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Baghdad Bounedjah was the key man for the Desert Foxes with a brace

AFCON: Algeria snatch draw, Angola win thriller

Algeria netted a stoppage-time equaliser to avoid defeat at the Africa Cup of Nations in a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso in Group D.

Soccer • 20 Jan 24

Lamine Camara (C) celebrates with Sadio Mane

AFCON: Senegal cruise to win, Cameroon and Algeria held

Senegal began their Africa Cup of Nations title defence with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Gambia.

Soccer • 18 Jan 24

Fans flood onto pitch after Ivory Coast's win over Algeria in Douala

Updated AFCON: Holders Algeria exit at group stage

Defending champions Algeria have been knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations after losing 3-1 to Ivory Coast in their final group game.

Soccer • 20 Jan 22

Kelechi Iheanacho scored the only goal of the game as Nigeria opened with a win

AFCON: Nigeria beat Egypt in opener, Algeria held by SL

Kelechi Iheanacho struck in the first half to give Nigeria a deserved 1-0 win over Egypt in their Africa Cup of Nations Group D opener in Garoua, while holders Algeria were held to a surprise goalless draw by Sierra Leone.

Soccer • 11 Jan 22

Algeria celebrate with the trophy following the victory

Fortuitous goal sees Algeria beat Senegal to secure Cup

Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for only the second time in their history after an early fortuitous goal saw them beat Senegal 1-0 in Friday's final in Cairo.

Soccer • 20 Jul 19

Algeria's Riyad Mahrez (c) celebrates his winner

Mahrez strikes late to send Algeria into final

Riyad Mahrez curled in an injury-time free-kick to send Algeria through to the Africa Cup of Nations final in a 2-1 victory against Nigeria.

Soccer • 15 Jul 19

Senegal players swamp Sadio Mane (C) after his goal

Mane strikes again as Senegal make quarter-finals

Liverpool's Sadio Mane struck again as Senegal sailed into the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Zimbabwe.

Soccer • 19 Jan 17

Andre Ayew celebrates after scoring Ghana's winning goal

Ghana & Algeria secure quarter-final spots

Ghana and Algeria have gone through to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after wins over South Africa and Senegal respectively in their final Group C games tonight.

Soccer • 27 Jan 15

Asamoah Gyan (l) struck a late goal to win it for Ghana

Gyan strikes late as Ghana beat Algeria

Ghana are back in contention for a berth in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after Asamoah Gyan struck in stoppage time to earn a 1-0 win over Algeria.

Soccer • 23 Jan 15

Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani celebrates his goal for Algeria

Algeria rally to see off South Africa

Algeria came from behind to begin their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 3-1 victory over South Africa.

Soccer • 19 Jan 15

Vahid Halilhodzic saw his side defeated by Germany in the last 16

Algeria boss Halilhodzic steps down

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic has resigned following the Fennec Foxes' successful World Cup campaign.

World Cup • 07 Jul 14

Germany find extra gear to edge Algeria

Germany booked a World Cup quarter-final date with France after a 2-1 extra-time win over Algeria but had to survive a nervous finale in Porto Alegre after spurning a host of chances.

World Cup • 01 Jul 14

Islam Slimani celebrates the goal that put Algeria into the last 16

Algeria battle back to make history

Islam Slimani headed an ecstatic Algeria into the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-1 draw against Russia that dumped Fabio Capello's team out of the tournament.

World Cup • 27 Jun 14

Preview: Thursday's Group G & H clashes

Get all the stats that matter ahead of the final games in Groups G & H.

World Cup • 26 Jun 14

Algeria made five changes to the side beaten by the Belgians and reaped the reward

Algeria coach slams critics after win

Victorious Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic rounded on his critics after seeing his side produce an "almost perfect" first-half display to rekindle their World Cup hopes.

World Cup • 23 Jun 14

Belgian super-subs seal victory against Algeria

Substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens prevented Belgium's much-hyped World Cup campaign falling flat as they came from behind to beat Algeria 2-1.

World Cup • 17 Jun 14

Preview: Tuesday's World Cup matches

Statistical analysis of today’s three World Cup encounters.

World Cup • 17 Jun 14

Algerian coach Vahid Halilhodzic will lead his squad into Group H at the World Cup

'Algeria can beat top teams,' says coach

Algeria proved they are capable of beating top teams at the World Cup with their 2-1 warm-up game win over Romania, according to coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

World Cup • 05 Jun 14

Netherlands win as Italy draw again in WC warm-up

Robin van Persie sparked fresh concerns over his fitness after playing just 45 minutes of the Netherlands’ laboured 2-0 World Cup warm-up win over a stubborn Wales side in Amsterdam.

World Cup • 05 Jun 14

Mohammadou Idrissou (l) misses out on selection

Cameroon and Algeria name World Cup panels

Veteran striker Mohammadou Idrissou has been left out of Cameroon's final 23-man squad for the World Cup by coach Volker Finke.

World Cup • 02 Jun 14

A hideously inept performance from referee Daniel Bennett had looked like it might cost Togo dear in their crucial group clash against Tunisia

Togo advance to knockout phase

Togo booked their place in the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup for the first time after battling for a 1-1 draw in a controversial encounter with Tunisia in Nelspruit.

Soccer • 30 Jan 13

Didier Drogba kick-started Ivory Coast’s comeback in Rustenburg

Ivory Coast battle back to earn draw

Ivory Coast fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Algeria in this afternoon's African Nations Cup Group D dead rubber in Rustenburg.

Soccer • 30 Jan 13

Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates his first-half goal

Adebayor's Togo hold on to African dream

Emmanuel Adebayor's first-half strike and a stoppage-time clincher from Dove Wome earned Togo their first win of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, 2-0, and sent Algeria out of the competition.

Soccer • 26 Jan 13

Issam Jemaa went off injured after just 16 minutes

M'Sakni stunner gives Tunisia victory

Youssef M'Sakni scored a brilliant last-gasp winner for Tunisia to give them a Group D victory over Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations in Rustenburg.

Soccer • 22 Jan 13

Taoufik Makhlouf will run in the final of the 1,500m

Athletics: Makhloufi reinstated in 1,500 metres

Algerian medal contender Taoufik Makhloufi was reinstated in the final of the 1,500 metres, hours after being thrown out of the London Olympics for not trying in his 800m heat.

Paris 2024 • 06 Aug 12

Algeria

AFCON: Algeria snatch draw, Angola win thriller

AFCON: Senegal cruise to win, Cameroon and Algeria held

Updated AFCON: Holders Algeria exit at group stage

AFCON: Nigeria beat Egypt in opener, Algeria held by SL

Fortuitous goal sees Algeria beat Senegal to secure Cup

Mahrez strikes late to send Algeria into final

Mane strikes again as Senegal make quarter-finals

Ghana & Algeria secure quarter-final spots

Gyan strikes late as Ghana beat Algeria

Algeria rally to see off South Africa

Algeria boss Halilhodzic steps down

Germany find extra gear to edge Algeria

Algeria battle back to make history

Preview: Thursday's Group G & H clashes

Algeria coach slams critics after win

Belgian super-subs seal victory against Algeria

Preview: Tuesday's World Cup matches

'Algeria can beat top teams,' says coach

Netherlands win as Italy draw again in WC warm-up

Cameroon and Algeria name World Cup panels

Togo advance to knockout phase

Ivory Coast battle back to earn draw

Adebayor's Togo hold on to African dream

M'Sakni stunner gives Tunisia victory

Athletics: Makhloufi reinstated in 1,500 metres

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