The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre ... These problems – known as the "winner's curse" – have a long history. Debts from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were only paid off ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage ... South Korea’s Seong Seung-Min looks to make history as the youngest female medalist in ...

I have had a lifelong love of both history and the Olympics ... and doping have been around since the dawn of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. In 1904 Thomas Hicks won the Olympic marathon ...

After 2012’s parade of wonders we were with Prospero reassuring the audience: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out again in favour of bringing the Olympics back to Germany, naming 2040 as an ideal date.

Did you think Junior's in New York City invented cheesecake? Think again, because this classic dessert goes way back to the ...

The most successful boxing nation at the Paris Olympics has joined the new governing body that aims to keep the sport in the ...

Emblem of the 1988 Summer Olympics (Games of the XXIV Olympiad) The emblem was designed based on the triple taegeuk, a ...

It was an extreme example of the high drama that has become nearly rote in the decades-long history of the organization ... B.C. and a staple of the modern Summer Olympics for 120 years, and ...

This season has not given great satisfaction to Nole, except for the amazing run at the Olympics in Paris this summer.