Riyad Mahrez scored a brace as Algeria comfortably dispatched 10-man Sudan 3–0 in their opening Group E match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday.
Mahrez opened the scoring after just 82 seconds, delighting the Algerian supporters who made up the vast majority of the 16,115 c
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