From New York’s many New Year’s “sports and entertainments”—including football games, an open house at the Young Men’s ...

With continuous flow of games on 4 open courts, Stoiximan AegeanBall Festival set a new participation record, with 590 male ...

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Co-organized by the Greek embassy in China and the Beijing Olympic City Development Association, the exhibition, traces over ...

The story of the great German who gave identity and aesthetic to the Greek capital — It is estimated that he gifted Athens ...

Olympic history was written today in a highly symbolic and emotional ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, to mark the handover of the presidency of ...

Spearheaded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the Games were held in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, and took place from April 6th to 15th, 1896.

The first time this tribute was given was at the 1896 Games held in the city of Athens. The position of Greece in the Opening Ceremony pays tribute to the country’s historic role in the Olympic ...

When the modern Olympics were first organized in 1896, they were held in Athens, Greece as a way to link the traditions of the ancient Olympics to the modern Olympic Games.

It is now a perennial symbol of the modern Olympics Olympic games commemorative stamps. Left: Inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Right: 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

In Greece, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the organisation of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was a huge occasion in a country that saw the birth of the Olympic Games in antiquity ...