TOKYO (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Selemon Barega sprinted the last lap to beat world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and win a shock Olympic gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres on Friday. The ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. TOKYO — Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men’s 10,000 meters gold medal, the first of the Olympic athletics ...

World Athletics is pleased to announce the three finalists for the 2025 Women's Rising Star Award, which will recognise this ...

Ethiopia must carry out mass doping tests on up to 200 athletes by November or be the latest to face further action by the World Anti-Doping Agency and a possible ban by the IAAF, track and field ...

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, ...

Out of Thin Air is one of several excellent books published in the run-up to Christmas, writes Jason Henderson Kenya is often described as ‘the land of runners’ but its east African neighbour Ethiopia ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. BERLIN — Ethiopian Guye Adola survived a midway comeback from race favorite Kenenisa Bekele and a late surge ...

Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win gold in the women's marathon final during Day 9 of the IAAF world track and field championships in Beijing on Sunday. It marked the first women's ...