Algerians cheer trip to finals

ALGIERS: Algerians at home and abroad exploded with joy as the final whistle sounded in Khartoum to send the north African country to its first football World Cup since 1986.

Cheers broke out around Algeria at the end of the match, after what one supporter, 45-year-old Djamel, called "90 minutes of the worst agonies".

In France, celebrations were marred by violence in some areas, with cars set alight and police firing tear gas.