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By Martin Cleary, The Ottawa Citizen A dejected Deriba Merga of Ethiopia sat on a low step in a busy section of the elite athletes’ finish-line compound looking anything like the champion of Saturday night’s Ottawa Race Weekend 10-kilometre race. It’s easy to understand why one of the world’s best distance runners was upset. But […]

Barcelona superstar David Villa has revealed he can think of nothing else than beating Manchester United this weekend and getting his hands on the Champions League trophy. The Spanish striker has hit 22 goals this season after swapping Valencia for Barca last summer in a £35m deal – and Villa wants to write his name

Manchester United have called time on Owen Hargreaves’ career at Old Trafford and will not offer him a new contract. The decision almost certainly brings an end to the midfielder’s playing days after a terrible time with knee problems. The 30-year-old managed only 39 appearances during nearly four seasons at United and his tendinitis injuries

By EMMA NJOKU Ex-international and one-time Africa’s best goalkeeper, Emmanuel Okala, MON, has advanced why Nigeria should not treat the forthcoming Africa Nations Cup qualifying match against Ethiopia with kids’ gloves. Although the Super Eagles won the first leg at the Abuja National Stadium 3–0, the former Enugu Rangers safest hands said that next month’s

Adane Girma (Photo) Addis Ababa – The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has named 22 players for the national team’s encounter with Nigeria in Group B of the African Nations Cup qualifier here on June 5, reported EthioFootball.com. St. George has 5 players selected followed by Defence Force (4), Dedebit FC (3), Ethiopian Coffee (2), Hawassa

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia have appointed former Zimbabwe and Namibia manager Tom Saintfiet as coach in place of Briton Iffy Onuora, who was sacked last month on “disciplinary grounds”. The 38-year old Belgian, whose contract details were not disclosed by the Ethiopian Football Federation on Thursday, will take charge of the Horn of Africa

Haile Gebrselassie won his fourth Great Manchester 10km Run, while Britain’s Helen Clitheroe set a personal best in triumphing in the women’s race. Ethiopia’s Gebrselassie, 38, who beat Britain’s Chris Thompson, said: “My big challenge right now is trying to be better than the youngsters.” He added he hoped to compete in the marathon in

(The Daily Mail) So there we have it. Manchester United have done it again. Just as some of us thought they would all along. But how have they done it? How are they kings of English football yet again? UNGER I don’t know how United manage to maintain that hunger year in, year out. Different

The secret to those explosive finishes could be the training regime conducted in single file along unpredictable forest paths (www.guardian.co.uk) Apparently there are hyenas in this forest. I’m running behind Tadele Geremew Mulugeta, an Ethiopian marathon runner, zigzagging back and forth on tiny narrow trails, leaping over rocks, ducking under overhanging branches. It’s not like