By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 18, 2013 The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football met on May 15 and 16 in Cairo. One of the several topics discussed during their meeting was the 2015 African Cup of Nations, which will be held in Morocco. At this gathering, the Executive Committee announced the schedule for CAN 2015 and the criteria for selecting teams. The CAN 20 ...

LONDON,May 16, 2013 (AFP) David Beckham is to retire from professional football at the end of the season, his representative announced on Thursday. The 38-year-old midfielder has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan, as well as winning 115 caps for England, and recently won the French Ligue 1 championship with Paris Saint-Germain. "I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to conti ...

By Tarik Elbarakah Morocco World News Rabat, May 14, 2013 According to Spanish leading sport newspaper Marca, French international player Frank Ribery was reported to be angry at his teammate in Bayern Munich Jerome Boateng after the beer-shower that was given to him during the team’s title-winning celebrations on Saturday. Ribery said in a comment: “ I’m not going to talk to Boateng again-he knows that I’m ...

MANCHESTER, May 13, 2013 (AFP) Manchester United fans thronged around the club's Old Trafford ground on Monday to pay tribute to Alex Ferguson, their iconic manager who is retiring after guiding the Red Devils to the English Premier League title for a 13th time. Dressed in the club's red, black and white colours, supporters were out in force in the northwestern city to cheer on the open-top bus tour jointly ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, Morocco, May 13, 2013 Bayern Munich's defender Jerome Boateng emptied the contents of a huge glass of beer over the head of Franck Ribery in the midst of the celebrations in Munich on Saturday. The photo, shot by AFP photographer Christof Stache, showed the Muslim international French player Franck Ribery wet from head to toe. Franck Ribery, who plays as a midf ...

LONDON,May 09, 2013 (AFP) Everton confirmed on Thursday that manager David Moyes will leave the club at the end of the season, paving the way for him to succeed Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. "Everton can confirm that David Moyes will leave the club at the end of the season," read a statement on the club website. "The manager met chairman Bill Kenwright early yesterday evening (Wednesday) and confirmed ...

LONDON , May 07, 2013(AFP) Rafael Benitez said Tuesday he expected to be replaced as Chelsea boss by former Blues manager Jose Mourinho. Interim Chelsea manager Benitez reiterated he would be leaving Stamford Bridge as planned at the end of the season having signed a short-term contract to take charge in November following the sacking of Roberto di Matteo. Real Madrid coach Mourinho, who left the London clu ...

MADRID, May 5, 2013 (AFP) Lionel Messi came off the bench to move Barcelona to within two points of clinching the La Liga title with a 4-2 win over Real Betis at Camp Nou on Sunday. Dorlan Pabon and Ruben Perez had twice given the visitors the lead in the first-half either side of Alexis Sanchez's equaliser. However, after David Villa had once again levelled the scores, it was unsurprisingly left to Messi t ...

Madrid, May 4, 2013 (AFP) Real Madrid forced Barcelona to delay their title celebrations as two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a 4-3 win over Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The result cut Barcelona's lead at the top to eight points, although they can restore their advantage to 11 points with victory over Real Betis on Sunday. The visitors had taken a shock lead early on as Osc ...

MADRID, May 01,2013 (AFP) Jose Mourinho chose his words very carefully after seeing his Real Madrid side fall just short of an amazing comeback in the second-leg of their Champions League semi-final with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. Two goals in the final eight minutes from Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos brought Madrid to the brink of the final after being hammered 4-1 in Dortmund last week, but after goin ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 1, 2013 The Our'Pro Association for Sport, Culture and Social Equity announced its plans to organize the first edition of the Our'Pro International FUTSAL Cup for indoor soccer on May, 2-5, 2013, under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education, Staff Training and Scientific Research. This first international edition follows four successful national edit ...

By Tarik Elbarakah The legendary Goalkeeper of Real Madrid, Iker Casillas, said he “isn’t prepared to give up” against Borussia Dortmund in spite of the unexpected defeat (4-1) in the semifinals of the Champions League on Wednesday. Casillas who was speaking to the Spanish leading sports newspaper MARCA added that anything could happen in 90 minutes. “We’ve got to go out there and give your all on the pitch ...