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 ...

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 have existed since 1896, though they have roots in Ancient Greece. Every few years, people worldwide tune in to watch the Olympic Games, the world's biggest sporting competitions.

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.

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 ...

Here’s a look at some of the stranger Olympics sports in modern history: Tug of war Tug of war at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. International Olympic Committee.

The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 included men's weightlifting, but the sport didn't become a permanent fixture at the Olympics until 1920. The women's competition debuted at the 2000 Sydney ...

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 ...

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 ...