News

Discover the basics of Olympic curling — learn about all events (men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles), rules of play, how ...
The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics medals were unveiled this week at an event in Venice. The ...
Organizers unveiled sustainable medals produced using renewable energy for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina.
The Milan-Cortina Olympics are the first games with two host cities in the name. So the medals for the upcoming Winter ...
The 1896 Athens Olympics were a resounding success, exceeding expectations and demonstrating the viability and appeal of an international multi-sport event.
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 New Delhi: The modern Summer Olympics keeps on ...
When, in Athens on 6 April 1896, the US athlete James Connolly won the triple jump event at the inaugural Olympic Games of the modern era, he became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years ...
Athens 1896: Overview Seven competition venues were used at the Olympic Games Athens 1896, five of which remain in use today: Panathenaic Stadium (athletics, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting), ...
Pommel horse is an event in the men’s gymnastic competition at the Olympics, but where did the event get its name?
Rope Climbing A short-lived Olympic competition within gymnastics, rope climbing only made it into four Olympics (in 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1932) before getting cut down after the 1932 Games.