Doubts over story about Algerian footballers giving earnings to Gaza

It's been widely reported in the last 24 hours that the Algerian team donated their World Cup earnings to charity, but there appears to be no real basis for the claims.

Doubts over story about Algerian footballers giving earnings to Gaza

It's been widely reported in the last 24 hours that the Algerian team donated their World Cup earnings to charity, but there appears to be no real basis for the claims.

The story started appearing after their defeat to Germany on Monday. It was the first time the national side had ever gone further than the group stages of a World Cup finals and they returned home to a heroes welcome.

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