Abdelhak Nouri , a Dutch player of Moroccan origin who had suffered a cardiac arrest in 2017 during a friendly match between his former club Ajax and Werder, is gradually recovering since he left the hospital, after nearly three years in a coma.
Moroccan international Bilal El Khannouss could leave the Jupiler Pro League for the Italian championship during the next transfer window. The young prodigy of the Atlas Lions is on the radar of two major Serie A clubs.
Tipped to replace Corinne Diacre at the head of the French women’s national football team, former Morocco coach Hervé Renard has resigned from his position in Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi Football Federation.
While AC Milan, which Brahim Diaz has joined on loan, is trying to keep him, Real Madrid intends to offer a new contract to the Spanish striker of Moroccan origin.
Injured in the left knee after a tackle from Sofyan Amrabat during the friendly match against Morocco, Brazilian Emerson Royal will have to undergo surgery and therefore miss a series of important matches for his club, Tottenham.
The Atlas Lions had to settle for a draw against Peru (0-0) in a friendly match played on the pitch of the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.
The Peruvian team led by Juan Reynoso has a very modest value on the international market compared to that of the Moroccan team. The most expensive Moroccan player is worth all the Peruvian players combined. The two teams will face each other in a friendly match this Tuesday in Madrid.
The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, reacted to the racist publication targeting the Atlas Lions on Instagram, calling on the Moroccan people to forgive the author of the publication, an employee of the hotel where the players are staying in Madrid, in preparation for their friendly match against Peru on Tuesday.
The day after the insulting and racist remarks that the Moroccan football players were victims of at the Eurostars Madrid Tower, the hotel chain officially apologized to the Moroccan national football team and to Morocco, for these remarks which in no way represent "the company’s policy".
A few hours after his racist remarks on Instagram against the Moroccan team in Madrid, the hotel employee was arrested by the police, we learn from the Spanish authorities.
A Madrid hotel is paying dearly for the racist comments made by its staff against the Atlas Lions who are staying at the establishment while awaiting their friendly match against Peru, scheduled for this Tuesday at the Metropolitano stadium of Atlético Madrid.
Before the kick-off of the friendly match between Morocco and Peru at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, a small ceremony is planned in tribute to the former Moroccan player Larbi Ben Barek .