 In sports news now, Captain Riyad Mahrez has scored as Algeria defeated Tunisia 2-0 in an international friendly this weekend to create a record 27-match and beating run by an African national team. A Côte d'Ivoire side that included Yahya and Colotouré and Didier Drogba set a 26-match benchmark in 2013 and Algeria began their remarkable run by winning 4-1 a way to toggle 5 years later. Popularly known as the Derzet Foxes, the North Africans set the record by winning 20 matches, drawing 7, scoring 58 goals and conceding 17. They faced 24 opponents from Africa plus Mexico, Colombia and Qatar, played 9 matches at home, 6 away and 12 at neutral venues.