Sidama Bunna’s dismal season continues with a resounding four-nil defeat against league leaders Fasil Ketema followed by unconvincing goalless draw with Mekelakeya on Wednesday. Fans are exerting pressure against club officials calling for the sacking of Coach Gebremedin Haile.
“I am not worried about losing my job. But it is almost impossible to work under such circumstances,” Gebremedin remarked to reporters in sheer frustration.
A single win, five draws and two defeats in the past six consecutive matches Sidama Bunna is just two points behind relegation zone with eight points from eight matches.
A season opening goalless draw with Ethiopia Bunna followed by a 3-0 victory over Diredawa, many considered the Coach who helped the side survive at the top tier last season was sure to lead the way into glory. But since then things turned into a downward slide with four draw and two defeats. Sidama is 13th in the table with eight points thus fans stood against their former hero calling for his resignation.
Despite the pressure from fans, the club leaders took the wiser decision of sticking to Gebremedin in fear of breaching his two years expensive contract. Rather they gave their full backing to the coach and promised to further strengthen the team in the coming transfer window.
Sidama fans are calling for Gebremedin’s head
Ethiopian Gotytom wins Bahrain Half-marathon
Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase and Kenya’s Philemon Kiplimo claimed victory at the Bahrain Royal International Night Half Marathon – a World Athletics Label road race – when the event returned for its second edition.
After running 2:20:09 to triumph when making her marathon debut in Berlin in September, Gotytom achieved another impressive result as she improved her half marathon PB to 1:05:36 in Manama to win by 11 seconds ahead of home favorite Kalkidan Gezahegne – the Olympic 10,000m silver medalist who was making her half marathon debut after breaking the world 10km record with 29:38 in Geneva in October.
The women’s race had got off to a blistering start, with Gotytom and Kalkidan both part of a group which passed the 5km mark in 14:53, well inside world record pace. The race also featured Kenya’s former world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich, who had run 1:04:02 in Istanbul in April and won October’s Chicago Marathon in 2:22:31, but she ran to around 17km in Manama and did not finish.
Gotytom had increased her lead to 11 seconds by the finish, with the top two clear ahead of the rest of the field. Sheila Kiprotich secured third place in 1:07:01 and was followed by her Kenyan compatriots Irene Cheptai, who was four seconds back.
2022 Africa Cup of Nations will hold as scheduled – CAF
The Confederation of African (CAF) has denied reports that the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations will be canceled, describing the news coming from Europe as “lies and fake news.”
There were reports on Wednesday morning that the European Clubs Association’s (ECA) have decided not to release African players for the AFCON.
Head of Media Relations and Operations, Lux September, hours after the news from the ECA and news of cancelation of the tournament from Europe, took to his social media to speak on the matter.
The AFCON 2022 Tournament was postponed from 2021 because of the Pandemic.
24 Countries including back to the exclusive party after eight years absence Ethiopia will participate in the tournament which will hold from the 9th of January to the 6th of February 2022.
The only time when a goalkeeper was sent off in an UEFA Champions League final
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How did the match progress
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Everything went on Barcelona’s favor after that
Arsene Wegner didn’t have much choice. He needed to take someone out of the pitch in order to bring Manuel Almunia, the substitute goalkeeper. Wegner decided to take out none other than Robert Pires, who was one of the key attacking players for the team. If Pires would play today, to download app 1xBet to bet on him would certainly be an excellent choice.
Arsenal fought hard with 10 men. They even managed to score the first goal of the match. However, after that, everything went in Barcelona’s favor. Goals from Samuel Eto’o and Belletti were definitely what sealed Arsenal’s fate in that match. Currently, those who want to bet on the UEFA Champions League can always make the app 1xBet download procedure and get tons of wagering options.
