OTTAWA — Deriba Merga came to Ottawa with the hopes of a $100,000 payday, but he was about 23 seconds too late to claim his cheque. Run Ottawa had offered the largest Canadian purse ever to anyone who ...

BOSTON – Deriba Merga of Ethiopia overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon, and Salina Kosgei of Kenya won the women's race Monday. Merga wilted in the Beijing heat ...

Deriba Merga has always believed in the virtue of being patient. On Sunday, the Ethiopian runner showed why as he walked home with his second consecutive Airtel Delhi Half Marathon men's title on ...

When Deriba Merga won the Boston Marathon last year, you wouldn’t have called him a surprise winner, as he had set a course record at the Houston Marathon three months earlier and had sub-hour half ...

New Delhi: Olympian Deriba Merga of Ethiopia survived stiff competition to defend the men's title, while reigning world champion Mary Keitany of Kenya created a new race record to win in the women's ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Another former Boston Marathon champion will be back for the 117th running of the famous race in April. 2009 winner Deriba Merga of Ethiopia is joining this year's field, John Hancock ...

Editor's note: Our reporter on this story is fluent in Amharic, which is Deriba Merga's native language. All of the quotes in the following story are based on her listening to Merga speak Amharic, not ...

BOSTON — Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon today, and Kenya’s Salina Kosgei won the closest women’s race in the 113-year history of the ...

Olympian Deriba Merga of Ethiopia defended the men's title, while Kenyan Mary Keitany won in the women's category of Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. Wendimu (1.00.02) finished second, followed by ...