RABAT: The decades-long rivalry between North African neighbours Morocco and Algeria has spilled onto the football pitch, leaving the Moroccan team out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). The Atlas Lions' under-23 team, winner of the last two CHAN tournaments, withdrew its participation on Friday a
RABAT: The decades-long rivalry between North African neighbours Morocco and Algeria has spilled onto the football pitch, leaving the Moroccan team out of the African Nations Championship .
Fouzi Lekjaa, head of Morocco's FRMF football federation, said it was"really regrettable that the Moroccan national team, which had been preparing seriously for six months to participate in CHAN and defend its title, was deprived of the chance". The Algerian organising committee said last week the host had no obligation to let players arrive via direct flights, Moroccan news website Hespress reported.
The two countries are locked in a bitter rivalry partly over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, where the Algerian-backed Polisario movement seeks an independence referendum.
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