PORT-GENTIL, Gabon — Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant believes the club has suffered for its revolving door policy in changing coaches so regularly and insists they lack identity. Grant, now manager of Ghana, took the Blues to the Champions League final after replacing Jose Mourinho in 2007 but was sacked soon after and, since then, … Read more
Avram Grant once told Didier Drogba at Chelsea: ‘In your head there are four monkeys, and three chairs. Let’s find a fourth chair’… now he is guiding Ghana towards AFCON glory This year marks a decade since Avram Grant became manager of Chelsea Now the 61-year-old is heading for the quarter finals of the Africa … Read more
This year marks a decade since Avram Grant was plucked from obscurity to become Chelsea manager, yet the Israeli barely looks any different. Relaxing at the Ghanaian team hotel, having guided his team to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, Grant remains as he ever was – an odd-looking football manager, but one … Read more
The body of the Russian ambassador assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara has been flown home. Andrei Karlov was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, nine times as he gave a speech on Monday, apparently in protest at Russia’s involvement in Aleppo. On Tuesday afternoon, Karlov’s coffin was carried across Esenboga airport’s tarmac, draped … Read more