Algeria cruise past Djibouti in their first World Cup qualifier by eight goals to nil, Islam Slimani scored half of the goals and is now a goal away from being joint top goal scorer. Djamel Belmadi started with a strong team, just three changes from the team that started in the AFCON final two years…
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Lucky Seven for Algeria
Algeria are now in 32nd place on the medal table, after winning another two medals and taking their tally up to seven on day five of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Skander Djamil Athmani came very close to gold in the 100m (T13) and Lynda Hamri won bronze in the T12 long jump. …
Friday Filled with Medals
A trio of medals for Algeria on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Highlight of the day was the gold medal won by Judoka, Cherine Abdellaoui, followed by two bronze medals won by power lifter Hocine Bettir and Mounia Gasmi in the athletics. Abdelaoui dominated all her openents as she progressed to the…
TOKYO2020 Paralympic Games Preview
Just one day left till the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and a strong Algeria delegation will be going all out for medals. It will be a seventh participation for Algeria at the Paralympics and the delegation will be looking for a repeat of the previous games in Rio 2016 where a…
TOKYO2020: Day 15
Team Algeria’s participation at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has come to a disappointing end today after the elimination of the last representative, Lamya Matoub in the Karate event. The last time Algeria came away from the Olympic Games with no medals was back in 2004, hosted in the Greek capital of Athens. History repeated itself…