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Sports News Interviews Specials Slide Shows Hockey Chess Football Formula One Rugby			Home > Sports > News News August 31, 2004 Henin survives a scare Bhutia to miss Japan match Manchester United sign Rooney Top flight golfers for TNGF Open Trezeguet, Diarra out for qualifiers Roddick, Hardenne to start defences Williams dazzles, Federer eases through Capriati targets 'dream' victory Classy Agassi serves up late feast Martin announces his retirement August 30, 2004 Schumi will go on and on: Todt Newcastle sack manager Robson Ankita advances to second round Doping weighs heavily on lifters Phelps sets new standard for swimming China sprint towards Beijing 2008 El Guerrouj confirms he is the greatest Africa lags in medals Hewitt wins Long Island Greece give Games super send-off Irishman assaulted marathon leader August 29, 2004 Mighty boxer Kindelan bows out in style Kabaeva puts controversy behind to take gold Baldini marathon triumph marred by intruder Spectator assaults marathon leader Brazil win men's volleyball gold Hammer gold medallist Annus loses medal Argentina men's cagers supreme Argentina cagers usher in new world order Schumacher seals seventh world title IOC chief hails "awakening of Asia" Holmes to race on after golden double South Koreans lodge appeal over Hamm Should the X-men have a go? U.S. salvage pride at the last Rooney set to miss out for England China supreme heading for Beijing U.S. retain both 4x400 titles China rally to women's volleyball gold Arsenal, Chelsea win; Man U held Indian 4x400 quartet finishes 7th Thorkildsen is men's javelin champ Solis maintains Cuban heavyweight grip Slesarenko wrecks Cloete's high jump dream Britain stun US in 4x100 relay El Guerrouj completes historic double August 28, 2004 Yuriy Borzakovskiy wins men's 800m Holmes adds 1500 gold to 800 Brazil, Italy spikers in final IOC suspects Annus, wants second test Capel taken off relay after positive test U.S. women cagers win third straight gold Austrian pair retain Tornado title Trulli takes pole at rainy Spa Agassi ready for one final flourish Australia finally break through hockey gold barrier Colin Powell cancels Athens visit Barrichello top in rain-hampered practice Argentina win first gold in 52 years Video replays help pin down errors Valencia win Super Cup Bad day for United States, new dawn for China Jones suffers further humiliation Hewitt, Paradorn head for Long Island showdown Dementieva hammered in New Haven Mack wins pole vault title Italy dash Iraq's medal dream Jamaica win women's 4x100 relay Menendez wins javelin with ease Xing stuns Ethiopians in 10,000m Australia win first men's hockey gold Argentina upset U.S. cagers Greene anchors U.S. to easy first round win Liu wins hurdles gold, equals world record Germany win bronze with golden goal Voros wins women's modern pentathlon August 27, 2004 Cuba's Solis set to succeed Savon Elsayed disqualified from semi-final Sour grapes as another U.S. boxer loses Golden oldies take centre stage Bhullar wins Southern India Jr/Sub-jr golf Rooney hands in transfer request Russian runner expelled for doping Dahle ends 32-year Norwegian wait Abramovich link sparks probe Annus must give sample or lose gold Zee may launch sports channel Germany's Fischer wins eighth Olympic gold Korzeniowski wins historic third 50km walk Guo maintains Chinese diving supremacy US win women's football Invincible Sanchez storms to gold Crawford denies Gatlin sprint double Kabaeva survives hoop nightmare India lose in LG Cup semis Controversy mars taekwondo opening day Ibrahim wins Egypt's first gold in 56 years Germany win first women's hockey gold Phillips takes long jump gold Bobby Aloysius crashes out Argentina eves win hockey bronze Ferreira, Ahluwalia to head awards committees Schumacher looking for lucky seven August 26, 2004 France recall Makelele, Giuly USTA to serve some aces at the Open Deco may replace Figo in Portugal squad Paradorn closes on Long Island title treble Federer gets tough US Open first round Ralf to return next week Everton reject Rooney bids Dutch, Aussies seek history in final Zimbabwe's Mugabe hails 'golden girl' Khan, Saitov share boxing spotlight with Cubans Greek sprinters free to compete - IAAF Argentina lay 2006 World Cup foundations Klaver journeys from ICU to final Chinese forecast late Russian gold onslaught Fredericks, El Guerrouj elected to IOC panel Carter leads NZ one-two in triathlon Iranians proud of their Hercules All smiles as Russians get reward