VAR, a technology that created more confusion than clarity

Video Assistant Referee, known to football lovers as VAR, has made headlines during the 2018 World Cup, held currently in Russia, raising questions about the technology's efficiency. However, way before the start of FIFA's international tournament, the football assistant referee adopted to review decisions made by the head referee through video footage, has faced a wave of criticism. When asked about the technology in a press conference, former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said in May

Jeux méditerranéens Tarragone 2018 : Le Marocain Ahouda qualifié en huitièmes de finale

Le numéro 2 national Amine Ahouda du tennis s'est qualifié, mardi, pour les huitièmes de finale des Jeux méditerranéens Tarragone 2018 (22 juin-1er juillet), après sa victoire écrasante face au Kosovar Burim Bytyqi en deux petits sets (6-0, 6-2). Après cette victoire, le jeune marocain, âgé de 20 ans, s'est dit très content d'avoir réalisé cette victoire en si peu de temps. «Tennistiquement parlant

The Polisario mobilizes Sahrawis in Morocco days before Horst Köhler’s visit

While the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler is currently touring the region, the Polisario Front is taking advantage of this trip, relying on separatists in the Sahara. In a message made public by Futuro Sahara, a pro-Polisario online newspaper, the separatist movement urged Sahrawis in «M'Hamid El Ghizlane, Lagouira» on Tuesday to participate in «peaceful demonstrations». These protests will take place

Moroccan Twitter users launch a boycott campaign against Radio Mars

On Twitter, Moroccan social media users have launched a campaign, boycotting sports radio station Radio Mars. #مقاطعون_لراديو_المرقة https://t.co/c0oyz3TX4l — العقيد يونس الكتباني (@ToToPoStOoOo) 25 juin 2018 Blocking the station’s official account on Twitter, internet users are accusing the media of spreading fake news related to the Morocco national football team and the French coach Hervé Renard, who currently manages the Atlas

After visiting Algiers, Horst Köhler arrived Monday in Mauritania

UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler arrived Monday, 25th of June, in Mauritania. He met first with President Mohamed Ould Albdelaziz and then with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh. The diplomat is expected to head later to the Tindouf camps for another round of negotiations with the Polisario leadership. Before visiting Mauritania, Köhler was in Algiers on the 23rd and 24th of June, where he met with Algerian Foreign

Coach Hervé Renard says he is proud of the Atlas Lions’ performance

After a tough game against the Spanish team, French coach Hervé Renard, who manages currently the Atlas Lions, said he was proud of his squad’s performance at the 2018 World Cup, held in Russia, reported MAP. «The team is leaving the competition with pride and we will be remembered for a long time especially because we have not lost to one of the world's best teams», he said, adding that the Atlas Lions «looked less experienced in the first

A Moroccan national arrested in Kaliningrad for wearing a «Shame on you FIFA» t-shirt

In Kaliningrad to cheer for the Atlas Lions, Moroccan-American national Yassine Omairy was arrested, Monday, in Russia for wearing a t-shirt with the caption «Shame on you FIFA». Through a series of posts, Omairy who was in the city to watch Morocco's last World Cup game this year against Spain, explained that he was asked by a FIFA representative to remove his t-shirt. In a video posted on his Facebook account and shared on social media, Yassine Omairy was trying to explain to

The body of missing German student found in Spain and the suspect is Moroccan

Sophia Loesch, a 28-year-old German student, who went missing for more than a week, was found dead in Spain, reports TPI News. Investigators believe that a 41-year-old Moroccan suspect raped her and killed her. Identified on Saturday, June the 23rd, the body of the missing woman was discovered Friday in Asparrena, a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. She had to go to Bavaria where her friends were waiting for her. The suspect, who was

Mauritania’s foreign minister receives Morocco's ambassador to Nouakchott

Morocco’s ambassador to Nouakchott Hamid Chabar was received Monday, 25th of June, by Mauritania’s Foreign Minister, Ismail Ould Cheikh, says the Mauritanian press agency (AMI). The meeting comes just a few days after the Moroccan diplomat was granted an audience with President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz. Appointed on June the 11th, Ould Cheikh has been meeting with representatives of foreign countries in Mauritania. Before receiving the Moroccan ambassador, he held talks with his

A Moroccan national arrested in the Canary Islands for alleged anti-Semitism

A Moroccan national, who entered the Canary Islands illegally, was arrested on the 19th of June for allegedly inciting hatred against Jews on social media, reports Europa Press. The 32-year-old man is accused of spreading hate speech mainly on Facebook and Youtube targeting the Jewish community in Spain through messages and posts. According to the same source, the suspect, who has not been tried yet, had been under investigation since 2017.