"This gives them an advantage when running around a track counter-clockwise, because it allows for their more powerful leg to ...

Dan Lawson on becoming one of the elite British ultrarunners, how he uses his tattoo of a Paolo Di Canio quote to fuel him ...

Modern pentathlon is one of the most unique sports in the Olympics, featuring five sports designed to test the traditional skills of an ancient soldier ... for punching a horse after it struggled ...

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games ... cities throughout the Greek empire. Initially, Olympic competition was limited to foot races, but later a number of other events were added, including wrestling ...

the Trojan-horse-building genius in Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, merely a figure of ancient fiction — or was he a flesh-and-blood man? In 1991, Makis Metaxas, a local politician on the Greek ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

The ancient Greeks wore a variety of hats to protect them from the elements and to act as aesthetic embellishments ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

A former reporter and editor at Sports Illustrated, Menez covered an array of sports, including horse racing, for the magazine and its website for almost 14 years. Between 2010 and 2012 ...

Well handicapped on the form of last May's Ludlow good ground win and should take all the beating if building on an encouraging second behind an improver at Wincanton last month. Had a nightmare ...