Defar starts
Olympic build-up at African Championships
Ethiopia’s
Olympic 5,000m champion Meseret Defar plans to open her 2008
outdoor season by competing for her country over 5,000m at the
African Athletics Championships which start in Addis Ababa on
Wednesday 30th April.>>
Big test
for Ethiopian athletes at Boston Marathon
A host of Ethiopian marathon
runners return to action this coming Monday at the 112th running
of the BAA Boston Marathon.
Among those hoping for top-three finish will be Askale Tafa and
Dire Tune in the women’s race, while in the men’s race
Gashaw Melese has a chance to further his reputation against
better-known Kenyan rivals.>>
Athletics
04-18-2008
Fasuba will
compete in Addis 2008
Addis Ababa, April 17, 2008
(Addis Ababa) - After weeks of speculation, Nigeria’s African
100m record holder and world indoor 60m champion Olusoji Fasuba
will defend his African 100m title at the 16th CAA African Athletics
Championships in Addis Ababa which be held from 30 April- 4 May
2008, Addis 2008 website reported. >>
Ethiopian
elite athletes gear up to score shining vistory at 16th African
Athletics Championships
Addis Ababa, April 15, 2008
(Addis Ababa) - Ethiopian elite athletes are ready to take part
in the 16th African athletics championship which will be held
in Addis Ababa from April 30 -May 4, 2008, competition organizing
committee said. >>
GREEN
FLOOD- The History of Great Ethiopian Runners
Video
Screening in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon- A must see Amharic documentary film
depicting the great achievement of Ethiopian athletes was shown
here today at Portland State University Smith Hall Auditorium.
The film is produced by Ethiopian-born Samson Negash of Seattle,
Washington.>>
Athletics
04-13-2008
Gete Wami
finishes 3rd at Flora London Marathon London,
UK - World Marathon Majors champion Gete Wami finished 3rd while
Berhane Adere took 7th place in the Flora London Marathon here
today.>>
European Cup
Ethiopian-Born
Abeylegesse & Selim Bayrak lead Turkishish 10,000m sweep
in Istanbul
Reigning World 10,000m silver
medallist Elvan Abeylegesse (Hewan Abeye) cruised to her
third consecutive European Cup 10,000m victory in Istanbul today,
capping a Turkish sweep along with men’s winner, Selim Bayrak.
Kicking away from Dutchwoman
Lornah Kiplagat over the final few laps, the 25-year-old Ethiopian-born
former 5000m World record holder reached the finish in 31:36.33,
the fastest performance in the world this year.
Beyrak, the former Ethiopian
Girma Legese, ran away with the men’s title, winning
in 27:47.75, also an early season world leader. The 20-year-old
won 3000m bronze for his native Ethiopia at the 2003 World Youth
Championships.>>
Athletics
04-10-2008
Wami will
make no mistakes this time London,
UK - World Marathon Majors champion Gete Wami says she will make
no mistakes this year when she bids to win her first Flora London
Marathon title on Sunday (13 April).>>
Athletics
Haile to
run 10km in Beijing ADDIS
ABABA (Reuters) - Twice Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie will
run in the 10,000 metres at the Beijing Olympics, he said on
Thursday.
Gebrselassie,
who suffers from asthma and has pulled out of the Olympic marathon
over about pollution in Beijing, will also be the standard bearer
for Ethiopia at the August Games. >>
Athletics
04-08-2008
Tariku Bekele
and Mestawat Tufa take xc wins in Sardinia Tariku
Bekele and Mestawat Tufa won the 32nd edition of the International
Cross Country race Trofeo Alasport in Alà dei Sardi in
Sardinia, a small village of 2000 inhabitants. >>
Soccer
04-07-2008
Coffee clinch
decisive victory over Ethiopia Banks, Awasa lost to Adama Kenema
Half
a dozen goals on the week end followed by an away victory over
Finchaa Sugar FC Saint George leads the league table in comfort.
