In the ancient Olympics, a wide range of athletic events ... further accelerated this change. By the time the modern Olympic ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

When I visited ancient Olympia recently for a TV show and guidebook, it was worth the four-hour drive from Athens. This sight should be a required pilgrimage for modern tourists. Olympia’s once ...

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, spent two years lobbying for the new Games to include a modern version of the pentathlon event that was a key ...

The book contains a brief history of the ancient Olympics that was dedicated to the Greek god Zeus and the modern movement that took shape under the leadership of French historian Pierre de Coubertin.

One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every modern summer Games since 1904, but was at risk of being dropped when the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election ... "An homage to our modern origins and to our founder. And a manifestation of our faith in the future, when we will elect ...