Chariot racing was a sport that only the wealthiest ... The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running ...

ATHENS, GREECE — Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both two-horse and four-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners ...

With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of ...

In the ancient Olympics, chariot races and horse racing used to be part of the programme. Horses continue to remain in focus and this year at the Paris Olympics in July-August, an Indian ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...

She won the four-horse chariot race with her team in two consecutive Olympics. Her victories have inspired women all over Greece to start taking part in the horse events. The other events are a ...

(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

In ancient Olympics, chariot races and horse racing used to be part of the program. Horses continue to remain in focus and this year at the Paris Olympics in July-August, an Indian, for the first ...

Olympic champion Tom Ford has been banned from taking part in this year’s Boat Race amid an ongoing debate over eligibilty rules. Ford, who won gold for Great Britain in the men’s eight at ...

Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...