On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

As international delegates debated the rules for the first modern games ... a gold medal winner in Brundage’s era, stated flatly: “I have never known a name Olympic athlete who was an amateur.” ...

India is sent its largest-ever contingent of 126 athletes in Tokyo where Neeraj Chopra became the first track and field athlete from the country to win a gold medal ... modern Olympic Games and in ...

Athens was selected to host the first modern Olympic ... establishment of the Olympic Games. He was the first president of the IOC. Two years later, on 6 April, 1896, in the country of the ancient ...

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 ...

The U.S., meanwhile, is so far outright second behind Norway in gold medals at world championships this year. The U.S. last finished second in Winter Olympic golds in 2006 (tied with Austria), last ...

But she persevered, winning her first gold medal this year at age 30. It was her third appearance at the Olympics. After fencer Cheung Ka-long entered the global stage by winning his first Olympic ...

And whilst they’ve continued to release several more successful records with him, Dickinson said there’s one Di’Anno era song he would never touch – ‘Remember Tomorrow’. Bruce ...