Category: Sports
Kenya sends Michael Rotich Home over Doping Allegations
RIO DE JANEIRO (HAN) August 6.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Karolos Grohmann. Kenya’s team have sent their track and field manager home from Rio, Olympics bosses said on Sunday, after allegations he requested money to let undercover journalists, posing as athlete representatives, know when drugs testers would come calling. Michael Rotich denies the accusation…
Rio’s Glittering Opening Launches Olympics
The Rio Olympics opening ceremony started with fireworks and laser lit choreography on Friday as Brazil sought to forget seven years of troubled preparations and the Olympic movement to temporarily put aside its doping crisis. Under the gaze of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue, 78,000 packed packed into the iconic Maracana Stadium to watch four-hour…
Tight security ahead of Olympics Opening Ceremony
The stage is set as the countdown draws ever closer to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on Friday. Security is tight outside the Maracana Stadium as the city and the world gears up for showtime. Armed military vehicles and soldiers, holding rifles, patrolled the streets around the famous soccer stadium which will…
Ethiopia lines up a 36-strong team to the Rio Summer games
East African athletics nation Ethiopia will bank on a 36-strong team in the Rio Olympics Games. The country has opted for a blend of enthusiasm and experience, with 2008 Beijing Olympics double gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba among the star inclusions. CCTV’S Girum Chala now reports from the team’s training camp in Addis Ababa
Anti-doping agency removes Kenya from list of non-compliant countries
NAIROBI (HAN) August 5.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.By ELIAS MAKORI. The World Anti-Doping Agency has removed Kenya from its list of non-compliant countries. This follows a special sitting of the country’s Parliament that revised the anti-doping legislation that was signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta in June. In a statement on Thursday, Wada…
Ethiopian Olympic Squad Will Fly to Rio Tomorrow, Making Medal Promises
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) August 2.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The Ethiopian Olympic contingent will fly tomorrow, Wednesday, to Rio de Janeiro promising to collect 12 medals for the country: Four gold, four silver and four bronze medals. The Ethiopian Olympic Committee earlier officially declared that the country has planned to collect 12 medals…
Somalia: The president wishes good luck to Rio Team 2016
MOGADISHU (HAN) August 1.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia met with the Olympic team that will be held in Brazil.President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud wishes good luck.
Ethiopian icon Tirunesh Dibaba looks to add to family’s legacy at Rio 2016
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) August 1.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Football has the Charlton brothers, tennis has the Williams sisters – but athletics has something even more impressive. The Dibabas are the fastest family in the world, and they’re set to make another splash in Rio de Janeiro this summer. The superhuman-like gene pool…
South Sudan refugee Olympic athletes have arrived in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (HAN) July 31.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Refugee Olympic athletes originally from South Sudan have arrived in Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games. The five athletes, all of whom currently reside in Kenya, will take part in track and field races. Anjelina Nada Lohalith, who will compete in the 1,500-meter run,…
Ethiopia: President bids farewell to Rio Olympic Squad 2016
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) July 28.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. BY YARED GEBREMEDEN. President Dr. Mulatu Teshome Tuesday bade farewell to the Ethiopian squad for the 31st Rio-Olympic Games in Brazil. At the farewell ceremony held at the National Palace, the President advised the squad to work hard to repeat the victories of the forerunners athletes…
