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First gold medal of 2008 Summer Olympics  Beijing: Shooter Katerina Emmons wins the women's 10 meter air rifle competition, setting an Olympic record for both the qualifying and final scores
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| Jul.8 |
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 French head will attend Olympics Paris: French President Sarkozy has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August
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| Apr.7 |
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 Olympic torch extinguished  Paris: The relay was disrupted by protesters demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to extinguish the flame 3 times
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| Apr.6 |
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Angry protests as torch reaches London Protesters scuffled with police and made attempts to grab the Olympic torch as its arrival triggered angry demonstrations over China
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| Apr.5 |
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Sarkozy terms for Olympic attendance Paris: French President will not attend the opening ceremony of this summer's Games in Beijing unless China opens a dialogue with the Dalai Lama
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Sarkozy aide 'misquoted' on Games Paris: human rights minister Rama Yade has denied setting conditions for President's attendance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
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| Mar.30 |
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Greece hands China Olympic torch 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 | Greece: A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended | | |
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Spielberg boycotts Olympic role
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| Jul.4 |
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Salzburg Loses Bid for Winter Olympics. Guatemala
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| Mar.15 |
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Olympics budget rises to £9.3bn. London
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| Feb.26 |
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Spectacular ceremony closes Games Northern Italy: The Torino Olympics have a closing ceremony in the form of a carnival celebration marking the finish of 17 days
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 Swedes beat Finns for hockey gold Northern Italy: Lidstrom's blistering slapshot early gave Sweden a 3-2 win in the final event of the Games
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Di Centa gives Italy fairytale end
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| Feb.25 |
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Raich leads Austrian clean sweep. Northern Italy
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 Greis collects third biathlon gold Italy: The final biathlon gold medals of the Olympics went to German Michael Greis and Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden
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| Feb.24 |
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 Finland crushes Russia; Sweden - Czechs Italy: Sweden ousted the world champion 7-3. Finland is upending the high-flying Russians 4-0
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Mancuso grabs giant slalom victory. Northern Italy
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| Feb.23 |
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Arakawa wins historic skating gold Northern Italy: Shizuka Arakawa captured Japan's first ever Olympic figure skating gold with victory in the women's event
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| Feb.22 |
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Russia advances over Canada. Italy
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Lind adds to Sweden's golden tally. Italy
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| Feb.21 |
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Hero Fabris speeds to 2nd gold. Northern Italy
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| Feb.20 |
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 Navka, Kostomarov seized ice dance gold Italy: Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov keep alive Russia's chances of sweeping all 4 figure skating titles
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| Feb.16 |
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Plushenko storms to skating glory. Italy
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Hosts claim gold after Dutch crash. Italy
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Smigun clinches second gold medal. Northern Italy
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| Feb.13 |
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Pairs drama as Russians take gold. Italy
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| Feb.12 |
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Deneriaz flies to downhill victory. Italy
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| Feb.11 |
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Germany's Greis claims first gold. Northern Italy
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| Feb.10 |
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Torino Olympics open in spectacular style| Northern Italy: The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture | |
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Steelers win Super Bowl over Seahawks
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| Jul.6 |
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 London wins 2012 Olympics  Singapore: London has defeated Paris, bringing the Olympics back to Britain for the first time in more than half a century | |
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| Jul.5 |
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Cities make final Olympic pleas. Singapore
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| Jun.6 |
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Paris, London Olympic bids praised
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| Aug.29 |
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Olympics: Games Close Greece: Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games
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  Argentina claims soccer gold Greece: The team beat Paraguay 1-0
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| Aug.28 |
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China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track. Greece
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| Aug.22 |
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Gatlin guns to 100m glory Greece: 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'. Greece
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Phelps got record-tying 8th medal
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| Aug.19 |
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Patterson made gold in all-around Greece: 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.14 |
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Du Li wins first gold of Games. Greece
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| Aug.13 |
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Glittering opening for Olympics| Greece: 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... | |
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| May.18 |
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5 cities in race for 2012 Games. Switzerland
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| May.12 |
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IOC: No doubts over Athens Games. Greece
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| Jul.2 |
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 2010 Winter Games given to Vancouver Czech Republic: The International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver over bids from Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea
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| Aug.4 |
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Manchester Games closed. Northern England
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| Jul.25 |
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17th Commonwealth Games opened. Northern England
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Brazil wins World Cup
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| Feb.9 |
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First gold of Winter Games. Utah
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Winter Olympics opened
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| Jul.16 |
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Rogge wins top Olympics job Moscow: Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch
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Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games
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Olympic Games open
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