The Moroccan National Olympic Committee (CNOM) held two video conferences on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on athletes.
Algeria defeated Morocco to reach Tokyo 2020 at the men's International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Afro Paralympic Qualifiers in Johannesburg.
Algeria and Morocco are set to battle it out for a place at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after reaching the final of the men's International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Afro Paralympic Qualifiers in Johannesburg.
Morocco and Nigeria have been added to a list of countries considered to have the highest doping risk to athletics, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has announced the Rabat Grand Prix, due to begin on Friday (March 6), has been cancelled.
Cape Verde finished their debut appearance in the African Men's Handball Championship in style, with an emphatic 37-28 win against Morocco to claim fifth place overall.
Moroccan marathon runner Al Mahjoub Dazza has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on suspicion of using a prohibited substance.
Organisers of the 2020 World University Cross-Country Championships in Moroccan city Marrakech have extended the registration deadline as one of the measures to increase participation.
Morocco completed the line-up for the blind football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after successfully defending their African Championships title.
All four competing nations have announced their initial squads for the second Middle East Africa Rugby League Championship, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos next month.
Morocco confirmed its status as the major karate powerhouse in Africa after topping the sport's medal table at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.
Nigeria's former long jumper Yussuf Alli has claimed that the African Games are "no longer glamorous" as this year's edition continues in Morocco.
Hosts Morocco topped the African Games taekwondo medal table as the sport's popularity was showcased in Rabat this week.
Namibia's Tristan De Lange claimed his second mountain bike title of the 2019 African Games in Morocco with victory in the marathon race.
Morocco will end a 40-year absence from the African Games tomorrow with the country hosting the 2019 edition of the competition.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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England’s 50 years of footballing hurt started at the Mexico 1970 World Cup. But, as David Owen writes, the tournament that got under way half a century ago at the Azteca has never been bettered.
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