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Bekele trains sights on poster boy Tadesse in pursuit of sixth title

Ethiopian anxious to put last year's world cross country defeat behind him as he competes for a record-breaking win in Edinburgh tomorrow, writes Mike RowbottomKenenisa

ZERSENAY TADESE has been omnipresent in Edinburgh all week

Well, the African's athlete's presence has been all over the city's massive Omni entertainment complex at any rate, in the shape of a sensational 18ft ...

Redemption or Retention – Tadese and Bekele prepare to do battle – Edinburgh 2008

Tuesday, 18 March 2008 Monte-Carlo – On paper it would seem an unusual head-to-head clash on which to promote a championship. Coming into the 36th ...

Uganda/Eritrea: Csaba Plots for Eritrea

LASZLO Csaba feels soccer governing body FUFA should suspend league football to enable him restructure two potential Cranes sides that will compete in next week's ...

Ahli advance after Eritrea's Al-Tahrir withdrawal

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 - 19:01By: Hatem Maher Ahli have advanced to the CAF Champions League round of 16 after Eritrean opponents Al-Tahrir withdrew from ...

Runner ‘bigger than Beckham’

The Eritrean community turned out in Edinburgh yesterday to welcome the arrival of a sportsman who in their culture is bigger than David Beckham.And world ...

Zersenay Tadese is the biggest ‘pin-up’ for Edinburgh school kids

Edinburgh, Scotland - Tomorrow at 11.30hrs GMT, at the Omni leisure complex on Edinburgh’s Greenside Place, the latest promotion for the 36th IAAF World Cross ...

Kenya, Eritrea re-admitted into Africa Nations Cup.

Written By:Kennedy Langat , Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008The Confederation of African Football -CAF- has re-admitted Cecafa member states, Kenya and Eritrea into the newly introduced Africa ...

Eight Clubs in Kagame Cup

Eight clubs have confirmed participation in the Cecafa Club Championship (Kagame Cup) due July 12-26 in Tanzania. Nicholas Musonye, the regional body's general secretary said ...

Despite success in his first indoor season, Kaki cautious about Valencia

Valencia, Spain - The word ‘wunderkind’ is probably overused for every new young athlete who emerges in the world of sport, but it is perhaps ...

Ahli furious with Egyptian TV

Ahli open African campaign against Al-Tahrir Ahli have threatened not to broadcast their CAF Champions League games in protest at the Egyptian Television’s failure to pay ...

Soi and Kipsiele through to 3000m final in Valencia

Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase bronze medallist Paul Kipsiele Koech and Edwin Soi won their respective heats to qualify for the 3,000 metres final on the ...

ATHLETICS: Bungei battles to beat freak training injury

Just two days before the IAAF World Indoor Championships begin in Valencia, Spain, the event’s 800m champion Wilfred Bungei suffered a setback when pulled a ...

Osaki out to earn ticket to Beijing

OTSU--Satoshi Osaki certainly sympathizes with Arata Fujiwara. But when it comes to making the Olympic team, all's fair in love and marathons. Four years after ...

Hearts in Champs League battle

Gabonese military club FC 105 say they are determined to complete an African Champions League victory over former winners Hearts of Oak from Ghana in ...