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Ethiopian athletes conquer the streets of Berlin on Sunday
Addis Ababa, September 29, 2024 (FBC) – Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema achieved an Ethiopian double at the BMW Berlin Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, on Sunday (29).
Racing at the 50th edition of the event, held on a sunny morning in Germany’s capital, Mengesha kicked away from Cybrian Kotut in the closing stages to win…
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Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma closes season with a win in New York
Addis Ababa, September 27, 2024 (FBC) - World 800m indoor champion and Olympic silver medallist Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia has taken down world champion Mary Moraa of Kenya at Athlos NYC, this year’s final World Athletics Continental Tour…
2024/25 Ethiopian Premier League season kicks off this afternoon
Addis Ababa, September 20, 2024 (FBC) – The 2024/25 Ethiopian Premier League season is set to kick off later today at the Dire-Dawa Stadium, marking the return of the country’s premier club football competition.
This season’s matches…
Addis Ababa to host CAF Ordinary General Assembly next month
Addis Ababa, September 16, 2024 (FBC) – The Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Executive Committee (EXCO) has announced that the 46th CAF Ordinary General Assembly will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next month.
This…
Worknesh Edesa leads an Ethiopian clean sweep at Sydney Marathon
Addis Ababa, September 15, 2024 (FBC) - Ethiopia’s Worknesh Edesa has made significant improvement on the course records at the TCS Sydney Marathon, winning the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:21:40.
Worknesh took almost…
Ethiopian Team triumphs over British Virgin Islands, Lesotho in 2 Round of 45th Chess Olympiad
Addis Ababa, September 13, 2024 (FBC) - The Ethiopian National Chess Team is participating in the 45th Chess Olympiad, an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to…
Global medallists Gotytom Gebreslase and Leul Gebresilase head Sydney Marathon fields
Addis Ababa, September 13, 2024 (FBC) - Ethiopia’s 2022 world champion Gotytom Gebreslase and her compatriot Leul Gebresilase, the 2023 world bronze medallist, feature in the fields for the TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS, a World…