Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a solider in the late 19th century to test the strengths of the ...

A new golf competition is coming to the Olympics. Finally, golf fans are getting something they've been begging for. The post ...

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

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

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

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. What began as a small event with only 240 male athletes from 14 countries has ...

(public domain) ATHENS, GREECE — The first modern Olympic Games included just nine sports. Winners didn’t receive three levels of medals like they do today, instead, winners received an olive ...

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Since its creation in 1894, the governing body of the modern Olympics has had only nine presidents, two fewer than the CCP but the same number as FIFA, football’s global governing body.