Zakaria Loumani, of Moroccan origin, left his country as a teenager to reach the Canary Islands. Now 24 years old, the young man is an accomplished athlete: he has already won the 400m title in the archipelago three times.
The Franco-Moroccan athlete Azeddine Habz, winner of the 1500m at Charléty, erases Mehdi Baala’s 22-year-old French record.
In France, the bill to ban the veil in competition raises great concerns among veiled athletes and some clubs.
In Morocco, calls for the resignation of Abdeslam Ahizoune, who has accumulated nearly 19 years of experience at the head of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA), are multiplying. At the origin of these calls, the discipline has been languishing for years, then fell into a state of total lethargy.
Moroccan athlete Anass Essayi achieved a time of 7 minutes, 32 seconds and 45 hundredths in the 3000 meters indoor at the Liévin meeting in France, thus breaking the national record.
The Agency for the Development of the Bouregreg Valley is working on the construction of an ultra-modern multipurpose sports hall on the banks of the Bouregreg, between the cities of Rabat and Salé, the fourth in the city, after Moulay Abdellah, Ibn Yassine and Ibn Rochd.
The number of athletes converting to Islam continues to grow. The latest conversion is that of an English UFC fighter.
Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, world and Olympic champion, still holds the record of 3:26.00 in the 1500 meters, set at the Golden Gala in Rome on July 14, 1998.
Hassan Koujani, former director of the Union Zemmouri Khémisset athletics club (1996-2006), calls for urgent measures to be taken to end the series of failures of Moroccan athletes over the past two decades during which the Moroccan Athletics Federation has been led by Abdeslam Ahizoune.
Yassine Ouhdadi, a Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, has just won his second gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the Paris Paralympic Games. He now aims for gold in the 1,500 meters.
King Mohammed VI elevated Soufiane El Bakkali, who saved Morocco’s honor at the Paris Olympic Games by winning gold in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, to the rank of Commander of the Order of the Throne. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, in the presence of Abdeslam Ahizoune, president of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation.
The poor performance of Moroccan athletes at the Paris Olympics continues to stir up controversy. Deputy Abdellatif Zaim of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has just questioned the Minister of Sports on this subject.