The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the appeal of Mohamed Katir against the four-year suspension imposed on him by the World Athletics Federation (WA) for anti-doping rule violations. A major blow for the Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin who will not be able to participate in any competition before at least February 2028.
The Belgian-Moroccan Jamal Ben Saddik was sentenced last March to a ten-month suspension, after a positive doping test, the Glory kickboxing organization announced at the beginning of this October.
The Moroccan kickboxing champion, Jamal Ben Saddik who has just served his 15-month suspension for doping will not participate in the Glory Grand Prix. He simply declined the invitation.
Mo Katir, a Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, saw his future darken on Friday with a two-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules. This sanction deprives him of the Paris Olympics and bans him from international competitions until 2026.
Mohamed Katir has just been suspended by World Athletics for missing three anti-doping controls. The Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, who is preparing for the Paris Olympics, intends to appeal this decision.
Several athletes have just been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), including the Moroccan Samir Jouaher, winner of several marathons in recent months.
Fouad Idbafdil, an athlete of Moroccan origin who is a refugee and beneficiary of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) scholarship to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been suspended for three years following a positive EPO test .
The doping scandal did not manage to curb the ambitions of the Spanish athlete Ilias Fifa Temsamani. After serving a four-year suspension for possession of doping products, the runner of Moroccan origin will be back for the next European Cup of 10,000 meters.
Moroccan athlete Redouan Nouini, who won the Las Galletas de Arona (Tenerife) half-marathon on Sunday, is accused of doping for having missed a control.
Glory, the world’s leading kickboxing league, has suspended the Dutchman Alistair Overeem for one year, the opponent of Moroccan champion Badr Hari . The organization has also removed him from its rankings due to a violation of anti-doping rules.
Glory has just suspended Jamal Ben Saddik for a period of 15 months for doping. The 32-year-old Moroccan kickboxer was the subject of an investigation for violation of anti-doping rules.
Ilias Fifa , who resumed competitions last year after a four-year suspension for doping, said in a tweet that he had transmitted "the values of athletics" to students during a conference. The publication of the Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin sparked outrage among Internet users.