Drogba joins mates

DIDIER DROGBA

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba rejoined his teammates at their training camp in the Swiss Alps on Monday following surgery on his broken forearm, a team spokesman said.
No decision has yet been taken on the African footballer-of-the-year's fitness for the World Cup though, according to spokesman Ouattara Hegaud.
Doctors operated on the fracture at a hospital in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday, after the Chelsea player was hurt during the Ivorians' 2-0 win over Japan in a friendly the day before.
The Chelsea star rejoined the group in the early afternoon ahead of an evening friendly match against a Swiss second division side in the Swiss city of Lausanne, Hegaud said, with Drogba set to watch from the sidelines.
The Ivorian squad departs for South Africa on Wednesday. They conclude their preparations in Switzerland with a friendly against Lausanne Sports in Nyon on Tuesday.
The Ivorian Football Federation earlier said that the first results of the operation had been "extremely encouraging" and that there were high hopes that he would recover swiftly.
Drogba hopes to get back to fitness within ten days to enable him to play in Ivory Coast's Group G opener with Portugal on June 15 in Port Elizabeth.
Under FIFA rules, a replacement can be drafted in until the day before a team's first game.
Ivory Coast will play in Group G, where they will also face Brazil and North Korea.
Drogba fractured the ulna, or inner bone, of his right forearm in a warm-up match against Japan in Switzerland on Friday, the federation said. The striker had surgery in Bern on Saturday, an operation Swiss doctors described as successful. He spent the weekend in hospital, surrounded by his wife and three children, the federation added.
The speculation initially was that Drogba would not make the tournament in South Africa, adding to a growing list of high profile casualties including three of his Chelsea teammates.
Drogba averages more than a goal a game for Ivory Coast and is seen as pivotal to their chances of getting past the first round.