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August 31, 2004



Henin survives a scare
Bhutia to miss Japan match
Manchester United sign Rooney
Top flight golfers for TNGF Open
Trezeguet, Diarra out for qualifiers
Roddick, Hardenne to start defences
Williams dazzles, Federer eases through
Capriati targets 'dream' victory
Classy Agassi serves up late feast
Martin announces his retirement



August 30, 2004



Schumi will go on and on: Todt
Newcastle sack manager Robson
Ankita advances to second round
Doping weighs heavily on lifters
Phelps sets new standard for swimming
China sprint towards Beijing 2008
El Guerrouj confirms he is the greatest
Africa lags in medals
Hewitt wins Long Island
Greece give Games super send-off
Irishman assaulted marathon leader



August 29, 2004



Mighty boxer Kindelan bows out in style
Kabaeva puts controversy behind to take gold
Baldini marathon triumph marred by intruder
Spectator assaults marathon leader
Brazil win men's volleyball gold
Hammer gold medallist Annus loses medal
Argentina men's cagers supreme
Argentina cagers usher in new world order
Schumacher seals seventh world title
IOC chief hails "awakening of Asia"
Holmes to race on after golden double
South Koreans lodge appeal over Hamm
Should the X-men have a go?
U.S. salvage pride at the last
Rooney set to miss out for England
China supreme heading for Beijing
U.S. retain both 4x400 titles
China rally to women's volleyball gold
Arsenal, Chelsea win; Man U held
Indian 4x400 quartet finishes 7th
Thorkildsen is men's javelin champ
Solis maintains Cuban heavyweight grip
Slesarenko wrecks Cloete's high jump dream
Britain stun US in 4x100 relay
El Guerrouj completes historic double



August 28, 2004



Yuriy Borzakovskiy wins men's 800m
Holmes adds 1500 gold to 800
Brazil, Italy spikers in final
IOC suspects Annus, wants second test
Capel taken off relay after positive test
U.S. women cagers win third straight gold
Austrian pair retain Tornado title
Trulli takes pole at rainy Spa
Agassi ready for one final flourish
Australia finally break through hockey gold barrier
Colin Powell cancels Athens visit
Barrichello top in rain-hampered practice
Argentina win first gold in 52 years
Video replays help pin down errors
Valencia win Super Cup
Bad day for United States, new dawn for China
Jones suffers further humiliation
Hewitt, Paradorn head for Long Island showdown
Dementieva hammered in New Haven
Mack wins pole vault title
Italy dash Iraq's medal dream
Jamaica win women's 4x100 relay
Menendez wins javelin with ease
Xing stuns Ethiopians in 10,000m
Australia win first men's hockey gold
Argentina upset U.S. cagers
Greene anchors U.S. to easy first round win
Liu wins hurdles gold, equals world record
Germany win bronze with golden goal
Voros wins women's modern pentathlon



August 27, 2004



Cuba's Solis set to succeed Savon
Elsayed disqualified from semi-final
Sour grapes as another U.S. boxer loses
Golden oldies take centre stage
Bhullar wins Southern India Jr/Sub-jr golf
Rooney hands in transfer request
Russian runner expelled for doping
Dahle ends 32-year Norwegian wait
Abramovich link sparks probe
Annus must give sample or lose gold
Zee may launch sports channel
Germany's Fischer wins eighth Olympic gold
Korzeniowski wins historic third 50km walk
Guo maintains Chinese diving supremacy
US win women's football
Invincible Sanchez storms to gold
Crawford denies Gatlin sprint double
Kabaeva survives hoop nightmare
India lose in LG Cup semis
Controversy mars taekwondo opening day
Ibrahim wins Egypt's first gold in 56 years
Germany win first women's hockey gold
Phillips takes long jump gold
Bobby Aloysius crashes out
Argentina eves win hockey bronze
Ferreira, Ahluwalia to head awards committees
Schumacher looking for lucky seven