Since defeating city rival and the season’s surprise side
Electric, the league leaders appeared to find their best form.>>
Soccer
Blatter urges
Meles to support normalcy in EFF Joseph
S. Blatter, president of FIFA, in his letter last week call upon
Prime Minister Meles to help the process of normalization in
the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) and FIFA's measures to
correct the paths chosen by some individuals who did not respect
FIFA's decisions.>>
Athletics
Zewdie prevails
over 5km in Carlsbad
Carslbad, California,
USA - In a tight race to the finish line, Ethiopia’s Terefe
Marego Zewdie edged out England’s Mo Farah to win the men’s
race at yesterday’s Carlsbad 5000 in a time of 13:34.>>
Athletics
04-06-2008
2008 Paris
Marathon
Kebede takes Paris
Marathon win in 2:06:40
Paris, France
– A 20-year-old Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede this morning won
the 32nd edition of Paris Marathon – an IAAF Gold Label
Road Race – in 2:06:40, currently the second fastest time
in the world this year. Kenyan Martha Komu created a surprise
in the women's race, lowering her personal best by seven minutes
to 2:25:33. >>
Athletics
04-05-2008
Africa to honour athletes
in Hall of Fame Apr 05,
2008
ADDIS ABABA
(AFP) — Africa's top athletes will be honoured in a new
African athletics Hall of Fame award to be hosted in Ethiopia
later this month, the continent's governing body for the sport
said on Saturday.>>
EOC says well-known athletes will
take part in Beijing Olympics Addis Ababa, April 4, 2008 (WIC) - Ethiopia
will field well-known athletes in Beijing Olympics 2008, the
Ethiopia Olympic Committee (EOC) disclosed. >>
Athletics
04-04-2008
Ethiopia finalizing
preparations as host to 16th African Athletics Championships
Addis Ababa, April 4, 2008 (ENA) - Ethiopia is finalizing preparations
to host the 16th African Athletics Championships, State Minister
of Youth and Sports, Abdissa Yadeta announced.
The announcement
came at an event organized to officially name event sponsors.
So far 41 countries
confirmed their participation in the Championships. It is expected
that the event will see a record high in the number of participant
countries.
Meanwhile, the
organizing committee of the 16th African Athletics Championships
announced on Friday the launch of a website, which will post
a plethora of relevant information.
BIG
SA TEAM TO AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Author: ASA Date: 02 April 2008
Johannesburg, 2 April 2008 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) will
send a 66 member team to the upcoming 16th CAA African Senior
Track and Field Championships. The event, which also forms part
of ASA’s plans for the Beijing Olympic Games, takes place
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 30 April to 4 May 2008. >>
Athletics
04-01-2008
Ethiopia rubbishes
Haile's claim
From John Mehaffey in Leeds, England
April 02, 2008 DUAL Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie will
not compete in the 10,000m at the Beijing Games, Ethiopia's chief
athletics coach, Woldemeskel Kostre, said in dismissing the athletics
legend's prospects.>>
Maryam
Yusuf Jamal to invest in hotel construction
Maryam Yusuf Jemal, former Ethiopian athlete, now with Bahrain citizenship,
is back home this time as a leading investor. She is Osaka world
athletics championship gold medalist. Mariam told a reporter
on her flight from Madrid to Frankfurt that she has started building
an eight storey four star hotel in the vicinity of Bole International
Airport. According to the world renowned athlete Mariam and her
husband Tarik, also on the fight, construction would end after
a year and the hotel complete with Swimming pool and Gymnasium
will start business.
(Source: The Capital Newspaper).
