Athens bids farewell to the Games
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ATHENS, Greece -- The closing ceremony of the Athens Games is underway in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the Olympic Stadium. The arena, which has been the main venue for the sporting carnival for the past
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Athens stages a low-key but emotional Paralympics closing ceremony.
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The heady days of the Athens Games are over. Colorful banners have been pulled down and stadiums built in a rush of last-minute construction lay empty. Now Greeks are bracing for the Olympic-sized bill.
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Athens, host-city of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games, farewells the greatest Sports competition for athletes with a disability with a Closing Ceremony was held at the Olympic Stadium of Athens (OAKA).
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In summing up the Athens Games, the first order of business is to extend a big &quot;sorry&quot; to the Greeks. Nothing blew up and nothing collapsed, and nothing less has been accomplished than the
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At the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic games last night Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, issued the traditional invitation to &quot;the youth of the world&quot; to reassemble in four years&#39; time.
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The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new.
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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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The latest snippets from our men in Athens as the Games get under way.
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The last heart-pounding race of the Summer Games ended today in a white marble arena in the heart of Athens, bringing the modern Olympics full circle, back to the precise spot where they were revived 108 years ago.
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Five cities vying to stage the 2012 Summer Games reveal their hands this week as Olympic chiefs scrutinize their plans for holding the world&#39;s greatest sporting extravaganza.
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The final cost of the Athens Olympics has soared to about â¬9bn (Â£6.2bn), at least â¬2.4bn more than estimated, the Greek government said yesterday.
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As the Athens Olympic Games came to an end Sunday, International Olympic Committee President Jacque Rogge covered a wide range of topics in his closing news conference.
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ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn&#39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.
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ATHENS -- It was a long goodbye almost a week in the making, but Greece&#39;s troubled star sprinters have finally left the Olympic building.
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ATHENS (CP) - Greece bid farewell Sunday to its guests from 201 countries at the close of the 2004 Olympic Games, having proved that one of the world&#39;s smallest countries could pull off the biggest sports show on Earth.
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Two months ago when the Mayor of Athens visited London, she told a story about the preparations for the Athens Games. It went like this: a delegation from Athens visited Beijing where the 2008 Games are to be held.