Category: Sports

  • Eritrea Wins Continental Cycling Gold

    Eritrea Wins Continental Cycling Gold

    Rabat (HAN) February 23, 2016 –Geeska Sports. Eritrea won the men’s elite team time trial gold for a record sixth consecutive time on Monday at the ongoing Africa continental cycling championships in Morocco. The defending champions led by Team Dimension Data new signing Mekseb Debesay inspired the trio of Tesfom Okubamariam, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier and Elyas Afewerki as…

  • Ethiopia: World Indoor Junior Record for Gudaf Tsegaye

    Ethiopia: World Indoor Junior Record for Gudaf Tsegaye

    Glasgow February 22, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopian teenager Gudaf Tsegaye set a new World Indoor Junior record here today after defeating Sifan Hassan, an Ethiopian-born athlete currently competing for the Netherlands. With Dawit Seyaum a late scratch from the women’s 1500m, one might have thought the race would be a contest between…

  • Djibouti: Kenyans Fail to Sparkle as Djibouti’s Souleiman and Ethiopia’s Dibaba Break Records

    Djibouti: Kenyans Fail to Sparkle as Djibouti’s Souleiman and Ethiopia’s Dibaba Break Records

    DJIBOUTI (HAN) February 19, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenya’s athletes posted mixed performance in the Globen Galan Indoor Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday. Nicholas Kiplagat was the only Kenyan winner on the night, winning the 800m ‘B’ race in 1:46.93. He beat compatriot and 2006 world junior outdoor silver…

  • Ethiopia: Meseret Defar Runs Year’s Fastest 3,000 Meter After Long Layoff

    Ethiopia: Meseret Defar Runs Year’s Fastest 3,000 Meter After Long Layoff

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 17, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopian two-time Olympic champion Meseret Defar ran the year’s fastest 3,000 meters as she returned to the track for the first time in more than two years at the Boston indoor grand prix on Sunday. The 2004 and 2012 Olympic 5,000 meters…

  • Kenya: Football Federation Gets New Boss

    Kenya: Football Federation Gets New Boss

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Nick Mwendwa is the new Football Kenya Federation President. The youthful Kariobangi Sharks chairman garnered 50 votes with his closest challenger Ambrose Rachier polling 27. The responsibility of electing new officials was tasked on the 77 delegates who were cleared to vote by…

  • Kenya: Threatens to Pull out of 2016 Summer Olympics Over Zika Threat

    Kenya: Threatens to Pull out of 2016 Summer Olympics Over Zika Threat

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 9, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenya threatened on Tuesday to pull its elite runners and other athletes out of the Rio Olympics unless it got assurances they would not be exposed to the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find…

  • Kenya: Ethiopian Athletes Dominate Lagos Marathons

    Kenya: Ethiopian Athletes Dominate Lagos Marathons

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenyan athlete, Abraham Kipton, has won the Lagos City Marathon race with a time of 2 hours, 16 minutes while his compatriot, Kipkemboi Hosea came second. Etiopia’s Dibebe Tolosa finished third in a race that had both local and international athletes participating.  

  • Eritrea: Kifle and Kirwa Wins Marugame Half Marathon

    Eritrea: Kifle and Kirwa Wins Marugame Half Marathon

    ASMARA (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Eritrea’s Goitom Kifle and Bahrain’s Eunice Kirwa were victorious at the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (7). The men’s race started relatively slow with the first 5km covered in about 14:27. The pace then gradually…

  • Kenya: Kiptum Wins Inaugural Lagos Marathon

    Kenya: Kiptum Wins Inaugural Lagos Marathon

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum, has won the the first Lagos city marathon ahead of his compatriot, Hosea Kipkembe and Ethiopia’s Debebe Toise who came in third. Kiptum, who clocked 2 hours 16 minutes and 21 seconds to win the race, said the humid…

  • Kenya: Facing Fiji in the Quarter Finals of Sydney Sevens

    Kenya: Facing Fiji in the Quarter Finals of Sydney Sevens

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The Kenya national rugby sevens team will face Fiji in the main cup quarter finals of the Sydney Sevens in Australia after beating Russia and Scotland but slumping to South Africa narrowly in their last match. Oscar Ouma gave Kenya the lead against…

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