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  • Morocco National Team Adds Young Talents for World Cup Qualifiers
    15 March, by Sylvanus

    The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has managed to snatch young talents from Belgium, Algeria, France and Spain. The latter are summoned for the Atlas Lions’ matches against Niger and Tanzania scheduled for March 21 and 25, 2025 as part of the 2026 World Cup African qualifiers.
    Chamseddine Talbi, Bilal Nadir and Omar El Hilali. These are the new faces of the Atlas Lions. The first is the striker of Club Bruges in Belgium. He preferred Morocco to Belgium despite his complete (…)

  • Young Soccer Star Rayane Bounida Weighs National Team Options Between Belgium and Morocco
    16 March, by Sylvanus

    The young Belgian talent of Moroccan origin Rayane Bounida is facing a difficult decision. He does not know who to choose between Morocco and Belgium as his sporting nationality.
    While Morocco and Belgium are fighting to secure his services, Rayane Bounida is struggling to decide on his sporting nationality. Captain of the Belgian U-18 national team, he has scored 4 goals in 11 matches in 2022. "Already captain in several matches with the U19 black yellow red, he has also done a training (…)

  • Moroccan-Belgian Defender Faces National Team Decision Amid World Cup Qualifiers
    19 March, by Sylvanus

    Zakaria El Ouahdi, defender of the Belgian club Genk, is not on the list of the Atlas Lions who are conducting a training camp at the Mohammed VI Football Center in Salé, in preparation for the matches against the national teams of Niger and Tanzania, scheduled for March 21 and 25, 2025 as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. While he is under pressure from the Belgian press, the 23-year-old player still dreams of defending the colors of the Moroccan flag.
    Zakaria El Ouahdi had put in (…)

  • Belgium Seeks to Curb Talent Exodus in National Soccer Team Selection
    24 March, by Said

    The new sports director of the Belgian Football Association, Vincent Mannaert, has identified the issue of dual nationals as a priority project. In an interview, he outlined his vision and the measures envisaged to stem the flight of talents to other selections, particularly to Morocco.
    The current situation is considered unsatisfactory. Mannaert denounces "too vague" rules that allow players to change their sporting nationality, even after having represented Belgium. He therefore calls (…)

  • New Measles Variant from Morocco Detected in Brussels Wastewater
    27 March, by Sylvanus

    After France, it is Belgium’s turn to face a worrying measles variant originating from Morocco.
    Genotype B3. This is the name of the new measles variant, originating from Morocco, recently detected in the wastewater of Brussels. After a study conducted by KU Leuven, researchers observed a high concentration of the virus in recent weeks, with a notable peak on March 11, 2025, reports Belga. Only 18 cases of measles have been recorded this year, according to data from the Brussels health (…)

  • Morocco Outpaces European Nations in Recruiting Dual-Nationality Soccer Talent
    26 March, by Sylvanus

    Since the Marouane Fellaini affair, Morocco has changed its paradigm and is now successfully attracting many dual-national players. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) is doing better than the federations of countries like France, Algeria, Spain and Belgium.
    The Marouane Fellaini affair dates back to 2005. After participating in a friendly match between Morocco’s U20s and the Netherlands, a succession of misunderstandings and unsaid things will push "Big Mo" to choose the Red (…)

  • Morocco Lures Young Belgian-Born Soccer Talents to National Team
    2 April, by Prince

    Morocco has not finished "stealing" dual-national talents from Belgium. After Bilal El Khannouss, Anass Zaroury, and recently Chemsdine Talbi, the Moroccan federation is not planning to stop there. It is working to convince young prodigies playing in Europe to join the den of the Atlas Lions.
    Many young players have already turned their backs on Belgium to wear the Moroccan jersey, their country of origin. Ismaël Baouf, an 18-year-old talent from Anderlecht, left the Belgian U19s to join (…)