Perhaps the most memorable race in 10,000m on track was the battle between two legendary athletes, Kenya’s Paul Tergat and Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia, during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in Australia.

There are just two weeks left until the 19th Split Half Marathon. The entire program of this now traditional event begins on February 22 when the sports fair opens in the large hall of Gripe.

Sintayehu Yinesu of Ethiopia outpaced thousands of marathoners on Saturday to emerge winner of the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Chinese marathon instructor Gesang Ciren, a great admirer of Ethiopian athletes in light of their success on global stages, expressed his hope on Thursday that with similar dedication and hard work, Chinese runners will have the chance to replicate the success.

Ethiopian Biruktayit Degefa retained her title at the Chevron Houston Marathon and came within 14 seconds of the course record, while Kenya’s Albert Korir won a close men’s contest at the IAAF Silver Label road race on Sunday.

Just like the dance competition TV show entitled ‘So you think you can dance?’, I think we should also have a communication competition show entitled ‘So you think you can communicate?’.

Tsehay Gemechu took 15 seconds off Tirunesh Dibaba’s Ethiopian 10km record at the Valencia 10K Ibercaja, while compatriot Chala Ketema Regasa smashed the course record at the IAAF Bronze Label event on Sunday (13).

Gor Mahia midfielder Humphrey Mieno has completed his move to Ethiopia's Saint George Sports Club, according to the Kenyan daily, Nation Sport.

10,000 meters Olympic Gold Medalist Derartu Tulu has been elected as vice-president of East Africa Athletics Region. The Congress that elected Derartu held its meeting at Capital Hotel, in Addis Ababa this week.

Set to be staged across the country, match-week ten of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) returns after week nine’s free scoring games after consecutive draws in the past game weeks.