{"id":16,"date":"2026-07-03T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:50:16","slug":"riyad-mahrez-retires-from-algeria-national-team-after-world-cup-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/2026\/07\/03\/riyad-mahrez-retires-from-algeria-national-team-after-world-cup-elimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyad Mahrez Retires From Algeria National Team After World Cup Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Riyad Mahrez, a five-time Premier League winner, announced his retirement from international soccer following Algeria&#8217;s World Cup exit, a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in the round of 32 on Thursday.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Associated Press<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated: July 03, 2026 02:45 pm IST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Time:&nbsp;1 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riyad Mahrez in action.\u00a9 AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riyad Mahrez, a five-time Premier League winner, announced his retirement from international soccer following Algeria&#8217;s World Cup exit, a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in the round of 32 on Thursday. &#8220;There were good times and difficult times as well, of course. That&#8217;s part of a career,&#8221; he said afterward. &#8220;But representing Algeria has been a dream of mine ever since I was young, to play for my country. It&#8217;s been an immense honor and a great source of pride.&#8221; He added: &#8220;It is the new generation&#8217;s turn to play.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/vdo.ai\/contact?utm_medium=video&amp;utm_term=ndtv.com&amp;utm_source=vdoai_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recommended For You<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/cristiano-ronaldo-a-liability-for-portugal-unbelievable-fifa-world-cup-stat-suggests-so-11720810\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/cristiano-ronaldo-a-liability-for-portugal-unbelievable-fifa-world-cup-stat-suggests-so-11720810\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/cristiano-ronaldo-a-liability-for-portugal-unbelievable-fifa-world-cup-stat-suggests-so-11720810\">FIFA World Cup 2026 Stat Shows Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s True Reality At Age Of 41<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/croatia-coach-blasts-referee-after-var-drama-filled-fifa-world-cup-exit-in-portugal-defeat-11721245\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/croatia-coach-blasts-referee-after-var-drama-filled-fifa-world-cup-exit-in-portugal-defeat-11721245\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/croatia-coach-blasts-referee-after-var-drama-filled-fifa-world-cup-exit-in-portugal-defeat-11721245\">Croatia Coach Blasts Referee After VAR Drama-Filled FIFA World Cup Exit In Portugal Defeat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/fifa-world-cup-what-actually-happened-during-egypt-national-team-staffs-altercation-with-dallas-police-11721738\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/fifa-world-cup-what-actually-happened-during-egypt-national-team-staffs-altercation-with-dallas-police-11721738\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/fifa-world-cup-what-actually-happened-during-egypt-national-team-staffs-altercation-with-dallas-police-11721738\">FIFA World Cup: What Actually Happened During Egypt National Team Staff&#8217;s Altercation With Dallas Police?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he walked off the field following the match, Mahrez gave a thumbs-up, then patted his heart and waved to the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahrez, who plays for Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia, has had an illustrious career at the club and international levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 35-year-old forward retires with the second-most appearances for Algeria (119) and the second-most goals (40). Mahrez was a part of the Algerian team that won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the domestic level, Mahrez won a Premier League title with Leicester City and four with Manchester City, as well as a Champions League title with Manchester City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyad Mahrez, a five-time Premier League winner, announced his retirement from international soccer following Algeria&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ananyaanubd.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}