Atalanta and Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman, who finished 14th in the Ballon d'Or rankings, is the favourite to pick up the award.

Lamine Camara scored a stunning brace as Senegal began their defence of the Africa Cup of Nations title with a 3-0 win over Gambia on Monday

The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Sunday its ethics committee would investigate Nice player Youcef Atal for social media posts containing "calls for violence", linked to the Hamas-Israel conflict

Senegal completed a double when they beat hosts Algeria 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to win the African Nations Championship (CHAN) final on Saturday

Morocco, winner of the last two CHAN tournaments, withdrew its participation on Friday after host Algeria refused to authorise a direct flight from Rabat.

The Ivory Coast crushed an abject Algeria 4-1 on Thursday with Nicolas Pepe among the scorers as the reigning champions crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage.

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Algeria clinched their first Africa Cup of Nations title in 29 years, and the country's first on foreign soil, having lifted the trophy as hosts in 1990.

Algeria will take on Sadio Mane's Senegal for the title on July 19, in a repeat of a group stage clash they won 1-0.

With talisman Cristiano Ronaldo back in the side, Portugal strolled to a 3-0 win over Algeria in a World Cup warm-up match in Lisbon on Thursday.

Germany scored two goals in the extra-time to beat Algeria 2-1 in the round of 16 to make it to their 16th consecutive FIFA World Cup quarterfinals, where they face France.

Algeria play Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Monday for a quarterfinal spot. In the 1982 edition of the tournament, Algeria had beaten West Germany 2-1 as huge underdogs but the Germans ensured that Algeria do not go through to the knockout stages by staging a slim 1-0 win over Austria.

It was way back in 1982 when Germany and Austria played out what went down in the history books as the "Disgrace of Gijon" to eliminate Algeria from the World Cup. Now they have the chance to get the better of the Germans when they clash on Monday, for the first time since that controversial match, with a place in the quarterfinals at stake.

French police said some 30 people were arrested in the Paris region and the rest in cities across the country, after Algeria reached the last 16 for the first time in their history with a 1-1 draw against Russia.

Algeria's 1-1 draw against Russia helped the African side enter the knockout round of FIFA World Cup for the first time ever.

While most teams are either on their way home or preparing for the knockout stage, there's still everything to play for in the finely balanced Group G, where all four teams, Germany, United States, Portugal and Ghana, still have a chance to go through.

Algeria will be assured of their place in the last 16 in the FIFA World Cup with a win over Russia, but should also progress with a draw so long as South Korea don't beat the already qualified Belgium by at least three goals in the other match in Group H.

It was the first time an African team had scored four goals in a World Cup match and ended a 32-year win drought at the finals for the 'Desert Foxes'.