Argentina Wins First Olympic Gold in 52 Years
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home stretch, Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when its soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blew away   Greece 70-47 to capture an emotional first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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Argentina, with almost the same roster that made history in 2002 by becoming the first team to defeat a US squad of NBA players, will compete for the gold medal against Italy, which defeated Lithuania 100-91.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.
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Zhang Yuehong&#39;s winner spike capped China&#39;s brilliant comeback in the women&#39;s volleyball final on Saturday, winning the country&#39;s first Olympic volleyball gold medal in 20 years.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Argentina&#39;s footballers beat Paraguay 1-0 in a bad-tempered Olympic football final to give the country its first gold medal since 1952.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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In Athens Greece, the South Korean Olympic soccer squad has secured a ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time in 56 years.
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Cristina FernÃ¡ndez de Kirchner has become the first woman to be elected president in Argentinaâs history.
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Gold medals at these Olympics will be more evenly distributed than at any since 1952.
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ATHENS : Felix Sanchez gave the Dominican Republic their first ever athletics Olympic gold medal with a devastating display in the 400 metres hurdles.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 to win the gold medal in the men's Olympic football.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia won its first ever Olympic gold medal in men&#39;s field hockey with a 2-1 golden goal victory over the Netherlands on Friday night.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile celebrated its first  Olympic gold medal with tears of joy, dancing in the streets  and an orgy of honking horns on Saturday, after tennis heroes  Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez won the men's doubles in  Athens.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Diogo Silva gave Brazil its first gold medal of the Panamerican Games on Sunday, but the celebration was quickly eclipsed as the soccer-mad country turned its attention to victory at the Copa America.
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Hermann Maier finished first in the giant slalom for his first gold medal at the world championships since 1999.