The 1908 London Games were the first in which the modern Olympics began recognisably to emerge. A large stadium was built at White City, and athletes joined an opening ceremony parade behind their ...

Unlike Olympic medals these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were smaller and made entirely of ...

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

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 International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been lauding itself for having achieved full gender parity for the time in ...

Plan C would simply be a traditional Olympic ceremony similar to all other Olympic games to date (including Paris in 1924) going back to the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

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 ...