Germany’s top tier football club, FC Bayern Munich has plans to open an under-17 football academy in Addis Ababa in the coming years.

As part of African Cup of Nations (AFCON) capacity building, which is scheduled to be held in Egypt, Ethiopian international referees have been selected to attend a pre-selection course scheduled to take place from April 18 to May 5, 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

The Ethiopian U-18 and U-20 athletics team is set to participate in the 2019 African Junior Championships in Abidjan, Ivory Coast starting from April 6-20, 2019. The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) has called up 82 athletes from both age groups to compete in the championships.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) inaugurated a stadium in East Wellega Zone in Nekemte town on Thursday 11, 2019. The Nekemte stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and has consumed over 190 million birr.

Bayern Munich, the dominant force in Germany’s Bundesliga, is set to open a football training school center in Addis Ababa. The delegates of the club will be arriving in the capital to discuss with the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on the opening of the school and the overall development of football in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) has awarded the Ethiopian World Cross-Country National Team following the results registered in the 43rd edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championship staged in Aarhus, Denmark. The EAF shelled out over 650,000 birr to award the athletes.

The Ethiopian women’s national team a.k.a. Lucy is set to face the Ugandan women national team on Saturday 6, 2019 in Kampala.

St. George forward, Getaneh Kebede is set to travel to India for a knee injury he has sustained, the club has announced.

Haji Adelo – a former long distance runner who has taken part in African Championships held in South Africa - has won the Austria marathon two times.

Heineken Breweries SC has renewed its four year sponsorship agreement with the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) through its brand Walia. The renewed sponsorship agreement is set to run until 2022. The agreement was signed by Esayas Jirra, EFF president and Eugene Ubalijoro, Heineken’s managing director at Capital Hotel on Wednesday, March 22, 2019.