Performance-enhancing drugs destroy the bodies, minds and reputations of athletes. Nonetheless, a group of investors, ...

The real catch is that for the first time in modern Olympics history, the opening ceremonies will be held at two venues at the same time. While this is a historic occasion for the city of Los ...

You might even argue that it was the birthplace of the Modern Olympics ... The wrestling could be held in Guildhall Yard, erstwhile site of London's first known sporting venue, the Roman amphitheatre.

It was an action-packed trip for Wheetley, meeting athletes from all over the world, celebrating his 25th birthday and visiting the site of the first modern-day Olympics (held in 1896) in Athens ...

When did the modern Olympic Games start? The first modern Olympics was held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Like the ancient games, the first modern Games featured a field of all male competitors.

However, it bears little semblance to the first modern Olympics event held in 1896 in Athens both in the infrastructure, scale and variety of events and, more importantly, budget. In the second ...

The event was the triple jump and the winner of the gold medal was the first champion of the modern Olympics ... The Games have been held every four years barring exceptions.

In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for ... specifically referencing the 1936 Olympics held in Nazi Germany—bred “orgies of hatred.” ...

But go back in time to when golf was first held at the Olympics ... he helped stage the 1896 Games in Athens, the first modern Olympics. Those were a huge success, and the Greeks wanted to ...

With all the excitement and pride surrounding the games, many don't want to reach the Closing Ceremony on Aug. 11 and are already asking — "Where is the next one going to be held?" While winter ...

The first modern Olympic Games was held in 1896 in Greece. This was at the height of European colonialism and there is no record of Africans participating. It was only after World War II ...