Fairy-tale victory marred by mistake
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm&#39;s &quot;fairy-tale ending&quot; was unexpectedly revised at the Athens Olympics on Saturday when the international governing body for gymnastics said he should not have received the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around final.
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French side Lille was upset 1-0 by a German second-division club. Feyenoord beat Scottish Hearts 3-0, Stuttgart downed Belgium&#39;s Beveren 5-1 and the Rangers defeated Poland&#39;s Amica Wronki 5-1.
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ATHENS -- There's only room for one Cinderella in a boxing ring. That was the sad lesson Andre Berto learned last night as his long road to the Olympic Games came to an abrupt end at the Peristeri Boxing Hall in his first fight in the welterweight division. First fight, that is, unless you understand what it took for him ...
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Sport: Unlucky Wales are unable to poach the goal needed to secure a win against a poor Czech side.
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Our valiant little men&#39;s national basketball team fought its big, beating heart out last night and came up just shy of a chance for the Olympic enchilada.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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After what was billed as the day of destiny for Great Britain&#39;s success-starved players and fans alike, there was a certain sense of inevitability about the result.
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Bostonâs victory in Game 2 of the World Series turned, in part, because of one of those understated, blink-and-itâs-gone moments.
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ATHENS -- How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an ...
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After watching his side stumble to one of their most embarassing international results, Berti Vogts wore the look of a manager who knew his time was up.
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It was not the best way to start off the night. With three first-half fumbles and several early scoring opportunities gone to waste, there were a lot more glamorous games going on in the area.
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Bloomfield Hills - Colin Montgomerie wrote the perfect fairytale conclusion to the greatest European victory in Ryder Cup history here on Sunday, sinking the putt to ensure the win over the United States.
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IT was another hard luck story for Martin O&#39;Neill&#39;s demoralised Scottish champions in the Ukraine tonight as an emphatic Francelino Matuzalem (right) double and exquisite Brandao chip in the second half virtually ended Celtic&#39;s Champions League ambitions
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Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann was left red-faced in Athens as two costly mistakes ensured that a Champions League victory slipped through his sideâs fingers again.
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It may have been beyond expectation for Berti Vogts to include an outright apology within yesterday&#39;s resignation statement, but the failure to accept any blame brought a suitably unsatisfactory end to his reign.
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Tim Howard was &quot;horribly at fault&quot; and &quot;had another bad night, his dreadful error leading to Lyon&#39;s first goal&quot; in Champions League action.
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When a huge upset happens, the easy tendency is to assume that the game was a fluke, that if repeated several times, the result would be drastically different.