Morocco to Play 2 Friendly Football Matches Against Niger in November
Rabat – Morocco’s national football team is set to play friendly matches against Niger on November 1 and 4, the Royal Moroccan Federation of Football (FRMF) announced on Tuesday. The matches only cast...
View ArticleCAF President Ahmad Ahmad Tests Positive for COVID-19
Rabat – President of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad tested positive for COVID-19, a press release from the continental football association said today. The statement said Ahmad...
View ArticleCAF Champions League: Egypt’s Zamalek Beats Morocco’s Raja Casablanca 3-1
Rabat – Moroccan club Raja of Casablanca (RCA) lost the second leg of the CAF Champions League semi-final on Wednesday against Egypt’s Zamalek. The match took place today in Egypt after a postponement...
View ArticleAtlas Lions Coach Announces Squad to Face Central African Republic
Morocco’s Atlas Lions coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, announced today the 25-man squad set to prepare for the upcoming double confrontation against the Central African Republic. The majority of players on...
View ArticleSergio Ramos Insults Moroccan International Footballer Achraf Hakimi
Meknes – The captain of Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos, violently insulted Moroccan professional football player Achraf Hakimi on Tuesday during a match on the third day of the UEFA Champions League. The...
View ArticleCAS Shatters Munir El Haddadi’s Dream to Represent Morocco, Again
Rabat – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has once again rejected Munir El Haddadi’s appeal to play for Morocco’s national team. CAS published a statement on November 6, announcing its decision...
View ArticleMorocco’s Football Team: Two Players Tested Positive For COVID-19
Rabat – Morocco’s Royal Federation of Football (FRMF) on Friday announced that two players of the country’s local Atlas Lions tested positive for COVID-19. The two players are Ismail Khafi and Ayoub...
View ArticleMoroccan Racing Driver Mehdi Bennani Wins TCR Europe 2020
Rabat – Moroccan racing driver Mehdi Bennani has won his first TCR Europe series crown in the final race of the 2020 season. The 37-year-old from Fez finished in second place in his Audi RS 3 LMS,...
View ArticleFIFA: Zakaria Aboukhlal Can Play for Morocco’s National Football Team
Rabat – The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has allowed Moroccan-Dutch football player Zakaria Aboukhlal to play for Morocco’s national team. The Moroccan Royal Football...
View ArticleMorocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa Announces Candidacy for FIFA Board Member
Rabat – Fouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), declared on Wednesday his candidacy for the post of FIFA board member. Lekjaa’s candidacy is the first of its kind...
View ArticleAtlas Lions Coach Worried About Game Against Central African Republic
The coach of Morocco’s Atlas Lions, Vahid Halilhodzic, has expressed his worries about tonight’s game against the Central African Republic, saying it “will not be easy.” “The game cannot be won before...
View ArticleBorn-Again Hakim Ziyech Sends Morocco to Top of CAN Qualifiers Group E
Rabat – Whether tonight’s performance from Morocco’s Atlas Lions was a glorious display of offensive prowess and organizational compactness is up to anxious debates among still disgruntled fans...
View ArticleHakim Ziyech Shows Way as Atlas Lions Collect Crucial Qualifying Points
It was difficult enough for Central Africa’s fully-loaded Les Fauves to contain the smooth and elegant play of Morocco’s Atlas Lions when the two teams met on Friday evening. In the soul-sapping...
View ArticleSkydiver Anas Bekkali Flies Moroccan Flag Over Pyramids of Giza
Rabat – Moroccan skydiver Anas Bekkali has once again flown the flag of Morocco in the sky, this time above the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt at a height of 4.5 kilometers. The Moroccan record-breaker...
View ArticleMorocco’s Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou Tested Positive for COVID-19
Rabat – Morocco’s national football team goalkeeper Yassine Bounou has tested positive for COVID-19, announced Sevilla, the player’s Spanish club. The spanish team said on Saturday that the Moroccan...
View ArticleFIFA Suspends CAF President Ahmad Ahmad for Abuse of Position
Rabat – FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad guilty of abusing his position, among other...
View ArticleArgentine Football Legend Diego Maradona Dies at 60
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack. He went into cardiac arrest at his home in Tigre, Buenos Aires, on Tuesday, November 25. Maradona’s...
View ArticleMorocco to Participate in 1st FIFA Arab Cup in 2021
Morocco is set to participate in the first-ever FIFA Arab Cup. The football tournament is set to take place in Qatar from December 1-18, 2021. FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the list of the...
View ArticleReynald Pedros to Coach Moroccan Women’s National Team
Meknes – The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has appointed Reynald Pedros as the coach of the Moroccan women’s national team. Jean-François Peres quoted the media outlet Europe1 saying that...
View ArticleFIFA Rankings: Morocco Climbs 4 Spots, Ranks 35th Globally
Morocco’s national football team climbed four spots in the FIFA World Rankings and is now positioned at the 35th rank globally, with 1,461 points. FIFA published the ranking on November 26. It shows...
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