1. Lanchow. Hadji at chief mosque.

2. Blackburn Rovers striker El Hadji Diouf knows he'll be booed by his former Liverpool fans this weekend.

3. EL Hadji Diouf has been invited to train with Preston - but North End boss Phil Brown claims he can't afford to sign him.

4. El - Hadji Diouf is also missing on African Nations Cup duty with Senegal.

5. She boasted to classmates about her relationship with then Bolton footballer El Hadji Diouf.

6. Other ex-players who may come up against Liverpool next season include Blackburn's El Hadji Diouf, Stoke pair Jermaine Pennant and Salif Diao, and Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Adam Hammill.

7. Indeed, events at Ewood Park led to the strange scenario of actually cheering an El Hadji Diouf goal.

8. And then, indeed, there is a fine historical novel, Hadji Murat – not a book easily bypassed by anyone seriously interested in Tolstoy's accomplishment as a writer.