Germany were expected to cruise into the quarter-finals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but Algeria gave them nightmares. FIFA recalls that heroic performance. Vahid Halilhodzic is a winner. During his ...

On June 16 in World Cup history: Algeria shocks West Germany in Gijon, Spain, in 1982. Algeria’s 2-1 victory over one of the tournament favorites was only Africa’s second ever in World Cup finals ...

Well it wasn’t easy, but Germany have advanced to the quarterfinals yet again, after beating Algeria 2-1 in Porto Alegre on Monday. After a first half in which they were having a hard time dealing ...

One team comes into this Round of 16 matchup hoping to make an eighth straight quarterfinals. The other is making its first Knockout-Round appearance ever. After winning the Group of Death, Germany ...

MANGARATIBA, Brazil (AP) — It was back in 1982 that Germany and Austria played out what went down in the history books as the “Disgrace of Gijon” to eliminate Algeria from the World Cup. On Monday in ...

Fully 85 percent of German viewers, more than 28 million, watched as their squad squeaked into the quarterfinals, while 21 million French fans cheered Les Bleus to a 2-0 win over Nigeria. By Scott ...

In those final moments in Curitiba as Algeria's players, staff and boisterous supporters prepared themselves for the most important referee's whistle they had ever heard, the emotion bubbled like a ...

(Reuters) - Teams for Monday's 2014 World Cup Round of 16 match between Germany and Algeria at the Beira Rio stadium, Porto Alegre. Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer; 20-Jerome Boateng, 17-Per Mertesacker, ...

Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi, left, goes for a header with Algeria’s El Arbi Hillel Soudani as Germany’s Jerome Boateng looks on during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and Algeria ...

CURITIBA, Brazil — Algeria has qualified for the World Cup knockout stages for the first time, with Islam Slimani's headed equalizer giving his team a 1-1 draw against Russia on Thursday and enough ...