A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of ...

The modern Olympics were the brainchild ... The Olympic flame first appeared in Amsterdam in 1928, and the podium four years later. But, arguably, the Berlin Olympics in 1936, with its display ...

Pierre – known as the father of the modern Olympic Games – chose to adopt the ancient tradition of a four-year cycle, as a ...

There were no women athletes at the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896, because its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, thought women were "not cut out to sustain certain shocks". More than 100 years ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics were full of unforgettable moments. But the first year that breakdancing was introduced to the Olympics was also its last, because of a viral Australian dancer. Rachael ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Modern pentathlon events will take place at the Palace of Versailles, the iconic home to the court of Louis XIV. The first French site to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, the gardens ...

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...