It was a wild return to the African Cup of Nations for Ethiopia even though it failed to get past the group stage. Two goalkeepers were sent off, the team's federation was fined because of misbehaving ...

Athletics come to mind when people hear the name Ethiopia. But, by some distance (no pun intended), the most popular sport in Ethiopia has always been soccer, with European competitions drawing large ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia included only two foreign-based players in a 25-man squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations as they announced plans on Thursday to go early to the tournament in ...

Ten-man Ethiopia celebrated its return to the African Cup of Nations by holding defending champion Zambia to a 1-1 draw in a Group C opener that featured a missed penalty and vuvuzelas thrown onto the ...

The men's national teams of Ethiopia and Guyana will play in an international friendly match as part of the Ethiopian Football Federation USA Tour on Aug. 2 in Leesburg.

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia and Eritrea will meet in a football friendly next month, another move marking the swift end to their 20-year state of war. Ethiopia’s state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting ...

ADDIS ABABA, June 18 (Reuters) - Ethiopia soccer officials have admitted fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier and are resigned to being stripped of three points, potentially handing ...

Lockport’s Makonnen Stampley was born in the United States but grew up in Ethiopia, where he played a lot of soccer. After Stampley moved back to the U.S. just before his freshman year of high school, ...

Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania have become the latest countries to qualify for January’s Africa Cup of Nations as they secured runners-up berths in their groups on Tuesday. By Mark Gleeson ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Two Somali suicide bombers who had planned to kill soccer fans during Ethiopia's World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria on Sunday blew themselves up accidentally before ...