The draw of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place in South Africa with Ethiopia joining Zambia, Nigeria and Burkina Faso in Group C.

A new and modern football stadium, with a capacity to hold 25,000 spectators, will be built here in the area known as "Mechare Meda".

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia had a commanding lead in the nomination of the IAAF Women Athlete of the Year poll for the past few weeks. But today, the situation has changed and Miclah Cheywa of Kenya now has a slight edge over her.

Young Ethiopian marathon runners are conquering the world. Getu Feleke is one of them. He is the new record holder of the Marathon of Amsterdam. But he hasn't realised his dream yet: "I want to beat my record in the marathon. I want to run 2.04"

The 2010/11 Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) season will kick off this Sunday with 16 teams taking part.

A Nigerian has been named head coach of the Ethiopian national team. When Iffy Onuora was asked how a Nigerian came to be the coach of Ethiopia, he told SuperSport.com: "I was interviewed for the job of head coach in Nigeria for the Kwara Football Academy (KFA). I did not get that job but a few days later I was also interviewed for the Ethiopian job; fortunately I got through on that and here I am."

Ghana have become only the third African team to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup. After 90 tense minutes, Asamoah Gyan scored the winner just minutes into extra-time after a Donovan penalty canceled out an early KP Boateng strike.

Ethiopian Football Federation president Gebremariam Sahilu has said that the country will take the continent by storm following the lifting of suspension by FIFA last year.

Ethiopians Tadesse Tola and Atsede Baysa won the 34th Paris marathon on Sunday.

ETHIOPIAN league champions Saint George on Friday signed an agreement with a Chinese construction company to build the nation's first purpose-built ground, a club official said.