Ethiopia

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie clinches the BUPA Great Manchester Run win yesterday in 28 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of Briton Chris Thomson (28:21) and Ukraine's Sergiy Lebid (28:25).

After a convincing half marathon win at the 28th Vienna City Marathon, Ethiopian legend, Haile Gebrselassie, said he's looking forward to the London 2012 Olympics qualification.

Kenya's John Kiprotich and Fate Tola from Ethiopia were the unexpected winners of the 28th Vienna City Marathon, whilst Haile Gebrselassie cruised to a half marathon time of 60:18.

Ethiopian distance legend, Haile Gebrselassie, will not start in the Tokyo Marathon this Sunday after the World's marathon record-holder fell on a rock during a training and bruised his knee.

African runners stormed to World leading times at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday with Abubaker Kaki in the men’s 1000m, Augustine Choge in men's 1500m, Abeba Aregawi in the women's and a superb women’s 3000m from Sentayehu Ejigu.

Ethiopia's Girma Beyene Gezahn has won the 22nd Marrakech international Marathon crossing 42.195 km course in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds on Sunday.

Ethiopia's Meselech Melkamu Haileyesus set a new course record of 48 minutes and 57 seconds to win the women's race at the 6th Obudu International Mountain Race on Saturday at the Obudu Mountain Resort in Cross River State, Nigeria.

Azmeraw Bekele and Sule Utura were the men's and women's winners respectively at the 2010 Ethiopian Airlines Great Ethiopian Run 10km on the streets of Addis Ababa earlier on Sunday.

Ethiopia's Gebre Gebremariam won the men's race on his marathon debut and Kenya's Edna Kiplagat took the women's title in her first New York race at the 2010 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie has announced his retirement from competitive running after dropping out of the 2010 ING New York City Marathon and abandoned his plan to compete at the London 2012 Olympics, where he had hoped to win a third gold medal.

Ethiopians Dire Tune and Mare Dibaba are set to attack the women’s course record as the amazing development of recent years seems set to continue in Sunday’s Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Ethiopians Deriba Merga and Feyisa Lilesa have joined the field for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon as the organisers yesterday announced its complete 2010 men's and women's elite field for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday October 10.

Former Boston Marathon champion Dire Tune from Ethiopia and the reigning European Champion Zivile Balciunaite have been signed for the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon.

Ethiopia's and World's greatest distance runner Haile Gebrselassie stormed to his third BUPA Great Manchester Run triumph on Sunday but a strong wind restricted him to a time of 28 minutes and two seconds.

Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia ended Kenya's hope of a seventh successive London men's marathon title with a dominant victory at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in two hours, five minutes and 19 seconds.

Diamond League Ambassador Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia will clash over 5000m with 2007 World 1500m and 5000m champion, Bernard Lagat at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the 3rd leg of the 14 meeting IAAF Diamond League series, which takes place on Friday June 4 in Oslo, Norway.

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar has become the first three-time women's champion of the Carlsbad 5000, sponsored by Nuvasive, after winning the women's elite invitational in a time of 15 minutes and 4 seconds over the 3.1 mile course yesterday. 

Peter Kamais of Kenya unexpectedly won the 2010 NYC Half-Marathon this morning on a day made for fast, competitive distance running.

Ethiopian teenager Kalkidan Gezahegne stormed to victory ahead of defending champion Gelete Burka in the women's 1,500m to collect her first major medal at the World Indoor championships in Doha.

Ethiopians Gelete Burka and Tirunesh Dibaba and Deresee Mekonnen posted impressive showing today at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham.