This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

Olympic Games list Athens 1896 - where it all began 1,500 years after the end of the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympic Games we know and love today were born. It was organised by the ...

Whatever the precise origin of the games ... Over time the site of Olympia, in southern Greece, became famous for its temples and monuments, particularly the gold and ivory Statue of Zeus that ...

The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

The Olympics due in 1940 and 1944 were not held ... Between 25 and 30 sites were used, meaning that transport had to be arranged from there to the various sports grounds. Making History consulted ...

History was again made in February 2010 ... by a group of Sri Lankans living in Canada who were motivated to showcase the flag in hopes of getting a Sri Lankan team ready for a future Winter Olympics.

(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

whose decades-long obsession with the Olympics is culminating in a new book delving into the Olympics’ lengthy design history. Published by Swiss niggli, the book traces the Olympic design history in ...

In 2008 Beijing Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra scripted history by becoming the first individual athlete to win a gold medal for India. Bindra clinched the medal in 10m air rifle event to end ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics featured breaking for the first time, as well as other unconventional Olympic events like surfing and skateboarding. But there is a long history of unusual events being ...