The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup has been postponed amid allegations around the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said it was “a nonsense” to begin the process in the current climate. The vote to decide who will host the 2026 World Cup is due to take place in Kuala
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The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup has been postponed amid allegations around the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said it was “a nonsense” to begin the process in the current climate. The vote to decide who will host the 2026 World Cup is due to take place in Kuala
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By Nick Howson Farah faces a thorough investigation before his name can be cleared(Getty Images) Mo Farah will be subject to a formal investigation from UK Athletics after doping allegations were made against the double Olympic champion’s coach, Alberto Salazar. A BBC Panorama documentary accused Salazar, who has been working with Farah since 2011, of
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By Nick Howson Farah faces a thorough investigation before his name can be cleared(Getty Images) Mo Farah will be subject to a formal investigation from UK Athletics after doping allegations were made against the double Olympic champion’s coach, Alberto Salazar. A BBC Panorama documentary accused Salazar, who has been working with Farah since 2011, of
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By IAAF Ethiopia’s Aberu Mekuria won the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon on Sunday (24) with the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race, while compatriot Girmay Birhanu won the men’s race in what was his fourth marathon in seven months. Mekuria took almost half a minute off her PB to win
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Don’t hand the 5,000 World Championships gold medal to Genzebe Dibaba just yet. Dibaba, who set a world record of 14:18.86 indoors this year, isn’t even the fastest women in the world for 2015 anymore as 23-year-old Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia an a sensational 14:14.32 today to win the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai women’s 5,000
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Arsenal midfielder Gedion Zelalem (Photo courtesy: David Price/Getty Images) BY Kyle McCarthy FIFA has cleared Arsenal midfielder Gedion Zelalem to feature for the United States and play in the upcoming Under-20 World Cup. U.S. Soccer announced the decision on Wednesday afternoon and ended the protracted saga about Zelalem’s international fate in the process. Zelalem needed
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Athletics legend retires (Reuters) Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday (Monday NZ time) he was retiring from competitive running. The Ethiopian’s long-time manager at first said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career, but later issued a press release saying the runner had retired from athletics. “Running legend
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Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach of football team Ethiopia appoint Yohannes Sahle as new coach of football team. Sahle replaces Portuguese Mariano Barreto, who paid the price for failing to qualify the team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. “I’m delighted to be given this role. I’m really grateful for the people.
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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s London Marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa victorious in the women’s race. Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, finished five seconds in front of another Kenyan athlete, Wilson Kipsang. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the women’s record holder, finished the race in her last competitive London Marathon. In the men’s wheelchair
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