Wydad's goalkeeper Zouheir Laaroubi has officially joined the ranks of Saudi Arabian football club based in Medina, Ohod, says Kingfut. The footballer will stay with Ohod Club for one season after he rejected an offer from the Casablanca club to renew his contract. After playing with WAC since July 2015, Laaroubi decided to leave after «losing his spot in the starting line following the Moroccan derby against Raja Casablanca», says the same source adding that Laaroubi was blamed
After Twitter restricted access to the account of Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani in May, the online news and social networking service has just decided to suspend it. For now, it is unknown if the ban is temporary or permanent. For the record, the series of similar tweets published last month by El Othmani with the hashtag #consumer_first has led to the unexpected measure. Saadeddine El Othmani's personal account, however, is still active.
In August 2015, six-year-old girl Shiloé Khokhar tossed a bottle overboard with a message inside and threw it in the sea when on a vacation with her family in Bermuda. Three years later, the bottle with the letter inside was found in Morocco by a fisherman called Hassan Elbaz, says Newsday. The 62-year-old man discovered the bottle on Plage Blanche, near Guelmim in southern Morocco broke it and gave the letter to his son to read it out. «My father doesn't know how to read»,
Morocco bid chairman Moulay Hafid Elalamy said Saturday, 2nd of June, that he is positive about the Kingdom's chances to host the 2026 World Cup. «Morocco is positioning itself in front of great nations», he told AFP and 2M.ma. «Morocco is now one of the few countries that can comply with FIFA's requirements», he said. «The support the Moroccan bid has managed to get was beyond what we have expected», he concluded. To strengthen our chances, the Kingdom
Une opération de nettoyage de la plage des Oudayas de Rabat sera organisée le 5 juin à Rabat, à l'initiative de plusieurs ambassades européennes, à l'occasion de la journée mondiale de l’environnement, célébrée cette année sous le thème de «la lutte contre la pollution plastique». Initiée par les ambassades de Norvège, de Finlande, de Suède et le Danemark, en partenariat
Les joueurs du Raja d’Agadir de handball ont fêté jeudi 31 mai le premier doublé, championnat et Coupe du Trône, de leur histoire. Sous les applaudissements des supporters, joueurs, entraîneurs et dirigeants ont sillonné le centre-ville à bord du mini-train touristique, exhibant les deux trophées. Ils se sont ensuite arrêtés sur la corniche pour saluer les fans et prendre des photos. Vendredi, le président et les
FIFA Task force has validated Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup, announced Friday former Sports and Youth minister Moncef Belkhayat. The Kingdom will now be able to get to the voting phase scheduled for June 13 in Russia. More than 200 football federations will have to choose between Morocco's bid and the joint one presented by the USA, Canada and Mexico. For the record, representatives of the two bidding teams attended a meeting on Wednesday in Zurich with the FIFA Task force
Le Procureur général du Roi près la cour d'appel de Safi a annoncé l'ouverture d'une enquête par les services de la gendarmerie royale de cette ville, sous la supervision du parquet, sur les circonstances de l'enregistrement d’une vidéo montrant un homme et une femme agressés par un groupe d'individus cagoulés dans les environs de Safi. La vidéo était devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux. On peut y voir un
Police in Balerma (Spain), collaborating with the Interpol, have arrested a Moroccan national for committing high-technology crimes, reports 20 minutos. The 29-year-old man, identified as O.A., was arrested on May 28. He is accused of «illegally installing and using a five SIM-card platform, with a 'VoIP' port and a router», says the same source. Thanks to applications, he could also scan networks, detect network servers and exploit system vulnerabilities, to make «millions
Eaton, world leader in electrical power management, and Schiele Morocco, distributor of electrical and electronic products and industrial engineer, have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The agreement will allow Eaton to sell its products and solutions throughout Morocco and develop its market share, primarily in tertiary and industrial sectors, for distribution of electrical products and low voltage power plants, the two companies said in a release. With a strong focus on security,