Olympics: Red carpet rolled out, but not for all
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China's 40-billion-dollar welcome mat is almost in place as Beijing prepares to woo the world -- barring unwelcome guests -- to the Olympic Games in August.
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Paris - not New York - is the front-runner for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the top US Olympic official said yesterday. &quot;We&#39;re not in first,&quot; said Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the board of directors of the US Olympic Committee.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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ATHENS - No question where to watch the sun set on these Olympics. It was here, on the white marble slab benches of Panathinaiko Stadium, just as the bobbing gaggle of rail-thin runners made their way from Marathon.
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There are favorites and there are expectations, but to compete in the Olympics is to hazard the risk of being outfought, outscored, out-happied.
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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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Early fears of an Olympics disaster failed to materialize here in Athens, where the heightened security may have been obtrusive, but was not enough to keep away the crowds.
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As more nations compete well in the Olympics, the space between each competitor has narrowed.
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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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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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Though it's been a little shaky at times, Athens  seems ready for the Olympics
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ATHENS, Greece - Bad judging has become a tradition at the Olympics, almost its own event really. From the robbery of Munich, where officials stole a basketball gold from the United States and gave it to Russia
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ATHENS, Greece - World gymnastics officials were looking for a way out of the Paul Hamm medal mess. All they did was make more people mad...
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ATHENS - Greece woke up to the Olympics last night, the spirit as it swayed to the music of Zorba&#39;s Dance in the Olympic Stadium so infectious, so tantalizing that the finalists in the 100 meters joined in, acting more like dancers than runners minutes
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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For some the Paralympics, which opens on Friday, is a sideshow after the Olympic athletes have packed their bags and left town. For 4,000 competitors from 140 nations, 15,000
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STUTTGART, Germany  -- It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. It's not often gymnasts blow away the competition like China did.