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	The Olympic opening ceremony and the parade by Thanos Kalamidas Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games? Did you see all the fireworks and the dancers? What about the gigantic globe? Did you see the athletes from all around the world parading? I didn't!
	Beijing, the end of the Olympic spirit by Thanos Kalamidas Chinese president Hu Jintao has appealed to the international media not to "politicize" the Beijing Games and, for the first time, I'm not going to watch the opening ceremony.
	Daley Thompson: Olympic Champion by Clint Wayne British decathlete Daley Thompson, the first athlete to simultaneously hold Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in a single event, celebrates his 50th birthday today.

	Gone for a Barton by Clint Wayne I started to recall other footballers who have fallen foul of our laws and have been imprisoned during my lifetime. I have ended up with a full and very capable team, a sort of Football 'Dirty Dozen'.
	An All-English Affair... sort of by Asa Butcher Tonight in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Manchester United will play against Chelsea in the first-ever all-English club final in the history of the European Cup.
	Beauty and Whiteness: The Indian Premier League by Binoy Kampmark Former English cricketer Robin Jackman is giving his pitch report (25 April) in Chandigarh, and the girls, both blonde and brunette, mainly white, and unmistakably Caucasian, are dancing before him.
	Hooligans & Youth (Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni Βάνδαλα άτομα που βιαιοπραγούν στο όνομα της από
	Interview with the ...Dracula (Greek) by Panathinaikos Palmos Συνέντευξη με το αφεντικό της ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός
	It Was All Greek to Me by Clint Wayne The first time I found myself interested in Greek football was when I took my brother, as a birthday treat, to Wembley to see the 1971 European Cup Final between Ajax and Panathinaikos on a pleasant summer's evening.
	100 history and one misery that must go! by Thanos Kalamidas Too many times over the last few years I have written articles about the lethal responsibility of the billionaire owners of football teams and their potential to destroy the world's most popular sport.
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