Another World record in Oslo for Defar? – ÅF Golden League

July 3rd, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

Meseret_DefarBislett, 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

African Soccer: KCC beat Mazembe at Cecafa

July 3rd, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

KCC's Tommy Okello celebrates scoring against TP MazembeKCC 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…

Athletics: Tirunesh Dibaba pulls out of Oslo meet

July 2nd, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

81024598TS042_IAAF_Golden_LTirunesh 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…

Transfer News: Forward Benzema joins Real Madrid from Lyon

July 2nd, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

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

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Ethiopian Soccer: Fikru Tefera joins Mbada Boleslav of Czech Republic

July 2nd, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

Former St.George & Ethiopian national team player, Fikru Teferra, was transferred from SuperSport United of South Africa to first division club Mlada Boleslav Fikru_Mladaof  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…

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African Soccer: Merreikh kick-off Cecafa in style

July 1st, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

Atraco versus El-MerreikhHosts 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…

AF Golden League: Dibaba and Defar to duel over 5000m on their World record track in Bislett

June 30th, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

81024598TS042_IAAF_Golden_LOslo, 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…

የእግር ኳሱ እጩዎች…

June 29th, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

የእግር ኳሱ እጩዎች ከምርጫው በፊት ይገምገሙ

Imageበኢትዮጵያ 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

 

ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ የኢትዮጲያ እግር ኳስ ጥሎ ማለፍ ዋንጫ ባለቤት

June 29th, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

StGeorge_FACupባለፉት 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

Women Soccer: Buna ladies serve up title brew

June 29th, 2009 Mamo Gebrehiwot No comments

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

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