Soccer
Saint George defeat Electric to
claim top spot
Coffee appoint Tilahun
In front of the recent time
biggest ever crowd at Addis Ababa Stadium on Thursday Ethiopian
Coffee under newly appointed head coach Tilahun Mengesha defeated
visitors Tikur Abay to a 3-1 score line while Saint George defeated
in form city rival Electric FC 2-0 to take over top of the league
table. >>
Athletics
03-31-2008
No ‘sole’
can stop Bekele – Edinburgh 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
– In a remarkable triumph over adversity and the spirited
endeavours of defending champion Zersenay Tadese, Kenenisa Bekele
cleared a series of obstacles to win a record sixth Senior Men’s
classic distance title - and US$30,000 - at the 36th IAAF World
Cross Country Championships, at Holyrood Park, today.>>
Ethiopia
romp home to their first ever sweep of all four individual golds
– Edinburgh 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland - The heat
of Mombasa is now but a memory, a nightmare of course, in the
history of Ethiopian distance running.
In cold, occasionally rainy
and blustery conditions in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park at
this afternoon’s 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships
it was not just a climatic differences between the previous and
current venues of these championships which were noticeable but
competitive ones too.>>
Dibaba takes her fifth
gold - Edinburgh 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland - Tirunesh
Dibaba completed part three of what was not only a great day
for Ethiopia but a great day for the Dibaba family this afternoon
as she reclaimed her World Cross Country crown, which comes with
a US$30,000 prize, in thrilling style.>>
Younger sister
leads the way - Edinburgh 2008 30 March 2008 - Edinburgh,
Scotland - There was a familiar name on the vest and a familiar
smile on the face of Genzebe Dibaba as she bounced down the final,
muddy slope of the three-lap course at Edinburgh’s Holyrood
Park this afternoon and sped across ...>>
Dibaba sisters make it
a family affair – Edinburgh 2008
30 March 2008 - Edinburgh, Scotland - As inspiration goes it
takes some beating. Only minutes after becoming the most successful
woman in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Tirunesh Dibaba stood in the flapping white
...
Athletics
03-15-2008
Gebrselassie
told to obey Ethiopian rules for Beijing
ADDIS ABABA
(Reuters) - World record holder Haile Gebrselassie cannot opt
out of the Beijing Olympics marathon and must follow Ethiopian
sports rules, the country's athletics federation said on Friday.>>
Bekele and
Dibaba lead Ethiopia’s strong team of 27 for Edinburgh
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia - Five-time
double World cross country champion Kenenisa Bekele and two-time
female long course champion Tirunesh Dibaba will lead Ethiopia’s
strong team for the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships
in Edinburgh, Scotland (30 March 2008).>>
Hengelo path
to Beijing for Gebrselasssie – IAAF World Athletics Tour
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – World marathon record holder
and two-time Olympic and four-time World 10,000m champion Haile
Gebrselassie of Ethiopia today (12) announced that he intends
to compete in the 2008 FBK-Games - IAAF World Athletics Tour
- in Hengelo, the Netherlands on 24 May in his bid to make Ethiopia’s
10,000m team for the Beijing Olympics in China. >>
Athletics
03-09-2008
Ethiopia's
Gebrselassie misses marathon due to pollution
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Marathon
world record holder Haile Gebrselassie said on Monday he would
not compete in the Olympic marathon because of fears that Beijing's
air pollution would damage his health.>>
Defar makes
it three in a row
Valencia,
Spain
- Meseret Defar added yet another chapter in her remarkable journal
of athletics success by matching the achievements of Gabriela
Szabo and completing a hat-trick of World Indoor 3000m titles.
>>
* Deresse Mekonnen gets Gold in Men's 1500
* Ethiopia is
in 3rd place in the Medal Table after USA and Russia
* Tariku Bekele
gets Gold in Men's 3,000
Ethiopia's
Medals:
GOLD
Deresse Mekonnen
1500 Metres M
Meseret Defar 3000 Metres W
Tariku Bekele 3000 Metres M
SILVER
Meselech Melkamu
3000 Metres W
BRONZE
Gelete Burka 1500 Metres W
Abreham Cherkos 3000 Metres M
Soccer
02-28-2008
Ethiopia
reject Fifa road-map The Ethiopian
Football Federation (EFF) has rejected a move by Fifa to reinstate
the group's ousted president calling the decision biased and
one-sided.>>
Athletics
African Athletics
Championships to be held in Addis Ababa
02-28-2008
(Reuters) - More than 1,000
athletes will take part in the African Athletics Championships.
