El Guerrouj completes historic double

Hicham El Guerrouj completed a historic Olympic 1,500-5,000 metres double on Saturday after a battle royal with Kenenisa Bekele.The Moroccan emulated the achievement of Finn Paavo Nurmi in 1924 as......

Fredericks, El Guerrouj elected to IOC panel

Veteran Namibian sprinter Frank Fredericks, Czech javelin world record holder and defending Olympic champion Jan Zelezny, Moroccan 1500m OIympic champion and multiple world record holder Hicham El......

El Guerrouj wins Olympic gold

Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco struck Olympic gold at last on Tuesday to confirm his status as the greatest 1,500 metres runner in the history of athletics.The 29-year-old, four-times world champion......

Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under 4 minutes dies at 88

IMAGE: Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to break the four-minute mile when he clocked three minutes 59.4 seconds at a sports ground in Oxford on May 6, 1954. Photograph: Valerio......

Merritt clocks second fastest indoor 400m ever

American LaShawn Merritt became the second fastest indoor 400 metres runner of all time while Kenyan Bernard Lagat ran the third quickest mile in history at the Fayetteville Invitational meeting in......