Soccer-Injured Mahrez pulls out of Algeria's African Nations Cup qualifiers
- Country:
- Algeria
Algeria's captain Riyad Mahrez has withdrawn from their two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next month, citing injury, the Algerian Football federation said on Friday.
Mahrez had been expected to feature for Algeria in the qualifiers for the 2023 tournament against Uganda on June 4 and Tanzania four days later.
The federation said his club Manchester City had sent a medical report ruling Mahrez out of the matches, without giving any details of the injury. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ken Ferris)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Uganda
- Manchester City
- Tanzania
- Riyad Mahrez
- Algeria
- Africa Cup
- Cape Town
- Mahrez
Advertisement
ALSO READ
Kareena Kapoor Khan vacations in Tanzania amid 'Crew' promotions
Navy ships INS Tir, INS Sujata to participate in 2nd edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania tri-lateral exercise
Algeria president sets presidential election for Sept 7
Algeria sets election for September, when military-backed president will vie for 2nd term
Soccer-Algeria’s Under-20 coach slaps his own players on the pitch