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Fifa returns to Morocco for more inspections amid World Cup bid

Fifa, the global football authority, is expected to travel to Morocco where they will carry out an unexpected second inspection of Morocco as part of the bidding process for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Bid president Moulay Hafid Elalamy acknowledged, last week, that Morocco still has to improve the quality of their bid after grievances with the quality of stadiums training camps and other facilities last week in Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech and Tangier.

Elalamy said that a group of Fifa experts would return this week to inspect the hotels and facilities for VIPs this week.

Elalamy told the Associated Press news agency that Morocco still has to “improve the quality of our bid book, with last week’s inspection team having “made some remarks on the conditions of some of the stadia”.