ATHENS: After years of pushing, prodding and scolding, Athens is now ready to host “Magical Games,'' the head of the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
“It's a magic moment because this is the culmination of seven years of preparations, and in a little more than a week's time the games will begin and the whole world is waiting for that,'' president Jacques Rogge said.
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