Ethiopian Sport
The draw for the qualifying campaign for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

21 February, 2010
There will be 42 countries in the draw for the 2012 finals to be co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, who qualify automatically.
Group 2: Nigeria, Guinea, Ethiopia, Madagascar
Bekele slumps in Edinburgh cross-country defeat

Ethiopia distance
star Kenenisa
Bekele
10 January, 2010
EDINBURGH (AFP) – Ethiopia distance star Kenenisa Bekele could only manage fourth place in the nine kilometre Edinburgh cross-country race as he suffered a rare defeat on Saturday. more >>
Bekele completes distance double for Ethiopia
23 August, 2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele became the first man to win the 5,000-10,000 meters double at the world championships when he clocked 13 minutes, 17.09 seconds to take gold at the shorter distance on Sunday. more >>
23 August, 2009

Gelete Burka (C) of Ethiopia is helped by medical staff after crossing the finish line last following a fall in the women's 1500 meters final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 23, 2009.
- Race winner Spaniard Natalia Rodriguez was disqualified for pushing an opponent Gelete Burka.
Bekele joins history-makers with fourth 10,000m world title

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele
celebrates his victory in Berlin.
18 August, 2009
BERLIN (AFP) – Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele etched his name in distance running history at the world athletics championships here on Monday when he won his fourth consecutive world 10,000m title. more >>
Dibaba will compete in London Grand Prix
20 July, 2009
(CNN) -- Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba will compete over 5,000 meters at the London Grand Prix next weekend as she takes to the track one final time before the world championships in Berlin. more >>
Dibaba pulls out of Oslo Golden League meet
02 July, 2009
OSLO (AFP) – Ethiopia's triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba will miss Friday's Golden League meeting in Oslo after suffering a minor injury, her manager Mark Wetmore has announced. more >>
Gebrselassie fails to better one-hour world record

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie,
pictured in February 2009
01 June, 2009
HENGELO, Netherlands (AFP) – Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie failed in an attempt to better his own world record for the one-hour run at the Hengelo Grand Prix on Monday. more >>
Tadese Tola smashes Central Park 10k record

Tadese Tola takes down New York's
Central Park 10km record clocking
27:48
17 May, 2009
New York, USA - Tadese Tola of Ethiopia made history by running 27:48 - the fastest 10K ever recorded in Central Park - at the Healthy Kidney 10K. This was his second match-up with Kenya’s Patrick Makau in New York City and his second win, after last year’s NYC Half-Marathon, in which he edged Makau by one second. more >>
Gebremariam wins world cross country for Ethiopia
29 March, 2009
(CNN) -- Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam kept the men's individual title at the world cross country championships in Ethiopia after winning a sprint finish to Saturday's championship in Jordan. more >>
Further injury blow for Ethiopia - Tariku Bekele out of Amman 2009
26 March, 2009
Amman, Jordan - World Indoor 3000m champion Tariku Bekele has pulled out of the Ethiopian squad for the 37th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan, Saturday 28 March, after sustaining a training ground injury. more >>
Defar’s World indoor 5000m record sets the Globe abuzz
19 February, 2009
The Stockholm audience where extra happy for Defar after having seen her last summer at DN Galan coming tantalizingly close – less than two seconds – to the 5000m outdoor record of Dibaba. more >>




