Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba has hit out at racist Fenerbahce fans who bombarded him and fellow Ivorian Emmanuel Eboue with monkey chants during the two sides meeting last weekend. The former Chelsea star posted a message on the Turkish champions' Facebook page and also published a photograph depicting Charles Darwin's theory of evolution on the social media site Instagram. "You call me a monkey but you cried when Chelsea beat Fenerbahce in 2008, you called me monkey but you jumped in front of your screen when I won the Champions League," Drogba wrote.

Ivory Coast striker Arouna Kone scored as FA Cup finalists Wigan edged West Bromwich Albion 3-2 at the weekend to boost hopes of dodging relegation from the English Premier League. Kone, who stands out with his dyed blond hair, was in the Ivorian squad that flopped at the 2013 Cup of Nations, losing to eventual champions Nigeria in the quarter-finals. Lacina Traore was another happy Ivorian goal poacher, coming on as a late substitute for Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala to equalise and then set up the winner for Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o. ENGLAND

Hull wasted a chance to clinch automatic promotion to the Premier League on Saturday after slipping to a 2-0 defeat against struggling Barnsley. Steve Bruce's second placed side would have guaranteed their place among the English game's elite with a victory at Oakwell, but goals from Jacob Mellis and Chris O'Grady ensured the battle to go up from the Championship will be decided on the final weekend of the season.

By Gennady Fyodorov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Big spenders Anzhi Makhachkala kept alive their hopes of winning their maiden Russian league title with a comfortable 3-0 defeat of lowly Volga Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday. Anzhi, playing without captain Samuel Eto'o, scored first-half goals through Bosnian defender Emir Spahic and Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore before Brazilian playmaker Willian added the third late in the second half to complete the rout.