Olympic Games list Athens 1896 - where it all began 1,500 years after the end of the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympic Games we know and love today were born. It was organised by the ...

History-making moments are just a fraction of the Olympics' allure but they're arguably the most important aspect.

Do you know when Canada got its first Olympic Games or its first medals? Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. Dancers dressed as priestesses hand over the ...

The 1972 Munich Olympics were viewed by their German hosts as a chance to leave the country’s history behind. Instead, the Games became notorious for terrorism after an attack on the Israeli ...

whose decades-long obsession with the Olympics is culminating in a new book delving into the Olympics’ lengthy design history. Published by Swiss niggli, the book traces the Olympic design history in ...

The legendary Sir Ludwig Guttmann is credited as the man responsible for founding the Paralympic Games and the Paralympic Movement as a whole.

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

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

Check out fun facts about French Olympic history now. The Paris Olympics opening ceremony set a high bar for spectacle. What will the closing ceremony bring? Fans will have to tune in to find out.

Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics ... Yuto Horigome stamped his name in the history books. He’s the only skateboarder to have won two Olympic gold medals ...

Back in 2018, Iowa's Spencer Lee, Northwestern's Sebastian Rivera and Lehigh's Darian Cruz all competed together in the 125 pound bracket at the NCAA championships — Lee would go on to win that ...