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2004's defining moments
29/08/2004 21:44
Ten defining moments of the 2004 Olympic Games which have came to an end in Athens ...
Efharisto!
29/08/2004 21:44
A nervous world learned the Greek word for "thank you" and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics.
Enough is enough ...
29/08/2004 19:57
Pride, mixed with large doses of relief, has prevailed among Olympics host Athens as it was saying farewell to the much coveted Games.
Security breach in Athens
29/08/2004 19:57
In the first major security breach of the Olympics, the leader of the men's marathon was grabbed by an intruder 5km from the finish line.
Marathon leader pushed off road
29/08/2004 19:01
Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil has been pushed off the road by a lone protester while leading the men's Olympic marathon.
Athens the 'Asian Games'
29/08/2004 17:15
A record-breaking medal haul confirmed Asia's emergence as the sporting world's rising superpower, says Olympic chief Jacques Rogge.
Greeks claim per capita 'gold'
29/08/2004 17:15
Olympics hosts Greece claim to have won more medals than any other nation in the Games - measured against the country's 11 million population.
'Clean' Games for US
29/08/2004 17:15
Worries about doping positives, security concerns and bad behaviour have proved fruitless as Americans look back at the Athens Games.
Quotable Games quotes
29/08/2004 17:15
What they said at the athletics in the Athens Olympics:
Athlete stripped of gold
29/08/2004 16:56
Olympic hammer champion Adrian Annus will be stripped of his gold medal for a doping offence.
Long-term 'threat' for dopers
29/08/2004 15:48
Thousands of samples from drug tests on athletes in Athens will be stored in deep freeze and re-examined at a later date as new anti-doping technology develops.
Doping at the Athens Games
29/08/2004 15:48
Doping cases at the Athens Games until August 29.
Games 'a good investment'
29/08/2004 14:47
Greek economy minister Yiorgos Alogoskoufis says the Olympic Games has been a good investment for his country, despite earlier misgivings about spiralling costs.
Rogge praises organisers
29/08/2004 14:47
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has praised Athens organisers for putting on "splendid" games.
Rogge silenced drug cynics
29/08/2004 12:43
Suggestions by critics before the Athens Games that IOC president Jacques Rogge would falter in his attempt to carry out a war on doping have been proved wrong.
Cyclist fails drug test
29/08/2004 12:43
Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams has tested positive for a stimulant and could lose her bronze medal from the points race.
Gymnastics takes a tumble
29/08/2004 12:43
If they gave out medals for unhappiness and misery, Olympic gymnastics would provide a podium sweep.
No retirement: Holmes
29/08/2004 12:43
Britain's double Olympic heroine Kelly Holmes says she has no intention to retire, revealing that she did consider it two years ago.
Anarchists hurl fire bombs
29/08/2004 09:37
A handful of self-proclaimed anarchists have hurled Molotov cocktails at police patrolling in central Athens, but there were no injuries.
Best award: My son Athens
29/08/2004 09:37
Thai light welterweight gold medallist Manus Boonjumnong says his best reward is his son Athens.
Blatter: Games too confusing
28/08/2004 17:55
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the Olympic Games as being too big and too confusing.
Lewis against Bush tactics
28/08/2004 16:14
Olympic legend Carl Lewis has expressed his dismay at a controversial television ad for the re-election of US President George Bush.
Two more doping shocks
28/08/2004 15:32
Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca and Hungarian weightlifting silver medallist Ferenc Gyurkovics have been thrown out of the Olympics.
'If we catch you, you're gone'
27/08/2004 20:21
As soon as the little-known Belarusian sprinter crossed the finish line to win the women's 100 metres, the cross-examination began.
Rogge defends 'zero tolerance'
27/08/2004 16:00
IOC president Jacques Rogge has refuted claims that the spate of positive doping tests at the Athens Olympics had tarnished the Games.
'Leave the wreaths in Greece'
27/08/2004 11:48
New Zealand's medal winning Olympic stars should just take a picture of their wreaths and leave them in Greece.
