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

Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name means "nightmare" in Greek is regarded as one of the most notorious traitors in the history ...

Gregoire Munster and Louis Louka brought their Puma home in sixth while the final Rally 1 runner, Greek gentleman driver Jourdan Serderidis and Frederic Miclotte took home a couple of points for ninth ...

The same Oregon high school that came under fire last year for allowing a transgender athlete to compete against girls continues to blow away the competition one year later. Ada Gallagher, running ...

Tauranga teenager Sam Ruthe has become the youngest runner to break four minutes for the mile, with a 3m 58.35s performance at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium. Paced throughout by training partner and two ...

Arguably the most demanding and difficult ultramarathon in the world took place this week, and nobody finished. Known as The Barkley Marathons, the American-based sports challenge drives athletes ...

Ruthe’s record-breaking mile (1.60934km) at Go Media Stadium matched a feat only handful of Kiwi runners have ever achieved. The sub-four-minute mile has been a middle-distance running benchmark ...

The Jersey Shore star, 37, ran the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon on Sunday, March 16, and later sat down with Peloton coach Becs Gentry on the New York Road Runners "Set the Pace" podcast to talk ...

The most improved male spartan was Mike Jeffs while the most improved female Spartan was Judy King. Peter Sach was named starter of the year. There were lots of prizes for running fast but there ...

Of the 40 entrants who started, 34 runners were unable to continue due to the unseasonably warm temperatures at Frozen Head (the state park in northeastern Tennessee where the race takes place).

Other top runners to miss out were Gold Cup third and fourth Gentlemansgame and Monty's Star, plus classy Grade 1 winner Envoi Allen. While The Real Whacker, Trelawne, Limerick Lace, Pinkerton ...