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The best/worst (take your pick) part of any Olympic Games is the way millions of us end up watching a sport that millions of us wouldn't be caught dead watching under any normal circumstances. I love this stuff. Why, just a little while ago, I found myself reading a story that began: "Slovenia judoka Urska Zolnir won gold in women's 63 kilogram over China's Xu Lili."

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Palestinian athlete heads to Londonupdated: Wed Aug 01 2012 11:47:00

A Palestinian athlete prepares to compete in judo at the London games. CNN's Elise Labott reports.

SI.com: Jen Chang: Van der Sar enjoying his retirement; U.S. team musingsupdated: Fri Nov 18 2011 15:40:00

NEW YORK -- It's a cold afternoon in Harlem with various groups of little kids running around screaming and giggling in makeshift soccer games. It would appear that most are oblivious to the presence of Dutch royalty in their midst. That would be actual Dutch royalty, as in Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje and Dutch soccer royalty in the form of the now retired legendary goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar -- both acting as referees for the day.

SI.com: Steve Davis: U.S. player ratings against Sloveniaupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 15:49:00

U.S. player ratings Tuesday against Slovenia (scale of 1-10, 10 as best)

SI.com: Grant Wahl: Three thoughts from USA-Sloveniaupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 15:48:00

Three thoughts after the U.S.'s 3-2 win at Slovenia on Tuesday:

SI.com: Avi Creditor: U.S. vs. Slovenia play-by-play analysisupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 11:29:00

The U.S. meets Slovenia on Tuesday for its last game of 2011. Coming off a 1-0 loss, the U.S. now has a W-L-T record of 1-4-1 in six games under Jurgen Klinsmann.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: U.S. team looks to end offensive drought in game against Sloveniaupdated: Mon Nov 14 2011 15:25:00

The U.S. meets Slovenia on Tuesday in the team's last game of 2011 (noon ET, ESPN2, ESPN3.com, Galavisión), and it's fair to say the U.S.' lack of goals is starting to reach historic proportions. With Friday's 1-0 loss at France, the U.S. has scored just two goals in coach Jurgen Klinsmann's six games, the fewest over a six-game period since May 1998-January 1999. If the Yanks get blanked again -- and Slovenia is a stingy defensive outfit -- then it would be the U.S.'s driest goal spell since June-October 1992.

Azerbaijan gets UN Security Council seatupdated: Tue Oct 25 2011 04:53:00

Azerbaijan was awarded the open seat on the U.N. Security Council Monday after Slovenia dropped its bid.

SI.com: Ian Thomsen: Divac basks in success of Basketball Without Bordersupdated: Thu Aug 11 2011 13:19:00

Vlade Divac was on the phone from Slovenia, where he used to be a citizen. Then came war. Now he was a visitor, a foreigner welcome home at long last.

SI.com: Jonathan Wilson: Troubled giants struggle in Euro and African Nations Cup qualifyingupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 15:08:00

With the qualifying series for both next year's European Championships and the African Cup of Nations roughly half-complete, a number of big names are in danger of missing out.

Seaside town elects Slovenia's first black mayorupdated: Tue Oct 26 2010 06:51:00

The small, seaside town of Piran, Slovenia, is thousands of miles away from Washington, but headlines are heralding its new mayor as the city's Barack Obama.

7 tips for villa rentalsupdated: Fri Sep 10 2010 11:10:00

Thinking of renting a villa for your next vacation? There are seven things you should consider before booking your vacation spot.

SI.com: Chris Mannix: Fast Breaks: USA-Sloveniaupdated: Sun Aug 29 2010 14:01:00

It wasn't always pretty but the U.S. picked up it's second straight 20-plus point win in the FIBA World Championship, stomping Slovenia 99-77 (RECAP) in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.

SI.com: 2010 FIBA Worlds: USA-Slovenia Live Blogupdated: Sun Aug 29 2010 11:50:00

FINAL -- U.S. 99, Slovenia 77 Another game, another convicing double-digit blowout for Team USA. After coming out slow against Croatia on Saturday, the U.S. (2-0) made sure history didn't repeat itself on Sunday, outscoring Slovenia 23-11 in the first quarter and cruising to a 22-point victory.

