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 ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics promises to be a compelling watch ... DeHart Hubbard made history, becoming the first ...

American men’s skeet competitor Vincent Hancock made waves at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as the first Olympic shooter to ...

A coalition of over 100 organizations has reported that nearly 20,000 individuals were displaced from informal housing in ...

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

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 ...

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

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

From the BBC Oral History Collection. As can be seen from this BBC film about the televising of the Olympics, the Games were a proving ground for new and more advanced equipment. It also rapidly ...

After those Olympics, Rupp returned to Eugene and wrapped up one of the most impressive collegiate running careers in history. Nearly two decades later, Rupp is a father of four and has run in four ...

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.