Four years after Sydney hosted the most successful Olympic Games in recent history, the international sporting spectacular returned to Athens, the home of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.The occasion provides an opportunity to discuss what has happened to the ideals of goodwill between nations, sporting excellence and good sportsmanship which the Olympic Games are supposed to represent.It is probably naïve to believe that any such event could ever fully embody these virtues. But it will ce…
