It could seat 50,000 spectators! The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch ...

At the ancient Olympics in Greece ... The first major excavations at Olympia, the Greek sanctuary that hosted the ancient ...

Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. OLYMPIA, GREECE – The first ever Olympics were held in Greece on the plains of Olympia — that's where the name ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

The designer of the medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics, LVMH, has spoken out after a number of athletes handed them back.

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

The Germany men's basketball team will begin the 2024 Paris Olympic knockout stages with a quarterfinals game against Greece on Tuesday.

Greece charged out of the gate in Monday's final preliminary ... Filip Filipovic, a three-time Olympic medalist, had a hat trick in an otherwise balanced attack for Serbia, which finished group play ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year, is also ...