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Ethiopian Football: Defence & Coffee victorious, Hawassa settles for a draw
Adigrat – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force scored a 1-0 victory over host Trans Ethiopia here today, second-place Ethiopian Coffee collected all 3 points from EPPCO (2-0) in Addis Ababa, while Hawassa City shared a point (1-1) with Harar Brewery in Assela, wrote Ermias Amare on his FaceBook page.
It was Manaye Fantu, who scored Defence’s goal in Adigrat. Ethiopian Coffee opened the...
Ethiopian Coffee faces EEPCO, Defence hosts Trans
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force will host Trans Ethiopia, Ethiopian Coffee faces EEPCO and Sebeta City clashes with Adama City as Week 20 of the national competition resumes here tomorrow.
How the teams fared in the 1st round
The teams met back in November in Week 5 where Defence Force defeated Trans Ethiopia 2-1 in Adigrat with goals from Wondemeneh Zerihun and Bedasso...
Ethiopian Football: St. George defeats Dedebit FC 1-0
Addis Ababa – Defending champions St. George defeated Dedebit FC 1-0 here today in the clash between two of Ethiopian Premier League’s top clubs, reported EthioFootball.com.
Abebaw Butako scored the lone goal 22 minutes into the first half.
With the victory today, St. George has avenged their 3-1 defeat at the hands of Dedebit in the 1st round of the competition back in December.
The two teams...
Ethiopian Football: Defence suffers defeat, Coffee held in Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force suffered their second defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-1 by Harar Brewery here today, wrote Ermias Amare on his FaceBook page.
Harar Brewery led 2-0 at half-time. To add insults to injury, Defence Force also saw their number one player Oumed Oukri sent off in the match.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian Coffee’s journey south to Sebeta...
Defence to face Mugher, Ethiopian Coffee travels to Harar
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force will face Mugher Cement in Assela and Ethiopian Coffee will travel east to meet Harar Brewery as Week 17 of the competition will start on Sunday.
In other matches, Trans Ethiopia will host Sebeta City in Adigrat, EEPCO will receive Sidama Coffee, Adama City ventures to Fincha and defending champions St. George will square off with Lideta...
Ethiopia finishes 123rd in latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking
Zurich, Switzerland – Ethiopian football didn’t make a dent in the latest FIFA/ Coca-Cola World and CAF Rankings as it finished 123rd and 34th respectively.
Ethiopian football moved just one single spot in both rankings.
Spain once again top the World’s ranking followed by the Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, England, Uruguay, Portugal, Croatia and Greece.
Egypt, which ranked in the top...
2012 Olympic Women Football: DR Congo – Ethiopia 0-0
Kinshasa, DR Congo – The Ethiopian national women football drew scoreless with DR Congo in the first leg match of the 2012 London Olympic preliminary match here yesterday.
The return leg match will be played on January 30, 2011 in Addis Ababa. Should the Ethiopia team advances to the next round, it will face the winner of Ghana vs Guinea.
Ghana and Guinea will play their first leg match today.
According...
Ethiopia Football: Oumed Oukri to fly to South Africa for tryout
Addis Ababa – Oumed Oukri of Defence Force and Ethiopia’s top player during the recent CECAFA Challenge Cup tournament in Tanzania, will be heading to South Africa next week for a tryout with a first division club there, reported the Amharic sports website Libro.
Although the report said that Oumed submitted a letter of invitation he received from the South African side to his club, Defence Force,...
Schedule Change: Ethiopia vs Ivory Coast semi-final match moved to Friday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – According to the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) communiqué, the semi-final match that was to take place here today between the Ethiopian national football team and the Ivory Coast has been postponed and is now moved for tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 10), wrote the weekly Addis Ababa based sport newspaper, InterSport on its FaceBook page.
There was no explanation as to why...
Ethiopia to face Zambia on Tuesday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The Ethiopian national football team, which drew 1-1 with Malawi on Saturday to finish 3rd in Group C, will now face Group A winner Zambia on Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the CECAFA Challenge Cup.
Meanwhile, Uganda finished top of Group C with a 2-0 victory over Kenya, and in Group B, the Ivory Coast clinched first place with a 3-0 win over Sudan here today.
Quarter-Finals:
Tuesday,...