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Dickson Etuhu is relishing the attacking freedom he has been given by new Fulham manager Mark Hughes.

Fulham says Algeria defender Rafik Halliche has signed for the Premier League club from Portuguese side Benfica on a three-year contract.

Results from group stage matches in the African Champions League:

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has been given a two-year contract extension despite returning from the World Cup in South Africa without a win.

Algeria have extended Rabah Saadane's contract by a further two years, keeping the coach in charge of the national team until after the next African Nations Cup.

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has extended his contract by two years despite his side's goalless World Cup campaign.

Eleven-time Qatar league champions Al Sadd have announced the signing of Algeria international Nadir Belhadj from Portsmouth.

* Dearth of African coaches exposed on World Cup stage

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke insists there are no plans to reduce Africa's allocation of places at future World Cup finals despite a poor showing from the continent's teams in South Africa.

France midfielder Patrick Vieira believes African stars such as Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o were under too much pressure and lacked the support they needed to help their sides reach the knockout stages of the World Cup.

Algeria's long-standing problem in front of goal again proved their undoing but the north Africans said they had learnt much despite going out of the World Cup at the first stage.

Algeria footballer Rafik Saifi faces a FIFA investigation after a female journalist claimed he slapped her in the aftermath of his side's defeat to USA.

Having fallen at the first hurdle of South Africa 2010, Les Fennecs can at least console themselves with the discovery of a fine young custodian.

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has cast doubts over his future after they crashed out of the World Cup to a late goal from the USA.

Coach Rabah Saadane believes that Algeria have a bright future ahead of them, though whether he will be in charge is not yet known.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton got to his feet to celebrate his team's last-gasp goal against Algeria at the World Cup on Wednesday and gave the players a speech about the American spirit afterwards.

Algeria forward Rafik Saifi was involved in a fracas with a reporter in the mixed zone at the Loftus Versfeld stadium following the 1-0 defeat to the United States which led to their World Cup exit on Wednesday.

Algeria player Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist across the face in the aftermath of USA’s dramatic World Cup victory

Algeria player Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist across the face in the aftermath of USA’s dramatic World Cup victory

Landon Donovan needed time to collect himself before answering questions about his heroic match-winner that sent the USA through to the last 16.

Landon Donovan provided a dramatic stoppage time winner to send the United States into the knockout phase of the World Cup and set off delirious celebrations at the end of a pulsating 1-0 win over Algeria.

The United States threw everything they could think of at Algeria's defence and got nothing in 90 minutes - and then, from somewhere, they found the strength for one last surge and came up heroic victors.

* England beat tournament's smallest nation Slovenia

Landon Donovan struck an injury-time winner as the United States sensationally progressed through to the last 16 of the World Cup with a deserved 1-0 win over 10-man Algeria, who crash out.

Match statistics for the United States's 1-0 win over Algeria in their World Cup Group C match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday.

Highlights of Wednesday's Group C match between United States and Algeria at Loftus Versfeld stadium, where the Americans won 1-0 to secure a place in the second round of the World Cup:

USA have topped Group C as Landon Donovan hit a late winner against Algeria to give them a 1-0 win.

Landon Donovan struck a dramatic injury-time winner as the USA beat Algeria 1-0 in Pretoria to top Group C.

Landon Donovan’s injury time goal lifts U.S. to 2nd round at World Cup.

Landon Donovan's injury time goal lifts U.S. to 2nd round at World Cup.