The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first ...

For this year’s Paris Games, the gold medals are made of 523 grams of silver gilded with six grams of pure gold. The silver ...

He ended up placing ninth in the Olympic men's marathon. CLAYTON YOUNG: It's the toughest course that I've ever trained on for a marathon, so I think we're all going to need a little bit of good luck.

ATHENS, Greece — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the ...

A public marathon and a series of overnight 10Ks offered recreational runners a chance to feel closer to the Games. By Sarah Lyall Reporting from Paris Stephanie Jacquet, 49, is not an Olympic ...