Portugal knocked out

Portugal were bundled out of the men's soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics on Wednesday after a humiliating 4-2 defeat by Costa Rica.Morocco's 2-1 victory over Iraq in the other Group D match......

Iraq reach Olympic quarter-finals

Iraq's fairytale Olympic run continued on Sunday when they beat Costa Rica 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the men's soccer competitionat the Athens Games. Second-half goals from Hawar Mohammed......

Olympics: Iraq stun Portugal 4-2

Iraq's footballers brought a ray of comfort to the war-torn country by upsetting Portugal 4-2 in their opening game of the Olympic men's soccer tournament on Thursday. Striker Younis Mahmoud scored......

Greece takes Olympic security nationwide

Greece's top Olympic security officials began a four-day tour of the country aimed at sealing its porous borders ahead of the August 13-29 Games in Athens. The trip led by the public order minister......

US troops for Olympic security

A secret Athens Olympics security operation involving several hundred American troops started on Wednesday, the day after Greece's new conservative prime minister took the troubled Games under his......