All the way from Athens
27/08/2004 10:07
Despite the Olympic call for international unity, politics are rife, News24's Jannie Momberg writes from Athens.
Gypsies the big Olympic losers
26/08/2004 18:54
Despite promises that gypsy families evicted from their homes to make way for Olympic venues would be looked after, the issue has been largely ignored.
'We have nothing to fear'
26/08/2004 17:58
The IAAF has begun investigating whether Greece's shamed sprinters had tried repeatedly to avoid doping testers.
Athens metro breaks record
26/08/2004 16:09
The Athens metro carried half a million people daily during the first eleven days of the Olympics - 75 percent more than in the same period last year.
Rowers stripped of bronze
26/08/2004 10:41
The Ukrainian four-woman rowing team was stripped of their bronze medal after one member tested positive for a banned drug.
Mugabe rewards Zim medallist
26/08/2004 10:41
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has awarded Olympic gold medallist Kirsty Coventry a diplomatic passport and $50 000 "pocket money".
Cops nab dope crash witness
25/08/2004 21:36
A man who claimed to have witnessed a motorcycle accident involving Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou has been arrested.
Doping lawyers in Athens
25/08/2004 18:34
Three US lawyers investigating the affairs of US laboratory Balco are in Athens to pass on information regarding the Greek doping suspects.
Red carpet for Zim pool star
25/08/2004 18:23
Thousands of Zimbabweans have rolled out a red carpet welcome to Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Kirsty Coventry.
IOC furious over Bush ads
25/08/2004 18:07
Top IOC officials are furious at what they see as US President George Bush's hijacking of the Olympic name for his re-election campaign.
Athletes' medical files seized
25/08/2004 17:11
Prosecutors have seized the hospital records of Greece's two disgraced sprinters who withdrew from the Olympics after missing a doping test.
Taxi driver returns silver medal
25/08/2004 14:02
A taxi driver has returned a silver medal left in his cab by Dutch rower Simon Diederik, Olympics organisers have said.
Weightlifting's crisis deepens
25/08/2004 12:42
Another weightlifter has reportedly failed a dope test at the Olympics bringing the number of known cases to ten.
Olympics leave hefty debt
25/08/2004 11:22
Greece has pledged to redress its finances after figures showed that Olympics-related costs pushed Greece's public debt to new depths.
Loving the Olympic losers
25/08/2004 10:38
A Canadian man has dedicated himself to immortalising the gallant Athens loser in cyberspace, in a celebration of true Olympic spirit.
Doping: Political sparks fly
24/08/2004 21:37
The Greek governnment and the opposition have broken a tacit Olympic truce that surrounds the Games - thanks to doping.
Olympic doping's list of shame
24/08/2004 19:44
A total of 73 athletes have fallen foul of anti-doping rules at the Olympics since tests were first introduced at the 1968 games.
Earthquake hits Athens
24/08/2004 16:37
Athens has been jolted by an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale.
Post Office stamps out athlete
24/08/2004 15:08
Stamps featuring doped Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis could become a collectors' item after a decision to withdraw the issue.
Organisers reach ticket target
24/08/2004 14:15
Athens Olympic Games organisers reached their ticket sales goal with five days left until the closing ceremony.
Gymnastics tension boils over
24/08/2004 10:32
Booing spectators have halted the Olympic horizontal bar final, expressing their frustration at what turned into the latest judging controversy.
Judo champion dies after fall
24/08/2004 10:32
Eleni Ioannou, a member of the Greek Olympic judo team who was hospitalised after falling from her third-floor apartment balcony, has died.
Probe into sprint coach widened
24/08/2004 08:46
Authorities conducted a second raid on a food supplements company belonging to the man who coached two disgraced Greek sprinters.
Fencing 'scandal' escalates
23/08/2004 19:24
The faulty judging of a Hungarian fencing referee, banned as a result from future Olympics, has sparked a spiral of recriminations.
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