Morocco captain Romain Saiss has announced his retirement from international football just four months away from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Afrosport reports. The 35-year-old was part of the Atlas Lions at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. He however featured for just 19 minutes in their group opener against Comoros after picking up a muscle injury which saw him miss the rest of the tournament,...
Morocco's hopes of winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations started on a bright note as they defeated Tanzania 3-0 in Wednesday evening's Group F opener at Stade Laurent Pokou in San Pedro. The Atlas Lions are considered favourites to win the tournament as the top ranked African team and also due to their exploits at the 2022 FIFA World Cup where they made history by...
Morocco head coach Walid Regragui has confirmed captain Romain Saiss will not be available for their 2022 FIFA World Cup third-place match against Croatia on Saturday. The 32-year-old spent only 21 minutes on the pitch in the Atlas Lions' 2-0 semi-final loss to France. Saiss was taken off in Morocco's historic quarter-final victory over Portugal after 57 minutes and he was risked for the semi-final with...
Amine Harit has joined the Morocco national team ahead of their crunch 2022 World Cup semi-final with France on Wednesday evening. The Atlas Lions became the first African nation to make it to the last four of the mundial after beating Portugal 1-0 in the quarter-finals. Harit will be part of the squad on Wednesday but will be offering morale support from the sidelines of Al...
African fans can look back at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and feel proud of each representative knowing each of them made a statement. From Senegal qualifying out of Group A without star man Sadio Mane, to Cameroon becoming the first African country to beat Brazil at the mundial. Not forgetting Tunisia nearly pulling through after beating defending champions France but were let down by Australia's...
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