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 ...

Only one Englishman who had a great Olympic career ever stood for the IOC presidency before Sebastian Coe. Coe will try to ...

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

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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.

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding ... Scorers have likened the achievement to winning Olympic gold. They are carried on shoulders, paraded through ...

a very ;sea CD attached to the book, containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a much better organised attempt at ...

Divine dinners in ancient Greek and Christian traditions. “The Last Supper,” by Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498). Credit: Unknown photographer via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. The recent Olympics ...

Modern Pentathlon returns to Athens for the Olympics after a gap of 2712 years. Andrey Moiseev of Russia takes the men’s Olympic title in Athens, with women’s gold going to Zsuzsanna Voros of Hungary.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Jalen Elrod earned the pentathlon silver medal to lead Purdue on the podium in day one of Big Tens. The men's DMR and Payne Turner (5000m) both placed eighth, while three others ...