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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 [...]
somaliland
Seth Kaplan
Journal of Democracy
Vol 19, No. 3
July 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reuters
Mon 15 Sep 2008
Bob Ramsak
STUTTGART, Germany - Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar put her Olympic disappointment behind with a victory at the world athletics final on Sunday.
Defar out-kicked Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot for the second day in a row to win the 3,000 metres in eight minutes 43.60 seconds.
Kenyan teenager Pamela Jelimo continued her remarkable success [...]
AP/International Herald Tribune, France
Friday, September 12, 2008
ZURICH, Switzerland: Ethiopia has been thrown out of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup because of an unresolved dispute over leadership of the African country’s football federation.
All four matches played by Ethiopia in Africa’s Group 8 have been wiped from the record, FIFA said Friday. The group now only [...]
BBC
August 29,2008
Fifa has cancelled Ethiopia’s World Cup qualifier against Morocco
Ethiopia’s hopes of reaching the next round of 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers suffered a massive blow when Fifa cancelled their game with Morocco.
Morocco were due to travel to play Ethiopia for the game next weekend but football’s world governing body [...]
BBC
August 27, 2008
Thousands of cheering Ethiopians have lined the streets of the capital, Addis Ababa, to welcome home the country’s Olympic gold-medal winning athletes.
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi was at the airport to greet the team, led by Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba, both of whom won two golds at Beijing.
The team was led [...]
