Taiwan claims first two taekwondo golds
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The first taekwondo medals of the Athens Games were awarded Thursday night in the men&#39;s and women&#39;s flyweight division, and Taiwan captured both golds.
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Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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TEHRAN (MNA) - Sydney bronze medalist Hadi Saei from Iran won the coveted gold of -68kg taekwondo tournament of 2004 Athens Olympic Games Friday.
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Kate Allen, an Australian-born triathlete who switched citizenship two years ago, won Austria its first gold medal of these Games in spectacular fashion here yesterday.
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Liu Xiang of China won the Olympic men&#39;s 110 meters hurdles gold medal, equaling the world record time of 12.91 seconds and becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title.
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For the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the team standing atop the podium for the gold medal ceremony won&#39;t be wearing red with its white and blue.
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MALACCA'S Alia Anin Azwa Bakri proved that age is but a number when she won the Open and Under-14 gold medals - the first of the 2nd National Women Games - at the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
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Greek teenager Ilias Iliadis swept up  the Olympic host country's second gold medal on Tuesday,  winning the men's judo under 81kg category.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and United  States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the first time  in 28 years Monday.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Tyson Gay nailed the sprint double, Irving Saladino's long jump gave Panama a first world championships gold medal and Jana Rawlinson salvaged Australian pride by winning the 400m hurdles on Thursday.
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Ryu Seung Min of South Korea beats Wang Hao to take gold in the table tennis men's singles.
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Dennis Alas scored the winning goal in the 81st minute as El Salvador rallied for a 2-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday night in the opening round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Ryu Seung-min beat China&#39;s Wang Hao in six games, becoming the first South Korean to win the men&#39;s table tennis gold medal since 1988.
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Two Taiwanese planes left for China as part of the first direct flights between the rivals since they spilt in 1949 after a civil war.
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Catalina Ponor displayed her growing maturity when she majestically outclassed her opponents to win two gold medals in the Athens Olympics Monday.
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan  - One day before Kaohsiung chooses a new mayor, Taiwan's second city hardly seems like ground zero on the politically volatile island.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Nia Abdallah won the first United States medal ever in women&#39;s taekwondo Friday, fighting her way through three rounds before falling in the under-57kg gold medal match and earning a silver.