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Didier Drogba: Ivory Coast can win World Cup

12.10.09
Didier Drogba believes Ivory Coast can make history next year and become the first African country to win the World Cup... more

Madonna without child as singer dines among kissy crowd

25.06.09
Madonna left her newly adopted daughter Mercy with the nanny as she met two men friends for dinner near her Marylebone home.... more

Brüno starts a 'Gayby' boom

22.06.09
As Brüno parades his latest accessory on screen, Johann Hari says parenthood is a real ambition for more and more gay couples... more

Madonna's delight as Malawi court overturns ban on adopting Mercy

12.06.09
Madonna has been given the go-ahead to adopt a second child from Malawi... more

Kabbalah Guy was a 'secret' holy rolla

14.04.09
Guy Ritchie was slipping away from his ex wife Madonna to attend an intense course in Christianity.... more

Stella night for Madonna after lost battle for Mercy

07.04.09
Madonna has made her first public appearance since failing in her attempt to adopt an orphan in Malawi... more

Judge reject's Madonna adoption bid 'to protect African children'

03.04.09
Madonna will not be allowed to adopt a second child in Malawi, the southern African country's High Court has ruled... more

Madonna's worthy to adopt second child says Malawi minister

02.04.09
Madonna's bid to adopt a second child from Africa was backed by the Malawian government... more

Spare us Madonna's adoption tourism

02.04.09
In 2006, Madonna got David, her Malawian adoptee. Now she is back again, this time bidding for Mercy, a four-year-old orphan... more

Madonna: I don't care about the Mercy storm

01.04.09
Madonna will not be deterred by the controversy over her attempt to adopt a second child from Malawi, she has told friends.... more

Divorce dinner is on me, says Guy as he and lawyer go to Scott's

31.03.09
Guy Ritchie treated his lawyer to dinner to celebrate the final chapter in his divorce from Madonna... more

Madonna signs for adoption but court orders her to wait

30.03.09
Madonna was told she must wait until Friday to find out whether her bid to adopt a second Malawian child has been successful... more

22 fans killed in crush to watch Premiership stars

30.03.09
At least 22 football fans were killed and 130 were injured in a stadium stampede before a World Cup qualifying match in Ivory Coast... more

I'll look after David, Madonna tells father of her adopted son

07.11.08
Madonna has reassured the father of her adopted son David Banda that his welfare is paramount amid the furore over the singer's divorce from film director Guy Ritchie... more

Revealed: The secret love code that saved Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage

09.09.08
Madonna and Guy Richie are said to have turned their relationship around by using a secret love code to help them feel more intimate. ... more

Debbie Harry remodels herself as Madonna... and pulls it off despite being 13 years older

07.09.08
With her sleek blonde hair, sculpted cheekbones and smooth complexion, Debbie Harry bears a striking resemblance to another, much younger, pop icon.... more

Meet the baby Madonna WON'T be adopting: Struggling to survive in Malawi, the half-brother of her son David

13.08.08
While his brother lives in the lap of luxury he lives in grinding poverty in Malawi. We reveal the stark life of Dingiswayo Banda... and wonder how David will feel when he understands the chasm between them.... more

Madonna's 50th birthday present: Another adopted child from Malawi

13.08.08
Pop star Madonna is close to adopting a Malawian girl called Mercy James. Her husband Guy Ritchie is due to pledge his support for the plan on her birthday.... more

Madonna's sprained ankle throws lavish 50th birthday bash into doubt

11.08.08
Madonna may have to postpone the planned celebrations for her 50th birthday party on Saturday. The singer is reported to have sprained her left ankle and was pictured at the weekend with it heavily bandaged. ... more

Children swap life stories as schools link up with Africa

15.07.08
Twenty-two London schools are being twinned with their counterparts in Africa, in a scheme run by the charity for which Evening Standard readers raised £171,000... more

Madonna pulls out of showing Malawian film at Glastonbury

07.06.08
While her new movie I Am Because We Are received a warm welcome in Cannes, Madonna has uncharacteristically shied away from promoting the film in Britain.... more

Let me see my son, says real father of Madonna's adopted David

31.05.08
The father of Madonna’s adopted son David may challenge the decision by the High Court in Malawi to grant permanent custody to the pop star.... more

It's official: Judge approves Madonna's adoption bid

28.05.08
Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 has been approved by a Malawi judge.... more

Divorce? No... Madonna and Guy Ritchie's civilised separation

24.05.08
Madonna's extending her New York apartment and is heading there - while husband Guy (who 'drinks too much') frets about his latest film... more

The Madonna and Sharon Stone show Part 2: Hollywood's golden oldies show Cannes youngsters how it's really done

22.05.08
Madonna and Sharon Stone prove again that when it comes to red carpet glitz and glamour, older really is wiser.... more

Madonna's party sends Gwyneth and Trudie staggering home (and this time it's NOT the heels)

18.05.08
Perhaps it was the free-flowing refreshments, or it could even have been religious fervour. But whatever the reason, an evening with Madonna left some of her famous friends looking a little unsteady on their feet... more

It's long way from Malawi for David Banda as he dines at ritzy San Lorenzo with mum Madonna

18.04.08
He may have moved from poverty-stricken Malawi just two years ago, but little David Banda seemed non-plussed by the attention when mum Madonna showed him off to waiting paparazzi last night. The 49-year-old singer looked happy as she carried the two-year-old from London restaurant San Lorenzo with children Lourdes, 11, and Rocco, 7, in tow ... more

Critic's choice: Top five clubs

02.08.07
This week's club offerings include a terrace rave at Canvas, a Malawi fund raiser party (with sand) and the small matter of the UK Air Guitar Championships.... more

This place runs on African time - i.e. gently

28.09.06
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Going back to its roots

21.09.06
In this weekend's round-up of best club nights, Twice As Nice's celebrates its 12th birthday, the laid-back Pathaan launches City Hippy and hip hop hero Daddy Skitz will spin at Herbal.... more

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