Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup. The team and their coach Walid Regragui waved from an open-topped bus as they were driven from the airport and around central Rabat, [...]
A little over 100 kilogrammes of turtle meat, which were exhibited in an ongoing court case, were destroyed on Tuesday at the Seychelles Hospital incinerator in the presence of officers from the Seychelles Police Force and the environment ministry in accordance with disposal protocol. The 117 kg of turtle meat were seized onboard a boat [...]
The airplane transporting World Cup winners Argentina and their captain Lionel Messi back from Qatar arrived at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires at 2:40 am (0540 GMT) on Tuesday. Having beaten France in Sunday's thrilling final, the players will now spend the night at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) training complex near the [...]
Yellowfin tuna catch limits and high operating costs are not a good recipe for the future, said a senior official of the Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC). The statement was made by the deputy manager of OPAGAC, Miguel Herrera, in an interview with SNA, who added that there is a possibility of [...]
Tunisia's electoral board revised the turnout in parliamentary elections slightly upwards to 11.2 percent on Monday, a poll that opposition groups said undermined President Kais Saied. The ISIE electoral authority had initially announced participation of 8.8 percent after the close of voting for a parliament largely stripped of any power, the final pillar in Saied's [...]
Seychelles will host the Beach Soccer World Cup in 2025 and will become the first African country to host the tournament. FIFA President Gianni Infantino made the announcement at the latest council meeting in Doha, Qatar before the World Cup final between Argentina and France played on Sunday. Infantino announced the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]
South Africa's ruling ANC party on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for a second five-year term, despite a brewing scandal over a huge cash theft at his farm. Ramaphosa garnered 2,476 votes for the post of party president against 1,897 for former health minister Zweli Mkhize, the African National Congress' elections chief, [...]
A temporary weather radar has been installed in Bel Ombre, a northern district of the main island of Mahe with the aim of improving forecasting skills and early warning systems during bad weather events in Seychelles. The installation of the radar is part of the Study of Precipitating Systems in the Indian Ocean by Radar and [...]
Lionel Messi saved his best for last on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on his World Cup career by finally landing the one major title that has eluded him. In the end, the greatest player of his generation, possibly of all time, bowed out with victory in arguably the greatest World Cup final of them [...]
Argentina prepared to face defending champions France in the World Cup final on Sunday with Lionel Messi seeking to crown his record-breaking career by winning football's biggest prize for the first time on his farewell to the tournament. After 63 matches and 166 goals, the month-long footballing showpiece reaches its climax at Doha's 89,000-capacity Lusail [...]