SI.com: Ann Killion: Have we become a soccer nation?updated: Tue Jun 22 2010 11:38:00

Did we just become a soccer nation?

A look inside Team USAupdated: Thu Jun 17 2010 07:35:00

CNN's Pedro Pinto profiles the U.S. team after its draw against England at the World Cup.

SI.com: Jonathan Wilson: Kek's Slovenia unified in team spiritupdated: Sun May 16 2010 16:31:00

Slovenia is the smallest country to qualify for two non-contiguous World Cups, which at first sounds like a terribly contrived statistic. Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland have both qualified for a World Cup with a smaller population, and Northern Ireland, having qualified in 1982, did so again in 1986. But that can be explained by a fine generation of players led by an inspirational manager in Billy Bingham who were fortunate that their period of excellence lasted long enough to get them to two tournaments.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: For once, U.S. gets relatively lucky draw for World Cupupdated: Fri Dec 04 2009 17:16:00

The gods of soccer smiled upon the United States for once on Friday, giving the Americans one of the most fortunate draws imaginable for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (FULL DRAW).

London happy with drawupdated: Fri Dec 04 2009 15:30:00

CNN's Alex Thomas has reaction from London on the eight groups for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Alleged match fixingupdated: Thu Nov 26 2009 11:55:00

German police make 17 arrests in a football match-fixing probe. CNN's Richard Quest and Pedro Pinto discuss.

Croatia, Slovenia sign border dispute dealupdated: Wed Nov 04 2009 13:03:00

The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia signed a deal Wednesday to settle a long-running border dispute and remove a key obstacle to Croatia's prospects of securing European Union membership.

Time.com: Canoes Crushed in Dam, 8 Killedupdated: Sat Jul 05 2008 15:00:00

Two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia, killing 8 people

Boats sucked into damupdated: Fri Jul 04 2008 22:45:00

Two canoes were demolished when they tried to go over a dam in Slovenia, spilling more than a dozen people.

Eastern Europe: What's nowupdated: Tue Feb 26 2008 17:04:00

Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.

Time.com: Enough With the New Countriesupdated: Fri Feb 22 2008 16:00:00

Now Kosovo has broken off from Serbia. A confused follower of world events asks: Are we really better off minting smaller and smaller nations?

SI.com: Ian Thomsen: International players on the NBA's radarupdated: Thu Jan 31 2008 17:48:00

NBA scouts are anticipating a pool of foreign talent similar to last year, when five international players were drafted in the first round (though only one, Yi Jianlian of China, went in the lottery).

Musicians aim to create virtual choirupdated: Fri Aug 03 2007 01:50:00

Pop music icon Elton John complained to a British newspaper this week that the Internet was destroying music.

Montenegro chooses independenceupdated: Mon May 22 2006 03:27:00

Voters in Montenegro have decided narrowly to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that breaks up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, according to official preliminary results from the election commission.

European Quest: More of your views updated: Wed Apr 21 2004 14:43:00

For two weeks, Richard Quest and his team are traveling around countries about to join the European Union on May 1. We asked for your views. Richard's replies are in italics.

Leading former Yugoslavia into EUupdated: Wed Apr 14 2004 07:21:00

It is picture-postcard perfect. Slovenia, home to just 2 million people, has it all: To the north, snow-covered mountains, fairytale castles and magical lakes. A couple of hours to the south, the Adriatic coastline.

Fence divides neighboring townsupdated: Tue Apr 13 2004 10:14:00

The border between Italy and Slovenia is barely visible here. Neighboring rooftops sit in two different towns in two different countries.

Eastern Europe set for travel surgeupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 03:06:00

With 10 more countries about to swell the ranks of the EU come May 1, the one business sector likely to get a boost is the travel industry -- both for leisure and business.

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