Sport

Sport has a long history in Algeria. People in the Aurès Mountains played games like El Kherdba and El Khergueba (a chess variant). Algerian culture includes card games, checkers, and chess. Algerian leisure traditions include horse racing and rifle shooting.

Algeria is one of Africa's most important countries, having won numerous championships and Olympic medals. Football or soccer is its most popular and, in fact, national sport. Handball, martial arts, boxing, basketball, volleyball, and athletics are among popular sports in Algeria. Boughera El Ouafi was the first Algerian, Arab, and African gold medalist in the marathon at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Alain Mimoun, the second Algerian medallist, won the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. This can be considered as one of unique cultural characteristics of Algeria.

Algerians like sports, although women are still barred from participating in certain activities. Algeria's football landscape is made up of numerous football clubs that host and organize national and international matches. The Algerian Football Federation organized conferences and meetings for the Algerian Cup, a football competition featuring 16 professional league clubs. Rachid Mekhloufi, Lakhdar Belloumi, Rabah Madjer, Hassen Lalmas, Djamel Zidane, and Salah Assad are all notable Algerian football players.