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

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will culminate with the election of a new president ...

Preparations underway at Costa Navarino in Pylos ahead of the 144th International Olympic Committee Session, which will see the tenth president of the IOC elected. There are just three nations ...

Instead, he saw it as a tool to return to his country what he owed it. His great dream was to revive the Olympic Games, inspired by the ancient Greek ideal. At a time when Greece was still trying to ...

Jones taught himself Sanskrit to interpret local laws and suggested that the ancient Indian language had a common ancestor with Latin, Greek and Old Iranian. DNA evidence shows that the proto ...

Women were not allowed to compete directly in the Olympics, but Cynisca circumvented this by entering as an owner and trainer. Her victory that day was significant, proving even in ancient Greek ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Zhen Yin, of China, slides during his second run at the skeleton world championships, Thursday, March 6 ...

Second Lady Usha Vance has been selected to lead the presidential delegation to Italy for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games, the Office of President Donald Trump announced Thursday.

Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, is the author of “Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War.” Sixteen years into the ...

As the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, this quaint village on the Greek mainland is often missed by holidaymakers. However, it boasts a wealth of historical sites and intriguing museums.

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...

Teos was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, known for its flourishing seaport and notable historical figures like the poet Anacreon and philosopher Protagoras. Today, its ruins are near the ...