Kenya: Defar, the Track Star Who Loves Chelsea

Addis Ababa — Chelsea's Didier Drogba might have failed to lift the English Premiership trophy last weekend, but the Ivorian striker and his extrovert Portuguese coach at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho, still enjoy unbridled support from a most unlikely source.

Ethiopia's Olympic champion and world 5,000 metres record holder Meseret Defar confessed on Monday evening to being one of Chelsea's greatest fans, of course when she has time off her busy track schedule to catch up with some football, her other favourite sport.

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