El Guerrouj: destiny fulfilled
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The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.
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THE guy exudes an aura of sure-fire confidence - the confidence that is based on his burning desire to excel. Shaikh Ahmed Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum expects to be successful - and he invariably is.
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ATHENS : Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco became the first male athlete since Paavo Nurmi in 1924 to pull off the Olympic Games 1500-5000 metres double here.
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Life & style: Does the Middle East present the next frontier for the record-breaking Giorgio Armani?
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Ayaan Hirsi Aliâs brave and inspiring memoir traces her journey from Mogadishu, Somalia, to the Dutch Parliament and beyond and âfrom the world of faith to the world of reason.â
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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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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Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at one Olympics, holding up two fingers in triumph Saturday after outsprinting the world record holder down the final straightaway of the 5,000.
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Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj won in Athens Tuesday an Olympic title in the 1500m race after two failed attempts in Sydney and Atlanta.
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PARIS : Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is still alive but &quot;in the hands of God,&quot; the Palestinian representative in France Leila Shahid said Wednesday.
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Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton  Kelly Holmes completed historic doubles on the Olympic  athletics track on Saturday as the penultimate day of the  Athens Games brought two of its greatest moments.
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In a historic 5,000-meter race, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who won gold at 1,500 meters last week, outkicked Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in
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Throughout the chilly Moroccan winter, one dream burned bright for Hicham El Guerrouj as he trained in the thin air of the Atlas mountains.
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For virtually his entire adult life, Yasser Arafat had one dream, and he pursued it with such energy and zeal -- some would say fanaticism -- that he came to personify the dream itself.
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Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton Kelly Holmes completed historic doubles on the Olympic athletics track on Saturday as the penultimate day of the Athens Games brought two of its greatest moments.
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An Olympic scholarship program helped Abdou Alassane Dji Bo chase his dreams
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Lyon coach Paul le Guen has admitted his side would be happy with a draw at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. The three-times French champions have assured themselves of qualification for the Champions League