#Paralympics: Algeria Day 4

Algeria added to their medal tally at Day 4 of the Paralympic Games in Rio with some fantastic performances along the way. ATHLETICS A quite incredible T13 1500m race saw male brothers Fouad Baka and Abdellatif Baka take part and it was Abdellatif won who a medal – making it Algeria’s first gold of these…

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#Paralympics: Algeria Day 3

Algeria continued their Paralympic participation on Day 3 of the Games in Rio, and increased their medal tally once again. ATHLETICS Many congratulations to Kamel Kardjena who won a silver medal in the men’s F33 shot put. His throw of 10.94m narrowly missed out on a gold medal. There was another medal to be won…

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#Paralympics: Algeria Day 2

Day two of the Paralympics did not turn out to be as successful as the opening day. However, Mounia Gasmi added to Algeria’s medal tally, after winning a silver medal in the Women’s club throw – F32 finals. Algeria ended day two ranked 35, with a total of five medals.  Athletics:  Mounia Gasmi came very…

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#Paralympics: Algeria Day 1

It was a very successful opening day for Algeria in Rio’s Paralympics. A total of four medals were won, which consisted of two silver’s and two bronze’s. Three of the medals were won in the Athletics, shot put, competitions by Lahouari Bahlaz, Nassima Saifi and Nadia Medjmedj. Cherine Abdellaoui won a bronze medal in judo.   Athletics: Karim…

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Match Report: Algeria 6-0 Lesotho

Algeria qualifies to the African Cup of Nations 2017, after thrashing Lesotho 6-0 and finishing their qualifying campaign unbeaten in group J. It was El Arabi Hillel Soudani who got the first goal of the game for the Desert Foxes, Riyad Mahrez and Saphir Taider went on to score, from free kicks, just before the…

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