The Origins of the Olympic Games Competitive sports had roots in religion, mythology and military training and were nurtured by the Greek passion for excellence. Many of today's events were ...

The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece. Sports contests organised at Olympia took place every four years and acquired the name Olympic Games. We do ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became a central aspect of Greek culture very early on and in many ways were ...

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 ...

The madcap Paris Olympics: the chaos that nearly derailed the 1900 Games. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Between 776 BC and 393 AD, the Ancient Olympics took place in Greece every four years. They then sat dormant for over 1,500 years before they were revived once more in 1896. This is the history of the ...

The Games of X Olympiad was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, the US. An Olympic Village was built for the first time in Games history and it became a model for future Olympics. The ...

(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 ...

with the 2024 Games reaching the incredible milestone of achieving gender parity for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games. Celebrating the progress that has been made across the ...

Not only will it add some more in 2028, but the nation now has another Olympics lined up for 2034. Let’s take a look at a ...