From the training centers of Saint-Thomas Le Havre, SPO Rouen to Moroccan clubs, basketball player Adam El Ghazi has become a star in Morocco, his country of origin. To the point of not being about to return to France anytime soon.
A first in Morocco and the Arab world. AS Salé basketball has hired a woman coach in the person of Australian Liz Mills for its men’s team.
The Moroccan basketball team will not be present at the Arab Nations Cup. Several cases of Covid-19 contamination have been recorded within the Atlas Lions.
The Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB) and the Israeli Basketball Association (IBBA) have just signed a historic agreement to boost their bilateral cooperation covering all areas of the discipline.
To protest against the use of the French language in correspondence with clubs by the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation, the management of the Youssoufia de Rabat basketball club reacted in a very original way.
The Real Madrid Foundation intends to make its socio-sports schools in Morocco, Portugal and Spain more dynamic. In this sense, a cooperation agreement has been renewed with the Endesa Foundation, the leading group in the Iberian Peninsula in renewable energies.
After the scandal of match-fixing in women’s football , it is the turn of Moroccan basketball to be tainted by suspicions of match-fixing. The matter is so serious that the international federation has been informed of this latest scandal that is tarnishing the reputation of basketball in Morocco.
The Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy, David Greene, announced that his country is determined to support the development of sport in Morocco. The disclosure was made to the AS Salé team participating in a continental basketball competition in Rwanda.
After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, a former NBA star has converted to Islam. His name: Stephen Jackson.
Despite the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the work on the sports projects of the new sports city of Al Hoceima is progressing, in accordance with the new pre-established schedule. The overall progress rate is around 50%.
The image of Moroccan sport internationally is not the best. The cases of doping of Moroccan athletes are countless, as are the disputes that Moroccan clubs submit to the international sports authorities, which can have consequences on several sports federations.
The former president of the Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation (FRMBB), its treasurer and the collector are in hot water. They are expected to appear before the judge of financial crimes near the Court of Appeal of Rabat.