A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil has sold at auction for over half a million dollars.

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Some of the medals that were won by athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics were beginning to deteriorate just months after winning them. However, according to the Associated Press, the French mint is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sweden’s Sara Hector speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom race in ...

The 103-year-old Hungarian died in Budapest, according to Olympics.com. Keleti died after having been taken to a hospital in a critical condition with pneumonia on Christmas Day. Keleti won a ...

She should have showcased her exceptional skills at the first post-war Olympics in London in 1948, but a torn ligament prevented her from doing so. Fortunately, she recovered, and her first major ...

A century ago, the Olympic Games Paris 1924 was home to the first-ever Olympic Village. The site was situated at the Stade Olympique de Colombes ― northwest of Paris ― and consisted of wooden huts, ...

a very ;sea CD attached to the book, containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a much better organised attempt at ...

She became a national champion in 1937, when she was 16, according to a tribute on the Olympics website, marking the beginning of a promising career. But her trajectory in elite athletics ...

Team USA and gymnast Jordan Chiles didn't let the withdrawal of her Olympic bronze medal stop them from showing off her team gold on Tuesday. In a New Year's Eve post to celebrate the medals that ...

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...