ATHENS (Reuters) - The trophy won by the marathon winner at the 1896 Olympics has gone on display for the first time in Greece, and the new owners and prime minister said they hoped it would help ...

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

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A silver medal from the 1896 first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, is set to make history in the auction room.

ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) - Greece's Olympics Museum has pledged to ensure a trophy won by Spyros Louis in the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will stay in the country. Sign up here. Louis's grandson, ...

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is ...

A new study has revealed which countries have made the most progress athletically since they first appeared in the Olympics. Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) President and International Olympic ...

In a historic celebration at the iconic Panathenaic Stadium, Greece paid tribute to its Olympians, Paralympians and Euro 2004 champions, as well as the athletes who shone at the Paris 2024 Games, in a ...