2006 Olympic Torch Relay Unveiled
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The torch relay for the 2006 Turin Olympics will pass by the Leaning Tower of Pisa and go up Venice's Grand Canal in a route that will cover every province in Italy.
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Xing Huina of China celebrates with a national flag after winning the women&#39;s 10,000m race in 30 minutes 24.37 seconds at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 27, 2004.
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The lights at Athens&#39; Olympic stadium turn red to signify the handover of the Paralympic Games to the host city, Beijing. Photo: AFP.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Fire brigades, battling forest blazes across Greece, on Sunday began evacuating villages near ancient Olympia, site of the first Olympic games.
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The race for the 2012 Summer Olympics entered its final phase yesterday, as candidate cities from New York to Moscow released the formal bids they hope will land them the Games.
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Madrid, one of five cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, unveiled its dossier on Wednesday (17 November), just two days after submitting it to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Three cheers for the Greeks. Their show opening the Olympic Games was the most spectacular presentation I have ever seen, on stage, in the air, on ice or anywhere. What a way to begin sports&#39; grandest parade! ...
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ATHENS, Greece -- The closing ceremony of the Athens Games is underway in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the Olympic Stadium. The arena, which has been the main venue for the sporting carnival for the past
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The logo for the 2012 London Olympics has been unveiled on Monday, a jagged emblem in bold colours designed to define the image of the Games in five years&#39; time.
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Christmas on the island of Sicily, New Year&#39;s eve at the bay of Naples. Italy mapped out Tuesday a two-month-long journey for the 2006 Winter Olympics torch, which will cross
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Starting from this morning, the day after the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics, the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins.
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With an Olympics looming in Beijing, the world track and field championships that begin Saturday in Osaka, Japan, are a prologue. A look at some of the most intriguing events.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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The fireworks shot out from the top of the Olympic Stadium, the grand finale of the Opening Ceremonies lighting up the Athens sky.
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More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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The "Watercube," one of the two iconic venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was unveiled on Monday
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ATHENS It begins. On Monday afternoon on Sky Radio - Greek talk radio with an Anglo title - a caller made the following observation: &quot;All these countries are sending us congratulations for a great Olympics.