Editing Haile Selassie (section)

=== Sports ===

{{Further|Sport in Ethiopia}}

During his reign, Selassie expanded international Ethiopian sports, including the [[Ethiopian Football Federation]] and [[Ethiopia men's national basketball team|Ethiopian national basketball team]]. He awarded Ethiopia the [[AFCON]] award when it won its first title.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kushkush|first=Isma'il|date=15 January 2021|title=Afcon 2021: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and the origins of the Nations Cup|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59953105|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=29 December 2023|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229115844/https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/59953105|url-status=live}}</ref> He supported Ethiopia in the 1960 Olympics and gave Olympian [[Abebe Bikila]] with multiple national awards such as the [[Order of the Star of Ethiopia|Star of Ethiopia]] and the [[Order of Menelik II]]. He supported other Ethiopian athletes, such as [[Mamo Wolde]], by writing personal letters to them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abebe Bikila|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abebe-Bikila|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=2 June 2024|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=15 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415123820/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abebe-Bikila|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Theodore|date=4 April 1965|title=Ethiopia Marathon Star Here for Fair|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E1D7153CE733A25756C1A9629C946491D6CF|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 January 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>