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Team Eritrea Name Strong Line-up for African Continental Road Championships

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY RICHARD BISHUMBA | THE NEW TIMES African cycling powerhouse, Eritrea has named a star-studded final squad to compete at the 14th edition of the annual UCI Africa Continental Road Championships slated for February 13-18 in Rwanda.

Shannon Abeda, Eritrea’s First Winter Olympian

December 21, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY WENDY-ANN CLARKE | CBC SPORTS Shannon-Ogbani Abeda will soon don a ski suit hued with the vibrant colours of the Eritrean flag as the country makes its Winter Olympic debut this February. Born and raised in Alberta by immigrant parents from the East African nation, the 21-year-old has spent most of his life nestled in the […]

Team Eritrea Participating at Tour du Rwanda

November 6, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Eritrea’s quest for 2017 Tour du Rwanda edition will be led by Tesfom Okubamariam BY BONNIE MUGABE | KT PRESS Four foreign international teams have confirmed their riders who will battle for honours at the 9th edition of Tour du Rwanda expected to start on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Amahoro Stadium. This year’s edition […]

Powerhouse Eritrea Eyeing Overall Victory at Tour of Rwanda

November 14, 2015November 15, 2015TesfaNews19 Comments

By TesfaNews, The Eritrean cycling team arrived in Kigali to participate at the 7th edition of the Tour of Rwanda where a total of 85 riders from a record 17 teams are expected to compete. The event will run from November 15 – 22. In this 2.2 UCI racing event, six professional teams have also confirmed […]

Team Eritrea: The Red Sea Boys Are Back

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015TesfaNews32 Comments

By Mike Seium | For Eri-International Sport, In 1996 the Eritrean soccer federation officially was founded even though Eritrea had been playing in games against other nations since 1992. Like everything else in Eritrea the development of a world popular sport once hailed as Eritrea’s national past time seems to have seen its ups and […]

Team Eritrea Sweeps 2 Time Trial Golds and 1 Silver at All African Games

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015TesfaNews2 Comments

By Alula Abraha, With almost sheer vengeance, Team Eritrea has shown great character today to bounce back from the unfortunate disaster that had denied them gold medals in the Team Time Trial (TTT) yesterday, to run way this time with two Gold and a silver medals in the Individual Time Trial (ITT). In the Women’s ITT, […]

Team Eritrea Dominates Opening Day of the African Continental Championship

February 9, 2015February 14, 2017TesfaNews9 Comments

By Eri-Sportive, FOR the fifth year in a row since 2010, our boys have made our nation Eritrea so proud and got it be eyed as the powerhouse of cycling in the continent ever since consistently. The young Merhawi Kudus, the prolific Daniel Teklehaimanot, the explosive Natnael Berhane and the new African cycling king, Mekseb Debesay have […]

Five Years in Row Eritrea Wins African Continental Championships 2015 - TTT

Team Eritrea Wins the 2015 African Continental Cycling Championships TTT

February 9, 2015February 14, 2017TesfaNews11 Comments

By TesfaNews, THE Eritrean national cycling team that are participating at the 2015 African Continental Cycling Championship in South Africa have won their first Gold medal after coming on top in the 48km Team Time Trial (TTT) for 5th year in a row. The Eritrean Elite Men’s team that consists of Daniel Teklehaimanot, Merhawi Kudus, […]