year jail term

London, Jan 23 : A 40-year-old Irish woman who forced her teenage son to have sex with her and abused her other five children for years in a rat-infested "house of horrors" was jailed for seven years on Thursday.

The woman's name cannot be revealed in order to protect the identities of the children.

Her instance echoes Josef Fritzl''s case who allegedly held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children. He imprisoned Elisabeth in a dungeon, which was later dubbed "house of horrors."

Prosecutors charged Fritzl in November 2008 with murder for refusing to arrange medical treatment for the seventh child, who died in infancy.

ECB allows Pietersen, Flintoff to play in IPL

ECB allows Pietersen, Flintoff to play in IPLLondon, Jan 23 : England Batsman Kevin Pietersen and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will play in the Indian Premier League after signing their national central contracts.

Talks between England's players and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on signing of the annual deals had stalled over how long they would be allowed to play in the IPL, The News reported.

The agreement will allow a chosen few, probably Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah and maybe Ravi Bopara, to earn some big money quickly.

Hayden Panettiere’s dad gets 2yrs’ probation for assaulting wife

Hayden Panettiere’s dad gets 2yrs’ probation for assaulting wifeLondon, January 23 : A Beverly Hills court has given American actress/singer Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, two years' probation, and ordered him to attend domestic violence counselling.

Alan had been charged with assaulting his wife in a much-publicised fight in August last year.

He had pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour battery.

The court gave him 24 months' probation, slapped a fine of 265 pounds, and ordered him to attend 52 weeks of domestic violence counselling.

Manchester City sets its sight on Chelsea’s Drogba

Manchester City sets its sight on Chelsea’s DrogbaLondon, jan. 22: Manchester City is targeting Chelsea's unsettled 15-million-pound striker Didier Drogba.

According to The Sun, the club is now looking at alternatives after failing to get Brazilian striker Kaka and having communication problems with another Brazilian striker Robinho. . Drogba has come on to the radar. But if City makes a move, Chelsea boss Phil Scolari will want Robinho as part of the deal.

Ivory Coast star Drogba, 31 in March, has been axed from the squad for Chelsea's last two games and believes the manager wants to get rid of him.

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