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anelka prepares to lead chelsea's charge in the english premier league... ralf schumacher tests with the mercedes dtm team... and the defending champions fly in ahead of the 2008 african cup of nations. soccer anelka nicolas anelka is well aware how tough it will be to establish a place in chelsea's starting line up after completing a 15 million pound move from bolton wanderers. thursday saw the much-travelled french striker officially unveiled by the west london club, five days after he made his blues' debut as a substitute against tottenham. soundbite (english) "well you know when you sign for a big club you have a lot of strikers and you know it. i am just happy to be here, with a big club with big players and if the manager gives me the chance to play, i will play and try to do my best. if i have to start on the bench, i will do the same. i knew this before i signed. i am just happy to be here." supercaption: nicolas anelka the 28-year-old does, though, believe he can forge a strong partnership with didier drogba, who is currently at the africa cup of nations with the ivory coast. soundbite (english) "he can do everything and he is clever and can play with his back to the goal. for me, i like this kind of striker. i can turn around him and give him some good balls to score." supercaption: nicolas anelka chelsea's next match is away at birmingham on saturday. with drogba still absent, anelka, for now, looks to offer the visitors' best chance of goals. motorsport schumacher former f1 grand prix star ralf schumacher was one of six drivers invited to test the mercedes c-class dtm car at portugal's estoril circuit on wednesday. schumacher, the younger brother of seven time world champion michael, spent 11 seasons in formula one, winning six races, but left toyota at the end of the 2007 championship. ralf is a friend of mercedes-benz motorsport director norbert haug, and dtm, the german touring car series, seems to be the obvious next move. soundbite (german) "i was always interested in dtm, but obviously could never go there as a visitor, because of my f1 and sponsorship commitments. we, norbert and i, have always talked about it in the past, and i was always interested, but due to lack of time and competition between the brands, i could not. and then he said there was an opportunity, and i said let's give it a try." supercaption: ralf schumacher mercedes say no discussions have yet taken place over signing schumacher for the coming season, which starts at hockenheim in three months' time. the 32-year-old was known to be one of the highest paid drivers in formula one last season, so it's likely he would have to take a substantial pay cut to make the move to dtm. a final chance for the champions of africa to train on home soil ahead of the 2008 african cup of nations. egypt are the all-time cup of nations record holders with five titles but 'the pharaohs' face a daunting task this year in ghana, grouped alongside cameroon, sudan and zambia, with the always-strong cameroon the first challenge on the 22nd of january. egypt are also without english premier league stars mido and hossam ghaly, which means added onus for 30-year-old al ahly midfielder mohamed abotreika. soundbite: (arabic) "god willing we'll defend our title, but the mission needs effort and concentration - we have to get into the competition from the word go. the first match is against cameroon, a big team, and every team is aware of the egypt team. i'm happy with preparations and the friendlies. there were some negative points but as players we are fully concentrated and i think we'll have an impact in this competition." supercaption: mohamed aboutreika, egypt midfielder. a day later the defending champions had touched down in the ghanaian capital accra, with the team and head coach hassan shehata well-aware of the challenge ahead in west africa. soundbite: (arabic) "it is difficult, very difficult. this championship is getting so strong. all the 16 teams participating in the tournament are aiming to win the title and that makes it difficult. because we are the champions, the responsibility is harder on the team and on the players but we want to prove that we deserved to win the last tournament." supercaption: hassan shehata, egypt head coach. the 2008 competition kicks off here in the accra on sunday with the hosts taking on guinea.