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Liverpool win Premier League
Addis Ababa, June 26, 2020 (FBC) -Liverpool's 30-year wait for a top-flight title med advice is over after Manchester City lost 2-1 at Chelsea to confirm the Reds as Premier League champions.
Jurgen Klopp's side needed one victory to seal the league but City's failure to win means they cannot be caught.
It is Liverpool's 19th top-flight…
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Ethiopian athletes donate blood en masse
Addis Ababa, June 24, 2020 (FBC) -Over 60 former and current Ethiopian athletes, coaches, managers and administrators have donated blood en masse to the national blood bank as part of a campaign organized by the Ethiopian Athletics…
‘Sorry’ Djokovic also tests positive
Addis Ababa, June 24, 2020 (FBC) -The world's number one tennis player Novak Djokovic has said he is "so sorry" after he, and a number of other players, tested positive for Covid-19 after playing at his Adria Tour competition.
Djokovic…
Dimitrov gets coronavirus after ‘reckless’ tennis charity event
Addis Ababa, June 22, 2020 (FBC) -Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has tested positive for the coronavirus after taking part in a charity event organised by men's top-ranked player Novak Djokovic.
Dimitrov pulled out of the…
Pandemic set to cost Premier League clubs £1bn in 2019-20
Addis Ababa, June 11, 2020 (FBC) - Premier League clubs face a £1bn ($1.2bn) reduction in their revenues in 2019-20 because of the pandemic, says financial services firm Deloitte.
The 20 English top-flight clubs had a combined revenue of…
Haile joins 3 Ethiopian world champions in finale to virtual 5km
Addis Ababa, June 8, 2020 (FBC) -Ethiopia’s distance running legend Haile Gebreselassie joined two current Ethiopian world champions Muktar Idris and Netsanet Gudeta and former world champion Gete Wami to take part in the final day of a…
Kenenisa and Kipchoge to take part in virtual marathon
Addis Ababa, May 29, 2020 (FBC) - Athletics superstars Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge, Joshua Cheptegei and Geoffrey Kamworor are to take part in a worldwide virtual team relay marathon next month.
The marathon, which will take place…