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

(Reuters) -Beijing will host the first four editions of the Obstacle World Championships from 2025 to 2028, World Pentathlon (UIPM) said on Friday. The maiden World Championships will launch in ...

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

It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers ...

Did the Paris Olympics 2024 just shift the game? The post Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky & Co’s Domination Rewrite the Rules for ...

Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Collingwood and Sydney square off at Gather Round in ...

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 ...

2004 — Led by Diana Taurasi, UConn beats Tennessee 70-61 for its third straight women’s title. This is the first time one school sweeps the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball crown in the same year.

Even after Thorpe, the Olympics continued to disqualify athletes ... who contended that modern, world-class performers had no time to earn a living outside their sports. American shot-putter ...

The fountain, using the five interlocking rings designed by the founder of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin in 1913, was “an incredible draw during the Games,” said Ed Hula ...