Lamine Yamal watched from afar as Morocco won the U20 World Cup in Chile. The Barcelona prodigy, born in Spain to a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, had declined the offer to play for Morocco, preferring to join La Roja.
A solemn reception at the royal palace at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, as well as a popular tribute, are being organized in honor of the Atlas Cubs, after their coronation at the U20 World Cup held in Chile.
Morocco was crowned U20 World Cup champions overnight from Sunday to Monday after defeating Argentina (2-0). A historic achievement accomplished by a team led by a Belgian-Moroccan coach and which includes several players born in Belgium.
It is now official: the player Anass Salah Eddine has just changed his sporting nationality by joining the Moroccan team. He also had the possibility of playing for the Netherlands.
Before and throughout the final of the U20 World Cup between Morocco and Argentina on Monday at the Santiago stadium in Chile, Chilean supporters whistled the Argentine team. And this gesture, the Argentines are not about to forgive!
After a defeat against Brazil (0-3) in their first match, the Moroccan women’s under-17 team faces their Italian counterpart on Tuesday, as part of the second day of the group stage of the World Cup in the category being held in Morocco. When and on what channels to watch this match?
The Moroccan footballer of Dutch origin Ahmed El Azzouti, striker for the amateur club SV Spakenburg, and his family, were the targets of a group of Kozakken Boys supporters. They were victims of a violent assault and were subjected to racist insults.
Lionel Messi comforts the Argentine team that was beaten by Morocco in the U20 World Cup final. The captain of the Albiceleste invites his young compatriots to "keep their heads high", despite this defeat.
A famous Spanish journalist is convinced that Casablanca has a better chance of hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup final than Madrid.
Outpourings of joy in all the streets of Morocco after the victory of the Atlas Lions against Argentina (2-0) in the final of the U20 World Cup in Chile, during the night from Sunday to Monday.
In its analysis of the U20 World Cup final in Chile, the Al Jazeera channel not only talks about sports. It mentions an "exceptional football evening" and a "historic achievement" that will, in its words, "be etched in the memory of Arab sports". Morocco, winner against Argentina (2-0), becomes the first Arab country and the second African country to win the Youth World Cup.
As he was heading to Morocco to undergo trials, Cheikh Touré, a young Senegalese player, was kidnapped and murdered in Ghana, after falling victim to a fraud network. The Senegalese authorities have opened an investigation to shed light on this murder.