Games legacy almost non-existant with stadiums falling into disrepair Athens motto was 'welcome home' but ten years later there is little to show for the games Britain won nine gold medals in 2004 ...

Born in 1863, Baron Pierre de Coubertin had grown up in the shadow of his country's devastating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. He decided that France had lost the war due to ...

(CNN) -- The Olympic Games as we know them are over. From legend to legend the baton has been passed. In 490BC the military messenger Pheidippides ran to Athens from the battle of Marathon to ...

A medal from the first modern Olympic Games held in at the 1896 Athens is expected to sell for around $30,000 at an upcoming auction in September. Ben Jones, from Mullock’s Auctioneers, in ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Weightlifting can trace a proud Olympic history right back to the first Games of the modern era in Athens in 1896. Stars have been born over a timeframe of more than a century as the sport ...

The Olympic Games' opening ceremonies are a chance for the host country to celebrate the Olympic ideal and to showcase itself to a global audience. Small wonder that over the years these ...

Shooting has had a presence at the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896, where five events were held. In Paris, the shooting program will include 15 events. The competition ...

The Athens Olympic Games in 2004 represented a significant sporting and medical challenge. Major, rare and complex incidents can occur at any mass gathering sporting festival and team medical staff ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

ATHENS (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers at a ceremony in Greece. Friday’s ceremony was held in the all-marble ...