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 hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm ...

This marked the first Olympics where gold medals were introduced, with the U.S. dominating by winning 78 of 96 events.

A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games hosted on U.S.

India submitted a letter of intent to the IOC Future Host Commission, showing its readiness to enter a structured dialogue ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping ...

Hediger, 26 and a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was in the mountain resort of Arosa when the incident occurred on Monday. Hediger competed at ...

If you hope to drop a few pounds or build that summer six-pack, ancient Greek athletes can give helpful pointers about ...

With an annual rainfall ranging from 140 to 170 inches, the Hoh Rain Forest is a lush, green wonderland, with mosses and ferns covering every tree and surface. According to the NPS, it is one of ...

Hodgkinson completed her ascent to athletics superstardom by winning 800m gold for Great Britain at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Littler, who began last year's World Darts Championship as a 16-year ...

a very ;sea CD attached to the book, containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a much better organised attempt at ...