Costas Simitis, Greek leader who stabilised the economy and paved the way for the 2004 Olympics
Costas Simitis, who has died aged 88, was the prime minister who bolstered Greece’s self-esteem by taking it into the ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...
An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology ... This was the first Olympics where gold medals were awarded and the Americans took advantage, winning 78 of 96 ...
Olympics-IOC's Bach is not campaigning for me, says presidential candidate Coventry
International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry does not have outgoing president Thomas Bach working ...
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Did Ireland’s ancient August Lughnasa games influence the Olympics?
But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar tournament in Ireland, created centuries before? Some have claimed that the Tailteann Games in ancient Ireland ...