Olympics: Games Close with Drama Down to Last Medal
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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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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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Athens prepares to bid farewell to the 2004 Olympic Games at Sunday's closing ceremony.
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The courtÂs decision marked the official end of a controversy that had simmered since Paul Hamm captured the gold after a close finish.
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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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When the Olympic flame faded on Sunday the missions of many athletes, participants and spectators came to an end, but Sunny Hwang knew it was the signal of a new beginning.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The Olympic diving competition came to a close Saturday night with the men&#39;s 10-meter platform final, and China increased its medal take to nine with a gold and bronze medal.
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THERE was no easy ride for the Olympic champions of Athens yesterday as the final act of the Golden League was played out in Germany.
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An hour-long no-frills closing ceremony dedicated to the victims of this week&#39;s school bus crash brought to an end the Paralympic Games in Athens.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer&#39;s Olympics ended Tuesday night with back-to-back losses in singles and doubles.
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Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues.
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If Greece, with 10m people, can pull off the Games at the 11th hour, why not? THE final weekend of the Olympics is at hand, and the reckoning is nigh.
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Among the things that have occurred frequently at the 2004 Olympics: Weird happenings, and success by American athletes. In the final event of the Games last night, both were in evidence.
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They'd already won another set of global gold medals during the summer, but there still was a bit of unfinished business here from last year's victory.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps ended his magnificent Olympics with a magnanimous gesture. He matched Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals in the pool, then gave up a coveted spot on the 400-meter medley relay team to Ian Crocker - whom Phelps had just beaten...
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 28, 2004 - An attempt by world gymnastics officials to find an easy ending to the Paul Hamm medal saga has backfired and turned the whole thing into an even bigger mess.
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ATHENS - Canada won two more medals yesterday, bringing our tally to nine as the Olympic Games enter their final weekend. Canadian athletes are in the hunt for more medals today with the hope of at least tying