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Algeria nixes soccer match over Ghana’s Israeli coach — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAlgeria’s soccer team is pulling out of a friendly match with Ghana because the latter has an Israeli head coach, a Ghanaian website says, quoting the Algerian media.
According to the report on pulse.com.gh, the Algerian team dropped out of the match to ensure that Avram Grant did not enter the country.
According to the report, Algerian journalist Ayman Gada wrote on Facebook that, “The Algerian national team canceled the friendly match with Ghana because it refused to host Ghana’s Israeli coach, Avraham (sic) Grant.”
Grant, who formerly coached English soccer giant Chelsea, has been in Ghana for the past two years.
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