tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:07 +0000http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)Blogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-4258784728919546115Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-12-21T09:02:07.281-08:00 Tour of Eritrea: Shining like Gold with Eritrean Colors.     Overlooking the escarpments and the natural beauty of Eritrea as well as the tough up hill mountains and down hill flat course the tour of Eritrea has proven it is a top notch sporting competition to be reckoned with. In less than 20 years this cycling event has turned into an internationally recognized event by the http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/tour-of-eritrea-shining-like-gold-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-7055464119799297059Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-12-17T04:20:34.366-08:00<!--StartFragment-->      Immediately following the news of the 12 soccer players that decided to stay in Kenya, my e-mails were flooded with questions as to what happened and my answer is “I don’t know” because I am not in Kenya. What I know however is that those genuine Eritreans who asked the question out of concern for their safety and the well-being of Eritreans did so because it is http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/eritrean-national-team-still-intact.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-4623205247426977314Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:00 +00002009-12-08T10:42:22.251-08:00     The Red Sea boys lose a very disappointing 4-0 loss to a strong and ready Tanzania team coached by Brazilian Marcio Maximo after holding the Kilimanjaro boys as they are known to a 0-0 tie at half time. Once again the adult national team comes close to a great showing and they are held back by a terrible score. Watching the highlites one would ask the question is this the same Eritrean team http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/eritrea-very-ugly-loss-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-6071501574821139603Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:03:00 +00002009-12-05T13:03:27.335-08:00      In what was a very simple game for the Red Sea boys the Eritrean side defeated the Somali Ocean boys, as they are known by the score of 3-1 in Nairobi today. The Red Sea boys will make the quarterfinals and face Tanzania on Tuesday. Congratulations to Coach Negash Teklit and the entire national team for advancing to the next round. It is to be remembered that the Red Sea youth (under 17) http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/eritrea-in-quarterfinalsworld-cup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-968408679939110870Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:36:00 +00002009-12-03T11:37:04.347-08:00     Eritrea's Red Sea boys took a 2-1 loss to Rwanda in today’s Group B match of the Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup that took place in Nairobi. For some odd reason the Eritrean national team can't find a way to beat Rwanda in soccer. Today's loss marks the 6th time in a row that Eritrea has lost to Rwanda. Even as they were able to contain a very strong Zimbabwe team to a 0-0 draw that they http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/eritrea-cant-seem-to-find-way-to-beat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-3915872388424431539Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:04:00 +00002009-12-01T14:04:09.389-08:00<!--StartFragment-->      The Red Sea Boys not the young under 17 Red Sea boys who just got done playing in the CECAFA Youth Cup championships a couple of months ago, but the big boys the Eritrean National Soccer team is participating in the CECAFA Senior Challenge cup taking place in Kenya. They have shown that they are capable of playing well as indicated in their first game of the event. http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/12/soccer-soccer-more-soccer-eritrean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-7212828145256793335Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +00002009-11-15T07:21:00.688-08:00      An African nation has never won a world cup and with some of the international game's top players today coming from Africa the chances of an African champion is likely to become a reality in South Africa this summer. I hope Africa will come away with the FIFA world cup trophy and show the world that it's time for an African team to shine. South Africa 2010 will mark the best opportunity forhttp://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/11/africas-world-cup-must-bring-african.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-4532866763099544912Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:16:00 +00002009-11-08T19:19:17.647-08:00      Eri-international sports has learned once again that Thomas Kelati will be going back to Spain. The sharp shooting guard/Small forward was signed with the team for the rest of this season, Valencia officially announced Monday. Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and one of the most beautiful cities on the west coast of Spain. Kelati last played for Unicaja, where he averaged 11.8 http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/11/valencia-spain-here-comes-kelati.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-6734721438882672859Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:00 +00002009-11-06T17:38:39.449-08:00  College Athletics in the United States play a big role towards developing great citizens and possibly great athletes. As most of you know you don't have to look any further than most of the great collegiate athletes who have turned out to be professional athletes that have gone on to become the very best in their respective profession whatever it may be. It is with pleasure that I introducehttp://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/11/meet-mulugheta-asihel-up-and-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-2808767149274801132Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +00002009-11-05T09:46:10.631-08:00Eritrean Americans are Americans Too. After Native Americans and the real indigenous people were unfairly shoved aside in the beginning of what we now know as America, it was immigrants that founded the modern day United States of America. The America that prides itself as the most strong and advanced nation on earth. As part of a melting pot from all continents throughout the world, members ofhttp://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/11/eritrean-americans-are-americans-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-5331221078268034605Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:10:00 +00002009-10-22T09:10:51.597-07:00     Eri-International sports has learned that Thomas Kelati has been waived by the Los Angeles Lakers. In 5 pre-season games Kelati averaged 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds. His longest playing time was 8 minutes and he did not play in two games. In his last game against Golden State Warriors Kelati scored 4 points in 6 minutes, indicating clearly that he can play a role on any NBA team if given a http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/10/kelati-may-be-waived-but-eritreans-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-3048836775718872427Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:32:00 +00002009-10-11T09:13:34.258-07:00 Eri-International sports blog has learned that three of the 18 players from the Los Angeles Lakers squad for this year (2009-2010)have been waived making it possible for Thomas Kelati to remain on the Lakers throughout the season. The Los Angeles Lakers have waived Mickeal Gelabale, David Monds and Michael Fey cutting the team roster to 15 players. There is also news now that Jordan Farmer http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/10/kelatis-chances-of-making-lakers-look.