{"id":246222,"date":"2026-04-10T03:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246222"},"modified":"2026-04-10T03:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:13:22","slug":"i-will-never-tolerate-corruption-from-anyone-caf-president-patrice-motsepe-states-on-morocco-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/10\/i-will-never-tolerate-corruption-from-anyone-caf-president-patrice-motsepe-states-on-morocco-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"I will never tolerate corruption from anyone &#8211; CAF President Patrice Motsepe states on Morocco Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President of Africa\u2019s football governing body (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has doubled down on his anti-corruption stance on his latest official visit on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patrice Motsepe arrived in Morocco for talks with the North African nation\u2019s Football Federation a day after visiting Senegal amid serious tension between the two nations over the fallout of the 2025 AFCON Final and the subsequent decision by CAF\u2019s Appeal Board to hand the title to Morocco after declaring that winners Senegal forfeited the game after walking off the pitch to protest against a penalty decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260410_020828-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246839\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Morocco Football Federation President Fouzi Lekjaa (left) with CAF President Patrice Motsepe Photo Credit: CAF<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Senegal have appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Speaking at a presser on his visit to Morocco, Patrice Motsepe reaffirmed his anti-corruption committment by stating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFCON-7-1-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Senegal and Morocco players clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-246838\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Senegal and Morocco players clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite the challenges in the final, the 2025 AFCON was the most successful tournament. The security, logistics, airports, hotels, football pitches and hospitals were all top-notch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI want to personally thank the Morocco FA President, Fouzi Lekjaa, for his outstanding work as both FA President and CAF 1st Vice President. I also extend my gratitude to His Majesty the King of Morocco and to the people of this great country\u201d and added that,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI will never tolerate corruption from anyone, anywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Africa\u2019s football governing body (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has doubled down on his anti-corruption stance on his latest official&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[185,44,186,153],"class_list":["post-246222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-afcon-trophy","tag-morocco","tag-patrice-motsepe","tag-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}