Ancient Greek athlete Coroebus of Elis was the first recorded Olympic Games winner in the 192-meter (630-feet) footrace in ...

The annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics draw hundreds of Indigenous athletes to partake in traditional games and celebrate their heritage ...

We call those people ancient Greeks. The ancient Greeks lived mainly on coasts and islands surrounded by the Mediterranean ...

A historian who carried the touch recalls the flame's journey across the world.

For our Future Stadiums series, we look forward by looking back at some of the milestones in the stadium's long road from ...

Traditional Olympic sports are fighting for survival after the IOC overhauled the way disciplines are chosen, a shift that leaves Brisbane 2032 with only four discretionary picks and thrusts the host ...

Schneider, director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at Western University and the first director of Ethics ...

It has witnessed gladiatorial contests, medieval tournaments, Maria Callas and Pink Floyd. On 22 February 2026, the Arena di ...

When Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympics on July 13, 2001, I was a girl with a dream and little sense of how ...

Now that the chapter of the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been definitively closed, with attention turning to the next tournament to be held four years from now, it is worth reflecting on an event that was ...

HANGZHOU—There’s a minor sports revolution going on in Mongolia, the giant landlocked Asian country most associated with Genghis Khan and famous for its “three manly sports” of archery, horse racing ...

A fresco from the 15th century BC showing the gymnastic feat of leaping over a bull. Heraklion, Crete. The scene is almost replicated today, showing how early tests such as this played a part in the ...