August 26, 2004



France recall Makelele, Giuly
USTA to serve some aces at the Open
Deco may replace Figo in Portugal squad
Paradorn closes on Long Island title treble
Federer gets tough US Open first round
Ralf to return next week
Everton reject Rooney bids
Dutch, Aussies seek history in final
Zimbabwe's Mugabe hails 'golden girl'
Khan, Saitov share boxing spotlight with Cubans
Greek sprinters free to compete - IAAF
Argentina lay 2006 World Cup foundations
Klaver journeys from ICU to final
Chinese forecast late Russian gold onslaught
Fredericks, El Guerrouj elected to IOC panel
Carter leads NZ one-two in triathlon
Iranians proud of their Hercules
All smiles as Russians get reward
Ukrainian rower tests positive
Radcliffe still to decide on 10,000 metres
Hungarian weightlifter expelled over refusal
British Boxer Khan ready to graduate
Athens cabbie's minutes of fame as medallist
Dementieva survives cull in New Haven
Man U lose Keane for three weeks
Australia cries along with Pittman in hurdles
Fame but questions for Halkia
Relay gold next on Jamaican hit list
Kuzenkova nails hammer gold at last
Only one Indian-American in US Open singles
Campbell speeds to women's 200 gold
Gatlin stays on course for sprint double
Sensational Halkia storms to hurdles gold



August 25, 2004



Britain, S.Africa win bottom place play-offs
Officials sweat to lift Goliath
Anand wins Sao Paulo Open
Gardner loses quest for repeat gold
Allen wins triathlon gold
Isinbayeva on top of the world
Fridman gold fulfils Israel's dream
Hewitt makes confident start
Rhythmic gymnasts to grab spotlight
Scandals have not affected Games - IOC
Sautin nearing the end of the line
Peng wins springboard gold for China
Jones makes belated entry to Games
Women's 100m hurdles may be re-run
Isinbayeva breaks pole vault world record
Hicham El Guerrouj: Master of the Mile
El Guerrouj wins Olympic gold at last
Argentina, Paraguay in men's football final
Williams-Darling wins 400m gold
Hayes wins 100m hurdles gold
Kemboi leads Kenyan 1-2-3 in steeplechase
Discus champ thrown out of Games
NZ eves make Champions Trophy
Dutch women reach final on penalties
Harikrishna finishes joint second
Muenzer wins historic cycling gold



August 24, 2004



Sebrle rules decathlon world
Hungarian set to lose discus gold
Pool queen celebrates with beach party
Anand set to win Sao Paulo crown
Everton rejects 20 million pound bid for Rooney
Holmes urges Radcliffe to try, try, try again
Germany squeeze into semis, meet Dutch
Consistent Karpov leads decathlon
Spanish gymnasts achieve new Games high
Last chance for El Guerrouj
Winning Iraqi team rare cause for joy
"People power" stops Games event, Holmes wins
Ethiopia's Defar takes 5,000 gold
Wariner wins men's 400m title
U.S. takes third softball gold
Australia strike cycling gold again
Holmes takes 800 metres gold
Yao spurs China to giant upset



August 23, 2004



Fazekas takes discus gold
British hail plucky Paula
Australia strike cycling gold again
Humpy holds Maxim Sorokin
Jharkhand win sub-jr. girls' hockey
Greece gets instant new 'immortal'
Saitov nears all-time boxing greats
Table tennis doubles faces Olympics axe
Korean Ryu upsets Wang for gold
Owen seeks new challenge at Real
Khorkina sulks into retirement
We're no symbol of freedom: Iraq coach
Spain in men's hockey semis
Radcliffe was not injured, says team
Bula eyes Africa swim
Different motives for Iraq, Argentina
Injury ends Dvorak's decathlon dream
China are new faces in women's hockey semis
Bulgaria appeals rings final result
Korzhanenko to be excluded from Games - IOC
Greece goes crazy over "Immortal" walker
Campbell eyes September return for Arsenal
China surpass Athens goal of 20 golds
Mutola faces stern challenge
Gatlin sprints from unknown to Olympic gold
Massu does a tennis double
Annus wins men's hammer title
Olsson wins men's triple jump
Justin Gatlin is fastest man
Australia fail to make women's hockey semis
Noguchi wins women's marathon
Holm wins Olympic high jump
Thrilling win for record-equalling Arsenal
Bula ecstatic after Seven Seas swim



