31 January, 2026, 8:54 pm Central - 27°C Rain

Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 to create World Cup history

Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 to create World Cup history

By Navitalai Naivalurua
11/12/2022
[Photo: Reuters]

Morocco has created history as they became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.

Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the first half, leaping highest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to spark pandemonium at Al Thumama Stadium.

The North African side's supporters populated most of the venue and joyously celebrated their breakthrough moment on the global stage.

Ronaldo came off the bench in the 50th minute to equal the men's all-time appearance record of 196 in international matches, but he could not drag his side back into the contest.

Morocco will meet the winner of England and France match in the semi finals next week.

England will face France at 7 this morning.

Source: BBC

FNRL
FEATURE NEWS
Singapore 7s: Fiji thumps Spain 28-7
The Fiji Airways Men's National side has thumped Spain 28-7 in their second pool game at the HSBC Singapore 7s.Iowane Teba opened the scoring for the...
4 minutes ago
LATEST NEWS
Millions of Epstein files released
Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US Department of Justice, marking the largest ...
3 hours ago

WAF planned works at Tamavua Water Treatment Plant will cause reduced water supply
Thousands of residents supplied by the Tamavua Water Treatment Plant are expected to experience reduced water pressure or intermittent supply as the ...
5 hours ago

Fuel prices to go down while gas to go up from tomorrow
Good news as fuel prices will go down, however, people will need to pay more for gas from tomorrow. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission ...
6 hours ago

Water supply has been restored this morning to residents living in elevated areas of Lami
Water supply has been restored this morning to residents living in elevated areas of Lami as the Water Authority of Fiji continues work to restore ...
9 hours ago

TLTB says staffing based on competency as gender balance questioned
Questions were raised in Parliament over gender balance within the iTaukei Land Trust Board (TLTB) workforce as the organisation appeared before the ...
9 hours ago



Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations

CFL radio frequencies
IN DEPTH
Ailava Samuels to represent Fiji in Miss Pacific Pageant
Miss Fiji 2025 first runner-up and Miss Nasinu, Ailava Samuels, has been officially appointed as Fiji’s representative to next month's Miss ...
9 days ago

Referendum Bill risks undermining democracy - Dialogue Fiji
The National Referendum Bill risks undermining democracy by criminalising political expression, enabling state overreach and excluding young people ...
11 days ago

Shocking move : FNU reassigned under PM
The Fiji National University is being reassigned under the Prime Minister's Office Ministerial Portfolio via the Ministry of Strategic Planning, ...
11 days ago

TOP