Achraf Hakimi , Morocco's captain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup , is set to stand trial on a rape charge, with the news coming just before his team's Group C match against Scotland . As reported by ESPN via the Associated Press , the Versailles appeals court announced on Friday (June 19) that the defender will be formally charged with rape over accusations he sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman in Paris in 2023. The court recently rejected an appeal Hakimi filed against a February ruling from an investigative judge who recommended he face trial for the charge. According to a police source, the unidentified woman claimed she met Hakimi, who also plays for Paris Saint-Germain, on Instagram in January 2023, and she later traveled to his home in a Paris suburb when he paid for a taxi to come pick her up. In her police complaint, she alleged he kissed her, touched her without consent, and then raped her. She told authorities that she pushed him away and contacted a friend to pick her up.…