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 ...

Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life in the city before it was smothered by ...

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

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia ...

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

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

The world is full of amazing places with rich histories, and some countries have stories that go back thousands of years. These ancient lands hold the secrets of early human life, civilisations, and ...

Dan is a senior editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, and later ...

The Mexican athletics federation celebrated its centenary on 1 January, seeing in 2025 with the New Year resolution to get ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plus, it was Australia’s first in a women’s field event in Olympics history. All in all, it was pretty special stuff from Nina Kennedy. The 27-year-old cleared 4.90m on her first attempt to ...