A lot has been happening in the past three days for the Algerian team at the Rio Olympics, with boxing being the most prominent. Boxing On day three, Chouaib Bouloudinat did very well to make it into the quarter-finals of the men’s 91kg heavyweight. However he was defeated by the Mauritius Kennedy St-Pierre. Ilyas Abbadi…
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Argentina U23 2-1 Algeria U23
Algeria’s football team have been eliminated from the Rio Olympics after just two games, following their 2-1 defeat to Argentina. Although the Desert Foxes gave them a good run for their money, goals from Angel Correa and Jonathan Calleri were the difference in the end. Both sides finished the encounter with ten men. Argentina piled…
#Rio2016: Algeria at Day 1 and Day 2
After a fantastic opening ceremony, the sporting events are well underway at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Algeria, after being led into the Maracana by Sonia Asselah, have been in action in a variety of different sports so let’s take a closer look at how they have done so far in the opening…
Algeria U23 2-3 Honduras U23
Quito Romell and Perrira Marcel gave Honduras a two goal lead inside the first half, Sofiane Bendebka brought one back for the Desert Foxes. However Antony Lozano made things difficult by scoring the third for Honduras. Baghdad Bounedjah scored the second goal with five minutes left till the end of the match however it all…
Algerian wrestling trio qualify for Rio 2016
Algeria have added three new competitors to their qualifying party at the Olympics this summer, thanks to their performances at the Las Vegas World Championship and the African-Oceanic tournament. Greco-Roman wrestlers Tarek Benaissa, Adem Boudjemline and Hamza Haloui will represent the North Africans this summer in Brazil and will look to bring home multiple medals. Benaissa…
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