
Wafcon 2024: Morocco eyes next step to become football superpower
Building the Stade Hassan II alone is expected to cost $500m (£365m), a staggering sum given some communities are still rebuilding after the powerful earthquake that hit Morocco’s central region in 2023. High taxation rates – with all annual personal income over 180,000 dirhams ($19,700, £14,400) taxed at 37% – are also filling the country’s…