Faced with a general outcry, the BBC had to apologize after a journalist asked the captain of the Atlas Lionesses, Ghizlane Chebbak , if there were any homosexual players on the Moroccan women’s team.
During a press conference for the women’s World Cup taking place in Australia and New Zealand, a journalist asked on Sunday a rather shocking and embarrassing question to the captain of the Moroccan team.
The Lionesses of the Atlas made their World Cup debut on Monday morning against Germany. Central defender Yasmin Mrabet, who had scored the goal that qualified the team for this tournament against Botswana, is a role model for many girls and women in Morocco who want to practice this sport.
The Moroccan women’s football team faces a formidable opponent this Monday, July 24: the German team, twice world champions. This opening match of Group H is crucial for the Moroccans’ journey, and it will be essential for them to start well to gain confidence.
For their first participation and first World Cup match, the Lionesses of the Atlas will face, on Monday, July 24 at the AAMI Park in Melbourne, Germany, double world champions. Reynald Pedros, their coach, assures that his protégées "are ready to fight".
Ranked in Group H, the Lionesses of the Atlas, who are participating in their first women’s World Cup, make their debut on Monday, July 24, with a serious opponent: Germany, the 2nd best nation in the history of the competition. Will they measure up like the Moroccan men’s team, the flag bearer of Africa, whose historic run ended in the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup against France (2-0)?
Tottenham striker Rosella Ayane , who is participating in the women’s World Cup with the Lionesses of the Atlas - their very first participation - talks for the first time about the real reasons why she chose Morocco as her sporting nationality.
Germany will likely be without its key players, Martina Hegering and Lena Oberdorf, against Morocco on Monday in the Women’s World Cup, coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg announced on Thursday.
Adidas celebrates, through its new FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign, which will take place from July 20 to August 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand 2023, the stars of Moroccan women’s football.
Among the players who will participate in the Women’s World Cup, which will take place from July 20 to August 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina will be the only one to wear a hijab. A first.
In the final stretch of their preparation for the World Cup, the Lionesses of the Atlas face Jamaica this Sunday, July 16, 2023 in Melbourne.
SNRT will broadcast all the matches of the Lionesses of the Atlas, who will participate from July 20 next in the 2023 Women’s World Cup of Football, organized by Australia and New Zealand. The Moroccan public group confirms having acquired the broadcasting rights for the Moroccan territory.