From: michael seium (michael.seium@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2008 - 02:19:32 EDT
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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