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US runners finally going the distance

It was back in the black-and-white TV days, when Olympic results still were shown on newsreels in movie theaters ("Don Schollander: The Boy Who Swims

Ugandan soccer club to spend sh62m on Eritrean player

Publication date: Monday, 18th February, 2008By Fred Kaweesi and Norman Katende GOOD things do not come cheaply. Super League debutantes Nalubaale have splashed a two-year ...

Ahli of Egypt to face Eritrea's Tahrir on March 21

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 - 13:49By: Omar AbdelAziz Ahli will kick off their CAF Champions League campaign against Al-Tahrir of Eritrea on Friday March 21st, ...

Tusker CAF match to kick off one hour early

Tomorrow’s CAF Champions league match pitting Tusker FC against Al Tahrir of Eritrea will kick off an hour earlier than usual.The match will be played ...

SOCCER: Huge costs of continental league

Tusker FC will spend about Sh12 million to host the Africa Champions League match against Eritrea’s Al Tahrir to be played at the Moi International ...

Kenya: Tusker Gear Up for Tahrir Encounter

Kenya Premier League champions Tusker will not underrate Eritrea's Al Tahrir when they meet in a Caf Champions League first round tie on Saturday, coach ...

Egypt Repeats as Champion in African Cup of Nations

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Egypt won its record sixth African Cup of Nations title, capturing its second championship in a row with a 1-0 victory ...

Eritreans arrive to tackle Tusker

Published on February 10, 2008, 12:00 am By Robin ToskinTusker’s opponents in the CAF Champions League, Al Tahir, of Eritrea have landed ahead of their ...

Bekele, Dibaba, Melkamu…3000m events take centre stage in Valencia – PREVIEW

Valencia, Spain - With the 12th World Indoor Championships beginning on Friday 7 to 9 March, the Valencia meet on Saturday 9 February - the ...

Olympic Athlete Zeresenai stands first at cross country race in Milan

Asmara, 4 February 2008 - Olympic Athlete Zeresenai Tadese stood first at the 10 km cross country race that was conducted in the Italian city ...

Tadese takes on Kipchoge in Cinque Mulini Cross

Friday 1 February 2008Reigning World Cross Country champion Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea and former 5000m World champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya will be the headliners ...

Officials hand bribery dossier to police

14:52 GMT, Tue 29 Jan 2008 By Mark GleesonACCRA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A dossier on attempts to fix matches at the African ...

Eritrea’s runner-up Simret Sultan sharing Jepkorir’s winning time.

San Sebastián, Spain - Kenya’s Kiprono Menjo and Eunice Jepkorir secured a Kenyan double at the ‘53rd Cross Internacional de San Sebastián’ on Sunday. The ...

Athletics-Kenya fears unrest threatens cross country chances

Kenya's prospects at this year's world cross country championships are under threat because political violence is preventing training, top athletes said on Saturday. Weeks of ...

Sport Briefs

SMALL REVENGEFormer chess world champion Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov took his first revenge on current world chess champion Russian Vladimir Kramnik. On January 22 Topalov beat ...