August 22, 2004



Iranian banned for two years for drugs
Zhang brings up China's 100
Khorkina says "judges robbed me"
Women's shot put champion tests positive
Ramesh holds Evgeny Vladimirov
Kapur delighted with pro debut
"Wrong target" drama costs U.S. gold
Greek duo maintain innocence
US men end 40-year rowing drought
Kluft crowned queen of heptathlon
Greece shamed again at their own Games
Greece shamed again at their own Games
South Koreans demand U.S. gold
Hockey - Korea coach gives up on girls
Chilean pair win country's first gold
U.S. cagers crash to Lithuania
Record relay nets Phelps eighth swimming medal
Nesterenko is fastest woman
Iraq in men's football semis
Henin picks women's tennis gold
Gonzalez gives Chile first medal
China close to target of 20 gold medals
Chelsea and Man Utd on target



August 21, 2004



Greene pips Powell in 100 heats
Australia win women's 4x100m swim relay
Hackett swims to second 1500m title
De Bruijn retains 50m crown
Harikrishna, Ramesh play out a draw
Germany lose golds in legal battle
Greeks find drugs in raid on sprint coach's store
Hidayat, Ning take badminton golds
Big guns through in 100m heats
S.Korea thrash Egypt 11-0
Wanted: Players for Egypt hockey team
TT: China win men's doubles
Woodgate completes Real move
Hamm won gymnastics gold on score error
Humpy goes down to Sorokin
Relieved Pittman clears first hurdle
Emotional Pinsent grabs fourth gold
Aggasi eases into Washington semis
Davenport maintains winning run
Field wide open in women's 100 final
South Koreans win men's doubles gold
Bekele storms to 10000m gold
Kluft on course for heptathlon gold
Henin to meet Mauresmo in final
Massu, Fish in tennis final
Lagat in 1,500 semis after shoe scare
Devers scrapes into 100m semis



August 20, 2004



Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle
'Divine' last arrow gives S. Korea gold
Meares wins gold with record
Hoy gives Britain cycling gold
Phelps takes 100 butterfly for fifth gold
Amir Khan storms into last eight
Judge maintains Peirsol broke rules
Chinese women take TT doubles title
U.S. trio, Ottey sprint through 100m heats
Greek lifter fails drug test
Argentina's women in hockey semis
Woodgate to sign for Real Madrid
U.S. win men's 50m prone position
France's Peschier wins gold in kayak
Kapur makes cut in Pro debut
Anjali, Deepali disappoint
Manav Das wins Royal Challenge South
Galkina wins gold for Russia
Brugnetti strides to first gold
Davenport continues winning streak
Wenger closes in on Clough's record
Agassi cruises into Washington quarter-finals
Gebrselassie grabs centre stage
Moya knocked out, women prosper
Late bogies hurt Woods
Henry follows Fraser to 100m gold
Patterson wins women's gymnastics gold
France win elusive team sabre gold
Phelps wins fourth swimming gold
Galiazzo takes surprise archery gold
The man with the worst job of the Games?



August 19, 2004



Beard snatches swimming gold from Jones
Peirsol's swimming gold restored on appeal
Anno leads Japan to record judo medal haul
Ai Sugiyama upset by Molik
Mauresmo through to semis
Myskina in semi-finals
Villeneuve visits Sauber for talks
Chinese duo retain mixed doubles badminton
Moya, Grosjean crash out
France advance to fencing final
Zhang Ning gives China gold
Ghosal crashes out
Chinese top seeds exit in TT
Iran escapes sanction over Israeli
Real Madrid target Woodgate
Aditya assumes sole lead
Jail for Olympic pool jump
Pakistan too good for South Korea
Hoogenband, Popov out of 50m freestyle
China media under fire for gold medal hype
Wins for Germany and England
Woods' number one ranking in danger
Hewitt cruises into Washington Open quarters
Yang fails to break Chinese medal drought
Hoogenband dumps drug scandals
Europe fights back in badminton
China in women's hockey semis
Portugal knocked out
Tears then fencing gold for Vezzali
Skakun gets weightlifting gold
Hamm claims men's all-round crown
Bilonog wins Olympia shot put gold
Jedrzejczak wins women's 200 metre butterfly



