Doping and debts aside, it was all worth it
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What doping scandals? What debts? Drunk with pride for successfully pulling off a great homecoming Olympics, most Greeks said they would happily do it all over again.
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In recent years, the fitness marketplace has been flooded with supplements claiming benefits that are nothing short of miraculous.
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Sports science has allowed athletes to prepare for this Olympiad using technology beyond their predecessors' wildest dreams.
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It is unusual in any sport for a player to win an event three years in a row.
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After two days of much ado about what appears not to have been doping, it was time for tennis to get back to basics.
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As the British Open champion, Padraig Harrington convinced everyone in golf, including himself, that he was good enough to win.
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In football, just as in many other aspects of life, it is the bottom line that counts. In that respect, this game was a huge success.
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Sometimes chance can make all the difference in your life.
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For great athletes like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods, there is a fellowship at the top.
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Taking part in the Games is a triumph in itself for athletes who have dodged bullets, battled prejudice, and dreamed very hard to get here.
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The news is not so much shocking as sad. Surely, everyone whose eyes were open suspected that Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds had been using performance-enhancing drugs for many years.
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Newspapers in Greece reflect a mixture of exhilaration that the Athens Olympics proved successful, and relief that they passed off without any major setback.
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The Olympic games engages virtually everyone on the planet. The past two weeks have shown they are thrilling, intoxicating and enriching - and, of course, unpredictable.
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The tale of him caddying for a $1 a day at Nadi Airport Golf Club in his native Fiji to becoming the PGA Tour&#39;s first $10 million man with a five-shot victory Sunday at the Chrysler Championship in Palm Harbor is utterly amazing.
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There are some Indications that statins arenât all theyâre cracked up to be.
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Mutual funds can provide the thrill of victory, too.
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When Justin Gatlin became entangled in the drug-testing net three years ago, he managed to wriggle out of it on the grounds of suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.