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Hundreds of students from all levels and ages from Melbourne's Greek Community schools participated in the student Olympics on Saturday despite the searing heat.

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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 ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the French aristocrat who revived the Olympics, insisted that only ... held in Athens in 1896, the British delegation argued that manual laborers should be flatly ...

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

It was notable that when Iran decided – unusually – to flex some hard power towards Israel in April 2024, a number of key ...

Which country topped the total medal count at the Athens 1896 Olympic Games? The United States topped the medal standings at the Athens 1896 Olympics, winning a total of 20 medals. The Games were held ...

Today in History for Nov. 27 ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the founding father of the modern Olympics, the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired both ...