Ethiopian Sport

Bekele struggles to retain African 5,000m title

Tariku Bekele, of Ethiopia, left, runs
alongside his older brother Kenenisa
Bekele...

04 May, 2008

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's world record holder Kenenisa Bekele was forced to fight all the way before retaining his African 5,000 metre title on Sunday at the African athletics championships. more >>

Bekele accepts to run at African championships

04 May, 2008

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Double world record holder Kenenisa Bekele has accepted to run in Sunday's 5,000 metres final at the African athletics championships, Ethiopian state media said on Saturday. more >>

Tirunesh Dibaba leads second Ethiopian clean sweep in women’s 10000m

Dibaba won her first African 10000m title
(Nahom Tesfaye)

03 May, 2008

Double world 10000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba today added an African title to her impressive collection to lead Ethiopia to its second clean sweep of all the medals in the women’s 10000m final at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships. more >>

Melkamu delivers mother of all shocks to defeat Defar in women’s 5000m

Melkamu won her first victory over Defar in twelve
races (© Nahom Tesfaye)

01 May, 2008

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Meselech Melkamu delivered the biggest surprise of the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships so far by defeating Olympic, world, All-African, and defending African 5000m champion Meseret Defar in the final of the women’s 5000m this evening. more >>

Ethiopian men sweep 10,000-meter race at African Athletics Championships

01 May, 2008

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia swept the men's 10,000-meter race Wednesday on the opening day of the African Athletics Championships. more >>

Thirty Five African Athletes inducted into CAA Hall of Fame

29 April, 2008

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) today inducted thirty-five African athletics legends into its 1st ever African Athletics Hall of Fame held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this evening. more >>

Addis 2008 to have tight doping controls, latest tests

27 April, 2008

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) today announced that it is ready to perform both in-competition and out of competition tests during the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. more >>

Ethiopian Bekele wins men's world cross title

30 March, 2008

EDINBURGH (AFP) - Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele overcame almost losing a running shoe to win the men's world cross country title here on Sunday for a record sixth time. more >>

Ethiopia's Gebreselassie won't run in Olympic marathon

18 March, 2008

MADRID (AFP) - World record holder Haile Gebreselassie has confirmed in an interview with a Spanish newspaper that he will not run in the Beijing Olympics marathon due to the climatic conditions in the Chinese capital. more >>

Gebrselassie told to obey Ethiopian rules for Beijing

14 March, 2008

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - World record holder Haile Gebrselassie cannot opt out of the Beijing Olympics marathon and must follow Ethiopian sports rules, the country's athletics federation said on Friday. more >>

Ethiopa's Gebreselassie to miss Olympics marathon over pollution fears

10 March, 2008

PARIS (AFP) - World record holder Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia looks set to miss the Beijing Olympics marathon as he fears his health could be endangered by the city's pollution, his agent said Monday. more >>

Berane Adere of Ethiopia collapses after crossing the finish line

01 March, 2008

Berane Adere of Ethiopia collapses after crossing the finish line as a fellow runner unties her shoes during the Zayed International in Abu Dhabi Marathon February 28, 2008. more >>

Ethiopia reject Fifa road-map

29 February, 2008

The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has rejected a move by Fifa to reinstate the group's ousted president calling the decision biased and one-sided. more >>

Bekele sets new world two-mile best time

17 February, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, England(AFP) - Ethiopia distance-running great Kenenisa Bekele added to his collection of notable landmarks by setting a new world-best performance mark in the two miles at the international indoor meeting here Saturday. more >>

Ethiopia make swift return

25 January, 2008

Ethiopia may not have had a title to celebrate in December, but their performances in the Cecafa Cup were enough to propel them back into the top 100 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Indeed, Ethiopia moved up 15 places to 90th in the latest standings, after last month dropping out of the top 100. more >>

Second fastest of all time for Gebre in Dubai Marathon

18 January, 2008

Haile Gebrselassie ran the second fastest marathon in history, 2.04.53, to win the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday morning, but a suicidal early tempo by the Ethiopian and his pacemakers ruined any chance he had of breaking his own World record of 2.04.26, set in Berlin three months ago. more >>

Gebrselassie believes in more world records

30 December, 2007

World Marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie believes he can lower his mark still further when he takes part in the Dubai Marathon on Jan 18. more >>

Ethiopia's Tolossa wins marathon again

Hawaii's Newspaper

10 December, 2007

Ethiopia's Ambesse Tolossa won the men's division of The Honolulu Marathon for the second consecutive year, again holding off rival and five-time champion Jimmy Muindi of Kenya. more >>