ATHENS (Reuters) - The trophy won by the marathon winner at the 1896 Olympics has gone on display for the first time in Greece, and the new owners and prime minister said they hoped it would help ...

ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) - Greece's Olympics Museum has pledged to ensure a trophy won by Spyros Louis in the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will stay in the country. Sign up here. Louis's grandson, ...

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

The quadrennial celebration of Olympic athletes dates back to 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece. (Heck of a long time ago.) The modern-day version was first held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-15, 1896.

The Olympics have a rich history. Check out more information on their prolific past, promising present, future forecast, and more.

A silver medal from the 1896 first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, is set to make history in the auction room.

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is ...