Tarik Sektioui , the coach of the Moroccan Olympic team, is expected to lead the Moroccan team to the final phase of the African Nations Championship (CHAN - local players) which will be held jointly in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, from February 1 to 28, 2025.
Brahim Díaz gave Morocco the victory against Lesotho on Monday, during the second round of the qualifiers for the CAN Morocco 2025. The Madrid striker scored the only goal of the match in the last minutes of play (90+3), a performance that led many supporters to see him as the next African Ballon d’Or.
As he establishes the list of players who will be called up for the next matches of the Atlas Lions against Gabon, scheduled for September 6, and against Lesotho, on September 9, during the first and second rounds of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) qualifiers, Walid Regragui , coach of the Moroccan national team, has five players vying for the left-back position.
The Algerian Football Federation has banned the display of the Moroccan flag during the UNAF tournament counting towards the qualifications for the final phase of the CAF Women’s Champions League, which is taking place in Algeria from August 24 to 30, thus violating the rules of the continental body.
No match between Morocco and Algeria should be sacrificed for a jersey anymore. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially approved the jersey of Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB) with the complete map of Morocco for the 2024-2025 season.
Algeria, which broke off diplomatic relations with Morocco in 2021, notably over the Sahara issue, is suffering a new setback. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has once again ruled in favor of the Renaissance club of Berkane.
Despite the rejection by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of its appeals against Morocco, the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) is not giving up. It has filed a request with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne to invalidate the result of the Confederation Cup semi-final between the Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane and the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger, and suspend the final.
No longer feeling at home within the Confederation of African Football (CAF) because of Morocco, which it accuses of cheating, Algeria is considering leaving the continental organization for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The public prosecutor’s office of the court of first instance in Berkane has decided to prosecute at liberty a supporter who entered the field with a Palestinian flag on Sunday, during the first leg of the Confederation Cup final, opposing the Renaissance Sportive de Berkane to Zamalek.
During their stay at the "Collection Be Live" hotel in Saïdia before their match against Renaissance de Berkane last weekend, the USM Alger players, not knowing how to use the infrared sensor taps in the hotel, wrongly blamed the management of the establishment, complaining that the taps were not working.
Political interference in African football is costing Algeria dearly. The Confederation of African Football (CAF ) has imposed heavy sanctions on it due to the cancellation of the first leg of the Confederation Cup semi-finals between the Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane and the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger, on Sunday, April 21, 2024, because of the jersey of the Atlas Lions containing a map of the kingdom integrating the Sahara. Other sanctions will certainly be taken in the coming days.
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) would consider postponing the date of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled in Morocco, which would coincide with that of the Club World Cup.