Football: Morocco to bid for 2026 World Cup — Federation

Morroco’s players celebrates with they gold medals after winning the 8th Francophonie Games final football match between Ivory Coast and Morocco on July 30, 2017, at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan. (AFP)

RABAT: Morocco’s football federation (FRMF) announced on Friday it had told the sport’s world governing body FIFA it will bid to host the 2026 World Cup.
It would be Morocco’s fifth candidacy having come up short already in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010.
In April, the United States, Canada and Mexico had already announced a joint bid to host the tournament.