Eritrean Runner Petro Mamu Stripped of World Championship Title for Doping

Doping Conviction for Petro Mamu, 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Champion BY ARIELLA GINTZLER | TRAIL RUNNER On September 27, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Champion Petro Mamu used banned performance-enhancing drugs (PED) in competition.

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Nguse Amlosom Wins Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in Lisbon

By TesfaNews, African 10,000m champion, Eritrean Nguse Amlosom, today won the Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in Lisbon with a time of 1:02:38, just one second ahead of Ethiopian record-holder Tsegay. Kenyan Alex Oloitiptit made it to the podium taking third in 1:02:44, only 23 seconds in front of compatriot Serem. Portugese race favorite Samuel Barata finished […]

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Wrong Information on Eritrean Athletes Must be Corrected

By Eri-International Sports, During these great times in sports achievements for the State of Eritrea we have all been immersed by the excitement that seems to have taken us away by storm. However, It is also important to correct information that is disseminated by the media or even the organizations that are not familiar with […]

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Ghirmay Ghebreselassie Wins Eritrea’s First Ever Gold in Marathon

By Cathal Dennehy, In a lineup that closely resemble a World Marathon Majors field, it was Ghirmay Ghebreselassie, a little-known 19-year-old from Eritrea, who claimed the 2015 IAAF World Championship marathon title in a time of 2:12:28. On the first day of the world championship competition in Beijing, Ghebreselassie defeated such noted athletes as Wilson […]

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ኤርትራ እትሳተፎ ሻምፕዮን ኣትለቲክስ ዓለም መጋረጃኡ ቀዳም ክቕንጠጥ’ዩ

ብ ተስፋልደት መብራህቱ፡ ጽባሕ ቀዳም መበል 15 ውድድር ሻምፕዮን ኣትለቲክስ ዓለም መጋረጃኡ ክቕንጥጥ እዩ። ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኣትለቲክስ ኤርትራ 18 ነሓሰ ሰዓት 4፡00 ወጋሕታ ናብ በይጂንግ ቻይና ኣምሪሓ። ኣብ ቀዳማይ ጉጅለ ጉዕዞኣ፡ ንኣሰልጣኒ ኢሰያስ ኣሰፋው፡ ኣትለታት ማራቶን በራኺ በየነ፡ ግርማይ ገብረሰላሰን ኣማኑኤል መሰልን፡ ኣብ ውድድር 10,000 ሜትሮ ዝሳተፉ ኣትለታት ተኽለማርያም መድሕን፡ ንጉሰ ኣምለሶምን ኣብራር ዑስማንን ዝሓቖፈት እያ። ሃገራዊት ጋንታና […]

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Eritrean National Team Leaves for Beijing World Championships

By Tesfaldet Mebrahtu, The Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing will be hosting the 15th World Athletics Championships, which will commence in less than 10 days. The event is scheduled to be held from the 22nd to the 30th August 2015 in Beijing, China. More than 2000 athletes from more than 200 nations, including Eritrea, are […]

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