Ukrainian rower tests positive Radcliffe still to decide on 10,000 metres Hungarian weightlifter expelled over refusal British Boxer Khan ready to graduate Athens cabbie's minutes of fame as medallist Dementieva survives cull in New Haven Man U lose Keane for three weeks Australia cries along with Pittman in hurdles Fame but questions for Halkia Relay gold next on Jamaican hit list Kuzenkova nails hammer gold at last Only one Indian-American in US Open singles Campbell speeds to women's 200 gold Gatlin stays on course for sprint double Sensational Halkia storms to hurdles gold August 25, 2004 Britain, S.Africa win bottom place play-offs Officials sweat to lift Goliath Anand wins Sao Paulo Open Gardner loses quest for repeat gold Allen wins triathlon gold Isinbayeva on top of the world Fridman gold fulfils Israel's dream Hewitt makes confident start Rhythmic gymnasts to grab spotlight Scandals have not affected Games - IOC Sautin nearing the end of the line Peng wins springboard gold for China Jones makes belated entry to Games Women's 100m hurdles may be re-run Isinbayeva breaks pole vault world record Hicham El Guerrouj: Master of the Mile El Guerrouj wins Olympic gold at last Argentina, Paraguay in men's football final Williams-Darling wins 400m gold Hayes wins 100m hurdles gold Kemboi leads Kenyan 1-2-3 in steeplechase Discus champ thrown out of Games NZ eves make Champions Trophy Dutch women reach final on penalties Harikrishna finishes joint second Muenzer wins historic cycling gold August 24, 2004 Sebrle rules decathlon world Hungarian set to lose discus gold Pool queen celebrates with beach party Anand set to win Sao Paulo crown Everton rejects 20 million pound bid for Rooney Holmes urges Radcliffe to try, try, try again Germany squeeze into semis, meet Dutch Consistent Karpov leads decathlon Spanish gymnasts achieve new Games high Last chance for El Guerrouj Winning Iraqi team rare cause for joy "People power" stops Games event, Holmes wins Ethiopia's Defar takes 5,000 gold Wariner wins men's 400m title U.S. takes third softball gold Australia strike cycling gold again Holmes takes 800 metres gold Yao spurs China to giant upset August 23, 2004 Fazekas takes discus gold British hail plucky Paula Australia strike cycling gold again Humpy holds Maxim Sorokin Jharkhand win sub-jr. girls' hockey Greece gets instant new 'immortal' Saitov nears all-time boxing greats Table tennis doubles faces Olympics axe Korean Ryu upsets Wang for gold Owen seeks new challenge at Real Khorkina sulks into retirement We're no symbol of freedom: Iraq coach Spain in men's hockey semis Radcliffe was not injured, says team Bula eyes Africa swim Different motives for Iraq, Argentina Injury ends Dvorak's decathlon dream China are new faces in women's hockey semis Bulgaria appeals rings final result Korzhanenko to be excluded from Games - IOC Greece goes crazy over "Immortal" walker Campbell eyes September return for Arsenal China surpass Athens goal of 20 golds Mutola faces stern challenge Gatlin sprints from unknown to Olympic gold Massu does a tennis double Annus wins men's hammer title Olsson wins men's triple jump Justin Gatlin is fastest man Australia fail to make women's hockey semis Noguchi wins women's marathon Holm wins Olympic high jump Thrilling win for record-equalling Arsenal Bula ecstatic after Seven Seas swim August 22, 2004 Iranian banned for two years for drugs Zhang brings up China's 100 Khorkina says "judges robbed me" Women's shot put champion tests positive Ramesh holds Evgeny Vladimirov Kapur delighted with pro debut "Wrong target" drama costs U.S. gold Greek duo maintain innocence US men end 40-year rowing drought Kluft crowned queen of heptathlon Greece shamed again at their own Games Greece shamed again at their own Games South Koreans demand U.S. gold Hockey - Korea coach gives up on girls Chilean pair win country's first gold U.S. cagers crash to Lithuania Record relay nets Phelps eighth swimming medal Nesterenko is fastest woman Iraq in men's football semis Henin picks women's tennis gold Gonzalez gives Chile first medal China close to target of 20 gold medals Chelsea and Man Utd on target August 21, 2004 Greene pips Powell in 100 heats Australia win women's 4x100m swim relay Hackett swims to second 1500m title De Bruijn retains 50m crown Harikrishna, Ramesh play out a draw Germany lose golds in legal battle Greeks find drugs in raid on sprint coach's store Hidayat, Ning take badminton golds Big guns through in 100m heats S.Korea thrash Egypt 11-0 Wanted: Players for Egypt