FOOTBALL NEWS - Morocco ended 42 years without a senior national team football trophy by hosting and winning the African Nations Championship (Chan) for home-based footballers at the weekend.
It was the first success since the country won the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations by drawing with Guinea to top a mini-league in Ethiopia.
AFP Sport gives five reasons why Morocco completed an unbeaten six-match Chan run by whipping 10-man Nigeria 4-0 in a final staged in a Casablanca downpour.
-- Previously unknown striker Ayoub el Kaabi was named player of the tournament after scoring a Chan record nine goals in five starts.
-- Playing all six matches at the same stadium was a benefit no rival enjoyed. Some teams travelled 800 kilometres (500 miles) between fixtures.
