It also gives us some of the most controversial moments in Summer Olympics history. The first modern games of the Summer ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the ...

Common resolutions could be accomplished within a year, but research shows that by the second week of January, many have ...

god of Olympus (a mountain 150 miles away in northern Greece), were abolished with the advent of Christianity in AD 393. In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson's victory in the marathon at the Los Angeles Games helped change the perception of women as athletes ...

At the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, the course length was exactly 40 kilometres. The classic marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres was run for the first time in 1908. In view of its historical ...

Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, opened its first metro transit system for passengers on Saturday, 30 November 2024, more ...

The first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen tells the story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic ...

Cycling's history at the modern Olympics dates back to the very first Olympiad in Athens in 1896, which included an 87km road race - won by a Greek, Aristides Konstantinidis - and track races. There ...

The first edition of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, in 1896, while the first winter edition was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Since 1994, the Olympic Games have alternated ...