hockey team TT: China win men's doubles Woodgate completes Real move Hamm won gymnastics gold on score error Humpy goes down to Sorokin Relieved Pittman clears first hurdle Emotional Pinsent grabs fourth gold Aggasi eases into Washington semis Davenport maintains winning run Field wide open in women's 100 final South Koreans win men's doubles gold Bekele storms to 10000m gold Kluft on course for heptathlon gold Henin to meet Mauresmo in final Massu, Fish in tennis final Lagat in 1,500 semis after shoe scare Devers scrapes into 100m semis August 20, 2004 Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle 'Divine' last arrow gives S. Korea gold Meares wins gold with record Hoy gives Britain cycling gold Phelps takes 100 butterfly for fifth gold Amir Khan storms into last eight Judge maintains Peirsol broke rules Chinese women take TT doubles title U.S. trio, Ottey sprint through 100m heats Greek lifter fails drug test Argentina's women in hockey semis Woodgate to sign for Real Madrid U.S. win men's 50m prone position France's Peschier wins gold in kayak Kapur makes cut in Pro debut Anjali, Deepali disappoint Manav Das wins Royal Challenge South Galkina wins gold for Russia Brugnetti strides to first gold Davenport continues winning streak Wenger closes in on Clough's record Agassi cruises into Washington quarter-finals Gebrselassie grabs centre stage Moya knocked out, women prosper Late bogies hurt Woods Henry follows Fraser to 100m gold Patterson wins women's gymnastics gold France win elusive team sabre gold Phelps wins fourth swimming gold Galiazzo takes surprise archery gold The man with the worst job of the Games? August 19, 2004 Beard snatches swimming gold from Jones Peirsol's swimming gold restored on appeal Anno leads Japan to record judo medal haul Ai Sugiyama upset by Molik Mauresmo through to semis Myskina in semi-finals Villeneuve visits Sauber for talks Chinese duo retain mixed doubles badminton Moya, Grosjean crash out France advance to fencing final Zhang Ning gives China gold Ghosal crashes out Chinese top seeds exit in TT Iran escapes sanction over Israeli Real Madrid target Woodgate Aditya assumes sole lead Jail for Olympic pool jump Pakistan too good for South Korea Hoogenband, Popov out of 50m freestyle China media under fire for gold medal hype Wins for Germany and England Woods' number one ranking in danger Hewitt cruises into Washington Open quarters Yang fails to break Chinese medal drought Hoogenband dumps drug scandals Europe fights back in badminton China in women's hockey semis Portugal knocked out Tears then fencing gold for Vezzali Skakun gets weightlifting gold Hamm claims men's all-round crown Bilonog wins Olympia shot put gold Jedrzejczak wins women's 200 metre butterfly August 18, 2004 Hoogie keeps 100m freestyle crown U.S. women break oldest record for relay gold Asia assured of men's badminton sweep Gonzalez shocks Roddick Korzhanenko wins first athletics gold Pierce stuns defending champ Venus Humpy beats Russian GM Shiv Kapur set for pro debut Two-way lead at Royal Challenge South golf Malleswari does not finish Estanguet retains canoeing title Veteran Swede table tennis duo shock Chinese pair Van Moorsel strikes gold again Sprints more fun without Jones Heaston makes history in Olympia Eriksson urges more rest for players Federer's Olympic dream shattered Sixth seed Gade upset in quarters Greek sprinters pull out of Games Brazil drop Milan trio Dutch drive forward Romanians storm to victory in gymnastics Pakistan notch up first win World 100m champion Edwards banned Thompson slays giant but falls to champ U.S. win men's 4x200 freestyle relay Klochkova repeats golden double Phelps wins second gold August 17, 2004 Harikrishna in joint-third place Hoogenband can break world record I died a hundred times: Rathore Federer, Ferrero, Safin crash out Shooters play own mind games UAE's al-Maktoum wins historic gold China revels in "golden harvest" Nestruev takes men's pistol gold U.S. swimmers out of 100 freestyle Dwyer earns draw for Australia Sumangala exits in second round Capacity crowd attend beach volleyball Australia hails Thorpe gold record Owen can win fight for place: Beckham U.S. misfire in early days in Athens Japan win men's gymnastics team gold Greece break China's golden sequence Beckham admits he was below par at Euro 2004 Myanmar woman tests positive Former super flyweight champion dead France's Guyart wins men's foil Luo wins China's first swim gold August 16, 2004 Chen's weightlifting gold puts China on top Lee reigns