Sailing has been included on the programme for every Summer Games in the modern era but was canceled in 1896 in Athens due to weather conditions. The first Olympic ... in 1988 events were ...

First, though, a walking tour of Athens, where the second and third ... may only learn the true impact of hosting the Olympics years after the event. That certainly looks to be the case for ...

Events at the chaotic 1900 Paris Olympic ... were only the second modern games to be held (the first were the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens). This meant that there was very little in the way ...

The 28th Olympic Games have begun in lavish style ... They are in action on Saturday when a host of sports stage their first events, including swimming, cycling, rowing, sailing and boxing. Athens won ...

In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for The Atlantic ... which was one of two events that Greece had pinned its hopes on. The other was discus ...

Events like the marathon embody that: There has been a marathon at each Olympics since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The Paris Olympic Games are set to deliver another shake-up ...

But many sports have been introduced since the marathon at the first modern Games in Athens ... events and a highly-detailed judging system. After a successful introduction in the 2018 Youth ...