Sport Shorts

Basketball

City of Edinburgh Kings are Scottish Champions once more, and wrapped up their fourth successive title with a recent win against Troon Tornadoes at Portobello High School.

Kings received their trophy on Saturday morning, following the match versus Glasgow Storm, and will hope to wrap up the League season, and to keep their sixteen game win streak alive, with a win against St. Mirren at the Lagoon Centre in Paisley on Friday night.

In addition to being League Champions, Kings have reached the National Cup Final, to be contested on Saturday 27 March at Edinburgh University’s Centre for Sport and Exercise at The Pleasance. In a preview of the Final, Kings recently travelled to the Mariner Centre to take on fellow finalists, Falkirk Fury, coming away with a thrilling three-point win. An exciting end to the season in this showpiece game is assured.

Football

Chelsea’s Didier Drogba has been named African Football of the Year.

The powerful striker, who has scored 25 goals for Chelsea so far this season, won the award in 2006 and recently celebrated his 32nd birthday. Despite his advancing years, the Ivorian forward maintains a great love for the game, and wants to earn further honours at Chelsea :

"I still feel hungry and I am still chasing medals.

"I feel really good. As I have said in the past it depends on the injuries you get and this season I can say that I am lucky, or I can say that the few months that I took out last year to get my knee well are now paying off.

"Your lifestyle is only as important as your mental approach to the game. If you put in your head that you are 32 and you are old it is going to be difficult.”

Tennis

Rafael Nadal has committed to playing at this year’s Queen’s Club Championship in the run up to Wimbledon, and is looking to dethrone current title holder, Andy Murray.

Nadal has not played on grass since his victory over Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2008, opening the door for Murray to secure his first title on grass with a win over James Blake at Queen’s in 2009. Federer took home the 2009 Wimbledon title, something that did not set well with the Spaniard:

"To not defend my Wimbledon title last year was one of the toughest decisions in my career, but this is a new year and now I have the chance to go back to England and to compete on the grass again."