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 ...

The 8th Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon attracted 23,000 runners worldwide. Ethiopian elites dominated, ...

They went out slow and came home fast, and when it was over, and Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia was sprinting through the plaza and Invalides, the Olympic marathon once more proved why it can be that most ...

Ethiopia, one of five countries the IAAF says is in "critical care" over its drug-testing systems, will impose lifetime bans on drug cheats, the new president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation ...

MONACO (AP) — Ethiopian middle-distance runner Diribe Welteji faces a last-minute legal fight over an alleged missed doping test which could bar her from the world championships two days before her ...

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, ...

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 ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Athletics chiefs in Ethiopia are not worried about doping problems in the sport and are dealing with them strongly, a senior official said on Saturday. The east African nation and ...

Ethiopian Imana Marga won the men's world cross-country title on Sunday. The 22 year-old, who just missed out on a medal in the 10,000m at the 2009 worlds, timed 33min 50sec around the 12km course to ...

The 43-year-old sports star, considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time, will serve a four-year term, with local media reporting he won nine of the 15 votes to secure the presidency. ...