supreme in judo Thorpe wins swimming 'race of the century' Thorpe, Coughlin, Peirsol win gold Experience rescues Aussie Cook U.S. women rally to avoid upset Moya wins, Dementieva out Australian women offer bounty to kiss Andy U.S. swimmers trying to bounce back Greek athletes' case deferred again Balogh wins women's trap shooting Stands still half empty Ballack named Germany captain Phelps shrugs off relay disappointment Fischer to marry Japanese woman Mourinho relishes Chelsea's win Bindra finishes seventh Australia get first points in gold bid Gebrselassie faces fitness fight Wake-up call for Dream Team S.Koreans on form in archery Phelps, Thorpe face Dutch threat Kobe Bryant back in court Navratilova becomes grand dame of Games Singh seals playoff win at Whistling Straits Testers fail to find Greeks in two days Top seed Lin ousted, Camilla dream shattered Owen will be a Real hit: Carlos Iraq reach Olympic quarter-finals China stay on top of medal table US swim team, cagers shocked Pakistan go down to Germany Iran defies Olympic spirit August 15, 2004 Tian, Guo open Chinese gold rush Manaudou wins gold for France Kitajima upsets Hansen to grab swimming gold Thomas wins butterfly for second gold Xian, Uchishiba strike gold in judo Romania lead in gymnastics team qualifying Carrigan upstages favourites Aragon breaks Greek hearts Schumacher scores record 12th win Lee-Hesh confident Alipov wins men's trap gold Gusty winds put off Olympic rowing Nicol's brace sinks Argentina Harikrishna makes winning start Fast court surprises Federer Sasikiran beats world champ for title Khorkina's all-round dreams dented World champion wins 10m air pistol Paes-Bhupathi face tough task Aussies crush NZ 4-1 Superpowers in pool duel Tiger runs out of steam after storming start Games security a "terrorist's dream" - UK paper Cisse scores on Liverpool debut Australia take relay gold and record August 14, 2004 Montano wins men's sabre gold Klochkova fights to keep medley title Greek sprint pair suspended Thorpe retains 400 freestyle crown Phelps wins first gold in record time Schumacher takes Hungarian pole Bettini takes cycling gold for Italy Japan judokas to the fore Yifu shoots second gold for China Greek pair set for Games exit Sania in final Jones slips out of sight Eriksson praises Owen's move China's Du Li wins first gold medal Phelps cruises into first final Judge in Kobe Bryant case refuses to delay trial Eriksson slams "sick" interest in private life Singh, Leonard share lead Heavyweight favourites clash in first round Games come home in ancient and modern glory Myths and technology welcome Games back home Owen passes Real Madrid medical Spectacular ceremony opens Games August 13, 2004 Flag bearers for Opening Ceremony Greece sprinters get 72 hours to explain Raikkonen quickest in Hungary Abbas feels pressure of Pakistan's eyes on him Owen hoping dreams turn to reality Chinese cameraman dies in Athens Vieira pledges future to Arsenal Phelps starts golden odyssey Michael Owen factfile Owen set to sign for Real Madrid Greek sprinters seek 48 hours to explain Beckham wants Owen and Vieira at Real Woods continues to suffer major problems Koreans seal top seedings Games return to Olympia after 1,611 years Olympics: Iraq stun Portugal 4-2 Mourinho looks for dream start Eto'o completes Barcelona move Acropolis flame ceremony sets Olympics stage August 12, 2004 Raducan waits for justice Dutch try to forget weight of two golds Zidane closes glorious chapter for France Zidane ends international career Zidane to stop playing for France Athens is ready ... at last Olympic Games lose big names Silence is golden for Phelps Real, Man Utd make winning starts Ref decision saves Greece August 11, 2004 Three Russian athletes fail drug test: official Edwards banned for two years American swimmers expect rich haul Hockey teams primed to beat the heat Serena pulls out of Olympics Kenyan fails first Athens drugs test Horses clock up frequent flyer miles Owen misses Liverpool game Big names gather for Games Liverpool win, Juventus held Kobe Bryant accuser sues August 10, 2004 Indian athletes getting acclimatised to Athens Athens on course to hit all targets Button's only valid contract is ours: BAR Style, art icons to deliver Olympic torch Bhutia to lead for LG Cup, pre-World Cup Games write a tragic love story Man Utd aiming to clip Arsenal's wings IOC hails security and drug busts Schumi ready to continue title romp Iraqis pin hopes on Olympic Truce Hoogenband shuns the limelight Owen thinking over move to Real