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2004 |
| Aug.21 |
Phelps got record-tying 8th medal Phelps medals tied Soviet gymnast Dityatin's record at the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games
| Aug.18 |
Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters. Athens
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2008 |
| Aug.16 |
Greek star Halkia tests positive. Athens
2005 |
| Jun.14 |
Powell breaks world 100m record Athens: Jamaican set a new men's record of 9.77 seconds at the Athens Olympic Stadium
2004 |
| Aug.29 |
El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles
| Aug.29 |
Spectator bundled marathon lider
| Aug.28 |
British Stun U.S. in Sprint Relay
| Aug.28 |
United States Retains Both 4x400 Titles
| Aug.26 |
Crawford stormed to victory in 200m
| Aug.21 |
Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold
| Aug.12 |
Stars hurt in crash Olympic stars Kederis and Thanou have been injured in a road accident and taken to hospital
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2016 |
| Sep.14 |
UEFA presidency: Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin to replace Michel Platini Athens: European football's governing body, UEFA, has elected a new president to succeed banned Frenchman Michel Platini
| May.29 |
Olympiakos footballer Alan Pulido kidnapped in Mexico
Map of Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas Mexico North Mexico: Mexican footballer Alan Pulido has been kidnapped in the northern border state of Tamaulipas near his home, officials say | |
2014 |
| Jun.29 |
Costa Rica go through on penalties over Greece
Map of Recife Brazil Northeastern Brazil: The game had finished 1-1 after normal time following Sokratis Papastathopoulos's injury-time equaliser for Greece
| Jun.24 |
Greece tops Ivory Coast on controversial penalty. Northeastern Brazil
| Jun.19 |
Japan and 10-man Greece played out stalemate. Northeastern Brazil
| Jun.14 |
Colombia rolls Greece. Brazil
2013 |
| Mar.17 |
Greek player banned for Nazi salute
2012 |
| Jun.22 |
Germany knock Greece out of Euros
Map of Gdansk Poland
Poland: Germany cruised into the semifinals of Euro 2012 as Greece's unlikely run in the tournament was ruthlessly brought to a halt. Germany 4-2 Greece
| Jun.16 |
Russia, Poland exit Euro 2012
Map of Wroclaw Poland Czech Republic and Greece became the first nations to secure quarterfinal berths. Greece 1-0 Russia. Czech Republic 1-0 Poland
| Jun.12 |
Czech Republic 2-1 Greece
Poland: Two goals in the opening six minutes saw Czechs take immediate control of a game they were desperate to win
2010 |
| Jun.17 |
Greece beat Nigeria. South Africa
| Jun.12 |
South Korea sink Greece. South Africa
2008 |
| Jun.14 |
Zyryanov sends holders Greece crashing
Austria: Greece's reign as European champions is over after Konstantin Zyryanov scored the only goal to give Russia a 1-0 victory
2007 |
| Oct.17 |
Czechs, Greece and Romania qualify. Czech Republic
| May.23 |
Inzaghi brace wins cup for Milan AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1 with 2 goals from Inzaghi to win the European Cup for the 7th time and avenge their defeat in the final 2 years ago
2004 |
| Jul.5 |
Greece welcomes back squad
| Jul.5 |
Greece win Euro 2004 over Portugal A 57th minute goal from Angelos Charisteas gave Greece a 1-0 victory in one of the biggest upsets in international football | |
| Jul.1 |
Greece reach final over Czech Rep. Portugal
| Jun.25 |
Greece shock France. Portugal
| Jun.12 |
Greece stun Euro 2004 hosts. Portugal
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2007 |
| May.6 |
Panathinaikos celebrate Euro title
2006 |
| Sep.4 |
Spain wins world basketball over Greece
Japan: The final was a one-sided affair with Spain dominating from the start and limiting Greece to scoring only 47
2004 |
| Aug.28 |
Men's Basketball: Argentina Beats Italy Argentina is beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's title for the first time
| Aug.28 |
U.S. Women Win Basketball Gold
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2007 |
| Mar.30 |
Brawl halts team sports The authorities have cancelled all team sports for 2 weeks after a mass brawl between women's volleyball fans left a man dead
2005 |
| Mar.18 |
Sprinters cleared in doping case |
2004 |
| Aug.23 |
Shot put Korzhanenko stripped of gold
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2016 |
| Apr.27 |
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
2012 |
| Jul.25 |
Greek Olympics athlete banned after offensive tweet. London
2008 |
| Mar.30 |
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
| Mar.24 |
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 | |
2004 |
| Aug.29 |
Olympics: Games Close Athens: Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games | |
| Aug.29 |
Argentina claims soccer gold The team beat Paraguay 1-0
| Aug.28 |
China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track
| Aug.22 |
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
| Aug.22 |
Dope tests 'catch medallists'
| Aug.19 |
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
| Aug.14 |
Du Li wins first gold of Games
| Aug.13 |
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 |
IOC: No doubts over Athens Games