#morocco

#morocco

Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has been banned for five matches and fined £72,000 as part of a raft of sanctions for the chaotic scenes that marred the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco earlier this month. Thiaw ordered his players from the field in protest at two late decisions that saw his side have a goal disallowed and then Morocco awarded a penalty.

The clash between hosts Morocco and Senegal was approaching the end of normal time with the two sides goalless, when a disallowed Senegal goal was followed by the awarding of a stoppage time Morocco penalty by referee Jean Jacques when El Hadji Malick Diouf felled Brahim Diaz. Still angry at seeing a goal for his side chalked off, Senegal boss Pape Thiaw told his team to leave the pitch.

At least 19 people have been killed and 16 injured by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco's historic Fes city, according to the state news agency. The death toll from the collapse of the four-storey buildings on Wednesday included children, local media reported. The buildings were inhabited by eight families and were in the Al-Mustaqbal neighborhood, the state agency said.