The Spanish city of Valencia had never seen an outdoor world record on the track before Wednesday night but within the space of 50 minutes it witnessed not one but two, as Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey and Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei went into new territory.

The three-time Olympic champion from Ethiopia was expected to go head to head with Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge at the elite only race on Sunday.

Yalemzerf Yehualaw and Hailemaryam Kiros were victorious over 15km on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in a race that started in Beke and ended in Sandafa.

Thanks to advances in technology, sports and all of its related spectacles have come so far in recent times.

Loza Abera, the first Ethiopian women footballer to play in a foreign league, has won the BOV Women’s League, finishing as the top goal scorer in the Malta league, and was voted the best female player of the year. Loza had joined the Malta based Football Club, Birkirkara, on a one year contract a couple of months ago from Adama City.

The world football governing body, FIFA, has announced the World Football ranking on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Ethiopia’s male national team a.k.a Walias are now placed 146th with 1061 points. The Walias jumped five places better than last year’s ranking.

The World Athletics has announced further revisions to its rules governing shoe technology, which are designed to give certainty to athletes preparing for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and to preserve the integrity of elite competitions.

Global digital platform surpasses 3.3 billion video views across all platforms From providing content surrounding the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020 and creating localized coverage ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, to launching worldwide digital campaigns that engage fans at home during the COVID-19 pandemic; the fourth year of operation proved to be ground-breaking for the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Channel.

The World Athletics (WA) has announced a new round of updates relating to international competitions, ranging from cancellations to postponements and confirmations. The governing body has confirmed that more than 15 international competitions were cancelled due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.