DOHA, Qatar (AA) – A traditional item of clothing called a bisht, which was worn by Lionel Messi while lifting the World Cup trophy during the awards presentation ceremony, has attracted great interest from football fans, according to Qatari media reports. Many fans, especially Argentines, flocked to the Souq Waqif marketplace to buy the tradi...
ANKARA (AA) – France footballers Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni were target of racist abuse following their World Cup final defeat to Argentina on Sunday. Attacker Coman and midfielder Tchouameni both made missteps in the final. Both found themselves the target of online racist abuse after the game. German powerhouse Bayern Munic...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A Danish television station apologized on Twitter over the weekend for airing derogatory comments comparing players on Morocco’s national football team and their families to a family of monkeys. TV 2 NEWS host Christian Høgh Andersen attempted to transition from a story featuring images of Moroccan players hugg...
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP): Watching football icon Lionel Messi inspire Argentina to World Cup glory on Sunday made the economic suffering engulfing the country “worth it,” according to ecstatic fans. Fireworks cracked, car horns sounded and fans draped in the national blue and white colors sang, danced and waved flags. An estim...
Casablanca, Morocco (AFP): They may have fallen just short of reaching the World Cup final, but Moroccans on Wednesday hailed their team’s historic run as it ended with a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions France. “They played a great game but luck wasn’t on our side,” said supporter Oussama Abdouh in Casablanca. “S...
PARIS (AA) – More than 120 people were arrested on Wednesday night for what lawmakers denounced as “racist violence” in Paris and other French cities after France’s World Cup semifinal win over Morocco. Some 10,000 police officers were mobilized across France over fears of possible riots, including 5,000 for Paris and the surrounding are...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): His country is in diplomatic crisis with Morocco, but that’s not stopping Tunisian Wissam Sultani supporting the first ever Arab or African team to reach a football World Cup semi-final. “There’s no politics on the pitch. Supporting an Arab country, whichever one, is a duty when it gets to this stage of ...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): Morocco’s national airline is operating 30 extra return flights to jet euphoric fans to Qatar for Wednesday’s historic World Cup semi-final against France. “In order to allow the many Moroccans wanting to support the national team at its peak and experience the emotion of the World Cup semi-final, Royal ...
ANKARA (AA) – Moroccans took to the streets to celebrate their team’s victory over Spain in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match Tuesday night. Morocco qualified for the quarterfinals after beating Spain 3-0 on penalties. Thousands of Moroccans took to the streets in the capital Rabat and different cities across the country, [...
Salé, Morocco (AFP): Ecstatic Moroccans celebrated on Thursday after their team qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1986. “We’ve waited 36 years,” one fan cried after the Atlas Lions beat Canada 2-1 to storm into the round of 16 as winners of their group. In 1986, the […]
