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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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A host of issues: World Cup focus turns to Morocco with costs and legacy topping agenda

Boards surrounding the site of the new stadium development near Casablanca, showing images of the planned stadium and of the Morocco team
Boards surround the site of the new stadium development near Casablanca, which is set to have a capacity of 115,000. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Morocco’s World Cup adventure came to a halt with their quarter-final defeat by France. But taking a break, even for a brief post-season summer, is no option for officials of the FRMF, the country’s football federation.

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon), in its newly expanded 16-team format, begins in Rabat on Sunday, a week after the World Cup final in New Jersey, and Morocco then hosts the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in the autumn.

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