Morocco, Algeria shirt dispute sees football match cancelled ...Kuwait

An African Confederation Cup match between USM Alger and Moroccan team Renaissance Berkane was cancelled just before kickoff on Sunday after a dispute over the Moroccan club's jerseys. The row began on Friday morning when the Moroccan squad arrived in Algeria ahead of the first leg of the semi-final. Algerian media reported that customs officers confiscated Berkane's shirts on the grounds that they carried a map of Morocco that included the disputed Western Sahara. Shortly before Sunday's scheduled 1900 GMT kick off, USM Alger sporting director Toufik Korichi told Algerian radio that the match would not be played because Berkane refused to take to the pitch in any oth

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