Morocco will end a 40-year absence from the African Games tomorrow with the country hosting the 2019 edition of the competition.
Ghana’s men's under-20 football team will compete at this month’s African Games in Morocco’s capital Rabat, after its Sports Ministry reversed a decision to not send a squad following the threat of a ban and fine.
Morocco maintained its position at the top of the medals table after day two at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships in Gaborone in Botswana.
Morocco claimed a clean sweep of the kata gold medals as action begun today at the African Karate Federation Senior Championships in Gaborone.
Moroccan long-distance runner Abderrahmane Kachir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for a violation of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Anti-Doping Rules.
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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