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FIFA has hailed the progress and achievements made by Moroccan football, describing the Mohammed VI Football Academy, which was opened in 2019, as one of “the biggest and highest-achieving sports academies in the world”. In its report released over the weekend, the world football governing body said the Mohammed VI Football Academy, which covers 30 […]
Tunisian Moeni Chaabani, current boss of Egyptian football club Al Masry and former head coach of Tunisian giants Esperance de Tunis, has been nominated for the 2021 International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) Coach of the Year award. The 40-year old former soccer player is the only coach in the Arab world to […]
The Moroccan team of Raja Casablanca won the Mohammed VI Champions Cup after victory over the Saudi team Al-Ittihad during the final match of the Arab Cup of Champions, which took place in the Prince Moulay Abdallah sports complex in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, Saturday evening. Raja Casablanca won the Mohammed VI Champions Cup following […]
The Arab Clubs Champions Cup also known as Mohammed VI Champions Cup will wind up on August 21 with the final, two years after the kickoff, due to the covid-19 pandemic. The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, set the date Tuesday. Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad will lock horns at Moulay […]
The Mohammed VI Champions Cup, suspended owing to the covid-19 pandemic, will return to action on Dec. 30 with the second leg of the first semi-final opposing Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Egypt’s Ismaily. Ismaily beat Raja in February in Egypt but the tournament was shelved due to travel restrictions because of the pandemic. The […]
Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League tie in Egypt against Cairo-based Zamalek after the side reported nine cases of coronavirus. The ministry, Le360.ma reports, has sent a correspondence to the club after nine players of the […]
The Mohammed VI Champions Cup, suspended owing to the covid-19 pandemic, will resume soon, head of the Union of Arab Football Associations, Talal Al Cheikh, has said adding that dates for the semi-finales will be decided this week. The tournament regrouping Arab club champions was halted at the semi-final stage in March due to […]
Egypt will not vote for the election of a new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take place in March 2021 in Morocco’s capital Rabat over the absence of an elected president. CAF last week said it will stage the election of its president next year in the Moroccan capital. Egypt’s Football […]
The 2019-2020 Confederation Cup (C2) will end in Morocco behind closed doors, with the semi-finals on 22 September and the final on 27 September in Rabat. The Champions League (C1), meanwhile, will be contested in the form of two-legged matches between the Moroccan and Egyptian clubs still in contention. For the C1, the Confederation of […]
French-Moroccan talent Noah Fatar has signed a three-year deal with France’s League 1 side Angers Sporting Club. The 18-year old forward has refused to sign his first professional contract with Lille Olympic Sporting Club (LOSC), where he was trained. Fatar played the UEFA Youth League three match for LOSC during 2019-2020 season and scored two […]