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Yahoo
10 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Fan dies in Algeria football stadium fall
One person has died after falling from the upper stand of a stadium in Algeria just after the final whistle as local football team MC Alger won the league title. According to local media, about 50 others were injured when a security barrier collapsed, with fans surging forward to celebrate before falling on to the lower tier of the 5 July Stadium in Algiers. Many of the injured were rushed to hospital, where MC Alger players and staff also travelled to donate blood, reports the news agency Reuters. The stadium was packed for the game that saw MC Alger retain the league title they won last year. During the game the mood was celebratory, with green smoke from flares engulfing the stadium. Following the tragedy, the presentation of the league trophy was postponed. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune offered his condolences and wished a speedy recovery for the injured. MC Alger won the league for a second year in a row after drawing 0-0 against NC Magra. US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rejected What will the expanded Club World Cup mean for Africa? Algerian appeal upheld in row over map of Morocco Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Focus on Africa
BBC News
10 hours ago
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- BBC News
MC Alger supporter dies falling from Algerian football stadium
One person has died after falling from the upper stand of a stadium in Algeria just after the final whistle as local football team MC Alger won the league to local media, about 50 others were injured when a security barrier collapsed, with fans surging forward to celebrate before falling on to the lower tier of the 5 July Stadium in of the injured were rushed to hospital, where MC Alger players and staff also travelled to donate blood, reports the news agency stadium was packed for the game that saw MC Alger retain the league title they won last year. During the game the mood was celebratory, with green smoke from flares engulfing the the tragedy, the presentation of the league trophy was postponed. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune offered his condolences and wished a speedy recovery for the Alger won the league for a second year in a row after drawing 0-0 against NC Magra. You may also be interested in: US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rejectedWhat will the expanded Club World Cup mean for Africa?Algerian appeal upheld in row over map of Morocco Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
Reuters
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Reuters
One spectator dead, several injured after fall from upper stand in Algeria
June 22 (Reuters) - One spectator died and several others were injured after falling from an upper stand of the stadium following MC Alger winning the Algerian top-flight league for the second season in a row, media reports said on Saturday. MC Alger said one of their supporters had died in the incident at the 5 July Stadium in capital Algiers, with Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune offering his condolences and wishing a speedy recovery for the injured. "It is with great sadness and sorrow and with hearts that we received the news of our supporter Younes Amguzzi, who passed away after falling from the upper stands," MC Alger said in an Instagram post. Local media reports said the spectators fell after a fence in the upper stand broke, with El Heddaf TV's Facebook page posting a video showing part of a railing collapsed into the lower tier. The injured spectators were rushed to hospital, where MC Alger players, staff and administrators also went to donate blood as the trophy presentation ceremony was postponed, the reports added.
