The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the religious ...

Boxing in ancient Greece originated as a very tough sport, much harder than professional boxing as we know it today.

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

The ceremony at the site of the stadium where the Olympics first were held ... The lighting ceremony included prominent Greek actors dressed as ancient priestesses from the Temple of Hera, along ...

The 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held at Ancient Olympia is expected to elect a new President ...

Delivering a message of “Values first”, IOC President Thomas Bach opened the 144th IOC Session this afternoon in the ...

Beyond the famed Olympic ruins, which include the stadium where the first Olympic ... one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, crafted by Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC.

“The ekecheiria demonstrates that already the ancient Greeks understood ... tomorrow in Panatheniac Stadium. It will be handed over by Capralos to Zaiqing. The XXIV Olympic Winter Games ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's key vote where ...