Madrid U.S. sprinter Williams in positive test August 09, 2004 Athletes cleared dope tests IOC chief praises Greeks Woods equals Norman's record run Chelsea expect big prizes under Mourinho Randhawa will run into 'Tiger' Gods smile on "last-minute" Games Fernandez is new Porto coach "Glass beauty" Zhao back on course Irish runner admits taking drug Two Greek baseballers test positive Gymnasts seek endorsements Eel still hoping for comeback Zola bids farewell to Chelsea fans Button meets BAR boss to explain departure Mauresmo wins Montreal title Arsenal beat Man Utd 3-1 Agassi wins Cincinnati Masters Anand wins Mainz Chess Classic August 08, 2004 Anand one step away from Mainz title Aparna, Kanetkar get easier first round Sania wins ITF title in Britain Young tested positive in Paris Agassi outlasts Roddick Women players' Olympic boycott averted August 07, 2004 Anuja retains crown at expense of sister Meenal Japan beat China in controversial Asian Cup final El Guerrouj will go to Athens Porto sack coach Del Neri Agassi sets up Roddick semi-final Pittman hoping to compete at Athens India beat China for bronze Hewitt storms past Safin Paes-Bhupathi bow out in quarters Anand maintains lead over Shirov Olsson motivated by rare defeat Maradona wants presidential help Button's future still clouded Powell beats Greene again Pittman ruled out of Olympics Wenger warns Vieira about leaving August 06, 2004 E Bengal will not release players for national camp Vidya Pillai goes down fighting Constantine asserts himself Sania enters semi-finals Fischer renouncing U.S. citizenship BAR to challenge Button's move Anand takes lead against Shirov Man Utd, Arsenal lock horns again Mauresmo recovers to oust Bovina Agassi eases into last eight Nistelrooy out for a month Button to join Williams Fearless Tergat feels no pressure I'll bring gold home, predicts Greene Eriksson cleared by English FA Japanese are favourites in judo Dutch, Aussies shoot for third gold August 05, 2004 Thorpe ready to do battle with Phelps Thakur sisters too good Ralf out of Hungary Grand Prix Indian shuttlers face stiff task Remote village catches Olympic fever Chinese divers face stiff challenge IOC to take action over bid claims Sharapova cruises to easy win Hewitt back to his best Triathlon winners hard to predict Korean archers aim for perfect 10 August 04, 2004 Magimairaj, Pillai unbeaten Vieira set for Real move Olympic lifter charged with murder Italy stun U.S. Dream Team Advani, Mehta bow out Weightlifting hopes for clean Games Lavrov goes for gold again at 42 England coach Eriksson set to stay Japan ready for hostile reception U.S. men may be ripe for upset Chinese paddlers set to rule again India thrash Ireland in third Test Olympic Games offer tennis players unique experience Olympic Games offer tennis players unique experience BBC accuses senior Olympic figures of corruption Who's who in the Eriksson affair Liverpool beat Roma 2-1 Australia expect top-five finish in Athens Transparent masks put new face on fencing China to face Japan in final Federer knocked out in first round August 03, 2004 Advani, Mehta in last 16 Anuja Thakur scores third straight win Camacho calls for new Real signings Beckham to give more time to the game Tamada double puts Japan into final Rusedski proves his point with Cincinnati win Scholes quits England Hard times for doping cheats Henin to compete in Athens India look for deserving flag-bearer Australian coach guilty of sex charges Europeans set to dominate canoeing Athens sailing set to match Sydney Athens set for rough rowing regatta Olympics reach high-water mark Fischer seeks third country refuges AC Milan rally to beat Chelsea Tyson set for knee surgery Agassi advances in Cincinnati Harrison handed two-year doping suspension August 02, 2004 Advani's winning run ends Anuja Thakur given a scare Fischer applies for asylum in Japan Davenport wins third straight title Federer wins Toronto Masters Paes-Bhupathi win Toronto Masters China, Japan on collision course Beckham turns into Oriental mystic August 01, 2004 Anand wins Dortmund title Jahangir laments decline in squash standards German coaches will make a difference: Gill Bagan trounce Mohd. Sporting Advani stays on course AC Milan edge Man U on penalties Greece imposes 'no go' areas Myskina saves nine match-points to reach final Anand, Kramnik draw first game Paes-Bhupathi in final Japan penalty row hits Asian Cup Federer, Roddick set up dream final Archives Earlier Reports

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