Nigerian Sports Fiesta

Hatem Ben Arfa will finally return to the Newcastle side almost a year after suffering a double leg break against Manchester City. Ben Arfa enjoyed a fine start to life in the Premier League after arriving on loan from Marseille, scoring a superb goal in a 2-1 win at Everton. But a poor tackle from Nigel de Jong ended his season after just four Premier League appearances. Despite the injury, the Magpies chose to make his transfer permanent in January for a fee in the region of £10 million. The 24-year-old suffered a setback in his bid to return for the start of the new season when carried off in a game against Sporting Kansas City on the club's pre-season tour of the United States. Now he will pull on the black and white shirt on Wednesday night as Newcastle travel to struggling Championship side Nottingham Forest in the Carling Cup. Manager Alan Pardew , who has not had the chance to select the player after taking over from Chris Hughton, said: "He will bring a creati

Didier Drogba is set to make his return to the Chelsea line-up for Wednesday's Carling Cup clash against Fulham after spending three weeks on the sidelines with a head injury. Drogba has missed recent action for his club following a nasty collision with Norwich City goalkeeper John Ruddy . The striker is likely to partner Romelu Lukaku up-front in a new-look Chelsea side, with manager Andre Villas-Boas stating his desire to adopt a new strategy in blooding young players. "It is a different approach," Villas-Boas said. "We want to win the most amount of trophies possible, but we have taken this approach to the League Cup to promote the youngsters. We have enough good players to try to win the trophy and we will try to give opportunities to players that have been used less. It's good for us that Fulham is the challenge because it's a Premier League team, so it gives us an idea of where we are and where we stand regarding the young players that we are t