It may come as a surprise to hear, but Olympic medals weren't always handed out ... by Baron Pierre de Coubertin and inspired by the ancient games held in Olympia, Greece.

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games and its biggest stars ...

There are five rings featured on this side, which are a nod to the ancient Chinese jade concentric circle pendants ... The Beijing 2022 Paralympic and Olympic medals shared the same design to send a ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ...

It was one of the indelible moments from the Paris Olympics. The look on Eleanor Harvey's face — a mixture of shock, awe and numbness — after the Canadian won her bronze-medal fencing bout ...