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

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

Delivering a message of “Values first”, IOC President Thomas Bach opened the 144th IOC Session this afternoon in the ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

It was 70 years ago today, on 16 March 1955, that Adhemar Ferreira da Silva became the first man to triple jump beyond 16.50m ...

Milo of Croton, the legendary ancient Greek wrestler, once won an Olympic gold medal without competing, as no opponent dared ...

Seven candidates are competing for votes from about 100 other IOC members at a meeting near Ancient Olympia in Greece ... The ...

The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

Long before TMZ dominated our feeds with celebrity gossip, people in Ancient Greece were captivated by the scandals of their own stars.

As STEPHEN G MILLER (professor at Berkeley) points out in his Ancient Greek Athletics ... to dedicate your life to winning a victory in Delphi or Olympia keeps you far too busy to attend to other ...