Soccer shirts depicting the disputed Western Sahara as part of Morocco violated rules against political messaging, a court governing soccer disputes has ruled.

A row over a map of Morocco displayed on a football shirt deepened as the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup semi-final between RS Berkane and USM Alger was called off on Sunday. USM Alger ...

An extended map of Morocco worn on RS Berkane shirts is a symbol of "a political nature", the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday ruled in favour of the Algerian football federation in a row over a map of Morocco on shirts worn by Renaissance Berkane in the 2024 Caf Confederation ...

“The image of a map of Morocco including Western Sahara on the shirts of RS Berkane depicts ... The Confederation of African Football (CAF) which organizes the continent's international soccer ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday ruled in favour of the Algerian football federation in a row over a map of Morocco on shirts worn by Renaissance Berkane in the 2024 Caf ...

Caf has been contacted for comment. Match off after row over map of Morocco on shirt Second football game called off in Morocco map row ...

FILE - A player of RS Berkane, wearing a team jersey showing a red map with the green star of Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara territory, walks on the pitch during the CAF Super Cup 2022 ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has upheld an appeal by the Algerian Federation (Faf) against the decision to allow a Moroccan club to wear a shirt displaying an extended map of the country .