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Week 18: Dedebit defeats St. George 3-1
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Dedebit FC, who currently sits at the helm of the Ethiopian Premier League, scored its 12th victory of the season with a 3-1 win over defending champions St. George here today.
Meanwhile, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and Ethiopian Insurance played to a scoreless tie in a match played earlier.
Dedebit led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a header by Berhanu Bogale (38’)....
EPL Weeek 17: Dedebit extends lead as Coffee & Hawassa share point
Getaneh Kebede
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Dedebit FC extended its lead of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) with a 3-1 victory over Ethiopian Insurance here on Friday in Week 17 of the competition. Meanwhile, its nearest rivals Hawassa Kenema and Ethiopian Coffee shared a point (1-1) in Hawassa yesterday.
Dedebit’s top scorer Getaneh Kebede scored a couple of his team’s goals to increase his season’s...
Ethiopian Premier League: Dedebit demolishes Water Works 8-3
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Dedebit FC demolished last-placed Water Works 8-3 here today in Week 16 of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL).
Meanwhile, Ethiopian Coffee has overtaken Hawassa City for second place with a 2-0 win over Adama Kenema, while the latter suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of Mugher Cement in Assela.
In other matches, Arba Minch held EEPCO to a scoreless tie and Commercial Bank of...
Ethiopian Premier League: Arba Minch defeats Ethiopian Coffee 2-1
Arba Minch – Arba Minch Kenema defeated Ethiopian Coffee 2-1 here yesterday, while Mugher Cement scored an away victory against Adama Kenema by the same score.
Last placed Water Works played to a scoreless tie with the visiting Sidama Coffee in Addis Ababa.
The St. George vs EEPCO derby match was postponed as the former is flying to Cairo, Egypt to face Zamalek in the CAF Orange Champions League...
Dedebit back on top of EPL
Dedebit FC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Dedebit FC is temporarily back on top of the Ethiopian Premier League with a 3-1 victory over Defence Force here today, while Harar Brewery was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Ethiopian Insurance.
Dedebit’s lead is temporary as Ethiopian Coffee, who are just one point behind and currently seating in 3rd place, could climb back with a victory over Arba Minch, despite...
Ethiopian Coffee defeats St. George 1-0 to go on top of EPL
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Coffee defeated arch rival St. George 1-0 here today to share top position of the Ethiopian Premier League with Hawassa Kenema.
Ethiopian Coffee and Hawassa now have 28 points each after 14 matches but the former has a better goal difference (+10 vs +9 goals).
In today’s other matches, EEPCO scored a 3-1 victory over last-place Water Works, while Mugher Cement...
2nd round of Ethiopian Premier League to kick off on Thursday
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The 2nd round of the 2012/13 Ethiopian Premier League Championship will kick off here on Thursday when Ethiopian Insurance (8) takes on Hawassa Kenema (3) and Commercial Bank (11) faces Adama Kenema (12).
The league will continue on Friday with Defence Force (5) playing against Harar Brewery (9) and current league leader Dedebit FC hosting Sidama Coffee (10).
On Saturday,...
AFCON appearance inspires us to do our best – St. George captain Degu Debebe
St George defender Degu Debebe captains both club and country and going into this weekend’s Orange CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round return leg against Jamhuri of Zanzibar , he is confident of progressing through. Degu was speaking to Cafonline.com ahead Sunday’s encounter.
Cafonline.com: You scored three goals without main striker Adane Girma that is great isn’t it ?
Degu Debebe:Â It...
Work on new 60,000-seat National Stadium to commence in 2014
Addis Ababa National Stadium
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told members of the parliament (MPs) that work on the new 60,000-seat National Stadium around Gerji area here in the capital will commence in 2014.
Mr. Desalegn told the MPs that four other stadiums are currently being built in Bahir Dar, Mekelle, Hawassa and Lekemte.
The new stadium will help the country host...
Fikru Tefera travels to South Africa for his third spell
By Michael Samson
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian National shadow team skipper, Fikru Tefera, who participated in the CECAFA Championships, is back in South Africa for his third spell, this time for a short-term contract with the Free State Stars.
The 26 year old giant striker, who started his career with Adama Town, moved to St. George to win two Premier Leagues and a Super Cup title with...
