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• 'Optimism that has grabbed Sydney is outrageous'^New!
• Will it be ceremony, ceriminny or ceremoany?
• Johnson misses birthday in transit to Australia
• IOC admit to loophole in EPO drug test
• Indian link: Cheers to the Pearce family
• Jones sees no reason why she can't take five
• Jay Stacy - Aussie's hockey team's power house
• 'Dream Team' under microscope for attitude
• Charlesworth to bid farewell at the Olympics
• Some "classic" questions about the Olympics
• The dilemma of coaching the two fastest men
• IOC curbs to stop net scoops
• Dotcoms barred from covering Olympics live
• Opening ceremony details are exposed
• The Lithgow Flash gives new light to flame
• When commercialisation goes too 'bloody' far
• Trinidad and Tobago team lost in transit
• Swimming may take sheen out of athletics
• Australian athletes evade drug tests
• Beware of the Aussie bomber called Domke!
• Terrorist fear uncovers smuggling racket
• Samaranch talking through his hat: drug experts
• 'Don't they look beyond their noses and their shores'
• Australia owe India a lot in hockey
• SOCOG sell 'prized' tickets to ordinary locals
• Fischer arrows in on Bhutan's national sport
• Delicate flowers add colour to Sydney
• Russia claim they can win 35 to 37 gold medals
• It's party time at beach volleyball venue
• East Timor athletes to don UN colours
• Sydney is ready, but host athletes are not
• Champion horses fly in greatest equine airlift
• Fancy camerawork tied up in shoelaces
• Strictures removed on media access
• US swim team propelled by 'horse power'
• Savage Garden to perform at closing ceremony
• Where on Earth is the Togo Olympic team?
• Torch heads home and the fever's rising
• Games medal tally reflects political situation
• 'Sustained team effort is key to medal success'
• Afghanistan to be kept away from Sydney Games
• Gosper to pursue IOC bid despite controversy
• Former champion rues loss of Games' simplicity
• Stephie set to emulate Steffi's gold winning feat
• Fewer tourists to trample welcome mat
• Fears for tourists as pedestrian death toll jumps
• Thorpe not wrapped in cotton wool
• Wine firm toasts its success as a sponsor
• IOC to elect eight members from active athletes
• Protest chain may greet overseas visitors
• 140 horses to participate in gala opening ceremony
• Another Jesse Owens to experience Olympic thrill
• Rash of 'injuries' possible as tests scare off cheats
• Cold War rivals team up for explosive launch
• Plum seats for Chelsea Clinton, Bill Gates
• Aborigines asked not to protest at Games pavilion
• Athletics village fifth largest city in the state
• SOCOG in a mood to pamper Olympic volunteers