Athletics

Rahel Samuel January 4, 2017

Feyisa Lilesa (photo credit: http://meltnews.com) Ethiopian Olympic marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa still hopes to compete for his country - despite...

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 23, 2016

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Miruts Yifter, an Ethiopian running legend who inspired world-class athletes like Haile Gebreselassie, has died in...

Zecharias Etyopia December 22, 2016

Miruts Yifter (191) followed by fellow Ethiopian athletes Mohammed Kedir and Tolossa Kotu at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (Photo:agence...

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 22, 2016

Miruts Yifter, one of the greatest Ethiopian athletes of all times, has passed away today at the age of 72. A...

Rahel Samuel December 15, 2016

Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa (Photo: Getty Images) Ethiopia’s Atsede Baysa and Lemi Berhanu Hayle will each face a...

Rahel Samuel December 12, 2016

Almaz Ayana wins the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Getty Images) Almaz Ayana produced one of the outstanding...

Rahel Samuel December 9, 2016

Ethiopia’s Mulu Seboka will be seeking to improve her own course record at the fifth edition of Guangzhou Marathon, an...

Zecharias Etyopia December 8, 2016

By Zecharias Zelalem Miruts Yifter, Tolossa Kotu and Lasse Viren - 1980 Moscow Olympics (Getty Images) Talkative, playful and...

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 4, 2016

Patrick Makau (l) and Yemane Tsegay (r) at the Fukuoka Marathon. Tsegay won the race with Makau second. (Kabuki Matsunaga/Agence...