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Eritrean
Sports happenings summer 2008
Lots and lots of sports
happenings from all corners of the world. Eri-international sports is
committed to informing and educating readers about Eritrean Athletes and
teams as well as other issues dealing with international and any other sports
related stories. First and foremost Eri-International sports would like to
wish the entire participants of Beijing 2008 in China as well as hosts of the
Beijing Olympics good luck. The Chinese people have been nothing short of
splendid and so far seem to be doing an outstanding job of hosting the event.
Eritrea's participation at a high level is something that should be commended
and I truly believe in my heart that Eritrea will win more than one medal
this year.
Gold would be an amazing gift for the hard work and dedication and discipline
the Eritrean athletes have shown in the past.
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Now in the latest soccer news from Europe.
Henok Goitom will be playing top notch soccer in Spanish first division. Yes!
Henok has become Real Valladolid's fourth summer addition after his last team
Real Murcia was relegated to second division. Henok will remain in the first
division (La Liga) one of the best leagues of the world in soccer. The
Eritrean-Swedish striker did not get many chances to prove his skills at Real
Murcia last year as he did at Ciudad Murcia during his two seasons on loan
with the second division side before he went on to join the priemier league
in the same Spanish city of Murcia.Real Murcia were on the lookout for a club
they could loan Goitom out to and after a long battle they were able to work
out a deal even though they got relagated to the second division of Spain
soccer. With Real Valladolid the 24-year-old will get more games under his
belt before returning to Nueva Condomina.Valladolid have also secured a
buying clause for the player, with the club's Sporting Director, Roberto
Olabe, claiming that it will be positive for the player to enjoy another year
of football in Spain's first division. We may see Henok in the British Premier
league or playing for a top notch club soon. Eri-International sports will
keep you updated. Meanwhile, Congratulations to Henok and his family as we
look forward to watching him play in La Liga this year again.
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MORE SOCCER FROM ERITREA
The Newest Eritrean National under 17 team looking good.The young Red Sea
boys who made history by going to TOGO last year will be at it again. As they
prepare for Congo Republic in the first round of the under 17 African Nations
Cup. The youngsters who had made Eritrea proud have even improved a lot this
time around as they kept some players from the past and have added new ones.
New Egyptian coach ASAID AYMAN along with former national team Eritrean
player and current coach Negash Teklit have arranged several exhibition games
before the start of the CAF Under 17 which will begin at the end of August
2008. Meanwhile in a recent exhibition game the Eritrean youth team whooped
up on the Sudanese under 17 team in Asmara last week by the score of 4-0.
Idris Ismael had a hat trick and has been the leading scorer while the many
other youth have once again proven that Eritrea can and will be an African
power house. In the second game Eritrea showed that it is capable of scoring
as they defeated the Sudanese side by the score of 5-0.
The Redsea boys youth squad scored 9 goals alone against one team while the
team played more games against Eritrean premier teams and scored 14 goals all
in all. The games were against top teams including Midlawi Migbi (6-2)
Adulis,(0-0) Al-Tahrir (defending Eritrean premier league Champions) where
they played two games losing one (1-0) and tieing a second (2-2) and in their
most exciting game they defeated Mai-Temenai (6-0). Sudan will face Rwanda in
the under 17 African nations cup to be played at the end of August as well.
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Beijing Olympics and Eritrea
This year Eritrea will be sending a number of athletes to the Beijing
Olympics. The athletes slated to participate in the 29th Olympiad are 2004
Athens Olympic bronze medalist Zersenay Tadese, another former Olympian Yonas
Kifle, Yared Asmerom, Tesfahannes Mesfin, Ali Abdela Afringi, Haile Wolday,
former Olympian Nebyat Habtemariam, Simret Sultan, Teklemariam Medhin and
Kidane Tadese. Cyclist Daniel Teklehaimanot, will also be representing
Eritrea in the Beijing Olympics. Most of the Eritrea's events in the Olympics
will be happening towards the end of the event as Yared Asmerom will be
competing in the Marathon where he has ran a time of 2:17:41 in Japan in the
past. Yonas Kifle who was rumored to have left the Eritrean team will
participate in the Marathon as well.Zerisenay, Teklemariam, Kidane and Nebyat
got to Beijing last Tuesday and were made to fly to a high altitude training
area the next day. Reporting from the training area Dr. Tesfaslassie Eyob
said that they are all in good condition.
