AI is being used to colourise and revive footage from the Paris 1924 Olympics. Created by Alibaba, these films give viewers a chance to reflect and to celebrate social progress, as a hundred years ...

Uzbekistan’s 41-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina was already ... She had already made history by merely qualifying for her seventh Olympic games in Rio, becoming the oldest athlete to ever ...

A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent some of humanity’s most dearly held ideals: meritocracy ...

“I have some of the best athletes in the world. And when we break all the world records, who’s going to want to watch the old, slow Olympics?” ...