Victory so sweet after Athens collapse
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BRITAIN&#39;S world record holder Paula Radcliffe ran away with the closest women&#39;s winning margin in the history of the New York City marathon yesterday.
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ATHENS - After welcoming the Olympic Games back home for the first time in 108 years, Greece tonight bade them a joyous farewell at a colourful closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium.
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Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic doping scandals, went wild with delight Monday when Athanasia Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the Olympic hosts their first athletics gold medal.
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Newspapers in Greece reflect a mixture of exhilaration that the Athens Olympics proved successful, and relief that they passed off without any major setback.
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Kelly Holmes&#39; lastâminute gamble was rewarded with a glorious gold medal tonight as she stormed to the Olympic 800 metres title in Athens.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an unexpected victory in the women&#39;s 100 meter final at the Athens Olympics Saturday. The high-striding Belarussian clocked 10.
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Berlin was celebrating on Sunday after winning its bid to host the 2009 world athletics championships, a decision that capped a week of triumph for Germany&#39;s capital city.
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To the roar of an adoring home crowd, Fani Halkia completed her unexpected romp through the Olympics on Wednesday with a victory in the women&#39;s 400-meter hurdles.
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride. So donât even think about criticizing the Games, especially if youâre Greek.
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World record holder Paula Radcliffe rebounded from her Athens Olympics traumas on Sunday with a dramatic victory in the closest finish yet to the women&#39;s New York City marathon.
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Athens -- The venues didn&#39;t fall down. The terrorists were kept at bay. The US Olympians waved the flag anyway, and nobody got hurt.
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The first thing to make clear is that Paul Hamm, as he staged an amazing late comeback to win the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics gold medal last Wednesday, did absolutely everything right and nothing wrong.
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Greece staged an exuberant closing  ceremony on Sunday to bring the curtain down on the Athens  Games, which took the Olympics back to their roots and provided  drama right down to the last gold medal.
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KELLY HOLMES&#39; last-minute gamble was rewarded with a glorious gold medal last night as she stormed to the Olympic 800m title in Athens.
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Photos of the best of the action in Athens on day five of the Olympic Games.
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ATHENS  - Experience acquired by Greek police during the summer&#39;s Olympic Games proved critical in the successful outcome of the bus hijack crisis which ended with the hostages being released unharmed and the gunmen arrested.
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The Olympic hosts are winning rave reviews after the first week of the Athens Games, with foreign visitors expressing delight with the friendly, clean and well-organised Greek capital.