The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a Hellenophile French educator and historian with a strong belief in the power of sport to form character and to promote peace ...

Last night, a documentary about the modern Olympic Games taught me something new. The modern Olympic Games used to award medals for art. Alongside the curling, hurdling and general running around ...

The modern Olympic Games are notorious for saddling host cities with burdensome cost overruns into the billions. Organizers for the Paris 2024 Olympics were aware of this and planned to put on one ...

The Olympics are haunted by the ghosts of sports that were once included in the Summer Games, only to be later discarded later. Tug-of-war, solo synchronized swimming, live pigeon shooting, rope ...

Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

The first modern Olympic Games were played in 1896 in Athens after the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) session held in 1894 awarded the games to Athens, Greece.

Paris 2024 Olympics - Modern Pentathlon - Men's Final Riding Show Jumping - Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France - August 10, 2024. Woongtae Jun of South Korea riding Api d'Espoir in action.

The Olympic Day is celebrated annually on June 23, commemorating the birth of the modern Olympic Games, which began on June ...

GENEVA (AP) — The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and ...

Olympic Day is celebrated every year on 23 June to honour the birth of the modern Olympics. Learn why it started and also ...

The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a Hellenophile French educator and historian with a strong belief in the power of sport to form character and to promote peace ...