The PSG star Achraf Hakimi and his compatriot, the Chelsea attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech, are the two Moroccan internationals who are among the best-paid African players in Europe.
The Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech who refused to play for Morocco under coach Vahid will soon join the Atlas Lions squad. The exchanges between Walid Regragui, the new coach of the national team, and the Chelsea star have been conclusive.
Moroccan Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali continues to accumulate victories. On Sunday in Zagreb, he won the 2,000m steeplechase event as part of the "World Athletics Continental Tour Gold".
The Moroccan futsal team started its participation in the 2022 Friendly Futsal Tournament on Sunday with a draw (2-2) against Thailand. The match between the two teams served as the kickoff to this continental championship taking place at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.
Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech could be recalled by the new coach of the Atlas Lions. Walid Regragui would thus put an end to a year of sidelining the Chelsea attacking midfielder, whom the former coach Vahid Halilhodžić accused of lack of commitment to the national team.
Achraf Hakimi doesn’t hold it against Lionel Messi who could have given him a decisive pass to score the winning goal against Stade Brest. The Moroccan right-back of Paris Saint-Germain was well positioned, but the Argentine preferred to pass the ball to Neymar.
The Lion Cubs of the Atlas were warmly welcomed on Saturday in Casablanca, after having worthily represented Morocco at the Arab Under-17 Cup in Algeria. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) wanted to thank them for their excellent performance in this regional competition.
The Moroccan futsal national team faces its Thai counterpart on Sunday in Bangkok, as part of the 2022 Futsal Continental Championship.
The trophy of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar arrived in Morocco on Saturday for a two-day stopover, before flying to Tunisia, the last stage of its journey on the African continent.
The Disciplinary Commission of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) has imposed a series of sanctions on the national teams of Morocco and Algeria, after the violence recorded at the end of the match counting for the final of the Arab U17 Cup.
The French media are revisiting Kylian Mbappé’s energetic reaction, in which he reproached his teammate and friend, Achraf Hakimi, for not passing the ball to him.
The "barbaric attacks" suffered by the players of the Moroccan under-17 national team, yesterday, during the final that took place in Algeria, were strongly condemned by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).