Ethiopia’s ace long distance runner, Tirunesh Dibaba added a new accolade to her impressive array after winning the Chicago marathon held on Sunday. Dibaba, 32, completed the distance in 02:18:31 to grab... Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Ethiopian Almaz Ayana destroyed the field to win the 10,000 metres at the World Championships on Saturday, finishing around 300 metres clear of her rivals in her first race... Read more »
IAAF – The fastest Ethiopian marathon runners in history will lead their nation’s team at the IAAF World Championships London 2017. National record-holders Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba – both winners of... Read more »
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana will seek to become just the second woman in history to win Olympic gold in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next month. The 24-year-old... Read more »
It’s before dawn, but Meskel Square, Addis Ababa’s grand centrepiece, is already busy. The long-haul buses leave from here before the sun rises: 11 hours to Dire Dawa; 12 hours to Bahir... Read more »
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba defended her Olympic 10,000m title with a dominant display as Kenyan Sally Kipyego and Vivian Cheruiyot couldn’t get a chance even to be close to her. Leading with 500m... Read more »
(Reuters) – The big men of the shot put open 10 days of athletics action at the London Olympics on Friday morning with the more slender frames of the East African distance... Read more »
By Sabrina Yohannes London (TADIAS) – The 2012 London Olympic Games are officially open as of the declaration during the July 28 opening ceremony, but the bulk of Ethiopia’s star athletics team will... Read more »
Eugene, USA – A torrential downpour might have affected some of the events on the first night of the 2012 Prefontaine Classic – Samsung Diamond League meeting but in the aftermath the... Read more »
By Mike Rowbottom The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) has performed a U-turn in lifting its suspension of double Olympic champions Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba and 33 others which had put their appearance... Read more »