YEARENDER-Greece and Porto successes make 2004 memorable
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Greece&#39;s extraordinary success at Euro 2004 and Porto&#39;s victory in the Champions League final brought romanticism back to international soccer in a landmark year for the sport in 2004.
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PORTO ended Chelsea&#39;s unbeaten record to earn themselves a place in the knockout stages in dramatic fashion. Benni McCarthy scored the winner for the Portuguese side with just five minutes remaining of a game
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Vassilis Spanoulis hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer yesterday to lead Greece past Croatia, 81-78, at the European Championship in Madrid.In other games, JosÃ© Calderon scored 17 points to lift Spain past Russia, 81-69, and into the quarterfinals, and Joao Gomes had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help Portugal beat Israel, 94-85.With the score 78-78, Spanoulis, the a Houston Rockets guard, dribbled the length of the court and made a wide-open shot from nearly three feet behind the line.
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Ronaldinho of Barcelona and Brazil has won the Fifa 2004 World Player of the Year award. Playmaker Ronaldinho, 24, pipped strikers Thierry Henry of Arsenal and France and Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan and the Ukraine to claim the accolade.
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LISBON, Dec 20 (IPS) - A glance at Macau on the fifth anniversary of its   handover by Portugal shows that the economy of this special  administrative  region of China has grown, regional integration  has been strengthened, and  the tourism industry has expanded.
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Frankfurt - World Cup winners Brazil were on Monday drawn to meet European champions Greece, Gold Cup winners Mexico and Asian champions Japan at the 2005 Confederations Cup.
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The draw for the Champions&#39; League would seem to fit Jose Mourinho&#39;s self-image perfectly. Having given Porto the European Cup, the Uefa Cup and the Portuguese championship, he will return to demonstrate how far he has advanced since May.
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Liverpool are fortunate to emerge with a draw from their opening Champions League Group A game against Porto.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Capping its sports-hosting triumph, Greece ended the XXVIII Olympiad with a festive splash of ethnic folklore, music and dancing.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The 2004 Summer Games ended with a vibrant two-hour extravaganza at Athens&#39; Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Greece bid farewell to guests from 201 countries in a ceremony that started with fireworks and a dazzling light show.
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* Porto got the better of three French teams on their way to last season&#39;s Champions League title, beating Olympique Marseille twice in the group phase before eliminating Olympique Lyon in the quarter-finals and AS Monaco in the final.
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Greek international Angelos Charisteas seems to love playing football on the big stage, with his late strike for Werder Bremen securing a sensational 2-1 Champions League win over ten-man Valencia on Wednesday.
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Steve McClaren's England coaching debut was a success, with Peter Crouch scoring twice in a 4-0 win over European champion Greece on Wednesday.
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FC Porto scored three second-half goals to beat visiting Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Monday and move into second place in the Portuguese league, one point behind leader Benfica after nine rounds.
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Holders Porto survived a fightback to overcome Chelsea 2-1 and kept a Champions League second round hope alive as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in thenext round on Tuesday.
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2004 was a bumper year for video games which proved more popular than ever before.
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.