'EXCLUSIVE': Majid Bougherra presents: An Algerian lesson

I've just done a piece for InbedwithMaradona.com, one of the more popular Indie footy websites around.

Imagine that we’ve had an exclusive one-on-one with Rangers and Algeria international Majid Bougherra. Here, he speaks* – exclusively – of how his country want to lead the way in the production of African coaches by sticking to their own. You are encouraged to try to read this (exclusive, of course) piece with an Arabic accent. The words – and sometimes grammar – have been chosen to suit the common English usage of North African countries………

Since i wrote it for another site I cannot reproduce it here. Copyright and all that.

See it here.

Former Ghana boss is beaten by Egypt

As this weekend is an officially Fifa-sanctioned one, the world would be an endless deluge of friendlies and qualifiers.

At the weekend Egypt beat former Black Stars gaffer Claude LeRoy's Oman. I've just grabbed the video.



So, that's that. It was the last match for the Pharaohs before their crucial meeting with North African rivals Algeria in Blida on June seventh.

Egypt and Algeria have one point each after being held to draws by Zambia and Rwanda respectively in the first round of matches.

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