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| Apr.27 |
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 Olympic torch handed over to Brazilians Athens: With 100 days to go before the Olympic Games begin in Rio, the Olympic flame has been handed over in Athens to the Brazilian authorities
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| Jul.25 |
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 Greek Olympics athlete banned after offensive tweet London: Paraskevi Papachristou has been expelled from Greece's Olympic team for posting an offensive comment about African immigrants on Twitter
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| Mar.30 |
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 Greece hands China Olympic torch  | Athens: The torch has been handed over to Chinese officials at a ceremony in Athens, amid scuffles between police and pro-Tibet demonstrators | |
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| Mar.24 |
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Protest as Olympic torch is lit | A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended | |
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| Aug.29 |
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Olympics: Games Close| Athens: Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games | |
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  Argentina claims soccer gold The team beat Paraguay 1-0
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  El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj won the 5,000 meters to add to his 1,500 title. Holmes win both the 800 and 1,500 meters
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 Spectator bundled marathon lider Cornelius Horan, an Irish former priest ran onto the course and bundled Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd
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| Aug.28 |
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 Men's Basketball: Argentina Beats Italy Argentina is beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's title for the first time
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  British Stun U.S. in Sprint Relay Britain took a shock gold in the men's Olympic 4x100 meters relay, pipping favorites by one hundredth of a second
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China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track Liu Xiang, 21, took the men's 110 meters hurdles in a world record-equaling time
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 United States Retains Both 4x400 Titles Individual champion Jeremy Wariner running the third leg for the men's team
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| Aug.27 |
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Fischer on course for medal record
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| Aug.26 |
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U.S. women win gold medal in OT
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Crawford stormed to victory in 200m The race will be remembered for the remarkable behaviour of the crowd
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Grael claims fifth medal
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| Aug.25 |
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Halkia win sends Athens crowd wild
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Austrian Allen wins triathlon gold
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First ever gold medal for Israel
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| Aug.24 |
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El Guerrouj grabs his Olympic gold
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| Aug.23 |
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Rumpus hits gymnastic final
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 Shot put Korzhanenko stripped of gold The winner of women's shot put has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test.
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| Aug.22 |
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Gatlin guns to 100m glory Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time
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Dope tests 'catch medallists' A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal, and a Russian gold medallist has also failed a test
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| Aug.21 |
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 Phelps got record-tying 8th medal| Phelps medals tied Soviet gymnast Dityatin's record at the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games | |
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 Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold 25-year-old Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus won the Olympic gold medal in the sprint in a time of 10.93 seconds
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| Aug.19 |
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Patterson made gold in all-around The 16-year-old dynamo beat Russian superstar Khorkina. She is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since 1984
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| Aug.18 |
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 Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters Athens: Dutchman won big battle in the pool in Athens to retain his Olympic title
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| Aug.14 |
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Du Li wins first gold of Games China claimed the first gold medal of the 28th Olympics, with a victory in the women's 10-meter air rifle event
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| Aug.13 |
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 Glittering opening for Olympics The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers
| The ceremony set to put to memory construction delays and doping scandals. President Stephanopoulos opened the Games. 75,000 spectators inside the Olympic Stadium were joined by an estimated global TV audience of 4 billion. 10,500 athletes were competing under 202 flags
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| May.12 |
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IOC: No doubts over Athens Games The International Olympic Committee no longer doubts whether Greece will be ready to host the Summer Games
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