22 April 2014 By Haimy Assefa, CNN “I am black. I am Ethiopian. I am American,” Response to those who believe Meb Keflezighi is not truly American Meb Keflezighi is American, and so am I Some have said Boston Marathon…
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22 April 2014 By Haimy Assefa, CNN “I am black. I am Ethiopian. I am American,” Response to those who believe Meb Keflezighi is not truly American Meb Keflezighi is American, and so am I Some have said Boston Marathon…
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22 April 2014 VOX ET@Max_Fisher max@vox.com The lead elite women’s grouping, including first-place Rita Keptoo, arrives in Wellesley during the 118th Boston MarathonSuzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Today’s Boston Marathon set a major record: the first-place male runner is an American citizen…
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Sky David Moyes is facing the sack as Manchester United manager in the next 24 hours, according to Sky sources. The outgoing Premier League champions have refused to comment on the widespread reports on Monday afternoon, but Sky sources suggest…
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Boston marathon honours bomb victims April 21, 2014 BBC Meb Keflezighi says he only ran as a child in war-torn Eritrea to escape the soldiers. Thousands of marathoners have taken to the streets of Boston, after the city honoured three…
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21 April 2014 By Reuters Some 36,000 athletes, including Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who are consistently ranked among the world’s fastest, will run in the 118th Boston Marathon on Monday, putting the world-renown race back in the spotlight after it…
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19 April 2014 Reuters Lelisa Desisa (Photo: Reuters) When Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa returns to the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday after winning the fabled footrace last year one of his fiercest challengers may be Kenyan Dennis Kimetto.…
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By John Powers Boston GLOBE APRIL 18, 2014 In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight in 1960 and became the first black African to win the Olympic marathon. The…
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17 April 2014 By Collins Okinyo SuperSport The Ethiopian Football Federation’s (EFF) change of tune continued on Friday when they announced the appointment of Portuguese Mariano Barreto. It concludes an intriguing few weeks that saw EFF appoint Barreto then revoke…
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16 April 2014 KingFut.com Ethiopia and Wadi Degla striker Saladin Said has not signed a deal with Al Ahly or Zamalek, Abdelrahman Magdy told KingFut.com. Contrary to widespread reports that 25-year-old Ethiopian star Saladin Said has signed for one of…
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