BBC
November 18, 2008
Ethiopia remains banned from international football after the failure of talks aimed at resolving the dispute which has split the country’s football federation (EFF).
Football’s world governing body Fifa invited both sides, plus the Ethiopian government, to the talks.
Fifa says the government pulled out at the last minute and that “no solution” [...]
Category Archives: Sports
Ethiopia ban stays as talks fail
November 19, 2008 – 6:53 pm
Emphatic third triumph; Tadese goes solo from 5km - Men’s Race Report, Rio 2008
October 14, 2008 – 6:26 am
IAAF
October 12, 2008
Chris Turner
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Zersenay Tadese dominated today’s IAAF / CAIXA World Half Marathon Championships, taking a 21km stroll along the picturesque Atlantic coast of this ‘Marvellous City’ renowned internationally more for its slightly clad sunbathing beauties than athletics brilliance.
The manner of the Eritrean’s victory was a picture in itself. Tadese’s [...]
Marathon Men: The dynamic dozen
October 12, 2008 – 4:55 pm
Los Angeles Times
October 10, 2008
Philip Hersh
Credit: Kirby Lee / Image of Sport / US PRESSWIRE
Samuel Wanjiru won the men’s marathon at the 2008 Beijing Games.
It was relatively easy to pick the top 10 women’s marathoners of all time.
After all, elite women’s marathoning is barely three decades old, a period when the women’s race [...]
Athletics-Gebrselassie seeks $1 million bonus in Dubai
October 3, 2008 – 10:25 pm
Reuters
Thu 2 Oct 2008
LONDON - World marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie will earn a $1 million bonus if he betters his mark in Dubai on Jan. 16 next year, organisers said on Thursday.
The 35-year-old Ethiopian, who became the first man to run under two hours four minutes when he clocked 2:03:59 in Berlin last Sunday, [...]
Ethiopia’s Bekele to build multi-million-dollar complex
October 3, 2008 – 7:28 am
AFP/Google
AFP
October 1, 2008
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian track great Kenenisa Bekele announced Wednesday on state television he would finance the construction of a multi-million dollar sports complex in Ethiopia.
The multi-purpose sports centre will be established in Sululta, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Addis Ababa and will cost an estimated 15 million dollars (10.7 million [...]
The Remarkable Story of Somaliland
October 3, 2008 – 7:01 am
somaliland
Seth Kaplan
Journal of Democracy
Vol 19, No. 3
July 2008
Haile breaks 2:04 barrier
September 28, 2008 – 8:52 pm
IAAF
Haile breaks 2:04 barrier, Mikitenko under 2:20 in Berlin
28 September 2008
Jörg Wenig
Haile again! On the way to his 2:03:59 World record in Berlin (organisers)
Berlin, Germany - Haile Gebrselassie and Irina Mikitenko delivered fascinating and thrilling performances at the 35th real,- Berlin Marathon - an IAAF Gold Label Road Race - in front of [...]
Ethiopia - ‘government must act’
September 27, 2008 – 9:25 pm
BBC
September 27, 2008
There are calls for Ethiopia’s Prime Minister to step in to resolve the row which caused the country to be thrown out of World Cup qualifying.
Dr Ashebir Woldegiorgis is recognised by Fifa as the head of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF), but was removed from office in January.
Football’s world governing body [...]
Week of awards for Ethiopia’s Beijing heroes
September 27, 2008 – 9:10 pm
IAAF, US
In a week of awards for Ethiopia’s Beijing heroes, Dibaba becomes a Chief Superintendent, Bekele has a street named after him
September 26, 2008
In a week of awards for Ethiopia’s Beijing heroes, Dibaba becomes a Chief Superintendent, Bekele has a street named after him
Elshadai Negash
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- The list of honours Ethiopian runner Tirunesh [...]
Ethiopia aim for end of Fifa ban
September 18, 2008 – 4:36 pm
BBC
September 17, 2008
Ethiopian football is in tatters with the country banned by Fifa and having been thrown out of the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
And while there seems to be no way back as far as qualifying for 2010 is concerned, the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) is determined to have [...]
