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Engendered Ethiopian Football
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Engendered Ethiopian Football
EthioSports
It might be the case that the Ethiopian football scene has not witnessed a significant national victory for a long time. Yet, the recent performance of the Women's National Football Team shows that the era could easily be reversed but not painlessly.
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Ethiopia records its first banana exports
SomalilandPress
DIRE DAWA – The Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency (EHDA) this week celebrated a key milestone as the east African nation began exporting bananas for the first time ever. In a nation where agriculture is the foundation, Ethiopia's economy has ...
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Dedebit faces Saint George to Addis Ababa City Cup final today
Featuring Ethiopian premier league big time coaches, Asrat haile, Kemal Ahmed and Worku Dergeba, the 2011-12 National League season is anxiously awaited among soccer fans.
Pocketing a 15,000 birr monthly wage and signing renowned players, the likes of the former Ethiopian Coffee skipper who led the side to its first ever league title Edelu Derege and former Banks midfielder Teshome Oshe, Asrat appears determined to take back Insurance FC to the premier league at the end of the current season. A 2-2 draw against Defense Force and a narrow 1-0 defeat to saint George Insurance is the leading contender
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Ethiopian knock-out championship kicks-off Wednesday
The Ethiopian knock-out championship kicks off Wednesday featuring 11 premier league sides. It seems amazing that there is no single club from the National League taking part.
Though knock-out fixtures traditionally are open participation regardless of divisional hierarchies, only eleven premier league sides are taking part for the two weeks fixture. The first group stage brings together eight sides while the remaining three: Saint George, Ethiopian Coffee and Sidama Coffee are in waiting, ready for the second round group stage. Cup holders Dedebit encounters Electric the side that defeated it 1-0 for the City Cup a week before. The winner
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Electric signs Ledetta Nyala’s Tafesse Solomon
Former Ledetta Nyala FC attacking midfielder, Tafesse Solomon, put pen to paper for a two year contract with Electric. With four foreign players in the squad, Electric appears a side that will never look back on regulation.
Nearly half a dozen years with Nyala, growing up through the youth ranks, the attacking midfielder Tafesse landed a new contract with Electric at staggering three hundred thousand birr of course one third of the money is directed to his former club account. One of last season’s promising talents, Nyala tried to keep the player until his contract expiry in three years
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Asrat, Kemal and Worku in contention to promotion
Featuring Ethiopian premier league big time coaches, Asrat haile, Kemal Ahmed and Worku Dergeba, the 2011-12 National League season is anxiously awaited among soccer fans.
Pocketing a 15,000 birr monthly wage and signing renowned players, the likes of the former Ethiopian Coffee skipper who led the side to its first ever league title Edelu Derege and former Banks midfielder Teshome Oshe, Asrat appears determined to take back Insurance FC to the premier league at the end of the current season. A 2-2 draw against Defense Force and a narrow 1-0 defeat to saint George Insurance is the leading contender
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Ethiopian Coffee (soccer team) hails title heroes
Ethiopian premier league champion Ethiopian Coffee gave away cash prizes to players and coaches. Menyahel Teshome currently with Dedebit FC goes home with a peanut pay check. Only 400 supporters attended the event.
At a reception held at Wabi Shebelle Hotel, Ethiopian Coffee awarded cash prizes for players and coaches that steered the club for its first ever Premier League title. Head Coach Webetu Abate, considered the key factor for the successful season, received the biggest amount that is 35,000 Birr. Although the once wildfire rumor of the award of a vehicle failed to come true, the doubling of
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