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Monday, June 10, 2013
Ethiopia beat Botswana, Zambia smash Lesotho in World Cup qualifiers - Africa - Sports - Ahram Online
Ethiopia claim a 2-1 away win over Botswana, Zambia defeat Lesotho in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers on Saturday
Mahmoud Elassal, Saturday 8 Jun 2013
The Ethiopian national football team (Photo: ethiopianembassy.org)
Forward Getaneh Kebede put Ethiopia ahead in the 33rd minute and Said Salahdin doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime.
Botswana's Sembowa pulled one back on 76 minutes but Ethiopia held on for a third consecutive victory.
They have 10 points from four games, two ahead of second-placed South Africa who crushed Central Africa 3-0 to secure their second successive win, thanks to goals from Bernard Parker, Siphiwe Tshabalala and Katlego Mashego.
They have 10 points from four games, two ahead of second-placed South Africa who crushed Central Africa 3-0 to secure their second successive win, thanks to goals from Bernard Parker, Siphiwe Tshabalala and Katlego Mashego.
In Group J, Uganda made the most of their home advantage to defeat Liberia 1-0.
Tonny Mawejje notched the winner as early as the fourth minute. Uganda are second in the group with five points, one ahead of third-placed Liberia. Leaders Senegal, who also have five points, face Angola later in the day.
In Group D, Zambia smashed Lesotho 4-0 at home. Jacob Mulenga opened the scoring in the 36th minute and Chris Katongo added the second one minute past the hour mark.
Mulenga notched his second of the night shortly after before Collins Mbesuma completed the rout seven minutes from time.
Zambia are on top of Group D with 10 points, one ahead of rivals Ghana.
Mulenga notched his second of the night shortly after before Collins Mbesuma completed the rout seven minutes from time.
Zambia are on top of Group D with 10 points, one ahead of rivals Ghana.
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Best yet to come as African duo leave Edinburgh marathon field in their wake | Herald Scotland
A LITTLE dose of African sunshine smothered the capital yesterday as Tola Lema of Ethiopia and Risper Kimaiyo of Kenya claimed victory in the Edinburgh Marathon, both reaching the finish in Musselburgh with no challenger in sight.
Tola Lema of Ethiopia won the men's race in a fast 2hr 15min, 32 sec
Lema coasted past the deckchairs and ice cream stalls which skirted the route, taking the lead with 12 miles to go and tightening his grip with every stride. His eventual time of two hours, 15 minutes and 32 seconds was just short of Zachary Kihara's existing course record. It would surely have fallen if he had been pushed just a little more.
Forming an early two-man break with Nouridene Jalal, the pair pulled away from the pursuing pack before Lema raised the stakes and accelerated past at the midway point.
Jalal, his energies spent, regressed to third, but the victor was untroubled and ultimately carved out an advantage of two minutes over Kenya's John Gales, who was making his debut at the distance after acting as a pacemaker in leading events.
The Great Britain internationalist Andi Jones produced a late surge to end up as the leading Briton in fourth place.
However the dominance of athletes who are B-list in African terms illustrates what awaits the home contenders at Glasgow 2014.
"It shows the very big challenge," said Jones. "Those lads are class acts. "They might not be the very elite, running 2:03, but they'd be running 2:12 or better in a race with more competition. So it shows that British athletes, whether English or Scottish, have to look at how we get quicker because the Commonwealth Games is only a year away."
Kimaiyo became the first African to win the women's race with her time of 2:35.58 good enough to come 11th overall, well ahead of her closest female challengers, Jane Khan and Julie Briscoe.
Ideally, she admitted, there would have been tougher foes. "I got into the middle of the race and I was hoping someone would be with me but I had to run on my own for a long time."
Will Wright, in 13th place, and the Glasgow-based paediatrician Avril Mason were the first Scottish male and female finishers in a field of 15,000 in the race's 11th edition.
Elsewhere, the world championship-bound Susan Partridge was ninth and fellow Scot Elspeth Curran 13th in the BT Manchester 10k as Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba claimed victory in 30:49.
Scotland's Steph Twell was fourth in the Bupa Westminster Mile with the Commonwealth bronze medallist set to run the 10,000m in London today.
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