3rd time proves golden charm for El Guerrouj
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Hicham El Guerrouj was likening the meaning of his daughter&#39;s name to the precious gold he had earned, but the Moroccan might as well have been describing the last half of the men&#39;s 1,500 meters at Olympic Stadium last night.
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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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The 24-year-old edged out Arsenal&#39;s Thierry Henry and AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko to the prize. &quot;Just to be here brings me great joy.
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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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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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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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Spain&#39;s Roberto Heras of the Liberty Seguros team won the Tour of Spain for a record-equaling third time when he held off second-placed Santiago Perez in the final stage.
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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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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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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Real Madrid striker Michael Owen scored his third goal in three games when he helped his side to a 2-1 win over third division neighbours Leganes in the first round of the King&#39;s Cup on Tuesday.
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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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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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Spanish rider Roberto Heras of the Liberty team won the Tour of Spain for the third time in his career and obliterated memories of his final day loss in the race last year.
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ATHENS, Greece - Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at one Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books on Saturday.
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PARIS, Nov. 4. - Both Lyon and Manchester Unitedâs Ruud van Nistelrooy struck four times in group D of the Champions League as the French champions downed Fenerbahce 4-2 while the Dutch starâs goals
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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.