The 165 photos on display -- including 120 from AFP's vast archive -- stretch from the first modern Games in Athens in 1896 to the Beijing event in 2008. Sports, a strategic priority, are being ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the French aristocrat who revived the Olympics, insisted that only ... rules for the first modern games, held in Athens in 1896, the British delegation argued that ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson's victory in the marathon at the Los Angeles Games helped change the perception of women as athletes ...

The organizers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris have recently announced a financial milestone, with a surplus of ...

The first edition of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, in 1896, while the first winter edition was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Since 1994, the Olympic Games have alternated ...

The renowned composer was given the task of composing it to give a musical identity to the start of the 1896 Games in Athens, the first modern Games ... and then at the start of the Summer Games in ...

Athens heaves in the warmer months ... and its beautiful festive light displays in the winter season (SNFCC) Swap summer island-hopping for trendy winter neighbourhood-hopping like the locals.

Léon Marchand and Summer McIntosh were named World Aquatics Swimmers of the Year after winning the most individual gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The awards were based on public voting on World ...

BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Summer Olympics returned to Europe for the first time in 12 years as Paris hosted a sumptuous visual event that hogged the global spotlight for weeks and ...

The enhancements cost $80 million and the project is expected to be finished ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, per Front Office Sports. Jens Weiden, the CEO of the Rose Bowl ...