August 18, 2004



Hoogie keeps 100m freestyle crown
U.S. women break oldest record for relay gold
Asia assured of men's badminton sweep
Gonzalez shocks Roddick
Korzhanenko wins first athletics gold
Pierce stuns defending champ Venus
Humpy beats Russian GM
Shiv Kapur set for pro debut
Two-way lead at Royal Challenge South golf
Malleswari does not finish
Estanguet retains canoeing title
Veteran Swede table tennis duo shock Chinese pair
Van Moorsel strikes gold again
Sprints more fun without Jones
Heaston makes history in Olympia
Eriksson urges more rest for players
Federer's Olympic dream shattered
Sixth seed Gade upset in quarters
Greek sprinters pull out of Games
Brazil drop Milan trio
Dutch drive forward
Romanians storm to victory in gymnastics
Pakistan notch up first win
World 100m champion Edwards banned
Thompson slays giant but falls to champ
U.S. win men's 4x200 freestyle relay
Klochkova repeats golden double
Phelps wins second gold



August 17, 2004



Harikrishna in joint-third place
Hoogenband can break world record
I died a hundred times: Rathore
Federer, Ferrero, Safin crash out
Shooters play own mind games
UAE's al-Maktoum wins historic gold
China revels in "golden harvest"
Nestruev takes men's pistol gold
U.S. swimmers out of 100 freestyle
Dwyer earns draw for Australia
Sumangala exits in second round
Capacity crowd attend beach volleyball
Australia hails Thorpe gold record
Owen can win fight for place: Beckham
U.S. misfire in early days in Athens
Japan win men's gymnastics team gold
Greece break China's golden sequence
Beckham admits he was below par at Euro 2004
Myanmar woman tests positive
Former super flyweight champion dead
France's Guyart wins men's foil
Luo wins China's first swim gold



August 16, 2004



Chen's weightlifting gold puts China on top
Lee reigns supreme in judo
Thorpe wins swimming 'race of the century'
Thorpe, Coughlin, Peirsol win gold
Experience rescues Aussie Cook
U.S. women rally to avoid upset
Moya wins, Dementieva out
Australian women offer bounty to kiss Andy
U.S. swimmers trying to bounce back
Greek athletes' case deferred again
Balogh wins women's trap shooting
Stands still half empty
Ballack named Germany captain
Phelps shrugs off relay disappointment
Fischer to marry Japanese woman
Mourinho relishes Chelsea's win
Bindra finishes seventh
Australia get first points in gold bid
Gebrselassie faces fitness fight
Wake-up call for Dream Team
S.Koreans on form in archery
Phelps, Thorpe face Dutch threat
Kobe Bryant back in court
Navratilova becomes grand dame of Games
Singh seals playoff win at Whistling Straits
Testers fail to find Greeks in two days
Top seed Lin ousted, Camilla dream shattered
Owen will be a Real hit: Carlos
Iraq reach Olympic quarter-finals
China stay on top of medal table
US swim team, cagers shocked
Pakistan go down to Germany
Iran defies Olympic spirit



