VANCOUVER, British Columbia – When Robel Teklemariam is asked if he has a nickname back home in Ethiopia, the Olympic men’s cross-country skier – yes, you read that right – notes that there’s no word ...
Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma left Wednesday's men's 3,000-meter Olympic steeplechase final on a stretcher after falling and hitting the back of his head on the final lap. The nature of Girma's injury wasn ...
PARIS — The hills lived up to their reputation. They broke up the crowd of 81 runners Saturday morning, and there on those climbs, a plastic, blue-capped water bottle was as coveted as gold. It was ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Kenenisa Bekele won't compete at next month's Olympics, perhaps the distance running great's last chance at the games, after he was left off Ethiopia's final team for ...
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola has delivered a masterclass in solo front running to win the Olympic men’s marathon in Paris as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third ...
PARIS (AP) — Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday to end Kenya's dominance of the race. Tola finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes ...
GATESHEAD, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15: Kenenisa Bekele (R) of Ethiopia reacts after winning the Great North Run on September 15, 2013 in Gateshead, England. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images) Getty ...
Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesa has been invited home after living in exile since his showing of political protest at the conclusion of his Olympic marathon in 2016. As he neared the end of his ...
In all, 32 sports will be part of the program for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each sport has its own international ...
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's only Olympic skier wheels down a suburban Addis Ababa street on his roller skis, expertly weaving around six donkeys and drawing stares from locals more used ...