That&#39;s one big fat Greek goodbye
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ATHENSâGreece said goodbye to the XXVIII Olympiad last night, staging an uproarious farewell pageant under the glow of a full moon, replete with security blimps and a swarm of police helicopters swirling overhead.
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Greece found a new athletics god to replace the disgraced Kostas Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou in their hearts when Fani Halkia won gold in the 400 metres hurdles in the Olympic Stadium last night.
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Konstandinos Kederis relinquished his Olympic 200m title in absentia here yesterday - but it was almost as if the stadium was filled with his angry spirit as the 70,000 crowd jeered
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ATHENS, Greece -- It was just after 8 am Wednesday, and across the street from the downtown Hilton, hundreds of media waited for the ultimate Greek tragedy to reach its sad conclusion.
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In the international party atmosphere of the Olympic Games, the Greek gay scene is finally coming out of the closet. After decades in the shadows of a macho society, the
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They came by the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, to say goodbye to Reggie White, the former N.F.L. great who died unexpectedly on Sunday.
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The curtain finally fell on Greece&#39;s two-month sporting spectacle, with a low-key but emotional closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Eleni Ioannou of Greece, orginally selected to compete judo competition in the Athens Games, passed away early Tuesday morning.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The 2004 Summer Games ended with a vibrant two-hour extravaganza at Athens&#39; Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Greece bid farewell to guests from 201 countries in a ceremony that started with fireworks and a dazzling light show.
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The final curtain yesterday came down on the Greek tragedy which has overshadowed the first week of the Athens Olympics when the sprinters Kostas Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the games.
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The term &quot;Greek tragedy&quot; is becoming synonymous with the Athens Olympics, as journalists milk the cliche for all it&#39;s worth to spice up stories on the Games.
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For a man who has given so much to athletics on and off the track, Frank Fredericks deserved a more fitting farewell. The booing and chanting that delayed the start of the Olympic 200m final
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-- The United States men&#39;s basketball team capped off a big day for the USA by fighting off Greece for a vital win, 77-71. &quot;They played with heart,&quot; said Coach Larry Brown. &quot;That&#39;s all you can ask.&quot; ...
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The 28th Olympic Games came to an end in Athens, Greece with an exuberant closing ceremony. There was drama up to the last gold medal with a spectator running onto the course of men&#39;s marathon with about 15 minutes to go.
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And so it has come to this for the United States&#39; men&#39;s basketball team: It is happy with a grind-it-out victory over Greece, a nation that certainly knows pita but not pick and rolls. What did we learn from Tuesday night&#39;s 77-71 victory over our hosts ...
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Marcelo Bielsa quit as coach of Argentina&#39;s soccer team less then three weeks after guiding it to the nation&#39;s first Olympic title in 52 years at the Athens Games.
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If the welcome home party was grand, the send-off was equally spectacular as Athens bid a fabulous farewell to the world&#39;s 10,500-odd sportspersons from a record 202 countries that assembled in Athens for the Olympic Games which concluded on Sunday night.