El Guerrouj&#39;s double ensures legend status
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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A late goal has secured a 2-1 win for Barcelona against visiting Levante on Tuesday night in its final game of this year. Cameroon international striker Samuel Eto&#39;o grabbed the winning goal in the 86th minute
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By SAM POWELL World Sports Columnist  It's an often overused cliche to call anyone a legend, but if that term ever truly suited an individual, it fits Dave Whitlock.
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Moroccan duo Hicham El Guerrouj and Adil  Kaouch led the way into the Olympic men's 1,500 meters final  when they each won one of Saturday's semi-finals.
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Britain&#39;s Kelly Holmes and Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj earned their places among Olympic athletic legends here on Saturday as they won their second golds of the Games.
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Wayne Rooney got his Manchester United career off to a dream start with a brilliant hat-trick against Fenerbahce. Ryan Giggs headed the hosts ahead before Rooney grabbed centre stage, firing in his first goal from Ruud van Nistelrooy&#39;s precision pass.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning double is the highlight as Manchester United return to the top of the Premier League table.
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Tal Ben-Haim&#39;s first appearance at Manchester United&#39;s Old Trafford ground was a game he will never forget. Not only was the 22-year-old Israeli international named man-of-the-match despite the fact Bolton
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Ghana had one man sent-off but still moved a step closer to a record-equalling fifth African Nations Cup title with a thrilling 2-1 quarter-final success over Nigeria here on Sunday.
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A friend of Hicham El Guerrouj rang the great one a few days ago from Toulouse and made a prescient comment to him. &quot;In 1997 Athens discovered the prince, in 2004 Athens greeted the King,&quot; he said.
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A classy free kick from Real Madrid&#39;s David Beckham and smart goals from Barcelona new boys Ludovic Giuly and Henrik Larsson allowed both teams to maintain their
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During a nap, hours before his 5,000-meter final, Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj had a grand dream. He wanted to make history and be like legendary countryman and distance runner Said Aouita.
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Hicham El Guerrouj, hailed by his peers  as the greatest 1,500 meter runner of all time, seeks to seal  his place in sporting history on Tuesday by winning the Olympic  gold that has always eluded him.
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Hicham El Guerrouj finally won an Olympic gold on Tuesday to underline his status as the greatest 1,500 meters runner in history, but the Iraqi soccer team&#39;s fairytale run was halted one match from a strike at gold.
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ATHENS - Hicham El Guerrouj was about to run into disappointment yet again at the Olympics. Kenyan Bernard Lagat of Tucson caught the world record-holding Moroccan miler coming down the stretch of the 1,500-meter Tuesday.
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DENIS Law has hailed Ruud van Nistelrooy after the Dutch striker broke his United European goalscoring record last night. Ruud grabbed a second-half double in Lyon to salvage his team a 2-2 Champions League
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MOROCCO&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj completes an historic 1500-5000m double, emulating the achievement of Paavo Nurmi in 1924. BRITAIN&#39;s Kelly Holmes becomes only the third woman in Olympic history to complete the 800m-1500m double.