Training session for Torres! Auction winner drops gag as Drogba hosts charity ball

Didier Drogba managed to keep a straight face at his charity ball as the winner of a training session with the Ivorian striker offered to donate the prize to his misfiring colleague Fernando Torres.

The guest bid £15,000 for the prize, which formed part of more than £250,000 raised by The Didier Drogba Foundation at the ball on Saturday night.

Welcome: Didier Drogba (left), with Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard and his partner Christine Bleakley



It was the same day Drogba bagged his 100th Premier League goal, but with the money raised heading to the Ivory Coast's capital, Abidjan, to fund the building of a clinic, many will consider this the greater achievement.



The Dorchester Hotel in London saw many of Drogba's team-mates, including Frank Lampard, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien and Petr Cech attend.

Smart: Ashley Cole and Djibril Cisse dressed for the occasion



Bacary Sagna, Gervinho, Emmanuel Adebayor, Djibril Cisse and ex-Chelsea players Shaun Wright-Phillips and William Gallas were other Premier League guests at the third ball the organisation has put on.

The evening, hosted by Ben Shepherd and Ayden also saw Estelle perform her hit 'American Boy', while Damien O'Brien while other attendees included Christine Bleakley, Donna Air, Whitney Port and Tyson Beckford, from Britain's Next Top Model.

Once upon a time: John Terry and William Gallas once formed a rock-solid pairing at the back for Chelsea



The guests had the opportunities to bid for various unique auction items, including an exclusive Hublot watch, which saw Cole bidding against rapper Wretch 32, and private party in Ibiza with Calvin Harris.

The ladies: Actress and presenter Donna Air (left) and American television personality Whitney Port



Drogba said: 'The support and generosity that everyone has given to the Foundation has been overwhelming. I am honoured that the people who have attended have made this all this possible.'

Over £1 million has been raised by the foundation's ball events to date.