Silver surprise for US&#39;s Abdallah
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In the weeks leading up to these Olympic Games, American Nia Abdallah wasn&#39;t even on the radar screen of international taekwondo.
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Cobi Jones may be considered a little-used veteran on the US national soccer team, but thus far in World Cup qualification play, he&#39;s had a magic touch at just the right time.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco came into these Olympics without a gold medal, but now he has two after winning the men&#39;s 5000 meters Saturday night.
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In the last event of the 2004 Olympic Games, the United States track team produced one last surprise. Meb Keflezighi, a native of Eritrea who moved to the United States as
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&quot;I think the game played out probably the way I thought it would play out,&quot; he said. &quot;I can&#39;t say that I&#39;m really, really that surprised.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Michael Anti of the United States won the silver on Sunday in the men&#39;s 50m rifle 3-position event at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Britain&#39;s Mark Lewis-Francis held off the USA&#39;s Maurice Greene on the last leg to win a stunning gold medal in the men&#39;s 4x100m relay.
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The United States expressed surprise Monday by an Ethiopian prosecutor&#39;s push for the death penalty for 38 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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Sometimes, when we think we&#39;re changing 4 quarters for a dollar, we actually get short-changed. This is the case with the death of Yasser Arafat.
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ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Adam Nelson couldn&#39;t help himself. While parading with his silver medal around the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 28 centuries ago, he paused to look at the mark in the dirt he thought was his gold-medal spot.
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Ahmed al-Maktoum becomes the first Olympic medallist from the UAE with gold in the men's double shooting trap.
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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Vladimir Guerrero figured someone from his baseball-crazed country would be chosen as the American League&#39;s Most Valuable Player.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 in the men&#39;s soccer final to win the nation&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in 52 years. It may get a second today in basketball.
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This is a mirage or a sight to behold. This is something you can&#39;t trust with your own eyes, or maybe what you&#39;re watching is real.
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Craig Mottram knows what he&#39;s got to do to mix it with the likes of Olympic gold medallists Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.