Argentina Wins First Olympic Gold in 52 Years
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home stretch, Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when its soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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Favorites Argentina beat Italy 3-0  Tuesday to claim their place in the final of the Olympic Games  soccer tournament.
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Manu Ginobili's off-balance shot left his hand just a split-second before the final buzzer, dropping through the basket to give Argentina an 83-82 victory over Serbia-Montenegro yesterday on the first day of Olympic men's basketball in Athens.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.
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The US men&#39;s basketball team was beaten by Argentina Friday, denying it an Olympic gold medal for the first time since 1992 when NBA players started competing.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years Monday.
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The gold medal won by Japan&#39;s male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics.
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AMSTERDAM  Cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel won the first gold medal for the Netherlands at the Athens Olympic Games on Wednesday.
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ATHENS - Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey title for the first time in history on Friday, beating defending champions the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Windsufer Gal Fridman won Israel's first-ever Olympic gold medal, sending waves of emotion through his country, joy and pride and great relief.
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Kashmir veteran Rajyavardhan Rathore wins India's first ever individual silver medal at the Olympic Games.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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Argentina capped a golden day in their  history Saturday, beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's  basketball title for the first time.
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ATHENS, Greece - Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball, and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn't beat a better team - Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night...
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Riding gelding Waterford Crystal, Ireland&#39;s Cian O&#39;Connor won his country&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in jumping on Friday night.
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Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego beat  Spain's Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera 21-16, 21-15 on  Wednesday to bag Brazil's first men's Olympic beach volleyball  gold medal.
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Athanasia Tsoumeleka won Greece's first  athletics gold of the Olympic Games Monday with an upset  victory in the women's 20km walk.