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29 Jan

Hosts Morocco To Face Comoros In 2025 TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Opening Match

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Morocco will kick off the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations as hosts, facing Comoros in the opening match on Sunday, December 21, 2025. This highly anticipated Group A clash, along with the rest of the group stage matchups, was confirmed during the Final Draw of the competition in Rabat on Monday, January 27. The draw officially set the stage for what promises to be another thrilling edition of Africa’s premier football tournament. As they make their 20th appearance at the AFCON, the Atlas Lions are eager to end a 49-year continental trophy drought, having last lifted the title…

13 Dec

Morocco To Host Wafcon Again As Road To 2026 Decided

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Morocco will host the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) for the third time in a row in 2026, with the qualifying path announced on Thursday. Thirty-eight countries have entered preliminaries for the tournament, four fewer than the number that began the process for the 2024 edition. Sides will play two rounds of home and away ties to decide which 11 teams will join the host nation at Wafcon 2026. The six highest-ranked countries – Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast – have each received a bye to the second round. The first qualifying round will take…

20 Nov

2025 AFCONQ: Morocco Star Brahim Díaz Crowned Top Scorer As Qualifiers Conclude

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Morocco’s Brahim Díaz emerged as the top scorer in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after a hat-trick in his team’s 7-0 demolition of Lesotho on the final matchday. The 25-year-old forward, who plays for Real Madrid, leapfrogged Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, who had led the charts with six goals after Matchday 5. Playing in front of an enthusiastic home crowd at the Stade d’Honneur d’Oujda, Díaz produced a sensational first-half performance, scoring three goals within 45 minutes. His efforts propelled Morocco to a flawless qualifying campaign, winning all six Group B matches with a +24 goal difference.…

30 Jul

Morocco Overtakes South Africa As Africa’s Top Car Producer

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Morocco has emerged as a dominant force in Africa’s automotive industry, surpassing South Africa to claim the title of the continent’s largest car producer, as reported by L’Économiste yesterday. The North African nation’s automotive industry has surged in recent years, fueled by significant investments and strategic partnerships with global automakers. With factories operated by Renault-Dacia and Stellantis, Morocco has solidified its position as a major player in the global automotive industry. “Pretoria (South Africa) has been the undisputed number one in vehicle manufacturing on the continent for several decades,” and this is now a thing of the past, writes the…

08 Jul

Two Moroccan football Players Lost At Sea, Says Club Official

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Two Moroccan players from top-flight soccer side Ittihad Tanger have been missing at sea since Saturday after strong currents drifted their small yacht, a club official said on Sunday. They were in a group of five players from the club who went cruising off the northern city of Tangier when strong currents and heavy winds drifted their yacht away as they were swimming in deep waters, club deputy president Anass Mrabet told Reuters. "Three players have already been rescued on Saturday, while research is still ongoing for the missing Salman Harraq and Abdellatif Akhrif," he said. The players did not…

13 Oct

Morocco Appoint Former Spain Manager Jorge Vilda As Head Coach

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Former Spain manager Jorge Vilda has been appointed head coach of the Morocco women’s team. Vilda led Spain to the Women’s World Cup title in the summer when they defeated England 1-0 in the final. However, the 42-year-old was sacked within a month amid the fallout from the Luis Rubiales scandal. He replaces Reynald Pedros, who helped Morocco qualify for their first Women’s World Cup in 2023 and guided them to the last 16, where they lost to France. “The Royal Moroccan Football Federation contracted the Spanish coach Mr Vilda to coach the women’s national football team in the next…

26 Sep

Morocco To Be Named AFCON 2025 Hosts, Senegal For 2027, Nigeria-Benin For 2029

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Morocco is set to be named host nation of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), according to Joy Sports sources. The North African country will replace Guinea who were stripped of the hosting rights over delay in making facilities ready for the competition. Current holders, Senegal, are also to be named hosts of the 2027 edition of the tournement while Nigeria and Benin will be co-hosts of the 2029 tournament. These countries will be confirmed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as hosts of the next three editions of the premiere national football competition in Africa on Wednesday,…

09 Aug

WWC: France Ends Morocco Dream To Cruise Into Quarter-Finals

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Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice as France cruised into the Women’s World Cup quarter-finals, thrashing Morocco to end the African side’s dream run. Goals from Kadidiatou Diani, Kenza Dali and Le Sommer put France 3-0 ahead at half-time in Adelaide, with Le Sommer adding her second after 70 minutes. France will now face Australia in the last eight in Brisbane on Saturday. Morocco had been hoping to become the first African side to win a knockout match at the Women’s World Cup. Clinical France maximise attack in ruthless win Herve Renard’s France stand 67 places above Morocco in Fifa’s world…

07 Aug

Morocco Finishes At The Top Of The Medal Ranking At Francophone Games

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Morocco won 58 medals during the 9th edition of the Francophonie Games, which took place from July 28 to August 6 in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It, thus finishes, for the first time in its history, in the lead of the classification of this sporting and cultural event. During the last day of the competitions of these 9th Francophone Games, played on Saturday, Morocco caused a sensation by winning 23 gold medals, 16 silver and 19 bronze. The Kingdom, which had never won so many medals at the Francophone Games, thus set a new record in this…

05 Jul

U-23 AFCON: Egypt, Morocco Set Up Final Clash, Book Olympic Slots

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Egypt will face Morocco in the final of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) following victories on Tuesday night. Egypt, who won the last edition of the U-23 AFCON, booked their place in the final of the competition with a 1-0 win over Guinea. The Young Pharaohs kept alive their hopes of defending the title and also earned their place in next year’s Olympic Games in Paris thanks to the victory in Tangiers. Mohamed Shehata Mahmoud’s brilliant first-half strike was the difference between the two sides in the cagey contest. In the other semifinal game, the host, Morocco…