The Olympics have a rich history. Check out more information on their prolific past, promising present, future forecast, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to ...

The 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece, the start of the modern Olympics. Reintroduced to the world at its place of origin in Athens, Greece, the modern Olympic games began in 1896 with 14 nations in ...

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, ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...