The athletes Badr El Jaloui and Abdelkrim Boubker are suspended, respectively for a period of four and five years for violation of the anti-doping rules of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization Africa Zone 1. During this period, the two athletes are prohibited from participating in sports activities.
Former Moroccan athlete Yassin Fakir has revealed cases of rape and doping within Moroccan athletics. Testimonies that could bring down several heads and call into question the performances of certain athletes.
The curtain fell on the Pan-African Special Olympics Games on January 30 in Cairo, Egypt. Morocco won 18 medals, across all competitions.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, an independent organization responsible for the fight against doping for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), provisionally suspended the Moroccan marathoner Al Mahjoub Dazza for doping on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.
Athlete Sofiane Bakkali and boxer Khadija Mardi are the two best Moroccan athletes of the year 2019, according to the survey conducted by the sports department of Moroccan public radio.
1,400 athletes from 120 countries, including Morocco , are participating in the World Para Athletics Championships, which are being held from November 7 to 15 in Dubai.
Students from the University of Texas recently traveled to Morocco, specifically to the south of the country, to build sports fields for children.
The 40th edition of the Dublin Marathon, launched for the first time in 1979, was won by the Moroccan athlete, El Goumri, with a time of 2:08:04, on Sunday, October 27, 2019.
The world record holder in the half marathon, Mustapha El Aziz, will not participate in competitions for four years. The Moroccan has been suspended after being diagnosed positive for EPO on two occasions.
Moroccan athletics brought back from Doha, as hunting spoils, a bronze medal, far from the expectations of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation and especially the Moroccans.
Hicham El Guerrouj, double Olympic champion in 2004, stated on Friday, in an interview with AFP, that the city of Ifrane, despite its controversial reputation, "has never been a platform for doping".
Dominated by the Kenyans, the Casablanca International Marathon allowed the Moroccan Keltoum Bouaasrya to win the silver medal on October 6, 2019.