Moroccan Runner Sets Record, Wins Two Spanish New Year’s Eve Marathons
3 January 2022
Moroccan athlete Moha Bakkali set a world record after winning two marathons on New Year’s Eve, in Gijón and Oviedo.
Athletics
Olympic Champion El Bakkali Named Morocco’s Top Athlete of 2021
28 December 2021
Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali and taekwondo athlete Soukaina Sahib were named best Moroccan athletes of the year 2021, in a poll conducted by the national radio sports (…)
Moroccan-Born Runner Shatters Spanish Marathon Record in Valencia
19 December 2021
Hamid Ben Daoud, the Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, who won the Valencia marathon last Sunday, December 5, with a time of 2:06:34, started from nothing to become today the (…)
Moroccan Athletics Federation Dismisses 16 Athletes in Anti-Doping Crackdown
9 December 2021
The Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA) has decided to clean up its stable. 16 athletes flagged for doping have been dismissed.
Moroccan-Born Runner Equals Spanish Marathon Record in Valencia
7 December 2021
The Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, Hamid Ben Daoud, won the Valencia marathon on Sunday with a time of 2:06:34, equaling the record of Ayad Lamdassem, another Moroccan, (…)
Moroccan Runner Triumphs in 70km Oman Trail Race, Local Athletes Dominate Shorter Distances
5 December 2021
Moroccan athlete Rachid El Morabity won the 70 km event at the Himam Trail Run Race 2021 held in Oman. Omanis dominated the 20 km and 35 km trails.
Moroccan Runner Halima Hachlaf Suspended 6 Years for Doping Violation
4 December 2021
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has suspended Moroccan athlete Halima Hachlaf, 33, for the next six years. The Moroccan 800m specialist had tested positive for synthetic (…)
Diamond League Returns to Rabat: Mohammed VI Meeting Set for June 2022
26 November 2021
World Athletics has published this Thursday, November 25, the 2022 calendar of the Diamond League. Good news for the Mohammed VI International Meeting in Rabat which will (…)
Moroccan Athletic Star Faiza Bachar Faces Homelessness After Floods Destroy House
4 November 2021
Moroccan athletics champion Faiza Bachar has been living for more than a year in a house that is in danger of collapsing. She occupies a room that, as one might expect, has no (…)
Morocco to Repatriate Body of Young Athlete Killed in Spanish Traffic Accident
3 November 2021
The Moroccan authorities have decided to cover the costs of transferring the remains of Hamza Bouazzaoui, the young Moroccan athlete who died on Tuesday, October 26 in a (…)