Sport24 Cape Town – Kenyan Willy Kibor tore clear of a quality field in the latter stages on Sunday to win the first edition of the relaunched Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. After Kenyan-born Qatari athlete Nicholas Kemboi had done most of the hard work, pushing the pace up front in the first half, Kibor broke
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AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Guinea was chosen to host the 2023 African Cup of Nations in an unscheduled vote on Saturday, with African football head Issa Hayatou describing the surprise decision as a display of “solidarity” with the Ebola-hit country. The Confederation of African Football announced Cameroon as host of the 2019 Cup
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AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Guinea was chosen to host the 2023 African Cup of Nations in an unscheduled vote on Saturday, with African football head Issa Hayatou describing the surprise decision as a display of “solidarity” with the Ebola-hit country. The Confederation of African Football announced Cameroon as host of the 2019 Cup
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Reuters The hosts of the 2019 and 2021 African Nations Cup finals will be decided on Saturday with Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Zambia all competing to stage the biennial tournament. The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who have been meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this week, will
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IAAF.org Ethiopian athletes Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana won their respective races in the women’s competition at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco on Sunday. “This weekend’s most dominant performance on the track came in the penultimate individual race courtesy of Almaz Ayana in the women’s 5000m,” reported Bob Ramsak for the IAAF. “Returning to
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Supersport The withdrawal of Libya in hosting the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations has left many countries clamouring for the great opportunity . However an African saying goes “ as you look at the future its important to take a look at the beginning where the dream started”.Ethiopia was one of only three teams and countries (along with
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Supersport The withdrawal of Libya in hosting the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations has left many countries clamouring for the great opportunity . However an African saying goes “ as you look at the future its important to take a look at the beginning where the dream started”.Ethiopia was one of only three teams and countries (along with
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BBC Africa Cup of Nations trophy Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana have announced their interest in bidding to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations following Libya’s withdrawal as the host nation. Libya pulled out last week because of ongoing fighting in the country that has delayed plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team tournament. Ethiopia,
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RUNNER’S WORLD Two veterans will work together to target 2:03:45 course record. By: Peter Gambaccini; Image by: PhotoRun Eliud Kipchoge (#807) upset Kenenisa Bekele (#423) in the 2003 World Championships 5000-meter final. The two will battle again at October’s Chicago Marathon. If Kenenisa Bekele, arguably the best distance runner in track and cross country history, achieves
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By Josephine Woolington The Register-Guard One of four Ethiopian athletes who went missing after an international track meet last month in Eugene told a University of Oregon police officer that all the athletes plan to seek asylum in the United States, according to a newly released UO police report. Amanuel Abebe, 17, told the officer that
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