MIKEL JOINS THE WINNERS
Nigeria followed on from Ivory Coast this weekend by winning their opening African Cup of Nations qualifier.

YOUTH REPORT: COVENTRY CITY 1 CHELSEA 1
Chelsea faced a tough Coventry side this weekend, losing a one-goal lead established by Philipp Prosenik in the first half.

KALOU NETS IN AFRICA
Salomon Kalou scored the 12th international goal of his career as Ivory Coast began their qualification campaign for the next African Cup of Nations with a win.

INTERNATIONALS: STURRIDGE SCORES BUT MALOUDA SUFFERS AGAIN
There were wins for Chelsea's England players at two age levels but on a night new responsibility was handed to Florent Malouda, France suffered a shock home defeat...

ASK STATMAN
The questions to club statistician Paul Dutton keep coming in and so to end the week, he crunches some more numbers for his regular answer session...

ARSENAL AND CARLING CUP TICKET NEWS
Ticket sale dates for our home match against Arsenal in the Barclays Premier League have been announced.

188BET: WEEKEND BETTING PREVIEW
Chelsea continued the 100 per cent start to the season last weekend and Florent Malouda scored the first goal for the third consecutive game at odds of 5.50...

INTERNATIONALS: BENAYOUN BLOWS MALTA AWAY
Yossi Benayoun was the star turn as Euro 2012 qualifiers began for Chelsea players on Thursday evening, scoring a hat-trick in an Israel win.

LAMPS REVEALS SECRETS IN NEW MAG
Frank Lampard is looking sharp and ready to talk on the cover of October's Chelsea magazine, now on sale...

THIRD ON THE TROT IN PODCAST
There's another win to discuss on this week's official club podcast Inside Chelsea, as the Blues continued our winning run at the Bridge.

THE THURSDAY INTERVIEW: FRANK LAMPARD
Two holding midfielders are in vogue. The man who has to face them for the Blues sits down with the Official Chelsea Website to discuss the tactical trend...

ANCELOTTI TALKS WITH COACHING ELITE
While many of his squad are away on international duty, Carlo Ancelotti is also abroad this week for a brainstorming session with other top-level managers...