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 were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 ...

It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Lefkada has unveiled the first-ever ancient Greek theater in the Ionian Islands, shedding light ...

There are also questions around the future of boxing as an Olympic sport and securing future revenues with NBC's multi-billion dollar deal due to expire after the Brisbane games in 2032 and other ...

International Gymnastics Federation chief Morinari Watanabe on Monday talked about his experience of running as the ...

The first Greek Independence Day Parade in Chicago was held in 1965 — not in Greektown, but right in the Loop, along State Street heading southward from Wacker Drive. Published reports note that ...

Scotland matches are back on the BBC, but fans have been left fuming by a string of embarrassing technical glitches. Jonathan Sutherland then took on commentary duties alongside pundit Steven ...

As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, and crumbling walls, as if ...

Kirsty Coventry, the first woman president in the IOC's history, begins her leadership with a focus on gender equality and ...

Burghley competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was depicted in ... Lord Coe is in Greece bidding to become the first British president of the International Olympic Committee Credit: Getty ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach touted the progress made on diversity, climate change and other issues he put front and center during his 12 years as a world sport ...