Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...

A thematic exhibition on the cultural legacy of Beijing's "Double Olympics" was launched in Athens on Monday evening. Greek and Chinese officials, artists, representatives of sports and ordinary ...

is joined by the Eiffel Tower for the first time in the Paris 2024 design. In this way, the inspiration of the ancient Games in Greece, the French origins of the modern Olympic Games and their ...

The 2004 Olympics in Athens Some economists trace the beginning of Greece’s ongoing economic woes to the Olympics held in Athens in 2004. The event stands as the embodiment of excess and ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

NEW DELHI: The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic medals will feature a unique design that incorporates ... being stamped with Paris 2024 and the Olympics games logo. The hexagonal shape of the ...

Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo is to become the first black athlete to bear the flag for Greece at the Olympics. The two-time NBA MVP will carry the flag alongside race walker ...

A few months removed from Giannis Antetokounmpo being the first Black flagbearer for Greece in the Olympic Games – and therefore the first Black person to lead the opening of the Games ...

Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer who won a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics this year, is featured on the new ... The Crescendo ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak was disqualified from the Olympics and handed a provisional suspension at the Paris Games after she tested positive for banned substances ...