Feb 22, 2014 Nairobi — ETHIOPIAN athletes have emerged the biggest threat to local runners’ quest to win the forthcoming 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon. The major track competition is scheduled for April 13 in the English capital city. Interestingly,…
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Feb 17, 2014 Haile Gebrselassie, the man regarded by many as the greatest distance runner of all time, will be the main pacemaker for the men’s race at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 13 April, race organisers…
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16 FEB 2014 REPORT HONG KONG Some shrewd investing by Ethiopian runners Feyera Gemeda and Rehima Kedir paid off handsomely when they won at the 2014 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (16). Neither was on the…
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Ethiopian overcomes hamstring problems to turn in one of the best runs of her career as she and her compatriots sweep the top places MATHEW SCOTT Sunday, 16 February, 2014 Ethiopian Rehima Kedir kisses the ground at the finish…
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Feb 16, 2014 Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) President Junedin Basha says 12 coaches have sent applications for the vacant national team coach vacancy from Europe and Africa. However Basha intimated that he wanted a transparent process that would go a…
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02/16/14 (South China Morning Post) Gemeda Feyera of Ethiopia raced clear to win the men’s marathon at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday morning. Feyera finished in 2:15.05, beating compatriot Abdisa Bedada Sori (2:15.11) and Barno Elisha Kiprop…
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15 February 2014 Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba set her third world best in 15 days by shattering the indoor two-mile record at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. The 23-year-old’s time of nine minutes and 0.48 seconds eclipsed Meseret Defar’s mark by…
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15 February 2014 Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba set her third world best in 15 days by shattering the indoor two-mile record at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. The 23-year-old’s time of nine minutes and 0.48 seconds eclipsed Meseret Defar’s mark by…
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By Ben Young Sat Feb 15, 2014 By Ben Young (Reuters) – There is no precise word for ‘snow’ in the Amharic language of Ethiopia, but that did not stop the Teklemariam brothers from establishing the country’s first ski association…
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Photograph: Julia Bleasdale Julia Bleasdale Fri 14 February 2014 The rhythm of daily life in the Ethiopian highlands starts early, with the coolness of the refreshing mountain night giving way to the pleasant warming rays of the equatorial sunrise. Children…
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