Editing Algiers (section)

==Sports==
Algiers is the sporting centre of [[Algeria]]. The city has a number of professional clubs in the variety of sports, which have won national and international titles. Among the sports facilities within the city, there is an enormous sporting complex – Complex of OCO – [[Mohamed Boudiaf]]. This includes the [[Stade 5 Juillet 1962]] (capacity {{Formatnum:64000}}), a venue for [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], an Olympic [[swimming pool]], a multisports room (the Cupola), an 18-hole golf course, and several tennis courts.

The following major sporting events have been held in Algiers (not-exhaustive list):
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* [[Mediterranean Games]] 1975.
* [[All-Africa Games]] 1978, 2007.
* [[1990 African Cup of Nations|African Cup of Nations 1990]].
* [[African Handball Nations Championship]] 1989, 2001.
* [[Pan Arab Games]] 2004.
* [[FIBA Africa Championship]] 2005.
* [[Boys' U19 Volleyball World Championship|Men's U19 World Championship]] 2005.
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===Football clubs===
Major [[association football]] club based in Algiers include:

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* [[MC Alger]]
* [[CR Belouizdad]]
* [[USM Alger]]
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