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-4387565554871206171Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:25:00 +00002009-10-08T10:40:14.593-07:00 The Los Angeles Lakers the defending world Champions started their 2009-2010 season by defeating the Golden State Warriors 118-101. The game played in Anaheim California was the first ever for Thomas Kelati. The Eritrean American in his 8 minutes of action scored 2 points, grabbed one defensive rebound as he debut in his first NBA game ever. The Lakers will take on the Warriors again athttp://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/10/kelati-sees-some-action-with-lakers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-3086648665877576787Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:13:00 +00002009-09-30T23:23:30.051-07:00Eri-International sports blog has learned that Thomas Kelati has signed a "Make good" contract with the 2009 World Champions the Los Angeles Lakers. The Associated Press and KCBS-TV 2 the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles is reporting that Kelati who has made his way from Greece to the U.S has been added on the squad throughout the pre-season. The Lakers signed Thomas who is a free agent to a http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-step-for-kelati-being-on-2009-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-1399016735328633241Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-09-02T14:19:02.170-07:00 First and foremost, Congratulations to the Champions of the CECAFA under 17 tournament that just concluded in Sudan. Uganda by playing hard defeated a strong Eritrean team that surprised many and in the process got terrible media coverage. It is such a shame to follow some of the media outlets from most of the CECAFA countries and see articles and information that was not accurate. It is http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/cecafa-under-17-tournament-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-1152576051795817111Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-07-13T03:41:20.053-07:00 Each year for the past 24 years the annual Eritrean Sports Festival has played a role in the lives of many young Eritreans. It also teaches participants the principles to win as well as to succeed in making the annual event an inspiration and a memorable one. Sports and culture brings people together based on the fundamental issues of what we are thought as young people so that we can http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/07/24th-annual-eritrean-sports-festival-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-2467970487326723499Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:59:00 +00002009-06-22T04:19:21.931-07:00 One of the major challenges facing the Eritrean Sports federation today is to ensure accountability with its policies, procedures and philosophy. Over the years, I have seen numerous instances where there are rules, standards, expectations and policies that are continuously ignored, sabotaged, and/or broken for any number of reasons by some members of this organization (ERSFNA).While I believe http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixing-lack-of-accountability-taking-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-4850880032533576804Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:47:00 +00002009-07-10T14:02:32.389-07:00Eri-International Sports: Sports, Spain & the Eritrean connection = Success! While Spain as a nation is going through what some observers are calling the "Golden era" in sports, Athletes of Eritrean Heritage are going through some individual success in the nation of Spain either by representing Spanish professional teams or training in Spain. If you are a sports follower it is easy to figure http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2009/01/eri-international-sports-sports-spain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-2369577800206486023Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:03:00 +00002008-12-07T15:42:57.588-08:00Important GOAL! Henok helps Valladolid come from behind. For the second week in a row Henok Goitom scores in the Spanish La Liga. This time around his team 8th place Real Valladolid was taking Osasuna in 20th and last place in the very tough Spanish premier league. Valladolid was playing away where they lost almost 80% of their games at an opponents home field. At stake was a loss to the worst http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/important-goal-henok-helps-valladolid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-2247142193527763334Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:30:00 +00002008-12-01T00:46:18.330-08:00GOAAAAALLLLLL! Henok Goitom (First of the season) It is about time and a deserving Goal! for the 24 year old Swede-Eritrean as he has been slightly injured recently as well as getting used to his new team but folks it finally came as Henok scored his first goal of the season when his team who have won three in a row got a big win. Valladolid beat Real Madrid and Villarreal before their http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/12/goaaaaallllll-henok-goitom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-1949098808404979332Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:47:00 +00002008-12-01T00:29:50.213-08:00Eritrea's national soccer teams and their challenges. I have been one of the strongest advocates of the Eritrean national soccer teams at all levels and I sometimes tend to be a little bit ahead of myself with expectations that our soccer teams will advance and make it to an African or International tournament event. It is with this in mind that I write this blog to get moral support and http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/eritreas-national-soccer-teams-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-5959137878541405434Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +00002008-11-07T17:03:40.428-08:00Eritrean under 17 soccer team vs Cameroon's Lions Asmara -- In the race to qualify for the final eight in Algeria 2009, the REDSEA boys of Eritrea will face the young Lions of Cameroon in the first of two games this Sunday at Asmara's Chichero stadium. The Eriirean Youngsters have shown some flashes of brilliance according to their coaches Asaid Ayman from Egypt along with former Eritrean http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/big-game-for-eritrean-under-17-soccer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-3516254921461887511Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:16:00 +00002008-11-07T11:19:40.212-08:00Eritrea hosts its first ever Level 1 Coaches Course “Eritrea Tennis Federation will revive tennis in the country and will run it professionally. Eritrea should not play catch up but it should be at a par with the rest of the region.” These were the words from the newly elected President of the Federation, Daniel Yohannes during the closing ceremony of the first ever Level 1 Coaches Course to be http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/11/eritrea-hosts-its-first-ever-level-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-988519367395260286Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:32:00 +00002008-09-01T10:39:41.971-07:00 Eritrea National under 17 team in Zambia 2007 Eritrea under 17 national team win by forfeit. The Eritrean national Under 17 soccer team's path to the 2009 African nations Cup was set to begin with a match-up against the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) this past weekend at Asmara's Cicero stadium. However, the DRC team was a no show and based http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/09/eritrea-under-17-national-team-win-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082872268308884792.post-587360730430822640Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:27:00 +00002008-08-14T22:44:26.523-07:00 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 http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/08/eritrean-sports-happenings-summer-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eri-International Sports Comments)0