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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Ethiopia runners Haile Gebrselassie, Sileshi Sihine and Kenenisa Bekele. Beijing, Aug.17 2008.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele retained his Olympic title in the 10,000 meters, relying on a sprint to pull away from countrymen Sileshi Sihine. Bekele's time was 27:01.17. Micah Kogo of Kenya came in third for the bronze medal. Bekele, who ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
AFP photo. Dibaba of Ethiopia celebrates after 10,000 win. Beijing. August 15,2008
Beijing - Ethiopian distance running wonder Tirunesh 'the Baby-Faced Destroyer' Dibaba completed her collection of big titles with the elusive Olympic gold, over 10,000m at the Beijing Games on Friday. Dibaba used her famous kick in the final lap ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The Schedule: Sunday, Aug 17 (live on NBC)
The Contenders: #1 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), #3 Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN), #10 Sileshi Sihine (ETH), #18 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), #19 Micah Kogo (KEN), #22 Martin Mathathi (KEN)
The Stats: Records, 2008 List,2007 Worlds, 2004 Olympics
The Medal Picks: T&FN - Bekele, Sihine, Mathathi;SI - Bekele, ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
APA- The current rainy season in Ethiopia has forced out Ethiopian Olympic athletes out of Addis Ababa for their training, APA learns here Saturday.
Accordingly, the Ethiopian athletes scheduled to travel to the Beijing Olympics in three categories obliged to do their training outside Addis Ababa by travelling around 300 kilometres ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Ethiopia's Haile 'the little Emperor' Gebrselassie, and Kenenisa Bekele have stripped the Kenyans of everything including in 2004 their title of cross country kings after an 18 year reign. Ethiopia and Kenya will resume their big rivalry in athletics as runners from both nations will be fighting to be the ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Wednesday AUG. 6, the first squad of coaches, supporting staff and the boxing team traveled to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony while other members of the delegation stayed behind.
According to a release from the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, the Ethiopian athletes will travel to Beijing in ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
APA - Ethiopia on Monday bade farewell to its Olympic team before it takes off Wednesday for Beijing to participate in the games scheduled to open this week.
The farewell ceremony was held at the Ethiopian national palace with the Ethiopian president Girma Wolde Giorgise, handing over the national flag to ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Ethiopian Olympic Committee - History
When the Ethiopian Crown Prince Teferi Mekonnen paid a six-month visit to Europe in 1924, one of the countries he visited was France . The Eighth Olympic Games has been underway in Paris during his visit.(More...)
Ethiopia at the Olympics
Ethiopia first participated at the Olympic Games in ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
ADDIS ABABA, July 31 (Reuters) - Ethiopian soccer authorities said on Thursday a suspension by FIFA was illegal and that they would take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
FIFA suspended the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on Tuesday after it repeatedly failed to comply with a February ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
[Picture - Tsegaye Kebede]
What a difference a year can make!
Few observers who saw marathon runner Tsegaye Kebede enter the 2007 Abebe Bikila International Marathon in July last year as an unknown but emerge victorious in a new course record time would have thought that he would be carrying Ethiopia’s hopes ...
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