Chelsea centre foward Didier Drogba appeared on the Graham Norton show on the 4th of May. He dicusses the power that football has in uniting people, he calls it a religion. Graham replies that if football is a religion then Drogba is a god. If a sport can be labelled a religion would the players be gods? Or maybe prophets? Or just practitioners who happen to be the best in the world? The sport is not inherently religious unless the players and the fans make it so. For the people along the Ivory Coast living through civil war football could have been a source of happiness, hope and unity. Even though there are religious elements in the way Drogba describes his experience with football it is still a sport and not a religion.
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