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FIFA Implements Zero-Tolerance Policy: Matches Forfeited for Racist Behavior
FIFA matches where discriminatory or racist insults are made will be definitively forfeited, for the team concerned.
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Moroccan Soccer Star's Drunken Instagram Rant Sparks Controversy
This could be an advertisement used to fight the harmful effects of alcohol. Completely drunk, the Moroccan player Youssef Ait Bennasser violently attacked certain Instagram users, insulting them.
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Arsenal Loanee Exits Match in Tears After Racist Abuse in German Friendly
Jordi Osei-Tutu, on loan from Arsenal to Bochum, a club in the German 2nd division, was the victim on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, of racist remarks from an opposing player from St Gallen, Sliman Kchouk. It was during a preparatory match against the Swiss club. Affected by these degrading remarks, he left the pitch in tears.
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Bayern Munich Eyes Hakim Ziyech as Potential Robben-Ribéry Replacement
Following the double departure of Ribéry and Robben, the German club "Bayern" Munich is multiplying its efforts to acquire the services of the Moroccan international, Hakim Ziyech .
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Leganés Aims to Retain Moroccan Striker En-Nesyri Amid Transfer Speculation
The announced departure of the Moroccan international, Youssef En-Nesyri, from Leganés, is not shared by his Spanish club. The latter does not want to let go of one of its best players.
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Galatasaray Set to Offload Moroccan Midfielder Younès Belhanda in Summer Transfer Window
The Moroccan international Younès Belhanda should leave the ranks of his club, "Galatasaray", during the summer transfer window, his coach having pushed him towards the exit. He has been placed on the list of outgoing players by the club’s management, after spending two seasons with the Süper Lig champion.
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Morocco's Assistant Coach Earns More Than Top African National Team Managers
The figures published by the Arabic-language daily Al Massae in its edition of Thursday, July 11, 2019, are edifying. It emerges that Patrice Beaumelle, the assistant to coach Hervé Renard, had the 4th highest salary of the competition during the CAN, compared to the other coaches.
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Moroccan Football Chief Suspended for One Year by CAF After Referee Altercation
Fouzi Lekjaâ, boss of Renaissance sportive de Berkane (RSB) and President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), has just been suspended for a period of one year by the Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). This decision follows his altercation with the Ethiopian referee, Bamelak Tessama, during the final of the African Confederation Cup.
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Morocco Eyes Vahid Halilhodzic as Potential Replacement for National Team Coach
After the poor performance of the Atlas Lions at the 2019 CAN in Egypt, coach Hervé Renard is more than ever being pushed towards the exit. On the other side, the Bosnian press and the local press of Nantes have announced, this Monday, July 8, that Vahid Halilhodzic would like to join the technical staff of the Atlas Lions.
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Morocco's Sports Minister Cites Luck, Pressure in Atlas Lions' AFCON Exit
Speaking on the early elimination of the Atlas Lions against the Benin Squirrels, Sports Minister Rachid Talbi Alami believes that lack of luck and pressure got the better of the Moroccan players.
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Morocco Coach Hervé Renard Expected to Resign After Africa Cup of Nations Failure
It’s just a matter of hours, apparently. The coach of the Moroccan national football team, Hervé Renard, must submit his resignation, following his disastrous failure at the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN).
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Moroccan Defender Benatia Opts to Stay with Qatar's Al Duhail, Ruling Out Juventus Return
Medhi Benatia will not return to Juventus in Turin. The Moroccan international prefers to stay with the Qatari club, "Al Duhail".