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This story is from June 1, 2023

FAKE ALERT: Image of huge crowd from Ethiopia viral as CSK fans celebrating in Ahmedabad

Bird eye view of a large number of people wearing yellow-coloured clothes and marching on a street is being circulated with the claim that a large number of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans gathered in Ahmedabad to celebrate victory of their team in IPL 2023 final. “Chennai Super Kings fans are crazy on a whole new level at Ahmedabad,” reads the text accompanying the photo.
FAKE ALERT: Image of huge crowd from Ethiopia viral as CSK fans celebrating in Ahmedabad
CLAIM
Bird eye view of a large number of people wearing yellow-coloured clothes and marching on a street is being circulated with the claim that a large number of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans gathered in Ahmedabad to celebrate victory of their team in IPL 2023 final.

“Chennai Super Kings fans are crazy on a whole new level at Ahmedabad,” reads the text accompanying the photo.



Few others are using the image to claim that the location of the photograph is outside Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.

“Believe me This isn't chepauk,This is out Narendra Modi. We are massive (sic),” reads the text accompanying this claim.
TRUTH
The image is from Ethiopia and dates several years back. It has got nothing to do with CSK fans or India.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using reverse-image search, we traced the image to a post
published on news website CNN.
Titled ‘14 reasons why Ethiopia could be the next big thing in Africa travel’, the report carried the same image on July 25, 2016. The photo is credited to the Ethiopia Tourism Organization.
The caption given to the image reads, “Running — Haile Gebrselassie and Tirunesh Dibaba are just two of the many world record-holding athletes and Olympic gold medalists that have come out of Ethiopia. And unsurprisingly, participating in events like the annual Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa and EthioTrail Run in Abijatta-Shala National Park has become popular with tourists.”
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A better version of the same image was also found on the UN’s MDG Achievement Fund website, which stated the location of the photo to be Ethiopia.
The description given to the image reads, “Haile Gebreselassie kicks off the Great Ethiopian Run under the slogan “We Can End Poverty by 2015””.
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We also found several tweets from the year 2017 carrying this image.

“The Great Ethiopian Run - 2017 - Addis Ababa, #Ethiopia! Beautiful Scenes!” reads the text accompanying the image.

We can conclude several websites, including credible news portals, have stated the location of the image to be Ethiopia.
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that an old image from Ethiopia is being shared with false claims that it shows massive CSK fans in Ahmedabad.
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