ethiopian

racism

Do u have any racism in ur country, or in ur area? I do, ppls loughing about Ethiopians always, call them N**gs and atc do u have any problems with racism ( I mean in ur area of course)

Thousands flee as war escalates in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Ethiopian attack helicopters and tanks headed for battle Friday as fighting raged for a fourth day between Somalia's Islamic militia and the country's secular government,...

While ‘Bekele's cat’ is away the others can play in Brussels - ÅF Golden League

2 September 2008 - Monte-Carlo - When in Beijing last month Kenenisa Bekele became the sixth man in history to complete a 5000m and 10,000m Olympic gold medal double, in the process retaining his...

Ohuruogu, Fraser and Dibaba on show in Gateshead - PREVIEW - IAAF World Athletics Tour

28 August 2008 - Newcastle, UK - A host of Olympians will be welcomed to Gateshead for the Aviva British Grand Prix - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 -...

Two Journalists Kidnapped In Somalia

Two journalists, their translator, and a driver were kidnapped in Somalia on Saturday, CNN.com reports. Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brenan, journalists from Canada and Australia respectively were...

After distance double, Bekele's legend grows

24 August 24 2008 - Beijing – Similar height, similar weight, same country. And now, 28 years later, Kenenisa Bekele celebrates the 5000/10,000m double that crowned the glorious career of Miruts...

Women's 5000m - FINAL

The eagerly-anticipated battle of the dueling D’s – defending champion Meseret Defar and 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba – in the 5000m came down, as expected, to the final lap. It just took the...

Ethiopian Jarso breaks 28-year-old national steeplechase record

19 August 2008 - Beijing, China - Monday night in the Bird’s Nest reminded us all that one of the beauties of athletics is its unpredictability.

For Bekele, another big step forward

18 August, 2008 - Beijing – It is one thing trying to follow in the footsteps of Haile Gebrselassie as arguably the greatest distance runner of all time but another entirely seeking to do it with...

Men's 10,000m FINAL

In many ways, the men’s 10,000m final was a virtual rerun of the final in Athens four years ago. Several of the key names remained the same. Many of the team tactics were revisited. Even the biggest...

Defar – ‘I am back to my best and ready for Beijing’

7 August 2008 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Has Olympic and World 5000m champion Meseret Defar lost some of her spark? Is she no longer the golden girl of Ethiopian athletics?

Men's 10,000m - PREVIEW

Four years ago, Kenenisa Bekele officially succeeded Haile Gebrselassie as the world’s finest 10,000m runner. 10 weeks after breaking his World record over the distance in Ostrava, Czech Republic,...