Athens brings out best in Anju
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AUGUST 27: ââSay sorry to everybodyââ, she said. No, we wonât. Anju Bobby George owes India no apologies. On a night of magic but not quite miracle, Anju broke her own Indian long jump record by
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With a powerful javelin throw, Mirela Manjani broke a different sort of record Friday night: earning host nation Greece its most Olympic medals in more than a century.
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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This time in Athens, the &quot;golden pair&quot; China had prepared for its rivals was Chen Qi and Ma Lin, two Olympic rookies. In the final match played in the Galatsi Olympic Hall in northwest Athens Saturday afternoon
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Three cheers for the Greeks. Their show opening the Olympic Games was the most spectacular presentation I have ever seen, on stage, in the air, on ice or anywhere. What a way to begin sports&#39; grandest parade! ...
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The country has long lagged behind in Olympic sports. And that's why grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is a national hero
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They were so close to the finish, Athens and Vanderlei de Lima - the city and the athlete, each about to complete a job well done.
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ATHENS   India's Rajyavardhan Rathore won the country's first medal at the Athens Games by winning silver in the men's double trap shooting event on Tuesday.
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But this time in Athens, they have to accept the bitter fact that South Korean Ryu Seung Min was a better player in the pulsating men&#39;s singles final against Chinese Wang Hao.
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South Korea has grabbed its first gold in women&#39;s taekwondo but had to settle for bronze on the men&#39;s side. Jang Ji-Won built an early lead in her under 57 kilogram match before hanging on to defeat Nia Abdallah of the United States 4-1.
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LIKE a rank outsider, Athens has surprised the pundits by hosting an Olympic Games that has run with the mathematical precision mastered by the ancient Greeks.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The world record was like graffiti on a masterpiece, a reminder of a sport&#39;s dark past.
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Japan's Mao Asada took the women's gold medal at the Four Continents championships yesterday in Goyang, South Korea, by recording a season-best total score of 193.25, defeating world champion compatriot Miko Ando.
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Eklavya enjyos favourable reviews and a good opening overseas.
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Athens was better than Olympus had ever been for US rowing octophiles. The men's eight won gold for the first time in 40 years and the women's took silver, their best showing at a non-boycotted Games. But the way the US Olympic Committee saw it, it was just two medals across 14 rowing events, as many as the Belarussians collected.
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Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand could not beat Swede Joachim Johansson in Athens, but he got the job done in Long Island. Srichaphan, who lost in straight sets to Johansson in the first round of the Olympics
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Beset by daily violence, Iraqis found some solace in their soccer team's run to the final of the Asian Games, even though it ended in defeat on Friday. For many fans, just getting that far was a triumph over adversity.