Ancient Greeks began the tradition of celebrating athletic prowess and prestige in their Olympic Games, held every four years in honor of the mythological god Zeus. In 1896, the millennia-old ...

The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night.

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games officially opened Friday evening with a more than three-hour opening ceremony to empty stands. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the Games by a year, and restrictio… ...

With the Rio games in full swing, we've delved into the archives to bring you one iconic image from each year of summer Olympic history. Athens, 1896: The 1896 games were the first international ...

As excitement builds around the 2024 Paris Olympics, we're talking a look back in time, 100 years ago to the 1924 Olympics, which were also held in Paris.

Tom Cruise waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024.

Simone Biles posted a series of photos and videos to her Instagram to celebrate Olympic Day 2025; she included snaps from the ...

The Rio Summer Olympic Games will be remembered for being the last in the careers of the legendary Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps and so much more. Here are some of the more memorable photos and ...

The stadium is filled with cheering athletes, coaches, family and fans during opening ceremonies for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on Sunday, June 5, 2022.

Olympic Games 2024 most memorable moments in pictures. Weeks of action-packed sport has inevitably led to some eye-catching moments both on and off-screen, from US rapper Snoop Dogg dancing with ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Stacker.com) — The first Winter Olympics—then called International Winter Sports Week—were held from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5, 1924, in the small French town of Chamonix, Fran… ...

Benoit-Olivier Groulx (CAN) crashes into Mattias Samuelsson (USA) in the Ice Hockey men's final at the Kristins Hall on Feb. 21, 2016 during the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.