The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Sorry Cheryl. Only men were allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympic Games. Women had their own games called Heraia. Victors at the Olympics and the Heraia won the same prize: an olive branch ...

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...

Paris Olympics organizer Tony Estanguet has been nominated to return to the IOC as a member. Estanguet led the successful ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Team dressage was added in 1928 to round out the six events that are competed today. Equestrian was part of the ancient Olympic Games and included events such as horseback racing and chariot racing, ...

The Olympic Games are heralded as one of the oldest sporting events in history, dating back to ancient Greece. But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar ...

But modern companies can gain valuable lessons from the competition despite its ancient origins. The Paris Olympics reflects the unique hopes, dreams and challenges of the 206 territories that ...

It has been 130 years since educator Coubertin proclaimed the founding of the modern Olympics in Paris. He was inspired by the “Ancient Olympics” held in Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula ...