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Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia wins New York City Marathon Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu wins the ING New York City marathon today becoming the first Ethiopian woman ever to win at New York City marathon. Derartu Tulu was more than halfway to the most unexpected laurel crown of her career, her 37-year-old legs churning over the Queensboro Bridge, when she turned to the struggling runner next to her ... Full story

Winner, Ethiopia's Deriba Merga, left, and third place winner, Kenya's Wilson Kipsang, center, pose on winners' podium with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, right after the New Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Deriba Merga of Ethiopia retained the men's title of the New Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi Deriba Merga of Ethiopia wins ... Full story

Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but missed out on breaking his own world record. His time was two hours, six minutes and eight seconds, but warm conditions ended any hopes of him breaking the record he set in last year's race. "I expected more from my opponents, but I made sure I ran my best," said the ... Full story

Don't you just hate when a halfway-discussable subject is introduced by someone who just doesn't get it? I'm talking about Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr., who lobbed a racially charged grenade earlier this week when he told reporters covering his 144-pound bout with Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on Saturday night that if he were white, he'd be "the biggest athlete in America." "If you're rich, you're ... Full story

Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson – step aside… Why on earth would Kenenisa Bekele and Usain Bolt race each other at 600 meters is beyond me.  If anything, it would help promote Bekele as he is not a household name as compared to Bolt, despite his amazing accomplishments.  If you don’t believe me, just go to your office and ask around if they know who “Usain ... Full story

It is now emerging that the domination of cross country running by Kenya and Ethiopia is ultimately killing the sport. At their council meeting held on the fringes of the World Championships in Athletics here, the International Association of Athletics Federations ruled that the World Cross Country Championships will now be held once every two years rather than annually. The IAAF council members argued that this would ... Full story

BERLIN — Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia continued his dominance in the men's 10,000, winning his fourth consecutive title at the world championships Monday. Bekele, who is a two-time Olympic champion in the event, sped away from Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea as the bell rang marking the last lap, opening a 20-meter gap on his main ... Full story

While the sold out Mestsky stadium crowd packed every nook and cranny of the facility to catch a fleeting glimpse of the world’s fastest man, the 20,000-plus were treated by several solid performances and entertaining head-to-head battles. And all things considered, it was Meselech Melkamu who arguably produced the strongest performance of the Wednesday ... Full story

BOULDER — They couldn't keep up with him. No one else in the Bolder Boulder field could. What chance did two fans have of running alongside 19-year-old Ethiopian sensation Tilahun Regassa? Still, the green, yellow and red Ethiopian flags they carried in his wake represented more than Regassa's country. It symbolized Ethiopia's flag flying atop the international ... Full story

NEW YORK // The Ethiopian athlete, Tadese Tola, won a UAE-sponsored 10km race through Central Park yesterday in an annual event that raises awareness about kidney disease and pays tribute to one of the condition’s most famous sufferers – the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan. In heavy rain, Tola duelled with the defending champion, Kenya’s Patrick Makau, ... Full story