August 15, 2004



Tian, Guo open Chinese gold rush
Manaudou wins gold for France
Kitajima upsets Hansen to grab swimming gold
Thomas wins butterfly for second gold
Xian, Uchishiba strike gold in judo
Romania lead in gymnastics team qualifying
Carrigan upstages favourites
Aragon breaks Greek hearts
Schumacher scores record 12th win
Lee-Hesh confident
Alipov wins men's trap gold
Gusty winds put off Olympic rowing
Nicol's brace sinks Argentina
Harikrishna makes winning start
Fast court surprises Federer
Sasikiran beats world champ for title
Khorkina's all-round dreams dented
World champion wins 10m air pistol
Paes-Bhupathi face tough task
Aussies crush NZ 4-1
Superpowers in pool duel
Tiger runs out of steam after storming start
Games security a "terrorist's dream" - UK paper
Cisse scores on Liverpool debut
Australia take relay gold and record



August 14, 2004



Montano wins men's sabre gold
Klochkova fights to keep medley title
Greek sprint pair suspended
Thorpe retains 400 freestyle crown
Phelps wins first gold in record time
Schumacher takes Hungarian pole
Bettini takes cycling gold for Italy
Japan judokas to the fore
Yifu shoots second gold for China
Greek pair set for Games exit
Sania in final
Jones slips out of sight
Eriksson praises Owen's move
China's Du Li wins first gold medal
Phelps cruises into first final
Judge in Kobe Bryant case refuses to delay trial
Eriksson slams "sick" interest in private life
Singh, Leonard share lead
Heavyweight favourites clash in first round
Games come home in ancient and modern glory
Myths and technology welcome Games back home
Owen passes Real Madrid medical
Spectacular ceremony opens Games



August 13, 2004



Flag bearers for Opening Ceremony
Greece sprinters get 72 hours to explain
Raikkonen quickest in Hungary
Abbas feels pressure of Pakistan's eyes on him
Owen hoping dreams turn to reality
Chinese cameraman dies in Athens
Vieira pledges future to Arsenal
Phelps starts golden odyssey
Michael Owen factfile
Owen set to sign for Real Madrid
Greek sprinters seek 48 hours to explain
Beckham wants Owen and Vieira at Real
Woods continues to suffer major problems
Koreans seal top seedings
Games return to Olympia after 1,611 years
Olympics: Iraq stun Portugal 4-2
Mourinho looks for dream start
Eto'o completes Barcelona move
Acropolis flame ceremony sets Olympics stage



August 12, 2004



Raducan waits for justice
Dutch try to forget weight of two golds
Zidane closes glorious chapter for France
Zidane ends international career
Zidane to stop playing for France
Athens is ready ... at last
Olympic Games lose big names
Silence is golden for Phelps
Real, Man Utd make winning starts
Ref decision saves Greece



August 11, 2004



Three Russian athletes fail drug test: official
Edwards banned for two years
American swimmers expect rich haul
Hockey teams primed to beat the heat
Serena pulls out of Olympics
Kenyan fails first Athens drugs test
Horses clock up frequent flyer miles
Owen misses Liverpool game
Big names gather for Games
Liverpool win, Juventus held
Kobe Bryant accuser sues



August 10, 2004



Indian athletes getting acclimatised to Athens
Athens on course to hit all targets
Button's only valid contract is ours: BAR
Style, art icons to deliver Olympic torch
Bhutia to lead for LG Cup, pre-World Cup
Games write a tragic love story
Man Utd aiming to clip Arsenal's wings
IOC hails security and drug busts
Schumi ready to continue title romp
Iraqis pin hopes on Olympic Truce
Hoogenband shuns the limelight
Owen thinking over move to Real Madrid
U.S. sprinter Williams in positive test



August 09, 2004



Athletes cleared dope tests
IOC chief praises Greeks
Woods equals Norman's record run
Chelsea expect big prizes under Mourinho
Randhawa will run into 'Tiger'
Gods smile on "last-minute" Games
Fernandez is new Porto coach
"Glass beauty" Zhao back on course
Irish runner admits taking drug
Two Greek baseballers test positive
Gymnasts seek endorsements
Eel still hoping for comeback
Zola bids farewell to Chelsea fans
Button meets BAR boss to explain departure
Mauresmo wins Montreal title
Arsenal beat Man Utd 3-1
Agassi wins Cincinnati Masters
Anand wins Mainz Chess Classic



