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Haile Gebrselassie quits Great Scottish Run in Glasgow

BBC Haile Gebrselassie quit the defence of his Great Scottish Run title 19 minutes into the half-marathon race in Glasgow. The former world and Olympic 10,000m champion, 41, was having problems with his breathing when he stopped. South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka went on to win the men’s race in a time of one hour, one

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Ethiopia drops bid for 2017 African Cup

AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has dropped its bid to host the 2017 African Cup of Nations, and will focus instead on the next available tournament in 2025, the president of the country’s football federation said. Junedin Basha said the East African country decided against running as the replacement for Libya after meeting

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Mariano Barreto: “I Don’t Get Important Support From Ethiopian Football Federation”

By: Collins Okinyo © supersport.com Mariano Barreto Ethiopia coach Mariano Barreto is concerned with the number of injuries that have cropped up in the team ahead of their clash against Mali ahead in the Afcon 2015 qualifiers. Barreto also rued missing out on a friendly match to prepare the team ahead of the clash as

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Tirfi Tsegaye won women’s race at the Berlin Marathon

Associated Press Tsegaye was victorious in the women’s race. Tsegaye won the women’s race after a long battle with Feyse Tadese, who finished in second place. The United States’ Shalane Flanagan finished up in third spot. Here are the results from a fine day of marathon racing in Berlin: Berlin Marathon 2014: Resuls Men’s Race

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MESERET HAILU AND FLOMENA CHEYECH THE 2014 AMSTERDAM MARATHON WOMEN’S RACE FAVOURITES

IAAF The battle for the women’s race at this year’s TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 19 October could be fought out between Meseret Hailu and Flomena Cheyech after organisers for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced their top women on Friday (26). Ethiopia’s Hailu is the course record holder in Amsterdam, with a time of 2:21:09

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Saladin Said will not play for Ethiopia squad for Mali game

Ahram Online By Mahmoud Elassal Ahly’s new signing striker, Ethiopian Saladin Said, has excused his absence from his national team camp for the game against Mali in the 2015 African Cup of Nations as he still suffers from a serious tear in his calf, Ahly football director Wael Gomaa announced Thursday. “We received a formal

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Ethiopia federation questions CAF Guinea decision

AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The president of the Ethiopian federation questions the impromptu decision by the Confederation of African Football to award Guinea hosting rights for the 2023 African Cup, seemingly without a proper bidding process. Junedin Basha told The Associated Press on Friday there was nothing on CAF’s agenda for its executive

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Top FIFA Official: ‘The 2022 World Cup Will Not Take Place In Qatar’

AFP AND REUTERS  REUTERS/Mohammed Qatar will not host the World Cup in 2022, according to Theo Zwanziger, the German member on the executive committee of world football’s governing body FIFA. “I think that at the end of the day the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” Zwanziger said in an interview with Sport Bild

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Meserest Biru won in 2:31:00 in Cape Town Marathon

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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