Australian centre Kefu, 29, arrives from Castres Olympique, number eight Ward-Smith, 31, from Bristol and 23-year-old wing Varndell from Leicester.
In Lyon, France, the 60, 000-seat Olympique Lyonnais will open a year later.
On the eve of Parma's 3-0 1999 Uefa Cup final victory over Olympique Marseille, Cannavaro was videoed inserting a drip into his arm.
The League are to offer financial assistance to both Olympique and the other National League clubs to help offset the additional travel costs.
Drogba, who joined the Blues from Olympique Marseille in 2004, has played 231 games for the club in his five years in west London.
Munster, Toulouse, Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Biarritz Olympique and the Blues are the seeded teams and will be kept apart in the draw for the six groups.
Police drafted in for the match between arch-rivals PSG and Olympique Marseille clashed with angry Paris fans near Le Vieux Port, the main rail station and a motorway services.
With rowdy Algerian fans throwing missiles onto the pitch, a detachment of Tunisian policemen arrived in the 75th minute to ward off potential trouble as tensions rose in Sousse's Stade Olympique.
Olympique Lyonnais, arguably the strongest of their three opponents, had recently finished a disappointing third in Ligue 1 and, over the summer, had sold the outrageously talented Karim Benzema and playmaker Juninho.
Belgian club Charleroi have taken Fifa to the European Court of Justice over a player who was injured while on international duty and a similar case is pending involving Olympique Lyon of France.
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Since the tournament was rebranded for the 2009-10 season, 20 former Champions League winners have taken part in the group stage, including five in this year's field: Liverpool, Inter Milan, Olympique Marseille, PSV Eindhoven and Steaua Bucharest.
Goalkeeper Hope Solo (Seattle) is sidelined after wrist surgery for most of the nearly four-month season and midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who is playing for Olympique Lyon in France, says she's "slated to go with the Seattle team" in mid-June.
Goalie Hope Solo (Seattle) is sidelined after wrist surgery for most of the nearly four-month season and midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who is playing for Olympique Lyonnais in France, says she's "slated to go with the Seattle team" in mid-June.
United captain Vidic has missed his club's last two games, Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League win over Olympique Marseille and Saturday's 1-0 league victory against Bolton, after picking up a knock in the 2-0 FA Cup win over Arsenal earlier this month.
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