Drogba comes to Toure defence

Didier Drogba has launched a staunch defence of Ivory Coast team-mate Kolo Toure, insisting his failed drugs test was "a stupid mistake" rather than deliberate cheating.

It emerged on March 3 that Manchester City defender Toure, 29, had tested positive for "a specified substance" and he was promptly suspended. He has received support from Arsene Wenger, his former manager at Arsenal, who also revealed that Toure believes the failed test occurred after he took a slimming tablet belonging to his wife.