Legendary double for El Guerrouj
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ATHENS -- In a historic 5,000-meter race, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who won gold at 1,500 meters last week, outkicked Ken enisa Bekele of Ethiopia in the final straightaway to record the first such double victory since the great Paavo Nurmi of Finland, El Guerrouj's hero, accomplished the feat 80 years ago at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
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L'altoatesino batte l'argentino Vassallo Arquello in 2 set
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Two days ago, before he would add another chapter to his legendary tale, Hicham El Guerrouj received a message from a friend in France.
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Manchester City completed a first league victory at Old Trafford since 1974 and a season double over Manchester United here on Sunday with a 2-1 victory thanks to goals from strikers Darius Vassell and new-signing Benjani Mwaruwari.
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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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ATHENS Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at the same Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books Saturday.
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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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Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton  Kelly Holmes gave the Athens Games two of its greatest moments  Saturday by surging to victory on the athletics track and claim  historic Olympic doubles.
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SOCCER ace Dennis Lawrence broke a goal-scoring record just hours after dodging Jamaica&#39;s worst-ever hurricane! Despite only arriving back in Wales hours before, the Wrexham defender not only scored the winning
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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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Robin van Persie scores two - including a contender for goal of the season - as Arsenal beat Charlton.
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A thousand games as manager is a remarkable feat of longevity but Sir Alex Ferguson, originally a goalscorer by trade, would be the first to admit the most impressive statistic last night belonged to Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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HE has already caught Denis Law and now Ruud van Nistelrooy is closing in on Raul in the race to become Europe&#39;s greatest goalscorer.
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Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj and Britain&#39;s Kelly Holmes gave the Athens Games two of its greatest moments yesterday by surging to victory on the track to claim historic Olympic doubles.
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Craig Mottram knows what he&#39;s got to do to mix it with the likes of Olympic gold medallists Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.
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Fresh off his 1500 metres triumph, Hicham El Guerrouj lined up alongside fellow Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, winner of the 10,000 metres, in what was expected to be a titanic showdown of speed versus stamina.
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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.