Retired running legend Haile Gebrselassie has been elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation. The 43-year-old sports star, considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lauded his compatriot Selemon Barega’s stunning victory in the men’s 10,000 metres on Friday when he upset world record holder Joshua Cheptegei ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Running great Haile Gebrselassie resigned as president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Monday, calling it a "sacrifice" for the sport. He had been president for ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Paris Games on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic ...

Ethiopian marathon great Haile Gebrselassie yesterday mourned fallen Kenyan star Agnes Tirop as he launched the 21st edition of the Great Ethiopian Run. In his virtual address, Gebrselassie said he ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma cruised into the final of the Olympic men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase with the fastest time of 8:09.83 on Friday as he bids to end Kenya’s long-held ...

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Three Ethiopian runners have been suspended on suspicion of doping amid a string of positive tests among the country's athletes, track and field officials said on Friday.

Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men's 10,000 metres gold medal, the first of the Olympic athletics programme, on Friday, defeating world champion and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda.

While Team USA still leads the total medal count in the World Athletics Championships, Ethiopia had a big Monday performance. Ethiopia took home the gold in the only medaling event of the morning ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie has been elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, as the country grapples with doping issues and poor results on the ...