The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the religious ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

Boxing in ancient Greece originated as a very tough sport, much harder than professional boxing as we know it today.

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...

The 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held at Ancient Olympia is expected to elect a new President ...

On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace ... the Olympic torch was lit and carried to the ancient stadium, where the first recorded Olympic games took place.

Coe and Coventry are two-time Olympic champions — in track and swimming, respectively — and Samaranch is the longest-serving ...

honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

A new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium in inner-city parkland and a rowing venue in a crocodile-inhabited river have been unveiled ...