After reading this inspirational poem, Michel Bréal, a member of the organizing committee for the first Olympics, proposed that the distance between the battle site of Marathon and the Greek capital ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption ...

In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

TOKYO — Greece has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics artistic swimming competitions after four of their athletes tested positive for COVID-19, the Greek Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. One athlete ...

The Europeans' aggressive play clearly illustrated why the team had yet to lose at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with a record of three wins and one draw. Following their clash with the United States, make ...

ATHENS--Greece's Olympic Committee said it had cancelled ... could raise the risk of coronavirus contagion. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay got under way on Thursday when the flame was lit ...

Family is of central importance to the Greek royal family and Olympia enjoys a close relationship with her parents. Prince Pavlos, whose late father King Constantine reigned until the Greek ...

(ATR) A Greek bronze medalist in weightlifting has apparently tested positive for performance enhancing drugs at the Athens Olympics. Greek media report that that the athlete is Leonidas Sampanis ...