Bislett, Norway – The name of Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar has become synonymous with the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, the second leg of the six-meeting ÅF Golden League 2009, ever since her 5000m World record in the Norwegian capital in 2007.
Two years ago, Defar ran 14:16.63 in a terrific race that was memorable not only for the fact that she took nearly eight seconds off her own World record of 14: 24.53 but also because it was a fantastic duel with Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot, who also finished inside Defar’s old mark with 14:22.51. Full Report
KCC of Uganda won a thrilling match against TP Mazembe on the second day of the Cecafa Club Championship.
Mazembe, from DR Congo, are guest entrants in the tournament for East and Central Africa.
They will start their campaign in the group stages of the African Champions League later this month – whilst KCC failed to make it through. Read more…
Tirunesh Dibaba, the Olympic champion and world record holder for 5,000metres, has pulled out of her clash with Meseret Defar in Friday night’s Bislett Games in Oslo through injury.
The Ethiopian duo have built a keen rivalry in recent times and it was expected Dibaba’s world record of 14 minutes 11.15 seconds set in last year’s meeting would be threatened in their head-to-head duel. Read more…
Karim Benzema is poised to become the latest big-name arrival at Real Madrid after Lyon accepted a bid from the Spanish side for the highly-rated France international.
The 21-year-old is set to join Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in signing a six-year contract at the Bernabeu after his French employers agreed to a 35m euro (£29.7m) approach from Madrid, who with this deal will see their summer spending spree pass the 200m euro mark.
The fee could yet rise to 41m euros (£34.8m) dependent on performance clauses. Full Report
Former St.George & Ethiopian national team player, Fikru Teferra, was transferred from SuperSport United of South Africa to first division club Mlada Boleslav 
of the Czech Republic. Boleslav finished with 46 points in sixth position while giants Slavia Prague won the title with 62 points and Sparta Prague came second with 56.
The club is coached by Pavel Hapal, a 39-year-old former Czech international. In a career starting in 1986 and ending 2002, Hapal played for Bayer Leverkusen, Tenerife and Sparta Prague amongst others. Read more…
Hosts El Merreikh earned a big win on the opening day of the Cecafa club championship in Sudan.
They beat Atraco of Rwanda 6-1 in their first game of the club tournament for East and Central Africa.
In the other game on the first day of competition, Kenyan champions Mathare United beat Kartileh of Djibouti 3-0. Read more…
Oslo, Norway – The world’s greatest women’s distance runners Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar, the ‘Duelling D’s’ of Ethiopia will clash over 5000m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, on Friday 3 July, the second leg of the six meeting ÅF Golden League.
These two great Ethiopians rivals have agreed to compete against each other in the stadium where both have tasted victory and broken the World record for 5000m. Read more…
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በኢትዮጵያ የእግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን የተፈጠረው አለመግባባት ተወግዶ የሐገሪቱን እግር ኳስ ወደ ተሻለ አቅጣጫ እንዲደርስ የብዙ ወገኖች ምኞትና ሕልም ሆኖ ይገኛል፡፡
ይህንኑ እውን ለማድረግ የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ከገባበት ቀውስ ተላቆ ሠላማዊ የእግር ኳስ ሒደትና ለውጥ ለመመልከት ደግሞ በተቋሙ የሚታቀፉ ወገኖችን የአመራር ብስለት፣ የእውቀትና ተያያዥ ሁኔታዎች ይወስኑታል፡፡ Full Report
ባለፉት ሁለት ሳምንታት ሲካሄድ የነበረው የ2001 የኢትዮጲያ እግር ኳስ ጥሎ ማለፍ ውድድር ዛሬ በአዲስ አበባ ስታዲዮም ተጠናቀቀ። ለአስራ ሁለት አመታት ከዚህ ውድድር የዋንጫ ባለቤትነት ተለይቶ የነበረው የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ቡድን በእለተ እሁድ ሰኔ 21 በሙሉ የጨዋታ ተቆጣጣሪነት ዋንጫውን ወደቤቱ አስገብቶአል። ከረፋዱ ጀምሮ ሲዘንብ የነበረው ዝናብ ውድድሩ ይከናወናል ወይስ አይከናወንም የሚያስብል ጥያቄ ከስፖርት አፍቃሪዎች ከየአካባቢው ነበር ሲወረወር የነበረው። ሆኖም ደጋፊውንም ሆነ የውድድሩን አዘጋጅ አካል ዝናቡ ሳይበግረው ጣእም ባለው የጨዋታ ፉክክር ነበር ጨዋታው የተጠናቀቀው። Full Report
After the tightest ever title race that went down to the final weekend, Ethiopian Coffee won the Addis Ababa women’s soccer championship for the second successive year.
Dominating the season, Coffee collected all the honours, including awards for top scorer, best player and coach of the year. Full Story
