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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By soka25east Amin Askar’s desire to play for Ethiopia might soon be fulfilled after coach Mariano Barreto made a call to the talented winger from his base in Norway where he plays for SK Brann in the Norwegian league and to further add bright light to the Walia Ibex prospects Ethiopian football fedetration(EFF)President revealed to Soka25east.com
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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele wins his 11th – and last – senior world cross-country title in 2008. (Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images) By Philip Hersh Chicago Tribune The Chicago Marathon never has had a runner with a track record as distinguished as Kenenisa Bekele’s. Kenenisa Bekele holds the world records at 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
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Oregon live By Ian K. Kullgren | ikullgren@oregonian.com The four Ethiopian runners who disappeared from the IAAF Junior World Championships in Eugene this past weekend defected from their home country to avoid returning to widespread civil unrest there, police confirmed in a report released late Friday. The report, provided by police in Federal Way, Washington,
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By Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — University of Oregon police have found three of the four members of the Ethiopian track team who were reported missing from the World Junior Championships in Eugene over the weekend. The Oregonian (http://is.gd/ZJ8s6r ) reports that police on Monday said officers found three of the four athletes staying with
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Afrikan Soccer The national team of Ethiopia will camp in Brazil for two weeks ahead of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the group stage. Junedin Basha, the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) President, confirmed on Tuesday that the team will first have an International friendly away to Angola on August 3, before flying to Brazil
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Oregonlive Runners from around the world compete at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian) By Wendy Owen | wowen@oregonian.com Four members of an Ethiopian track team were reported missing Saturday morning in Eugene where they competed in the IAAF World Junior Championships. “The individuals left campus ahead of the rest of the team,” said
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IAFF Ethiopia’s world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha led for most of the last kilometre to win the men’s 5000m in 13:25.19, his best-ever clocking. Kejelcha’s team-mate Yasin Haji, with whom he shared pacing duties in the last third of the race, finished in 13:26.21 for silver, giving Ethiopia a gold-silver sweep. Moses Letoyie of
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Arsenal By Chris Harris in New York Gedion Zelalem Arsène Wenger says Gedion Zelalem has all the attributes to become a top-level player – and will get a chance to shine in New York on Saturday. The 17-year-old has turned heads since he joined Arsenal in January 2013. He produced two eye-catching assists on last summer’s Asia
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Ahram Online Egypt’s national soccer team coach Shawky Gharib (Photo: Al-Ahram) The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) under the leadership of Gamal Allam has reached an agreement with its Ethiopian counterpart to play a friendly in early August, domestic reports claimed on Thursday. The two Nile Basin teams are currently preparing for the qualifiers of the
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