The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the religious ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

The Panathenaic Stadium became the first modern Olympic ... Notably, it saw the youngest ever Olympic winner when a Greek gymnast called Dimitrios Loundras took home a bronze medal as part of ...

Greek actress ... The Olympic Flame we are lighting today is our symbol of hope." The flame will travel across Greece before a handover to France at Panatheniac Stadium in Athens on April 26 ...

Delivering a message of “Values first”, IOC President Thomas Bach opened the 144th IOC Session this afternoon in the ...

In the ceremony Tuesday Hellenic Olympic Committee President ... place a day later the Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens. The president of the Greek Republic as well as Brazilian Minister ...

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 ...