Dignity Health Sports Park and South Bay Sports Park on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills will host multiple events ...

When were the first Olympics? The IOC hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens. The location was chosen as a tribute to the Games' origins. According to the History Channel, 280 male ...

As the Tokyo Olympics get underway, take a look back at the first modern Olympic games over 100 years ago.

In total, 280 participants from 13 nations around the globe met in Athens to compete in 43 events as part of the first modern Olympic Games, History.com also notes. These events included cycling ...

Spyridon Louis , born on this day in 1873, was a Greek water-carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, thereby becoming the first-ever ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS, France — Inspired by the traditional pentathlon of the ancient Olympic Games, the modern pentathlon is an all-around competition that tests athletes on their skills across five ...

The IOC is still the governing body of the modern Olympics. A crowd of 80,000 fills the Panathenaic Stadium The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, was built in 330 B.C. and used for ancient games.

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 ...

PARIS, France — Inspired by the traditional pentathlon of the ancient Olympic Games, the modern pentathlon is an all-around competition that tests athletes on their skills across five ...