Koorzhanenko kicked out of Olympics
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Disgraced Olympic shot put championIrina Korzhanenko from Russia has been expelled from the Athens Games after failing a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pulled out of the Athens Games on Wednesday, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.   "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission...
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Reigning women's Australian Open  champion Justine Henin-Hardenne withdrew from this year's grand  slam tournament on Saturday because of a knee injury.
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Greece's top two sprinters pulled out of  the Olympics Wednesday after inflicting six days of  embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest  with anti-doping enforcers.
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Scandal-ridden Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou has revealed that she has withdrawn from the Games. Team-mate and training partner Kostas Kenteris, who also missed a drugs test on the eve of the Games, withdrew this morning.
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San Jose Sharks goaltender Evgeni  Nabokov has withdrawn from Russia's World Cup of Hockey team  after knee surgery in July.
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The IOC wants suspended Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to be thrown out of the organisation.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Greece&#39;s top two sprinters pulled out of the Olympics today after inflicting six days of embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest with anti-doping enforcers.
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In another embarrassing incident for the Olympic host nation, a Greek weightlifter has been stripped of his bronze medal for a doping offence.
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Greek national sporting hero Kostas Kenteris and training partner Ekaterini Thanou have withdrawn from the Olympic Games.
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A Greek weightlifter loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian shot putter also fails a test.
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ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.   "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission...
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The IOC recommended Friday that Bulgaria's top Olympic official be expelled from the organization for unethical conduct.
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The Greeks were shamed again at their  own Olympics on Sunday when bronze medal weightlifter Leonidas  Sampanis was kicked out after failing a dope test.
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Greek Olympic 200 metres champion Costas Kenteris and his fellow Greek Olympic silver medallist Katerina Thanou say they are withdrawing from the Athens Games.
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Russia's Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her shot put gold medal Monday, the first athlete of the Athens Games to lose an Olympic title because of doping.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after testing positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.