Chelsea football club bagged second title in two month

Jose Mourinho's side needed three points to complete the triumph that has become an inevitability in recent weeks as they moved out of sight of their rivals to reclaim the crown from Manchester City and  winning  their  second  title in two months.

Chelsea  in  a celebration  mood

And victory was secured by Eden Hazard's goal on the stroke of half-time, the Belgian heading past Julian Speroni after the Palace goalkeeper had saved the PFA Player of the Year's penalty.

That gave Mourinho his third title as Chelsea manager, and the first of his second spell in charge. It is the club's fifth top-flight title and comes five years after their last and 60 years since their first.

The celebrations that swept around Stamford Bridge at the final whistle were fully deserved for a Chelsea side who have set the pace since the start of the season.

They played with flair and verve to make an all-conquering start then showed the ruthless efficiency that is the hallmark of all Mourinho sides after losing leading scorer Diego Costa for a crucial closing phase of the campaign.

This  make it  the second  title Chelsea  will  be  winning  this  season, after claiming  the capital  one  Cup  against  Totenham  in Wembley.

Source: BBC

China set to Build a Stadium in Ivory Coast

China will finance the construction of a 60,000-seat stadium in Ivory Coast in time for the country's hosting of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

The new venue will be located in Abidjan, with work beginning in January 2016 and taking two years to complete.

An Ivorian sports ministry spokesman said it was "a gift from China".

He added: "The Olympic stadium of Ebimpe with 60,000 seats will allow the hosting of high-level football, athletics and rugby tournaments."

The project will also include the construction of a sports city around the stadium in the suburb of Anyama.

Abidjan currently has just one ground of international standard in the 35,000 capacity Houphouet-Boigny stadium built before independence in 1960.

China is a formidable presence in the African state where it is currently building the biggest hydro-electric project in the country.

It is also constructing a highway to link Abidjan and the Ghana border.

Source: BBC

Bayern Munich Doctor resigns after a defeat to Porto

Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt has resigned after 38 years in the role, claiming the club's medical department was blamed for the Champions League defeat by Porto.

Bayern were missing several key players for Tuesday's 3-1 loss in Portugal.

Muller-Wohlfahrt, 72, said: "For unexplained reasons, it was the medical department that was chiefly blamed for the defeat."

He added that "the relationship of trust has been permanently damaged".

Wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and defender David Alaba all missed Tuesday's quarter-final first leg because of injuries.

Coach Pep Guardiola  had queried why France international Ribery remains sidelined with an ankle injury he sustained on 11 March and was only expected to keep him out for a few days.

Muller-Wohlfahrt, who has also worked as Germany's national team doctor, has previously treated some of the world's leading sportspeople, including six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

Champions Bayern are 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and will face Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup semi-finals.

Source: BBC