The Olympic Games returned to their birthplace in Greece after 108 years. This is an archive of all related stories on CNN.com:
August 29
Beijing gears up for 2008 Italy's Baldini wins marathon gold Athens to sign off Games in style Golden Brazil win volleyball title IOC strips Annus of hammer gold Kindelan dashes Khan's title hopes Athens bids farewell to the Games
August 28
IOC strips weightlifter of silver Borzakovskiy snatches 800m victory Fischer is thwarted in record bid Bovina defeats Dechy to take title Britain shock U.S. in sprint relay El Guerrouj secures double triumph Cuba retain heavyweight title grip U.S. women clinch basketball title Holmes wins 1,500m to take double
August 27
Korzeniowski completes 50km treble Gyurkovics could lose silver medal Xing wins gold as Radcliffe quits Lebedeva makes amends in long jump Mack pulls off a last-gasp victory Radcliffe confirms bid for 10,000m Liu wins gold by equalling record FIG urges Hamm to give up medal Olympic tribute to dead journalist Kenteris cheered by crowd support Fischer on course for medal record Teenager Khan is through to final
August 26
Brazilian Grael claims fifth medal New Zealand triumph in triathlon Germany claim shock hockey victory Ukrainian medalist fails dope test 'Dream team' at last reaches semis IAAF investigates Greek sprinters |Video
August 25
Austrian Allen wins triathlon gold Halkia win sends Athens crowd wild Greek sprinters being investigated Volleyball champions Serbia beaten Gardner crashes out in semifinals Fridman secures first Israeli gold Isinbayeva aims to be female Bubka Bayley continues Aussie domination
August 24
Earthquake shakes Olympic venues Fredericks to quit after final 200 Fischer still a contender for gold El Guerrouj grabs his Olympic gold Bayley the boss in cycling sprint Germany rebound with Showjumping Hayes triumphs as her rivals fall Steeplechase sweep for Kenyan trio Argentina in final but Iraq go out Khan punches his way into history Discus champion stripped of gold Decathlon champion Pappas quits Russia to appeal gymnastic results Greek judo champion killed by fall
August 23
Wariner leads American clean sweep U.S. and Brazil make Olympic final Karpov leads decathlon at halfway U.S. clinch third successive gold Rowing drama hits Aussies Holmes strikes gold in track drama Another cycling gold for Australia Athens warms to Olympic spirit Surprise Greek winner in 20km walk Big bag of surprises at Athens Soldier shot dead at biking venue Shot put winner stripped of gold Prosecutor probes Sampanis scandal GB team: Radcliffe wasn't injured
August 22
Noguchi claims marathon gold medal Athletics hat-trick for Sweden Gatlin claims blue riband victory Ulmer claims cycling pursuit gold Gatlin coach link to steroid mail Devers has to pull out of Olympics Massu claims second gold in a day U.S. sign off with regatta triumph Shot-put champion will lose gold Drug scandal costs Greek medal Korea fighting for gymnastics gold
August 21
Sampanis denies doping charges Records tumble at last day in pool Henin-Hardenne wins Olympic gold Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold Greene cruises through 100m heats Briton Wiggins claims pursuit gold Germany loses equestrian titles Britain, U.S. share sailing medals Greek team leader offers to resign Pinsent claims fourth rowing gold Hamm to keep gold despite error
August 20
Twins claim second Slovak gold Greek despair at failed drugs test U.S. revive basketball medal hopes Teenage sensation to quarterfinals Lagat qualifies despite shoe scare Time trial wins for Hoy and Meares Phelps wins gold medal number five Bekele ends reign of Gebrselassie Superstar Thorpe left high and dry Prosecutors probe sprinters' crash Chinese faster, higher, stronger Henin-Hardenne reaches semifinals Italian strides to 20km walk gold
August 19
Korir has to pull out of marathon | Video The price of the Games Chinese stars in Badminton double | Video French to appeal after losing gold Henry ends 40-year Australian wait Seven weightlifters in drug bans U.S. revive basketball medal hopes Phelps banks his fourth gold medal Patterson clinches all-round gold
August 18
Hamm stumbles, then soars to gold Venus and Roddick both dumped out Van den Hoogenband wins 100 meters Bilonog wins shot put at Olympia Denmark's Holm confirms he'll sail German team claim equestrian gold First Dutch gold for van Moorsel USA rebound from Puerto Rico loss Titanic battle set for 100m final Greek sprinters pull out of Games | Video Romanian teens storm to gold medal Slovakian canoeist denied victory Injured Haile to gamble on fitness
August 17
Shock defeat for favorite Federer Zagunis ends 100-year U.S. famine | Video Phelps strikes gold, misses record Gold medal for UAE in double trap Edwards excluded after ban upheld Athens ticket sales 'improving' Beaten Ferrero fails to hook Fish Judoka claims second Greek gold Tutu diver splashes into spotlight Danish sailor allowed to compete Australia hails Athens hero Thorpe
August 16
Greek divers win hosts' first gold Thorpe torpedoes his world rivals Coughlin claims gold in backstroke Gebrselassie in Games injury race Federer through after rare warning Yvonne Boenisch claims gold medal Zhu Qinan makes it three for China Sprinters granted a further delay Athens struggles to fill stadiums Phelps joint fastest in butterfly Elena Dementieva out of tournament
August 15
Thai gold as Asian athletes excel Iranian judo champion disqualified Alipov shoots way to Olympic gold South Africa halt Phelps gold rush Thorpe beats Phelps in 200m semi Aussie Carrigan takes cycling gold Andy Roddick through to next round Manaudou puts France on gold trail Venus, Roddick and Martina impress Iranian judo champion disqualified Rowing schedule blown off course 'Dream team' beaten by Puerto Rico| Video
August 14
Edwards to learn fate on Monday Greek pair withdrawn from Games Bettini takes gold in road race Phelps stars on first day in pool Phelps leads the way in qualifying Du Li claims first gold in Athens
August 13
Greek pair to face Monday hearing Greek sprinters called by tribunal Glittering opening for Olympics Irish runner banned after EPO test
August 12
Venus set to face Henin-Hardenne U.S. team told: Show flag respect Anti-drugs chief confirms HGH test Greek Kenteris misses drugs test Iraq stun Portugal in Olympics Greek TV boss quits amid problems
August 11
Serena out of Olympic tennis event Russian trio give positive tests Torri Edwards banned for two years Spanish cyclist axed from Olympics Games ticket sales near 50 percent
