It&#39;s a big injustice, protests Greek sprinter
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The Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris left hospital yesterday protesting his innocence ahead of today&#39;s International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing that looks certain to land him with a ban.
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Greece&#39;s top two athletes, facing a state prosecutor&#39;s investigation over failed drug tests and a motorbike crash, left the hospital on Tuesday declaring they were innocent and should be allowed to compete in the ...
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Greece was rocked by the threat of being stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team manager offered to quit on Friday, as doping overshadowed Michael Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal winner.
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The last event on the final day of Olympic competition ended in more embarrassment for the Greek organisers yesterday when the leader of the men&#39;s marathon was bundled off the course by a protester.
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Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have arrived at an Athens hotel for an International Olympic Committee (IOC) hearing into their missed doped tests, a saga that has shamed and angered the Olympic host ...
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ATHENS - Host nation Greece, already embarrassed by two sprinters who dropped out of the Games after missing a drug test, received another black eye when bronze-winning weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis tested positive for excessive ...
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Disgraced sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, already facing charges of faking a traffic accident to dodge a drug test on the eve of the Athens Olympics, were yesterday charged by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF
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Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou face misdemeanor charges for allegedly skipping drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, faking a motorcycle accident to cover up their absences and lying to investigators, the public
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The gruelling trudge from Marathon to Athens killed a man, or so the legend goes. Yesterday, it trampled the spirit of women who dared to attempt it in the heat of Athens.
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Thursday night&#39;s 200 metres final started with a disgraceful display by some of the Greek fans in the stadium in response to the absence of their local favourite and defending champion, Kostas Kenteris.
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Greek police hurled tear gas on Friday  to disperse demonstrators marching on the U.S. embassy in  Athens to protest against a visit by Secretary of State Colin  Powell to the Olympics this weekend.
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Fani Halkia&#39;s victory in the Olympics women&#39;s 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related questions about the Greek&#39;s performance are unfair, Australian coach Phil King said Thursday.
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Brazil&#39;s Olympic Committee will protest to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the assault on Vanderlei de Lima who was pushed off the road when he was leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.
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nervous energy built up -- Americans Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin had to wait several minutes as the Greek crowd vented.
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A former Catholic priest who lives in Britain faces criminal charges in Greece after pushing the leader of the men&#39;s marathon off the track during the Athens Olympics.
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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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Australia&#39;s great hope for gold in the women&#39;s 400 metres hurdles final Jana Pittman has been upset by the Greek runner Fani Halkia.