Rabat, Morocco: A Moroccan parliamentarian and a journalist have been sentenced for embezzlement over tickets earmarked for the country's supporters in last year's World Cup in Qatar, a judicial source said Saturday.

Mohamed El Hidaoui, a member of parliament and football club owner, was sentenced to 18 months in jail by a Casablanca court, his lawyer Mohamed Ben Malek told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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