{"id":118833,"date":"2026-07-03T08:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/end-of-an-era-riyad-mahrez-retires-after-algerias-fifa-world-cup-exit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:35:58","slug":"end-of-an-era-riyad-mahrez-retires-after-algerias-fifa-world-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/end-of-an-era-riyad-mahrez-retires-after-algerias-fifa-world-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era! Riyad Mahrez retires after Algeria&#8217;s FIFA World Cup exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s captain, Riyad Mahrez, has retired from international football after their World Cup exit. The 35-year-old&#8217;s illustrious career, marked by 119 caps and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations triumph, concluded with a 2-0 loss to Switzerland. Mahrez leaves behind a legacy of 40 goals and 45 assists, solidifying his status as an African football great. His departure signals the end of a significant era for Algerian football.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s captain, Riyad Mahrez, has retired from international football after their World Cup exit. The 35-year-old&#8217;s illustrious career, marked by 119 caps and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations triumph, concluded with a 2-0 loss to Switzerland. Mahrez leaves behind a legacy of 40 goals and 45 assists, solidifying his status as an African football&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/end-of-an-era-riyad-mahrez-retires-after-algerias-fifa-world-cup-exit\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">End of an era! Riyad Mahrez retires after Algeria&#8217;s FIFA World Cup exit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}