Born in Hawassa city, capital of the Southern Regional State, Temesgen Dana, 36, started playing football at a project level. Passing through the U-11, 13, and 15, he managed to join the Eastern football team. During his time with the club, he was recruited to play for the Hawassa U-17 team until he retired from playing at the age of 22 due to a shoulder injury.

Coca Cola’s flagship football tournament Copa has reached its last chapter, the Copa national finals tournament. The grassroots tournament has been taking place in seven regional states and two city administrations namely Amhara, Oromia, Southern, Afar, Ethio-Somali, Gambella, Harari, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa City administration for the past three months.

The Ethiopian Premier League’s (EPL) 14-time champion, St. George, is bidding farewell to its veteran players. The club announced it is ready to give an honorary farewell to veterans like, Adane Girma, Degu Dibebe, Abebaw Butako and Alula Girma.

Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation’s (EBC) annual sport personality of the year award is scheduled to take place on September 16, 2018 at Sheraton Addis.

St. George, a side which seems to be facing problems in the striker’s department, have now signed a striker looking to end the woes of last year. The Horsemen signed Dedebit forward Getaneh Kebede and announced the signing of the Ethiopian national team forward Getaneh in its official Facebook page.

The Ethiopian Olympics Committee (EOC) and the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) have jointly invited Feyisa Lelisa, marathon silver medalist at the Rio Olympics, to return home. The two bodies stated that they are readying themselves to give him a hero’s welcome.  

He was a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) during the struggle against the Derg regime since 1975-91. After the Derg regime was defeated, he served as the head of the national defense force logistics supply and also founded Dedebit Football club in 1997.

New appointee, Coach Abraham Mebrahatu of the Ethiopian football national team has unveiled his assistant coaches. Defending champions St. George and former Walias assistant coach Fasil Tekalegn, Hawassa City’s assistant coach Mulugeta Meheret who retired from football in 2016/17 were included in the current coaching staff.

The Ethiopian youth team has been taking part in the third African youth games which took place in Algeria, Algiers from July 18 - 28, 2018. Ethiopia finished seventh on the medal leader board with 25 medals collecting eleven gold, eight silver medals and six bronze medals.

With the Ethiopian Premier league (EPL) coming to a close last month, the transfer window kicked in high gear with the club’s attention returned to transferring players and bolstering their squad for the upcoming season