{"id":303075,"date":"2023-12-21T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=303075"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:25:13","slug":"bus-crash-kills-player-and-coach-causing-all-games-to-be-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/bus-crash-kills-player-and-coach-causing-all-games-to-be-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus crash kills player and coach causing all games to be postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Football player and coach killed in horror bus crash, causing all games to be postponed following tragic accident with vehicle overturned\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A bus crash in Algeria killed a player and coach from top flight side El Bayadh<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All football in the country scheduled for this weekend has been postponed\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Sutton says Jurgen Klopp IS right to call out his own fans &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bus crash in Algeria killed two members of top flight side Mouloudia El Bayadh on Wednesday, prompting the national football federation to postpone all games in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian state news agency said the accident killed El Bayadh goalkeeper Zakaria Bouziani, 27, and assistant coach Khalid Muftah.<\/p>\n<p>The bus carrying the team overturned in the town of Sougueur in northwestern Algeria while en route to Tizi Ouzou to face JSK Kabylie in a league game on Friday, according to local media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The club said on Facebook that other injured members, which totalled 10, were in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the wake of the painful tragedy that befell Algerian football &#8230; the Algerian Football Federation (Faf) decided to suspend all football activities scheduled for the end of this week across the entire country,&#8217; the federation said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/13\/79212051-12889777-image-a-1_1703164141848.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A tragic bus crash in Algeria killed two members of top flight side El Bayadh on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/13\/79212385-12889777-image-a-3_1703164953759.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The bus carrying the team overturned in the town of Sougueur in northwestern Algeria while en route to Tizi Ouzou to face JSK Kabylie in a league game on Friday, according to local media<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune added in another statement that he received the news of the tragedy with &#8216;great pain and sorrow&#8217;, offering his condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Bouziani, a stand-in goalkeeper, made two league appearances this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old &#8211; who was an unused substitute during last Friday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with USM Alger &#8211; had also represented fellow Algerian Ligue 1 sides JS Saoura and NC Magra in his career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the tragedy, Faf have similarly postponed the draw for the next two rounds of the Algerian Cup, which was supposed to be held on December 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El Bayadh lie fourth in the Algerian league table with 15 points from 10 games, 12 adrift of runaway leaders MC Alger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/13\/79211715-12889777-image-a-2_1703164145230.jpg\" height=\"396\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said he received the news of the tragedy with &#8216;great pain and sorrow&#8217;, offering his condolences to the families of the victims<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/13\/79212391-12889777-image-a-4_1703164988037.jpg\" height=\"1339\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Several other members of El Bayadh&#8217;s squad suffered injuries after the horrific bus crash<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12889777\/Bus-crash-kills-player-coach-postponed-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football player and coach killed in horror bus crash, causing 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