The 2024 Paris olympics is currently underway, and is set to end on Sunday, August 11. However, it bears little semblance to ...

Sports are a key part of human culture. They have evolved with societies, mirroring values, economies, and technologies. Over ...

As an ardent student of classical history and the ideals of democracy, I insisted that we include Greece as part of ...

There are few sports journalists working today with a resume as broad as Chris Myers, writes AP reviewer Rob Merrill about Myers’ memoir, “That Deserves a Wow.” From his early ...

After a reviving pint of Mamos, we continued on the history trail and walked to the Panathenaic stadium, which was built for the first modern Olympics, way back in 1896 on the site used for the ...

Back in the late 19th century, Edward Watkin took a trip to Paris to visit the magnificent Eiffel Tower; the Victorian ...

even qualified for the Winter Olympics in 1998 but could not compete due to an injury. Edward William Beard (1878–1982) was a ...

Several world records have been broken in Swindon or by Swindon residents, so here are the ones you should know about.

Afterward, the Olympic anthem was performed, composed for the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 by the Corfiot composer Spyros Samaras, with lyrics by Kostis Palamas. The anthem was recited ...

Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, is renowned not just for his on-court prowess but also his exemplary character ...

Greece’s highest mountain, Mount Olympus, has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas is 2,917 m (9,570 ft) and, ...

On the sand courts at the Tokyo Olympics, the sound of Australia’s Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s hand slapping the ball during ...