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  • World record holder Bekele fails in Hengelo and fog Rio

    Kenenisa Bekele will be no fourth Olympic Games experience. The Ethiopian runner succeeded Wednesday in Hengelo failed to qualify themselves to the 10,000 meters in Rio.He stepped out of the race on the track of the FBK Stadium.

    Bekele holds the world records at 5,000 meters (12.37,35) and 10,000 meters (26.17,53). He won gold in both long haul at the Games in Beijing in 2008. Four years earlier in Athens, there was gold in the 10,000 and silver in the 5,000 meters. In London in 2012 he was there. Yigrem Demelash won the match, which was regarded as the Olympic trial for Ethiopia in the world year best time of 26.51,14. Tamirat Tola and Abadi Hadis accompany him to Rio. In the women qualified Almaz Ayana, Gelete Burka and triple Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba themselves. Ayana was a class apart and soloed to 30/07/04, also the world's best years.

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  • Kenenisa omitted from Ethiopia’s Rio 2016 Olympics marathon team

    Three-time Olympic champion, Kenenisa Bekele, was left out of Ethiopia’s Rio 2016 Olympics marathon team.

    In addition to him, Yemane Tsegay, a record holder of Ottawa marathon, Canada, was excluded from the team. But, he was named in the reserve team.

    In the men’s side, Ethiopia will be represented by Lemi Berhanu, Tesfaye Abera, Feyisa Lelissa and Lelisa Desisa.

    Similarly, Tigist Tufa, Mare Dibaba, Tirfi Tsegaye and Aberu Kebede were included in Ethiopia’s women marathon team.

    Some 12 athletes, including Kenenisa Bekele, submitted complaints to the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF), expressing their dissatisfaction with the selection criteria.  

    The athletes, including Kenenisa, were omitted from the team for failing to meet the requirements, said the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF).

    However, in an exclusive interview with FBC, Kenenisa questioned the fairness of the selection.

    “The selection lacks transparency and is not convincing,” he said.

    General Secretary EAF, Bililign Mekoya, said the selection was carried out based on clearly stated selection criteria.

    The athletes can summit their complaints to the federation and if it is necessary, decisions could be reversed, he added.

     Source: Fana Broadcasting 

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  • Jose Mourinho is Back in the Premier League as United manager

    José Mourinho will take over as manager of Manchester United from the 2016/17 season, signing a three-year contract with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020.

    José, 53, has managed at the top level of European football for over a decade and in that time has won league titles and cups in four countries (Portugal, England, Italy and Spain), as well as winning the UEFA Champions League twice – in 2004 with FC Porto and in 2010 with Inter Milan.

    Announcing the appointment, Ed Woodward said: "José is quite simply the best manager in the game today. He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here.

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    Portuguese coach has won 22 trophies since 2003.

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  • The heroes are back

    Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba won a race in Manchester yesterday

    The third times Olympic winner winner finished the 10 km run wit 28 minutes, Fana reported. Indeed the athlete is computing in the Rio Olympic representing his country in marathon.

    While Kenyan and Australian athletes finished the race in second and third place respectively. Where as the other Ethiopian runner who also participated in the race finished on ninth place.

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  • Unlucky Ethiopian marathon runner gets lost during race, then attacked by a dog

    Is this the unluckiest marathon runner ever?

    Mulle Wasihun took a wrong turn during the TCS World 10K, in Bengaluru, India, when he was leading the race. But that wasn’t the end of his misfortune yesterday.

    The Ethiopian had just managed to find his way back on to the course when he came across this little guy:

    That’s right, a dog started randomly attacking him. Needless to say he did not win the race and finished 9th. The organisers also basically said they couldn’t have done anything about it.

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