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Mohamed Raouraoua

Deadline to submit application for the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) elections expired on Sunday leaving more chances for Mohamed Raouraoua to be the FAF’s president.

• The elections will be held on February 16 while the leader of Biskra’s League Abdelkader Chaabani withdrew from the race in the last minute.
• Sources say he was convinced that he had little chances compared to Raouraoua who is strongly backed by his supporters.
• Previously, ma...

Real Racing Club de Santander’s midfielder Mehdi Lehcene is lingering on joining the Algerian national football team because he prefers to play for France, according to a sports magazine.

• Mehdi Lehcene could have replied to Algerian coach Rabeh Saadane’s invitation to play for his team starting from February 8, said France Football on Saturday.
• He preferred to not immediately answer for causes many see they are unconvincing, said the same magazine.
• The same sou...

Arab Champions League winner Es Setif gained the symbolic title of the Winter Champion in the Algerian local football championship after defeating USMH in a first leg match on Friday.

• The match stopped before the 90 minutes got over as masses of USMH’s supporters had gone down to the playground after Delhoum scored the second goal for Es Setif in the 63’rd minut...

An early Karim Benzema goal gave French Cup holders Olympique Lyon a 1-0 win over Olympique Marseille and a ticket to the last 16 on Wednesday.

• France striker Benzema capitalised after a blunder by the Marseille defence to open the scoring from close range two minutes into the game in Lyon.
• Lyon will visit Ligue 1 rivals Lille in early March for a place in the quarte...

Abdelhakim Serrar

Manager of Algeria’s Es Setif footbal team said Monday his players can face the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with no fears.

• "Given the huge sums we spent to select the best players, we must win titles. Otherwise, why has all that money been spent,” Abdelhakim Serrar told Maracana sport weekly newspaper.
• “We have the right to look forward compete with the ever biggest African clubs along with the African Championship with no compl...

“Non violence in Algerian Stadiums” campaign which was organized Thursday in coordination with “Planimap” agency, under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sport, said, “We should not advocate violence to our youths, because they lived and grew in the period of blood and terrorism. It is not our children’s fault; we are responsible, as parents and managers of the sport movement, for all that violence”

• “Our youths need dialogue and communication ...