The medal bears the inscription “Olympiad, 1904” and shows a victorious athlete holding a wreath on the front.

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 ...

It also gives us some of the most controversial moments in Summer Olympics history. The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ...

Paris (AFP) – The biggest sporting event of 2024 was without doubt the Parisian high-wire double-act of the Olympic Games followed ... in the closest finish in modern history -- just five ...

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

In recent Olympiads, pin trading has become something of an unofficial sport at the Games. The tradition, which dates back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 when athletes wore cardboard badges ...

The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...

Los Angeles is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to World Cup matches in 2026 and a Super Bowl in 2027.

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon teamed up in Paris ("Team Cook ‘N Bacon") in synchronized diving to win America’s first medal of ...