Press Release Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA) has named its 2013 winning trophies recognizing two Ethiopian legends. The 30th anniversary ESFNA first division winners will receive the Fekrou Kidane Trophy while the second division winners will receive the Tesfaye Lemma Trophy. In addition to the naming of the Division II trophy, ESFNA will dedicate the [...]
Burundi FA president Lydia Nsekera has been elected as the first woman to Fifa’s powerful executive committee in the governing body’s 109-year history. Nsekera, 46, will serve a four-year term on the committee after winning the vote at the Fifa congress in Mauritius. She collected 95 of the 203 votes ahead of Australian Moya Dodd and Sonia [...]
Continue reading …Press Release After three editions in the Seychelles, the first edition of the Mauritius Regatta will be held in Mauritius from 18th to 25th May 2013. Mauritius, the jewel in the Indian Ocean, will unveil its charms to the best offshore skippers during a week of regattas on the West coast of the island. Widely [...]
Continue reading …Participating Oregon Gymnasts to Perform During Training Session Tomorrow at Oregon Gymnastics Academy Portland, Oregon (PRESS RELEASE)– Portland will host its first ever USA Gymnastics national championship event next week as more than 1,000 gymnasts, coaches and family members descend on Portland for the 2013 USA Gymnastics Men’s Junior Olympics National Championships, May 1 -May 5 [...]
Continue reading …It has been a somber week of sadness and solidarity ahead of start of the 2013 Virgin London Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, this coming Sunday. Having proudly, and justifiably, proclaimed their elite men’s field as ‘the greatest ever assembled’, after the appalling events in Boston on Monday, the race organisers’ attentions have switched from thinking [...]
Continue reading …Los Angeles, CA - Please join us in congratulating all the Fregenet Foundation runners, who Saturday and Sunday completed the 2013 LA Big 5K run and the LA Marathon! Through their strenuous efforts, our runners not only achieved their personal goals but dedicated themselves to raise awareness and much-needed funds to help spread early childhood education [...]
Continue reading …Nigeria will face Mexico in a high-profile friendly in the United States on 31 May as part of their preparations for the Confederations Cup. The match will be held at the at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. “We are pleased that the reigning African champions will have such a high-quality final preparation for the [...]
Continue reading …Gay, Tinsley, Knight add luster to May 25 lineup of Olympic medalists. NEW YORK CITY (March 6, 2013) David Rudisha and Jenn Suhr, a pair of 2012 Olympic champions and World Record-holders ranked #1 in the world, are among the first stars set for the 2013 adidas Grand Prix in NYC, organizers announced today. Each has given fans at Icahn [...]
Continue reading …By Eskedar Kifle Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The 10th Choice Women First – 5 km 2013 run will be held on Sunday 10th of March. This women only race that is organized by the Great Ethiopian Run (GER) is done along with the celebration of March 8 women’s day. This race has been only race that [...]
Continue reading …ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — On a warm Sunday morning in late November, about 36,000 people set off on the Great Ethiopian Run, a 10-kilometer race across the center of Addis Ababa. Diplomats, students, merchants, Orthodox priests, homeless children and professional runners were among the participants. It is one of Africa’s largest road races, hosted in [...]
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