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Trophy from 1896 Olympics goes on display
ATHENS (Reuters) - The trophy won by the marathon winner at the 1896 Olympics has gone on display for the first time in Greec...
Beach volleyball: May-Treanor and Walsh win third gold
LONDON (Reuters) - United States pair Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their third successive Olympic gold medal in wome...
Beach volleyball: Pair seek 3rd gold in all-U.S. final
LONDON (Reuters) - Twice Olympic beach volleyball champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will battle for a third gold in...
Women's soccer final set to smash crowd record
LONDON (Reuters) - The women's soccer final between the United States and Japan will smash the Olympic women's attend...
Phelps and Lochte through to medley semis
LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte both safely qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 200 meters indiv...
Phelps and Ye cruise through heats
LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Phelps, relaxed and unflustered by his slow start to the London Olympics, cruised through the heat...
What the medals tally tells us about the G7 and BRICS
(Reuters) - During the Cold War, the relative power of the United States and the Soviet Union were regularly measured in gold...
Michael Phelps seals another London berth
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Michael Phelps booked himself into another event at the London Olympics when he won the 200 meter...
Gatlin secures London return ahead of Gay
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Justin Gatlin is back. So is Tyson Gay.Eight years after winning Olympic gold and two years after ...
Central banks reach for their guns over Greek vote
By Eva Kuehnen and Sven EgenterFRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks from Tokyo to London checked their ammunition on Fr...
Greek family to sell cup won by 1896 marathon hero
LONDON (Reuters) - A silver cup awarded to Spyros Louis, the humble Greek runner who won the first Olympic marathon in Athens...
Europe seals new Greek bailout to avert default
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers sealed a 130-billion-euro ($172 billion) bailout for Greece on Tuesday t...
Greece's Samaras rules out post-election cooperation
ATHENS (Reuters) - The leader of Greece's conservatives, reluctant partners in a unity government, signaled on Thursday his m...
Greek leaders set to pick new Prime Minister
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sealed a deal with the opposition on a crisis coalition to approve ...
Greece braces for shutdown as austerity vote nears
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek ships were harbored and garbage rotted in the streets of Athens on Tuesday as angry workers built mo...
Tear gas? Woof! It's Sausage the Athens riot dog
ATHENS (Reuters) - There he is, yelping with delight as the youths start hurling chunks of paving stones, barking his admonit...