Azzedine Ounahi's second-half brace drove Morocco into the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals as the Round of 16 kicked off with their 3-0 victory over co-hosts Canada in Houston on Saturday.

Argentine referee Facundo Tello will be in charge of officiating the match between France and Morocco that opens the quarter-finals. It is still curious that France will have an Argentine referee in the quarter-finals,

Morocco moves within one victory of the 2026 World Cup semifinals. See the quarterfinal bracket and Morocco's possible next opponent.

Goals from Azzedine Ounahi (2) and Soufiane Rahimi ended the co-hosts’ campaign and sent Morocco into another World Cup quarter-final.

The meeting renews the 2022 semi-final rivalry, but the North Africans now arrive as confident contenders with title ambitions.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman have condemned the terrorist plots recently foiled in Morocco

As fans may recall, France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the 2022 World Cup semifinals four short years ago in Qatar. On Thursday, July 9, Kylian Mbap

Ahead of the two sides' World Cup quarter-final in North America, FIFA revisits their semi-final meeting four years ago in Qatar and looks into the details behind a match dominated by Morocco but won by France.

Imports of Moroccan olive oil have surged 9,979% in a year, according to DataComex. The figure is real but starts from just 103 tonnes and its share in Spain remains small. View on euronews