According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.

Humboldt County Special Olympian returns home after serving as a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg torchbearer for the 2025 ...

Coubertin began his 29-year term at age 33 in 1896, the year of the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece. Thursday’s vote was held in Costa Navarino, Greece, about 60 miles south of Olympia, site ...

PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African ...

The 20-time World medalist recently visited the place where the Olympics was born. The marquee event was first staged in Olympia, Greece, and ran from 776 BC to 393 AD. The 39-year-old posted a ...

Greece. She received 49 of the 97 votes, well ahead of Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain, who finished second with 28. In addition to becoming the first female IOC president, Coventry is also ...