Category: Sports

  • Somaliland: What a victory for Canada, Mohammed Ahmed Wins Men's 10000

    Somaliland: What a victory for Canada, Mohammed Ahmed Wins Men's 10000

    Hargeisa (HAN) July 23, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Sports Initiative News – Former Wisconsin runner Mohammed Ahmed used a strong final lap to win the 10,000 meters for Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games. Pan Am Games- Mohammed Ahmed Wins Men’s 10000 meter,  Final at Pan American Games (CAN) 2015. What a victory…

  • Ethiopia: Geremew and Daska victorious

    Ethiopia: Geremew and Daska victorious

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 18,2015. Geeska Sports. Kenya’s stranglehold over the TCS World 10K was broken in absorbing fashion here on Sunday as Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Mamitu Daska emerged victorious. The previous five men’s and three women’s winners had all come from Kenya but there was to be no encore. Geremew finished in a…

  • Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie retires

    Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie retires

    London (HAN) May 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Sports News.  Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday he was retiring from competitive running but the Ethiopian’s long-time manager said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career. “No, he’s not retiring; he will be in Glasgow in October,”…

  • FIFA instructors in Somalia to train local referees

    FIFA instructors in Somalia to train local referees

    Mogadishu (HAN) May 4,2015. Geeska Sports. For the second time football governing body FIFA has sent football instructors to Somalia. This time, the special instructors are training local referees. Somali football has developed over the last two years, and officials say the FIFA Members Association courses would be an annual fixture CCTV.

  • Ethiopians Jabore, Mengesha triumph at Broad Street Run

    Ethiopians Jabore, Mengesha triumph at Broad Street Run

    Djibouti (HAN) May 3, 2015 – Geeska Sports News. Tigist Jabore couldn’t have encountered a busier weekend. Or a more productive one. The 21-year-old woman from Ethiopia won two races in two days, and after capturing the Broad Street Run on Sunday, she had the obvious answer about being fatigued. “Of course I am tired,” she said…

  • London Marathon 2015: Tigist Tufa victorious in the women's race.

    London Marathon 2015: Tigist Tufa victorious in the women's race.

    London (HAN) April 26, 2015 –Gesska Sports.Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s London Marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa victorious in the women’s race. Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, finished five seconds in front of another Kenyan athlete, Wilson Kipsang. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the women’s record holder, finished the racein her last competitive London…

  • Ethiopia Fires Coach Mariano Barreto After Disappointing  Africa Cup of Nations

    Ethiopia Fires Coach Mariano Barreto After Disappointing Africa Cup of Nations

    Addis Ababa April,18.2015  Geeska Sports: The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) says it is terminating the contract of head coach Mariano Barreto. The Portuguese, a former Ghana coach, took charge of the Walia Antelopes last year, signing a two year contract. But a disappointing reign saw Ethiopia finish bottom of their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying…

  • Eritrea: Teklemariam, the first runner to score three wins in Spain

    Eritrea: Teklemariam, the first runner to score three wins in Spain

    Khartoum (HAN) January 13, 2015 – Public diplomacy and International Olympic Marathon champion news. Personal best athletic in the Horn of Africa, according to Eritrean Athlete Teklemariam Medhin Registers 3rd Successive Success At 60th International Cross Country in San Sebastian in Spain. Eritrean athlete Teklemariam Medhin yesterday registered for the 3rd time successive success in…

  • Ethiopia 110th latest FIFA ranking.

    Ethiopia 110th latest FIFA ranking.

    Addis Ababa November 29.2014 Geeska Sport. Ethiopia moved up just one spot in the latest Fifa ranking, to 110th place along with Canada. In January of this year, Ethiopia was ranked 95th and has since not made it to the top 100 group. It ranks 31 in African Football Confederation (CFA). Ethiopia failed to qualify for…

  • Kenya: Kenyan-Born Athlete Hints At Competing In Tour De France

    Kenya: Kenyan-Born Athlete Hints At Competing In Tour De France

    Pretoria November 29.2014 Geeska Sports In an exclusive interview with CCTV News, Kenyan born Chris Froome, has given his biggest hint yet that he will compete on the Tour de France this year. Froome, who won the race in 2013, says it remains one of his key goals. Our reporter Dan Williams caught up with the…

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