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

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... Samaranch and Coventry, long seen as Bach's preferred choice, are considered ...

From romantic retreats in the Mediterranean to fresh-air-filled Alpine hikes, these are the most exciting areas of Europe to ...

The winner will get an eight-year mandate with key issues including steering the Olympics on a smooth path ... at a resort hotel near the site of Ancient Olympia. The strongest candidates in ...

(Thanassis Stavrakis/The Associated Press) But that person does have a long list of challenges ... session on Tuesday at Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympics more than 2,800 years ...

Jean Shiley won the high-jump gold in 1932 with a world record ... Officially, the only prize awarded to champions in the ancient Greek Olympics was an olive-branch crown. But victorious athletes ...

If we think about the modern Olympic Games, one of its main goal is to unite our fracture world and bring people and communities from across the globe together. These four ancient Greek Games called .

The Greeks viewed it as the ultimate combat, requiring exceptional levels of discipline. It was a highlight of the ancient Olympic Games. The audiences were captivated ... In conclusion, we can ...

It was 70 years ago today, on 16 March 1955, that Adhemar Ferreira da Silva became the first man to triple jump beyond 16.50m. According to Sports Illustrated, “the lithe, long ... the 1936 Olympics ...

The winning distance in the men's long jump at the Glasgow 2024 World Indoor Championships was 8.22m, a mark achieved by both two-time Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou and Furlani. However, the ...