Britain&#39;s golden day
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&quot;Who won? Who won?&quot; Britain&#39;s coxless four was the answer. Matthew Pinsent used all his power and experience to secure his fourth Olympic gold medal in a photo finish after a six-minute, nip-and-tuck tussle with Canada.
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French president Jacques Chirac enjoyed a day of lavish hospitality as he visited Britain to celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale.
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Ultra-competitive Bevan Docherty rated himself a golden chance in the Olympic men&#39;s triathlon last night - but he had a satisfied smile as he fingered the silver round his neck shortly after the finish.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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Britain&#39;s Yngling crew Shirley Robertson (M), Sarah Webb (R) and Sarah Ayton celebrate at award ceremony after winning the first title at the Athens Olympic Games on August 21, 2004.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic success and gold medal tally gives the papers an excuse to wax lyrical on Sunday. Matthew Pinsent&#39;s fourth rowing gold and his team&#39;s success in the coxless four is the cause of many &quot;oar-some&quot; puns.
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London - Tens of thousands of flag-waving, cheering Britons took to the streets of central London on Monday to honour their Athens Olympic and Paralympic medal winners.
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Great Britain coach Tony Smith praises his side after their 42-14 victory over France.
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By ROY HATTERSLEY  AT ITS peak, it was a wonder of the modern world. The British Broadcasting Corporation was the envy of every other nation for the technical excellence of its transmissions and the high quality of its broadcasts.
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Bradley Wiggins powered to the individual pursuit gold medal to give Britain their second success in as many days on the cycling track at the Athens Games.
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Cyclist Chris Hoy today secured Britain&#39;s second gold medal of the Games by winning the men&#39;s 1km time trial in a new Olympic-record time.
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Gordon Brown reveals hopes of turning Britain into a 'great sporting nation'.
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Darren Clarke was the toast of the   British media on Monday as newspapers paid tribute to his   bittersweet celebrations after Europe's crushing Ryder Cup   victory over the United States.
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Great Britain have a golden chance to end a 34-year hoodoo and clinch a series against world champions Australia when they take on the Kangaroos in the Tri-Nations final at Elland Road.
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Britain&#39;s heroic Olympic gold-medallists - headed by Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pin-sent and Tanni Grey-Thompson â-ake pride of place in the Queen&#39;s New Year Honours List published today.
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Elgar&#39;s Nimrod was the perfect anthem to accompany Michael Howard&#39;s speech to the Conservative conference in Bournemouth yesterday.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic heroes have begun a special lap of honour with a tickertape parade through the capital. Flag-waving fans cheered as more than 100 medallists from the Athens Olympics and Paralympics games toured London.