US honour Athens heroes
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OLYMPIC 100m champion Justin Gatlin and Joanna Hayes, the 100m hurdles gold medallist in Athens, were today named winners of USA Track and Field&#39;s 2004 Jesse Owens Awards.
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US players score a poignant win for coach Mike Candrea, whose wife died just before the Athens Games began. By Ailene Voisin -- Bee Sports Columnist.
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On the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the victims were remembered and honoured in sporting events around the country and the world.
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Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge on Sunday gave top marks to Athens for organising a superb Games. &quot;I am an extremely happy President of the IOC,&quot; he told reporters on the day the Games wrap up.
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What a night for US athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200.
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Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pinsent and Tanni Grey-Thompson are among the athletes honoured today for their medal-winning performances at the Athens Olympics.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Iraq struggles with security concerns just over a month out from elections, three principal players in American policy on Iraq have received their country&#39;s highest civilian honour, the medal of freedom.
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ATHENS, Greece - The place and the opponent don't really matter. This U.S...
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Many of Britain&#39;s Olympic medal winners had already done a lap of honour in Athens, the civic reception and some even appeared on A Question of Sport.
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ATHENS -- A disruptive Greek chorus of whistles, chanting, and catcalls could not derail a crowd-silencing American sweep in the men's 200-meter dash at the Olympic Games last night.
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The Athens Olympics have proved a "great  success" giving Greeks fresh confidence and energy, Athens  mayor Dora Bakoyannis said on Friday.
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The world sighed with relief when Greeks kept their promise to deliver some of the world&#39;s finest sports venues in time for the Athens Olympics.
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Hundreds turned out in Athens Friday to protest US policies in Iraq and US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s pending appearance at the Olympics.
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President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom today to three men who he said had &quot;made our country more secure and advanced the cause of human liberty&quot;: Gen.
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US President George W. Bush hailed the participation of Afghan and Iraqi athletes in the Athens Olympics, saying they were now representing nations free from "tyranny and repression."
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The men and women who will push for the podium at Athens and make the nation proud
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WASHINGTON: George W. Bush yesterday bestowed the highest US civilian honour on three officials who were central to the war in Iraq, sidestepping their ties to controversies over the conflict and its aftermath.