CAPE TOWN: Islam Slimani scored four goals as African champions Algeria hammered minnows Djibouti 8-0 in their World Cup qualifier in Blida on Thursday (Sep 2) to make a winning start to their bid to reach next year’s finals in Qatar. Burkina Faso and Benin both won away while Morocco, who were one of th
CAPE TOWN: Islam Slimani scored four goals as African champions Algeria hammered minnows Djibouti 8-0 in their World Cup qualifier in Blida on Thursday to make a winning start to their bid to reach next year’s finals in Qatar.
The four goals for Slimani took his total for his country to 36 as he equalled Abdelhafid Tasfaout’s record for Algeria, who have played in four previous World Cup tournaments. They had to play the tie in Marrakesh, Morocco because Niger had their home ground declared unsuitable for international football by the Confederation of African Football.Striker Steve Mounie scored the winner for Benin away in Madagascar in Group J, where DR Congo were the fancied team but made a disappointing start under new coach Hector Cuper at home to Tanzania.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Soccer - Four-goal Slimani equals Algeria record in 8-0 rout of DjiboutiCAPE TOWN : Islam Slimani scored four goals as African champions Algeria hammered minnows Djibouti 8-0 in their World Cup qualifier in Blida on Thursday to make a winning start to their bid to reach next year’s finals in Qatar.Burkina Faso and Benin both won away while Morocco, who were one of the five
Read more »
Football: Ronaldo beats record as double sees off IrelandFARO, Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time leading scorer in men\u0027s international football when he headed two late goals to give Portugal a 2-1 comeback victory over Ireland in Group A of World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday. The Manchester United forward saw Gavin Bazunu, a Manchester City loanee,
Read more »
Football: Ronaldo claims world record with late late showFARO, Portugal: When Manchester City loanee Gavin Bazunu saved Cristiano Ronaldo\u0027s first-half penalty to deny the Manchester United forward a record 110th international goal for Portugal, the headlines wrote themselves. Ireland looked to be holding on for a famous World Cup qualifying victory in Portugal,
Read more »
Spain reaches goal of fully vaccinating 70% of its populationMADRID: Spain said on Wednesday (Sep 1) 70 per cent of its population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, fulfilling a goal set by the government for August, while the incidence rate kept the decreasing tendency of the past month after a big surge. With over 66 million doses administered, 70.3
Read more »
Football: Dutch draw with Norway in meek start under new coach Van GaalOSLO: The Netherlands were forced to come from behind to draw 1-1 with Norway in a World Cup qualifier in Oslo on Wednesday, an inauspicious start for new coach Louis van Gaal. Erling Haaland put the Norwegians ahead after 20 minutes but Davy Klaassen equalised 17 minutes later to earn the Dutch a share of
Read more »
Football: Ten-man France held to disappointing draw by BosniaSTRASBOURG, France: France were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw by Bosnia after playing almost half the game with 10 men in a World Cup Group D qualifier on Wednesday (Sep 1). Nine weeks after their shock loss to Switzerland in the last 16 of Euro 2020, the world champions had Antoine Griezmann to th
Read more »