Algerian international Ilyes Chetti has been sacked by French club Angers after his conviction for sexual assault, the Ligue 1 side confirmed on Tuesday. 

The club said in a brief statement it took the decision to dismiss Chetti "taking into account...

Lyon's French-Algerian midfielder Houssem Aouar, who has been capped once by France, said Thursday he was switching allegiance and will now play for Algeria.

The 24-year-old said the idea "was buzzing in my head" for a long time but the clincher...

African Nations Championship leading scorer Aymen Mahious bagged a brace as Algeria hammered Niger 5-0 in Oran on Tuesday to qualify for a final showdown against Senegal.

While the host nation were ruthless when presented with scoring chances...

Aymen Mahious became the match-winner for Algeria in successive African Nations Championship (CHAN) matches when they beat Ethiopia 1-0 on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals. 

Backed by a passionate 40,000 crowd at the Stade Nelson Mandela in...

Hosts and title favourites Algeria edged Libya 1-0 on Friday in the opening match of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) thanks to a second-half penalty converted by Aymen Mahious.

The lone forward in the starting line-up netted on 57...

The decades-long rivalry between North African neighbours Morocco and Algeria has spilled onto the football pitch, leaving the Moroccan team out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN).

The Atlas Lions' under-23 team, winner of the last two...

Morocco's football team was waiting at Rabat airport Friday for a green light to take off for Algeria, the kingdom's arch-rival which is hosting the African Nations Championship (CHAN).

Morocco had announced a decision late Thursday to take part...

German sportswear giant Adidas said Friday a row with Morocco over a design on a football top for arch-rivals Algeria had been resolved, and that it regretted the controversy.

Last month, Rabat asked Adidas to axe the new tops, accusing it of appropriating...

Algeria football boss Zefizef Djahid said on Saturday his country will bid to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after original choice Guinea were stripped of the hosting rights.

Speaking during the African Nations Championship (CHAN)...

Nigeria and South Africa will be notable absentees from the African Nations Championship after qualifying for the 2022 finals in Algeria concluded on Sunday.

Ghana pipped arch-rivals Nigeria on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw, while South...

An Algerian court sentenced Algerian football star and ex-Porto striker Rabah Madjer to six months in jail on Thursday for making "false declarations", local media reported.

Madjer, who owned two newspapers, was found to have continued to bank...

Cameroon will return to a final stage of the FIFA World Cup after missing out on the 2018 edition, and they managed to earn their ticket to play in Qatar in the most spectacular way possible.

The Indomitable Lions had taken the game against Algeria...

Last week saw the first leg of CAF World Cup qualifiers. Ten teams remain as the qualification process is now in the third round, with five spots available for this year's World Cup. All the matches finished as closely contested affairs, with only one...

The Road to Qatar 2022 is almost nearing its end with the first round of play-off matches concluding on Friday night across four different match venues. While there is still all to play for, the likes of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia will be particularly...

After nearly two years of qualifying matches, the final stage for CAF's qualification process for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup is nearly complete. Ten teams: Algeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia remain...

Reigning champions Algeria were dumped out of the Africa Cup of Nations after an abject 3-1 defeat against the Ivory Coast as the group stage came to a conclusion on Thursday with Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea and tiny tournament debutants the Comoros all...

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi hit back at criticism of star man Riyad Mahrez but admitted his team would need to improve drastically to qualify for the World Cup after the reigning African champions were dumped out of the Cup of Nations on Thursday.

The...

The Ivory Coast crushed an abject Algeria 3-1 on Thursday with Nicolas Pepe among the scorers as the reigning champions crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage.

Franck Kessie and Ibrahim Sangare scored in the first half for...

On Thursday the final list of teams eligible to play in the knockout round will be complete with the last four fixtures set to be played. A number of upsets have ensued already with a handful of tournament favorites failing to win their respective groups...

Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria on Sunday to leave the reigning champions in serious danger of a group-stage exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after an astonishing goalkeeping blunder cost the Ivory Coast victory against...