EAAA and Yohannes Debesai have confirmed that they spoke with all the runners
and coaches. Their spirit is high and are making the highest preparation. In
a report released by EAAA, here is what they had to say,The Eritrean runners
are humble, a little bit shy and did not say much. Their message was "
Ab Awet Yerakibena !". Coach Levingston and coach Abebe Zerihun are with
the team that is about three hours flight away from Beijing and have
confidence in the runners and the tactic they are going to use.Hais Wolday,
who is going to take part in the 1500m race, has left the high altitude
training for Beijing. Coach Levingston has accompanied Hais for the three
hour flight to Beijing while coach Abebe stayed behaind with the rest of the
team.Hais is running the 1500m second heat at 19:19 Beijing time On Friday
the 15th of August( 07:19am Washington, DC time).Zerisenay, Teklemariam,
Kidane and Nebyat are going to leave the training area and fly to Beijing
after two days.Nebyat is running the marathon at 07:30 am on Sunday Beijing
time ( Saturday 7:30pm DC time.) Zerisenay, Teklemariam and Kidane are
running the 10000m on Sunday at 22:45 Beijing time ( 10:30am Washington, DC
time) Rustom Fessehatsion, Journalist for the Olympic team, has said : "
The runners are in a good mood. The Eritrean embassy in China and the Olympic
team have coordinated the plans very well and things seem to be going well
and at the moment we are just waiting for the events to take place."
The Eritrean team seem to be well prepared and can outdo some of the the top
countries in running when it comes to tactics.Please visit www.eaaarunners.org for information
about the Olympic team performances.EAAA also invites all Eritreans in the DC
metro are to come watch the big race of Zerisenay, Teklemariam and Kidane on
Sunday at 10:30am in ECCC- AT 6th and L -Washington- DC. Please join us on
Saturday at 7:30pm in cheering Nebyat in the women's marathon.EAAA believe
that Eritrea will have good shot at the medal in the 10,000m by Zerisenay and
in the marathon by Yonas Kifle or Yared Asmerom.The future great runners
namely Teklemariam and Kidane are expected to perform well in the 10000
meters and dance with Zerisenay in the Beijing stadium. Zeresnay's support
from the two runners should make a big difference in his performance. Good
luck to Eritrea.
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Thomas Kelati Update.
Thomas Kelati is currently playing in the summer league of the NBA where he
can get a chance to prove himself after a couple of years in Europe. It is a
very tough challenge but Thomas has a great ability to overcome. He is
playing for the Los Angeles Lakers summer league team a slight change from
his former team the Los Angeles Clippers. We will have an update on how he
fared once we compile more information on Thomas. Meanwhile here is a nice
You tube clip from his European team in Poland where he makes a foul shot and
ends up winning the game on a BUZZER Beater. This video is definitley a must
see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEV54iS38nM
Washington D.C Festival 2008 Basketball tournament was awesome.
Year after year since the late nineties in Washington D.C during the annual
festival a basketball tournament has been taking place and folks it is
something to be proud of. Eritrean Basketball teams from throughout North
America make their way with their own financial support as they come to
participate in an intense basketball tournament. This year was not any
different and folks I would like to give Kudos to a couple of people who have
worked hard to keep this special event going on each year. With excellent
preparations and also a few volunteers from each team, Tesfu Mezgebe, Diliet
Sium and Fitsum Asefaw have been able to put together a basketball event that
includes female teams, JV and adult male teams. Here below are three video
clips put together by Haile Abraham who has been working on the growth of the
basketball tournament since it's early days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_GIH51Fv7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sso3eEmkppc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWxZ5PLRXM
Teams from as far as Seattle, Toronto, Chicago, and
many other parts of the U.S have come to participate and they should all be
commended. This year while Team Chicago won the JV it was Team Maryland that
played excellent ball to defeat DC in the finals. The two women's teams were
also very competitive and more Eritrean young ladies and women should be
encouraged to participate in all types of sports.For more on results and
pictures just click on
http://www.eritreanevents.org/
click on the basketball link.
We will keep you update with other sports news until then this is
Eri-International sports blog.
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