This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Olympic medals are displayed on a custom-designed trunk by Louis Vuitton at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. © 2024 ...

The “Vatican Amphora,” which depicts ancient Greek warriors Ajax and Achilles playing a board game. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics. Kho kho ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics. It made it into ...

Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Olympics for a third time in 2017, with the IOC praising organizers’ bid for using existing and temporary venues rather than constructing new stadiums and sports ...

Last year's Paris Olympics may have been a resounding success but there’s been a snag: some medals are falling apart. More than 100 athletes have complained to the International Olympic ...

All that glitters is not gold — and, as some athletes who competed in the Paris Olympics are finding out, even gold can lose its luster. Since the 2024 Olympic Games last August, some Olympians ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the IBA - which ran the Olympic Games' boxing programme - in 2019 because of concerns over its finances, governance, ethics, refereeing and judging.

The designers of the medals for the 2024 Olympics in Paris have spoken out after a number of them were handed back by the winning athletes for being in poor condition. Team USA skateboarder Nyjah ...

There were a total of 878 medal events across individual and team disciplines at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The exact number created for both Games combined, as per reports, stood at 5,084 ...