EthioSports

Bizunesh Urgesa takes Mumbai title

Mumbai, India – (January 17, 2010) - Running on a new course and in relatively hot conditions, the defending champions and top gunners went unnoticed as newer faces, Kenyan Denis Ndiso and Bizunesh Urgesa of Ethiopia, took over the prime spots in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday. Urgesa...

Kenenisa Bekele & Tirunesh Dibaba head stellar...

Edinburgh, UK – (Januaary 7, 2010) - Kenenisa Bekele, and comeback queen Hayley Yelling, will be joined by Tirunesh Dibaba in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park on Saturday (9) to take on some of the world’s best mud-larks in fierce battles for supremacy over a challenging course in the BUPA Great Edinburgh...

Abraham Cherkos wins at the 53rd Campaccio...

San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy - (January 7, 2010) - Abraham Cherkos Feleke from Ethiopia, the reigning World Junior 5000m champion, won the 53rd edition of the Campaccio International Cross Country race – EA Permit - which took place today (6) in San Giorgio su Legnano. Cherkos beat last year’s...

Haile Gebrselassie expected to tower over...

Dubai, UAE - (January 5, 2010) - In the wake of Monday’s opening of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, rising more than 800 metres over the desert floor, the emirate of Dubai awaits the arrival of Haile Gebrselassie, fastest man in the world at the marathon. Inside a decade, the upcoming...

Veteran Sports Journalist Kebede Beyene passed...

By Mamo Gebrehiwot Addis Ababa (January 2, 2010) - Veteran sports journalist Kebede Beyene passed away last month after a brief illness, said his son Binyam "Ben" Kebede,  of EthiopiaFirst.com.  He was 64-year-old. I met Gash Kebede while working for the Ethiopian Herald sports page (1978-1980). Being...

Haile Gebrselassie beats the confetti and...

Trier (January 2, 2010) - It was only the rain of confetti that slowed Haile Gebrselassie in Trier’s Bitburger New Year’s Eve race on Thursday afternoon (31). The great Ethiopian dominated the 8 km race which took place on a one kilometre loop course in front of an estimated 20,000 spectators....

Ethiopian sweep in Peuerbach

Ethiopians Abere Chane and Asmera-Work-Bekele Wolkeba took the wins at Austria’s most prestigious Silvester Race in Peuerbach on New Year’s Eve. Twenty-five-year old Chane had to fight until the very last stages to beat Austrian Günther Weidlinger by a mere two metres. Both were timed at 18:49...

ለኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ድክመት...

(በደረጀ ጠገናው) Addis Ababa (January 2, 2010)- የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ 10ኛ ሳምንት ጨዋታ ባለፈው ቅዳሜና እሑድ በክልልና በአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም ተደርጓል፡፡ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስንና ኢትዮጵያ ቡናን...

Lilesa and Bayisa lead Ethiopian sweep in...

Xiamen, China - (January 2, 2010) - Rising star Feyisa Lilesa, won the Xiamen International marathon on Saturday (3) followed about a minute later by fellow Ethiopian Negari Getachew Terfa, and last year’s winner, Kenyan Samuel Muturi Mugo. Another Ethiopian, Atsede Bayisa, made history in this...

2009 - End of Year Reviews – LONG DISTANCE,...

Monte Carlo (December 28, 2009) - A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) continue with their annual look back at past season with a focus on the Long Distance action on the track. MEN - 5000m With Kenenisa Bekele committed to the 2009 ÅF Golden League series the world this year was treated...