{"id":436894,"date":"2026-01-29T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436894\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:18:08","slug":"caf-slaps-morocco-with-six-sanctions-after-afcon-final-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436894\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF slaps Morocco with six sanctions after AFCON final chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Full-Breakdown-CAF-slaps-Morocco-with-six-sanctions-after-AFCON-final-chaos-2019350?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/96456452.295.jpg\" alt=\"Morocco hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations\" title=\"Morocco hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/> <\/a>Morocco hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco, have been penalised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over misconduct in the final.<\/p>\n<p>One of the unpleasant spectacles in the final occurred when ball boys were spotted fighting with Senegalese player over goalkeeper Edouard Mendy&#8217;s towel for no apparent reason.<\/p>\n<p>The Atlas Lions skipper Achraf Hakimi and midfielder Ismael Saibari were also involved in the brawl, which caused embarrassment to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/CAF-bans-Senegal-coach-Pape-Thiaw-for-5-matches-fines-him-100K-2019339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CAF bans Senegal coach Pape Thiaw for 5 matches, fines him $100K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both players have been suspended by CAF, with Saibari getting an additional fine of $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan football federation was sanctioned for failing to control the ball boys, who abandoned their duties of ensuring balls were placed at vantage points to chase after the towel.<\/p>\n<p>The federation was also fined for failing to restrict the use of lasers by the fans during matches as CAF had banned its usage prior to the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Breakdown of CAF Disciplinary Board Decisions<\/p>\n<p>Achraf Hakimi \u2013 Suspended for two official CAF matches (one suspended for one year) for unsporting behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Isma\u00ebl Saibari \u2013 Suspended for three official CAF matches and fined $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Federation of Royal Moroccan Football (FRMF) \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Fined $200,000 for inappropriate behaviour of ball boys.<\/p>\n<p>Fined $100,000 for improper conduct of players and technical staff, who invaded the VAR review area and obstructed the referee.<\/p>\n<p>Fined $15,000 for supporters\u2019 use of lasers during the match.<\/p>\n<p>SB\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch the 2025 GhanaWeb Excellence Awards Nominees Unveiling below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-436894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}