In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for The Atlantic; the games drew around 250 athletes from 14 countries (this summer’s games include ...

Looking back, the journey of women in the Olympics has made remarkable progress. From the early pioneers like Charlotte ...

French organizers of the 2030 Winter Games were united Tuesday to unveil the team given the tightest schedule of any modern Olympics LYON, France -- Just five years before the opening ceremony, French ...

Olympic Games list Athens 1896 - where it all began 1,500 years after the end of the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympic Games we know and love today were born. It was organised by the ...

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a solider in the late 19th century to test the strengths of the ...

From Athens, the torch boarded the “Belem,” a three-masted ship that dates back to 1896, the year of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The Belem transported the torch across the Mediterranean ...

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 ...

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

Her rendition of "The Power of the Dream" was a highlight of the Opening Ceremonies, marking the centennial of the modern Olympics. But it didn’t stop there. Gladys Knight, an Atlanta native ...

French organizers of the 2030 Winter Games put on a united front Tuesday to unveil the team given the tightest schedule of any modern Olympics. The 2030 French Alps Olympics must tie together snow ...