All posts tagged "Algeria"

  • South Korean Olympic football team players celebrate after Moon Chang-jin (7) scored the team's third goal against Algeria during their friendly match at Goyang Complex Stadium in Goyang, north of Seoul, on March 28, 2016. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea wins 2 straight over Algeria in Olympic football friendlies

    GOYANG, South Korea (Yonhap) — The South Korean men’s Olympic football team defeated Algeria 3-0 for their second straight victory over the Africans in a friendly Monday. With more than 14,300 fans gathered at Goyang Complex Stadium...

    • Posted March 28, 2016
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  • South Korean Olympic football team midfielder Moon Chang-jin (L) celebrates with teammate Kwon Chang-hoon after scoring a goal against Algeria during their friendly match at Icheon Sports Complex in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on March 25, 2016. (Yonhap
    S. Korea beats Algeria 2-0 in Olympic soccer friendly

    ICHEON, South Korea (Yonhap) — The South Korean men’s Olympic football team beat Algeria 2-0 in a friendly match on Friday, as they enter the tune-up phase for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. Midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon...

    • Posted March 25, 2016
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  • Algeria's Abdelmoumene Djabou celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the group H World Cup soccer match between South Korea and Algeria at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
    Algeria suspends football after star player is killed by rock thrown by fan

    CAIRO (AP) — A star soccer player has died after he was hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd during a game in Algeria’s top league. The Confederation of African Football says 24-year-old...

    • Posted August 25, 2014
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  • The logo of the Air Algerie company office, at the Opera avenue in Paris Thursday July 24, 2014. A flight operated by Air Algerie has disappeared from radar while traveling from Burkina Faso in West Africa to Algiers. Authorities say it was carrying over 100 passengers and crew when air navigation services lost track of the Swiftair plane 50 minutes after takeoff earlier this morning. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
    Third plane goes down since last week

    An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people has crashed, Algerian aviation official said Thursday. Radar contact was lost with Flight 5017 over Mali 50 minutes after it took off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was supposed to...

    • Posted July 24, 2014
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    Hong Myung-bo takes responsibility for loss to Algeria

    By Yoo Jee-ho PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Yonhap) — After his team was defeated by Algeria 4-2 in its Group H match at the ongoing FIFA World Cup on Sunday in Brazil, South Korean head coach Hong Myung-bo...

    • Posted June 22, 2014
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    South Korea gets shell-shocked by Algeria 4-2

    By Kim Tong-hyung South Korea’s 4-2 loss to Algeria was a stinker, a 90-minute demonstration of its atrocious defense and a brain-dead offense that made the statistical outcome feel generous. With its speed, Algeria was always going to...

    • Posted June 22, 2014
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  • Korean manager Hong Myung-bo, left, and Algeria's boss Vahid Halilhodz. (Yonhap)
    Must-win Sunday

    South Korea vs. Algeria at noon South Korea had won the first game it played in each of the last three World Cups, and the unbeaten streak was kept intact Tuesday with a 1-1 draw against Russia....

    • Posted June 20, 2014
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