Lebanon’s Sports Minister summoned on Tuesday, 19th of June, members of the country’s Football Association to question the decision they made last week in Russia, while voting for the 2026 World Cup host, says Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star. According to the same source, Hezbollah Minister Mohammad Fneish wanted to hold responsible those «who gave Lebanon’s vote to the joint bid of the United States, Mexico and Canada», after the FA announced before that
While in Russia for the 2018 World Cup, a man pretended to be Prime Minister of Morocco when trying to make a reservation at a restaurant, says Uproxx on Thursday. My dad wanted to make a reservation at a restaurant and they told him that they were completely booked, minutes later he called back claiming to be the prime minister of Morocco..... we got the best table in the place and the chef answer him to sign a plate and take a pic w him pic.twitter.com/Yx2hdlK5Zf — Ihab.
For FIFA, Morocco’s decision to let Nordin Amrabat play after he suffered a concussion is «questionable».
Moroccan World Cup fans, who attended the Morocco vs. Portugal game Wednesday in Moscow, appeared in a video trying to snatch the Israeli flag. The footage was shot by the end of the game after the Atlas Lions lost to the Portuguese team because of Critiano Ronaldo’s header. Moroccan fans trying to rip the Israeli flag is the best sight <3I believe Israel will fall like its flag someday.#PORMAR #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/VR8UeGqqcG — Alvi k tweets (@Omeralvi_) June 20,
After the Atlas Lions were defeated by Portugal (1-0) in Moscow, French coach Hervé Renard who currently manages the Moroccan team said he was proud and angry at the same time, says Reuters. «I’m very proud of the performance and I am very proud of my players, I’m very proud of this country», said the 49-year-old former footballer. Renard pointed out that his side must have had a free kick for the way Portuguese player Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira ComM, known
«Hiring a white coach won’t make you win, you colonized Moroccans», Tweeted Wednesday an Al Jazeera journalist, commenting on the Morocco vs. Portugal game held today in Moscow, Russia. In her tweet, Yasmina Bennani who works for AJ+ France said that she regretted the fact that some «African countries» do not hire «local coaches», referring to former French footballer Hervé Renard who currently manages the Atlas Lions. For the record, Morocco
Portugal defeats the Atlas Lions (1-0) in their World Cup's second game. Morocco lost last week to Iran (1-0).
Morocco is going to be affected by trade disputes between the U.S. and Europe, says Reuters on Tuesday quoting the Kingdom’s central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri. According to Jouahri, trade disputes between the two poles are expected to slow growth in Europe and that can harm Morocco’s economy. To put it in other words, the rising prices of oil will influence public finances in the North Kingdom, Jouahri told reporters.
In a meeting held by the Commission for Social Sectors in the House of Representatives Mohamed Yatim spoke about the Huelva Gate. Before promising to better the working conditions of Moroccan strawberry pickers in Spain, he downplayed complaints filed against farm-owners.
Inflation is expected to reach 2.4 percent in 2018, before returning to 1.4 percent in 2019, while core inflation, which measures the fundamental price trend, would remain subdued, reaching about 1.1 percent in 2018 and 1.6 percent in 2019, central bank «Bank Al-Maghrib» said. «Inflation has markedly accelerated over the first four months of the year. This change reflects the impact of the review of the CPI basket structure last March by the High Commission for Planning as