:lol: Would have ROFL'd had a Frenchie done this.

FIFA and the Algerian FA should discipline him for bringing the game into disrepute. Disgusting behavior to hit any member of the media, let alone a female member of the press.

I hope FIFA add a long ban to his early exit from the Cup. The press are a vital part of football. And regardless of their profession it is never cool to give anyone a belting, ever.

^ Was thinking the same thing, but still not an acceptable behavior for any circumstance.

Maybe she's the Algerian Rebecca Wilson?

Hopefully the algerian federation bans him for a long time for this. Completely unacceptable and disgusting.

under no circumstance should this ever happen.
violence against women, no fucking way.

I'm so glad that she hit him back :lol:

Im guessing that this is less of a cultural issue to do with Algeria and more an issue of this guy being a major d-bag.

Edited by tyson_85: 24/6/2010 04:03:11 PM

Algeria player Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist across the face after his side's late World Cup loss to the United States this morning.

Yahoo! Sports reports that Saifi, who entered the game late as a substitute, struck writer Asma Halimi with his open hand in front of dozens of witnesses as he walked through the interview area. Halimi responded by striking the player in the mouth.

"I said nothing to him and he reached over and hit me," Halimi said to Yahoo! Sports. "So I hit him back. I said nothing to him first."

According to reports that Saifi previously took offense to something that Halimi wrote for her newspaper Competition.

"She was standing there and the guy came here and he hit her," said Francisco Aguilar Chang, a Guatemalan reporter who witnessed the assault.

"Then she hit him back and her nail caught his lip."

Algeria finished bottom of Group C with two losses and a draw as USA and England advanced to the second round.

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/7457203/algerian-player-slaps-female-reporter

Not very nice at all!!