August 08, 2004



Anand one step away from Mainz title
Aparna, Kanetkar get easier first round
Sania wins ITF title in Britain
Young tested positive in Paris
Agassi outlasts Roddick
Women players' Olympic boycott averted



August 07, 2004



Anuja retains crown at expense of sister Meenal
Japan beat China in controversial Asian Cup final
El Guerrouj will go to Athens
Porto sack coach Del Neri
Agassi sets up Roddick semi-final
Pittman hoping to compete at Athens
India beat China for bronze
Hewitt storms past Safin
Paes-Bhupathi bow out in quarters
Anand maintains lead over Shirov
Olsson motivated by rare defeat
Maradona wants presidential help
Button's future still clouded
Powell beats Greene again
Pittman ruled out of Olympics
Wenger warns Vieira about leaving



August 06, 2004



E Bengal will not release players for national camp
Vidya Pillai goes down fighting
Constantine asserts himself
Sania enters semi-finals
Fischer renouncing U.S. citizenship
BAR to challenge Button's move
Anand takes lead against Shirov
Man Utd, Arsenal lock horns again
Mauresmo recovers to oust Bovina
Agassi eases into last eight
Nistelrooy out for a month
Button to join Williams
Fearless Tergat feels no pressure
I'll bring gold home, predicts Greene
Eriksson cleared by English FA
Japanese are favourites in judo
Dutch, Aussies shoot for third gold



August 05, 2004



Thorpe ready to do battle with Phelps
Thakur sisters too good
Ralf out of Hungary Grand Prix
Indian shuttlers face stiff task
Remote village catches Olympic fever
Chinese divers face stiff challenge
IOC to take action over bid claims
Sharapova cruises to easy win
Hewitt back to his best
Triathlon winners hard to predict
Korean archers aim for perfect 10



August 04, 2004



Magimairaj, Pillai unbeaten
Vieira set for Real move
Olympic lifter charged with murder
Italy stun U.S. Dream Team
Advani, Mehta bow out
Weightlifting hopes for clean Games
Lavrov goes for gold again at 42
England coach Eriksson set to stay
Japan ready for hostile reception
U.S. men may be ripe for upset
Chinese paddlers set to rule again
India thrash Ireland in third Test
Olympic Games offer tennis players unique experience
Olympic Games offer tennis players unique experience
BBC accuses senior Olympic figures of corruption
Who's who in the Eriksson affair
Liverpool beat Roma 2-1
Australia expect top-five finish in Athens
Transparent masks put new face on fencing
China to face Japan in final
Federer knocked out in first round



August 03, 2004



Advani, Mehta in last 16
Anuja Thakur scores third straight win
Camacho calls for new Real signings
Beckham to give more time to the game
Tamada double puts Japan into final
Rusedski proves his point with Cincinnati win
Scholes quits England
Hard times for doping cheats
Henin to compete in Athens
India look for deserving flag-bearer
Australian coach guilty of sex charges
Europeans set to dominate canoeing
Athens sailing set to match Sydney
Athens set for rough rowing regatta
Olympics reach high-water mark
Fischer seeks third country refuges
AC Milan rally to beat Chelsea
Tyson set for knee surgery
Agassi advances in Cincinnati
Harrison handed two-year doping suspension



August 02, 2004



Advani's winning run ends
Anuja Thakur given a scare
Fischer applies for asylum in Japan
Davenport wins third straight title
Federer wins Toronto Masters
Paes-Bhupathi win Toronto Masters
China, Japan on collision course
Beckham turns into Oriental mystic



August 01, 2004



Anand wins Dortmund title
Jahangir laments decline in squash standards
German coaches will make a difference: Gill
Bagan trounce Mohd. Sporting
Advani stays on course
AC Milan edge Man U on penalties
Greece imposes 'no go' areas
Myskina saves nine match-points to reach final
Anand, Kramnik draw first game
Paes-Bhupathi in final
Japan penalty row hits Asian Cup
Federer, Roddick set up dream final



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