Her aggressive game has been noted as the starting point for today's modern style of play ... American track-and-field athlete of all time, with 11 Olympic medals — seven of which are gold ...

Nowadays, while the athletes don't get paid directly by ... It's a far cry from 1896 when the modern-day Olympics began. Take ...

with no more than two athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC). Breakdown of the modern pentathlon events: Riding: A show jumping course that features 15 jumps over 12 obstacles on an unfamiliar ...

A new program means US athletes who compete at the Olympics or Paralympics will be eligible to receive thousands in ...

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

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

The shorter format isn’t the only change coming to modern pentathlon: after the Paris Olympics, an obstacle course discipline will replace horse riding. But for now, the horses remain. Athletes ...

Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult, Thomas Bach has a clear message for his successors during an uncertain time: keep the Olympics out of ...

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Wednesday announced a $100 million grant to provide long-term financial support for future Olympic athletes. The gift, the largest donation in the ...

and athletes should try their hand at verse. That philosophy was a driving force at the 1912 Stockholm Games, where ...

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. What began as a small event with only 240 male athletes from 14 countries has ...