The former world and double Olympic 10,000m champion is back in training after surgery on his Achilles tendon injury.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Haile Gebrselassie is struggling with a leg injury and could miss out on his bid to become the first man to win three successive 10,000 metres titles.
At 22, Kenenisa Bekele is a phenomenon, having won the world long and short course cross country titles for the third time this year.
Indian companies feel it will be difficult to take on the competition from Bangladesh, Cambodia and others, with their made-in-India products. Ethiopia offers ready-to-use sheds, income tax breaks, training subsidies, and a tax-free gateway into the US, Europe and China. Moreover, labour is available for $60 per month compared to $130-$150 in India.
Another world distance record fell to an Ethiopian-born athlete when Elvan Abeylegasse shattered the women's world 5,000 metres record.
The 30-year-old Ethiopian reaffirmed his intention to go for a third Olympic 10,000 metres gold in Athens next year.
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The Ethiopian broke the 5,000 metres indoor world record at a Grand Prix meeting held at Birmingham.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a brilliant display of front-running to win the women's 5,000 metres at the world championships on Sunday and deprive compatriot Genzebe Dibaba of an unprecedented double gold.
Mo Farah set the first world record of his glittering distance running career on Saturday when he established a new indoor two-mile mark in Birmingham.
The British runner clocked 30 minutes, 21 seconds to win the World's Best 10,000 road race.
A sweeping reform package that changes how the scandal-hit governing body of world athletics operates was overwhelmingly passed at a special Congress on Saturday.
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Dudu Omagbemi and Konstantinos Katsouranis scored in each half as FC Pune City beat Atletico de Kolkata 3-1 and snapped the league leaders' unbeaten run in the Hero Indian Super League in Kolkata on Friday.
Eliud Kipchoge's story is unusual because when he came into competitive running it was not in the marathon. Fortunately for himself and the rest of us, he then turned to the marathon. Aakar Patel salutes the great runner's incomparable spirit.
The 26-year-old Abshero, a former world junior cross country champion, would be looking to make a big impact on his first trip to India with a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and 23 seconds, the best among those who have entered the race.
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Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) will kick off their Indian Super League campaign against a formidable Chennaiyin FC coached by World Cup champion Marco Materazzi on Saturday.
Ethiopia ended the hopes of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa from making next year's finals in Brazil after a dramatic round of African group stage qualifying matches on Sunday.
The Olympic silver medallist surpassed American Ashton Eaton's 9,045 total at the 2015 world championships in Beijing.
With no Russians, few stars and the sport engulfed in a doping crisis the world indoor athletics championships begin this week with officials holding their breath and eager to put the spotlight back on the track.
IAAF President Sebastian Coe gave a ringing endorsement to the Olympic athletics programme on Saturday, acclaiming a "remarkable week" that showed athletics is "alive and incredibly strong".
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Atletico de Kolkata played out a goalless draw against Chennaiyin FC to maintain their top spot in the Indian Super League, in Kolkata, on Friday.
It is the first time every athlete has been disqualified from a heat at a major championships.
The global head of athletics, Sebastian Coe, has promised to do all he can to clean up the battered reputation of his sport and the organisation that runs it and has already made changes in the way the IAAF operates in Monaco.
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World indoor 1500 metres champion Abeba Aregawi has been suspended from Swedish athletics after she tested positive for a banned substance, the national federation said on Monday.
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