Bekele Succeeds Mentor Gebrselassie
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Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele succeeded his  mentor Haile Gebrselassie as the Olympic 10,000 meters champion  Friday after an astonishing final lap in the longest track  event.
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President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz on Thursday hailed the efforts by incoming President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in revamping his team for approval.
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Bielsa, who has guided his country to the Copa America final and their first Olympic gold medal in the past few months, replaced Daniel Passarella after the 1998 World Cup and remained in charge despite his side&#39;s poor showing in Japan and South Korea in
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AMSTERDAM, Aug 18  - Midfielder Edgar Davids&#39;s leadership qualities and never-say-die attitude have earned him the captaincy of the Netherlands under new coach Marco van Basten.
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Hungaryâs Laszlo Kovacs, Italyâs Franco Frattini and Latviaâs Andris Piebalgs were interviewed on Monday and yesterday. Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso had to change his proposed team after it became
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Noah Ngeny, who upset Hicham El Guerrouj to win the 1,500-meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, retired because of recurring back and pelvis problems from 2001 car accident in Kenya.
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic  - Twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour and 20 kilometers marks at the "Golden Spike" grand prix athletics meeting on Wednesday.
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Haile Gebrselassie, one of the greatest  long distance runners of all time, bids to make Olympic history  on Friday as the athletics program opens in Athens.
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Names Haile Gebrselassie enjoyed an easy victory in the Almeria Half Marathon yesterday in Madrid, a race the Ethiopian star said he would use to see if he's ready for the London Marathon in April. He covered the 13.1 miles in 1 hour 1 minute 46 seconds -- more than a minute faster than runner-up Alex Kirui of Kenya. Gebrselassie ...
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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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Kenenisa Bekele eclipses Haile Gebrselassie's two-mile world record at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham.
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Armando Guebuza, secretary-general of Mozambique&#39;s ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and President Joaquim Chissano&#39;s hand-picked successor, was on Tuesday officially
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Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie stormed to victory in the Fukuoka Marathon after leaving a strong field for dead over the final three kilometers on Sunday.
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Monaco, France (Sports Network) - Auxerre and its potent strike force of Benjani Mwaruwari and Bonaventure Kalou have a difficult challenge Sunday when they travel to Monaco for an important French Ligue 1 match.
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Teemu Selanne is getting closer to completing his comeback from semi-retirement.
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LOME, Togo -- Faure Gnassingbe was formally sworn in as president of Togo yesterday after his father's sudden death, despite strong condemnation from former colonial power France and African leaders who branded the succession unconstitutional.
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Kenenisa Bekele used a breathtaking final 400 meters late Friday to claim the Olympic 10,000-meter throne previously occupied by his Ethiopian countryman, Haile Gebrselassie.