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Following the recent wave of Morocco’s GenZ-led protests calling for reforms and increased funding in health and education, the royal cabinet announced on Sunday nearly $15bn would be allocated to the two sectors in 2026, up 16 percent from the previous year. In the same announcement, it pledged to create more than 27,000 jobs in health and education. The protests that rocked the North African kingdom in recent weeks were triggered by the death of eight women after C-sections in a public hospital in Agadir, as well as astronomical investment in football infrastructure ahead of the co-hosting of the 2030…
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has revealed he warned striker Marc Guiu over his poor performances in training earlier this month.The 19-year-old had a season-long loan move to Sunderland cancelled after just three appearances at the end of the summer transfer window as the Blues sought to reshuffle their squad in the wake of Liam Delap’s hamstring injury.However, Guiu did not play for a month until a late cameo against Liverpool prior to this month’s international break.The Spanish forward then scored his first goal of the season in Chelsea’s 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Ajax on Wednesday.Marc Guiu was told his…
Ryan O’HanlonOct 24, 2025, 06:30 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Sunday’s Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid could be decided by any number of different factors.There might be a red card. A ball could hit the post for Barcelona and bounce out; a ball could hit the post for Real Madrid and bounce in. Barca’s high-press under Hansi Flick could overwhelm a Madrid side that couldn’t handle it last season. Or Barca’s high-press could fall apart the way it did against Sevilla a few…
Beth LindopOct 24, 2025, 06:08 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed striker Alexander Isak is an injury doubt for this weekend’s trip to Brentford after he was forced off with a groin issue against Eintracht Frankfurt.Isak was withdrawn at half-time at Deutsche Bank Park, with Slot confirming after the game that he had felt some discomfort in his groin. Defender Jeremie Frimpong also picked up a hamstring injury against the German side, while Ryan Gravenberch missed the clash with an ankle problem.Offering an…
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England.Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said on Friday that it had preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of its transparency rules.It accused the U.S. tech giants of breaching their obligation to give researchers “adequate access” to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA) — the EU’s landmark tech legislation.”The Commission also preliminarily found Meta, for both Instagram and Facebook, in breach of its obligations to provide users…
Jordan Henderson comes up against Liverpool for the first time since leaving Anfield in the summer of 2023 when the Premier League champions visit Brentford on Saturday night.Despite his painful exit, the midfielder will still go down as one of the club’s all-time greats. It could be an uncomfortable evening under the west London lights for Henderson against the team he captained to every major trophy during his 12 years on Merseyside as he has the chance to heap yet more pressure on Arne Slot’s side by inflicting on them a fourth defeat in a row for only the fourth…
Rangers head coach Danny Röhl takes charge of his first Premiership game this weekend, hoping he will not be apologising to the fans again.The German, who has only been in charge since Monday, apologised to the travelling support after their dismal 3-0 Europa League defeat to Brann in Norway, which left them bottom of the league-phase table. The confidence-stricken side registered just one shot on target in Bergen, now the attention turns back to trying to win a Premiership game at Ibrox. Image: Danny Röhl spoke to some of Rangers’ travelling support at full-time “At first I apologised for this…
Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has stirred the pot ahead of Sunday’s Clásico by claiming Real Madrid “rob and complain.”Barça travel to the Santiago Bernabéu this weekend for a fixture that pits LaLiga’s top two against one another, with Madrid currently two points clear at the summit after nine matches.Ahead of the game, Yamal appeared on the YouTube channel for the Kings League — the competition run by former Barça defender Gerard Piqué, who has just become the president of his own team, La Capital.”Yes, they rob [a reference to refereeing decisions]; they complain; they do things…” Yamal said when asked…
Truro City will break the record for longest away trip in the history of English professional football this weekend. Hugh R Hastings/Getty ImagesThis weekend, Truro City and a hardy group of their fans will be making a historic trip for their National League fixture against Gateshead.With the two clubs situated in opposite corners of the country, the game represents the longest away trip in the history of English professional football, with the travelling Truro fans facing a gruelling 902-mile round trip from their homes in southern Cornwall all the way up to Gateshead in the northeast, on the other side of…
The Future of the Occupation of the Palestinian Territories after Gaza is an open-access collection that reads like a field guide for citizens, journalists, policy staffers, students and anyone who refuses to look away. It begins from an unflinching fact: that ceasefires and the summit statements did not end the occupation, they reshaped it. The opening chapter states this without rhetorical gymnastics and asks a harder question that too many conversations still dodge. What, exactly, will the occupation look like in five or 10 years if current forces keep pulling in the same direction, and what would it take to bend…