Sport

Rabat - The excellent results of Moroccan football are due to the implementation of the royal high directives, indicated, Wednesday, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa.

Salé - Morocco's head coach Walid Regragui will hold a press conference next Saturday at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Salé, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) said on Monday.

Cairo - Wydad Casablanca lost (1-2) to Al Ahly of Egypt on Sunday in Cairo, in the final (first leg) of the African Champions League.

Kenitra - Morocco's short stature team won the Afro-Asian Football Cup, which ended on Sunday in Kenitra.

Rabat - Majid Djaidi, riding "Joker", won the Grand Prix HM King Mohammed VI, as part of the Royal Guard's official 3* show jumping competition, held on Sunday at the Hassan II arena in Rabat.

Casablanca - Four Moroccan referees have been selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to officiate at the Under-23 African Cup of Nations (U23 AFCON), scheduled for June 24 to July 8, 2023 in Morocco.

Rabat - Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bakkali, reigning Olympic and world champion, achieved the World's Best Performance (WBP) of the year in the 3000m steeplechase, at the Mohammed VI international athletics meeting, the second stage of the Diamond League, on Sunday at the Prince Moulay Abdellah sports complex in Rabat.

Rabat - The national polo team won, on Saturday, the 4th edition of the Mohammed VI International Polo Trophy, organized by the Royal Moroccan Polo Federation on May 22-27, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.

Rabat - Italy's Lucia Bronzetti won the 21st edition of HRH Princess Lalla Meryem Grand Prix on the Women's Tennis Tour (WTA), after beating Austria's Julia Grabher.

Casablanca - The Moroccan national taekwondo team will take part in the World Taekwondo Championships scheduled for May 29 to June 4 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.