In the lone distance final contested on the second day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Buze Diriba took home the women’s 5000m gold medal, running 15:32.94 to give Ethiopia
UTICA (uticaod)—Tilahun Regassa of Ethiopia cruised to victory in the 35th annual Boilermaker Road Race in an unofficial time of 43 minutes. Manitu Daska of Ethiopia won the women’s division in 49:
BOULDER (denverpost) — Mamitu Daska has participated in the Bolder Boulder enough to know exactly what she’s doing on the course. Monday, the 25-year-old Ethiopian looked quite comfortable in cruising past the
(BBC) – A road race in Oxford has been won by an Ethiopian runner involved in a scheme to train East African athletes. Edao Weily, who won the annual Town and Gown
Prague, Czech Republic (IAAF) – Deressa Chimsa ran to form to win the men’s title in 2:06:25, the second fastest performance ever in Prague. He took command from shortly before 25k and
Fifa have confirmed the venue for South Africa’s opening 2014 World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia on June 3 will be the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. Bafana Bafana will train at the
BY SAPA Hamburg – Ethiopians Shami Dawit and Seboka Diriba Tola broke local marathon records in winning the men’s races in Hamburg and Dusseldorf Sunday. Dawit posted 2 hours 5 minutes 58
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Yemane Adhane of Ethiopia won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 48 seconds Sunday in windy conditions. He pulled away from countryman Getu Feleke in
VIENNA (AP) — Paula Radcliffe will get a head start of 7 minutes, 52 seconds on the Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie at a special half-marathon event in Vienna on Sunday. Radcliffe’s advantage
By Neil Johnston BBC Sport Manchester United went eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after a controversial Wayne Rooney penalty helped them defeat QPR. Paul Scholes also scored
Controversial striker Mario Balotelli will not be picked again this season by Manchester City and is likely to be sold at the end of the campaign, said manager Roberto Mancini after their
(The Guardian) – What do Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba, Derartu Tulu and Fatuma Roba have in common, apart from being Olympic gold medal-winning runners? They all come from Bekoji in Ethiopia –
(AFP)DOHA: Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele will start his campaign for a fourth Olympic gold this summer by running the 3000m at the opening Diamond League meet of the season on May
source ESPN Sir Alex Ferguson is adamant Manchester United will not underestimate Blackburn Rovers, insisting they won’t let over-confidence bite them during the title run-in. United head to Ewood Park to face