Here’s some background information about the Summer Olympics, which are typically held every four years. The 2024 Olympic Games were held July 26-August 11 in Paris. The 2028 Olympic Games will be ...

The Olympics, which took place every four years until at least 393 A.D., was the premier sporting, social and cultural gathering of the ancient Greeks. When did the modern Olympic Games start?

The Olympics have a rich history. Check out more information on their prolific past, promising present, future forecast, and more.

Ahmed Elgendy took Egypt's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics when he won the men's Modern Pentathlon with a world record 1,555 points, despite slowing at the end, in the grounds of the Palace ...

But although the race’s ancient origins are murky, its modern (re)birth—and every marathon run in the century-plus since—owes its existence to a Grecophile linguist now buried in the ...

One American athlete, Jess Davis, qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in modern pentathlon. Here's who the competition works and what to know.

The Arènes de Lutèce is a hidden gem in Paris, an ancient Roman amphitheater in the middle of a normal neighborhood.

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.

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 ...

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 ...