London, Feb. 19 - British daily “Daily Telegraph” criticized the decision of FIFA to award the 2010 World Cup to South Africa, a country that faces serious infrastructure and security problems.
Highlighting the problems that hinder South African preparations to host the international football’s quadrennial jamboree, the paper stresses under the headline [...]

Rabat, Feb. 7 - Moroccan manager Fathi Jamal was appointed as provisional coach of national soccer squad to succeed French Henri Michel, who was sacked following the early exit of Morocco from the 2008 African Cup of Nations.
National technical director and coach of the Moroccan Olympic squad, Fathi Jamal, will assume [...]

Rabat, Feb. 7 - Moroccan soccer federation has sacked national squad manager Henri Michel after an early exit of Morocco from the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana.
According to a press release of the Moroccan Soccer Federation, the decision was made following the poor results of the national team and [...]

On its preparation to the world cup qualifiers, Morocco is set to play Belgium in friendly on March 26 in Baudoui Stadium in Brussels, according to the Belgium Soccer Union.

(AFP) Morocco coach Henri Michel insisted on Thursday that he will not quit despite the team’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations first round exit.
“I have a contract until 2010 to get Morocco to the World Cup finals,” said the Frenchman who claimed he also had the backing of the country’s football federation.
Morocco were dumped out [...]

(MTNfootball) Morocco’s coach Henri Michel critised the team’s preparation but fell short of saying that they didn’t deserve to be in Ghana.
The French coach was answering questions during the press conference after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Ghana Black Stars in Group A of MTN Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 2008 played at [...]

(AP) - Morocco coach Henri Michel plans to make sweeping changes ahead of the World Cup qualifiers after his team was knocked out of the African Cup of Nations.
The 2004 African Cup finalists lost 2-0 to Ghana on Monday and were beaten 3-1 by Guinea last week to exit the competition despite starting with a [...]

(DPA) Hackers on Wednesday broke into the official website of the African Cup of Nations (www.ghanacan2008) and displayed a message of support for the Moroccan team.
The Atlas Lions were on Monday beaten 2-0 by the hosts and eliminated from the competition. The team is expected to fly back to Morocco on Thursday.
The website, which [...]

Congratulations to Ghana for being the second team in the history of the can 2008 to play with 12 players after Guinea. The 12th player is no doubt the referees, the south African Jerome with Guinea and now the turn of this disgrace Gambian referee, that played the scenario as it’s supposed to be. Watch [...]

Morocco coach, Henri Michel is demanding an improved performance from his team against Ghana on Monday.
The Atlas Lions meets Ghana in the last Group A game in search of a must win to book a place at the next stage of the competition.
“We have to battle it out to get the results because it is [...]