The Paris Olympic medals haven't aged well for some athletes, leading to apologies, blame-shifting, and several reputations ...
The history of the marathon's distance is rooted in the very spirit for which the Olympics were created, and an event that ...
A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil has sold at auction for over half a million dollars.
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 ...
Written by Greek poet Kostis Palamas and performed to music written by the well-known composer Spyros Samaras, the anthem was sung for the first time at the Olympic Games Athens 1896, with Samaras ...
The Greek government declared four days of national ... not only to the venue of the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896, but also to the birthplace of the ancient games in 776 B.C. But the 17 ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at age 88, state TV ERT reported.