June 21, 2006
IVORY COAST FINISHES IN STYLE
Elephants overcome deficit, win 3-2
Ivory Coast came back from an early two-goal deficit and beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 to win its first-ever World Cup game.
June 16, 2006
TOUGH LOSS FOR THE ELEPHANTS
Bow to the Netherlands, 2-1
Robin Van Persie scored a goal and cleared a potential game tying score off the line as the Netherlands held on to defeat a surprising Ivory Coast 2-1 Thursday.
June 10, 2006
ARGENTINA SPOILS ELEPHANTS' CUP DEBUT
Drogba Scores in 2-1 Loss
HAMBURG, Germany—Despite losing a pair of early scoring chances to controversial referee decisions, Argentina defeated the Ivory Coast 2-1 Saturday at AOL Arena.
May 26, 2006
UNIFYING FORCE
Ivory Coast brings together warring factions
Imagine a country, any country, considering dropping out of the World Cup after it has qualified. Ivory Coast did just that in February when the Ivorian Football Federation president Jacques Anouma said that the team would not participate in the games in Germany if there was no peace in that war-torn country. Amouma had hoped that the Elephants' qualifying success and reaching the African Nations Cup final would bring warring factions in the north and south of the country together.
May 23, 2006
MICHEL NAMES IVORY COAST ROSTER
Drogba Will Make World Cup Debut
World Cup neophytes Ivory Coast will lean heavily on Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who scored nine goals in the qualifying tournament, to make them the Cinderella side of this year's tournament.
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