Robert Reich has run the Labor Department, racked up over a billion video views, and shaped public debate. But his true ...

The modern Olympics began in 1896 as an attempt to revive the ancient Olympic Games (Olympias), which took place in ancient Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD, in order to ...

The modern Olympics is a global showcase and celebration of extraordinary athletic feats and fierce competition. It's an opportunity for thousands of athletes from more than 200 different ...

Bengal has a unique connect to the Olympics, dating back to the first modern episode of the games at Athens, where the Olympics movement was revived a few millennia after the times of ancient Greece.

Olympics Centuries ago, the ancient Olympics took on a similar role in society The Olympics that we know and love today trace its roots to ancient times, as far back as 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

The Olympics would bring enchantment from ancient Greece into the 20th century – symbolized, to this day, by the relay of the torch from Olympia to the opening ceremony.

By making this ideal the foundation of the modern Games, Coubertin hoped to infuse them with a sense of balance, proportion and reverence. The Olympics would bring enchantment from ancient Greece ...

These ancient contests, held in honor of the gods, captivated spectators with displays of strength, endurance, and skill. Today, the modern Olympics carry forward this legacy, uniting athletes ...

In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for The Atlantic; the games drew around 250 athletes from 14 countries (this summer’s games include ...

For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the modern pentathlon is getting, well, more modern. Rather than spreading the event across an entire week by doing one event per day, athletes are now completing all ...