Dube Jillo, technical director of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation,
said 40 of Africa's 53 states had confirmed their participation
in the championships in Addis Ababa between April 30 and May
4.
"We expect the remaining
13 countries to confirm in due course, bringing the number of
athletes expected to participate to around 1,200," Dube
said.
With the Olympic Games to follow
in August, Dube said it was a chance for African athletes to
test their ability "to excel against the world's best in
Beijing".
Olympic 10,000 metres champion
Kenenisa Bekele will head a strong home team.
The African championships are
held every two years.
Athletics
02-24-2008
Ethiopia
dethrones Russia at Yokohama Women’s Ekiden Running away from Japan
in the third of six stages and never relinquishing their lead
again, Ethiopia won the 2008 Yokohama Women’s Ekiden, a
Marathon distance ekiden on Sunday (24 Feb).>>
Soccer
02-23-2008
FIFA and
CAF establish a road-map to normalize the Ethiopian FF Zurich-FIFA and CAF jointly decided to establish a road-map
in order to normalise the situation of the EFF and to bring back
unity within the Ethiopian football.>>
Athletics
02-19-2008
Defar to
lead Ethiopian squad for Valencia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-
Double World indoor 3000m champion and 2007 IAAF World Athlete
of the Year Meseret Defar will lead a strong Ethiopian squad
of of seven athletes for the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships
in Valencia, Spain (7-9 March 2008). >>
Soccer
02-18-2008
Ethiopia-
Rwanda: Harar Brewery trounce Rayon Sport ADDIS
ABABA: Good beginnings make good endings. This became true when
Harar Brewery beat Rwanda’s Rayon Sport 2-0 during the CAF
Confederation Cup first leg on Sunday, 18 February 2008, in Addis
Ababa. >>
Simba SC
(Tanzania) beat Awassa City in CAF Championsls League
Dar es Selam (Tanzania)- Awassa
City, Ethiopia's representative in this year's CAF Champions
League, lost 3-0 to Simba SC of Tanzania here today in the 1st
leg match of the competition. The two teams are expected to play
the return leg match in two-weeks time in Addis Abeba.
Athletics
02-17-2008
Kenenisa
takes down another Gebrselassie mark, Burka cruises
Birmingham, UK – As habits
go, this is a what you would call a good one. For the third time
in five years Kenenisa Bekele graced the Norwich Union
Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham this afternoon by taking one
of Haile Gebrsalassie’s World records/bests.
In Defar’s absence,
Burka cruises
The
NIA may have been deprived of another two mile best when Meseret
Defar pulled out of the meeting with food poisoning on Thursday
night. But the organisers simply switched the event to 3000m
and Gelete Burka took advantage, powering to 8:31.94,
third in the world this year and seventh quickest of all time.>>
Athletics
Athletics
European Cup
Athletics
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Soccer
Soccer
Athletics
Athletics
04-04-2008
BIG
SA TEAM TO AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 
Maryam
Yusuf Jamal to invest in hotel construction
Saint George defeat Electric to
claim top spot 
Athletics
Ethiopia
romp home to their first ever sweep of all four individual golds
– Edinburgh 2008
Dibaba takes her fifth
gold - Edinburgh 2008
Dibaba sisters make it
a family affair – Edinburgh 2008
Athletics
The
NIA may have been deprived of another two mile best when Meseret
Defar pulled out of the meeting with food poisoning on Thursday
night. But the organisers simply switched the event to 3000m
and Gelete Burka took advantage, powering to 8:31.94,
third in the world this year and seventh quickest of all time.>>