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Morocco will host for the 2nd consecutive year the prestigious awards of the Confederation of African football on December 11. The list of nominees has not yet been released by CAF. Last year, Senegal’s forward Sadio Mane and Nigeria and Barcelona top striker Asisat Oshoala were honored. The CAF awards celebrate the best performers from […]
The Atlas Lions, the semi-finalist in Qatar’s World Cup 2022, continue to rewrite football history. On Saturday, Morocco defeated Brazil 2-1 in a friendly match played in Tangiers, becoming the first ever Arab team to defeat the five-time world champions. The Midfielder Sofiane Boufal opened the score in the 29th minute with spinning move in […]
King Mohammed VI will be honored next Tuesday in Kigali with the Outstanding Achievement Award of the President of African Football Confederation (CAF). The announcement was made Tuesday by CAF in a press release. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame will also receive the same trophy awarded in recognition for best achievements accomplished in 2022. CAF Chief […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe arrived this Friday in Morocco to attend the draw of the Club World Cup due in the North African Kingdom between 1-11 February. The two top football officials arrived at the Rabat-Salé airport coming aboard a private jet from Algeria. […]
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 […]