The opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium of Athens. Public Domain On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium, ...

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, ...

The first edition of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, in 1896, while the first winter edition was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Since 1994, the Olympic Games have alternated ...

Athens was selected to host the first modern Olympic Games at the first session of the International ... He was the first president of the IOC. Two years later, on 6 April, 1896, in the country of the ...

I first saw this as a two-part mini-series in Australia just prior to the 1988 Olympics. I was extremely impressed by it, especially with regards to the role played by Edwin Flack, the Australian ...

History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games and its biggest stars ...

This decision altered the course of the war and had lasting global consequences. It was also on April 6, 1896, that the Olympic Games made a historic return to their birthplace in Athens, Greece, ...

Humboldt County Special Olympian returns home after serving as a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg torchbearer for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Europe.

The modern Summer Olympics keeps on giving. Since its first edition at Athens in 1896, in a sense a rebirth that was a tribute to the ancient games staged by the Greeks in Olympia and the spirit ...

It was an action-packed trip for Wheetley, meeting athletes from all over the world, celebrating his 25th birthday and visiting the site of the first modern-day Olympics (held in 1896) in Athens ...