(Reuters) - Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in last week's World Cup qualifier has been thrown out, FIFA said on Tuesday.
Bougherra netted in Algeria's 1-0 home win last week to give the North Africans an away goals victory in the two-legged playoff, which ended 3-3, and sent them to the 2014 World Cup.
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