Ancient Greeks began the tradition of celebrating athletic prowess and prestige in their Olympic Games, held every four years in honor of the mythological god Zeus. In 1896, the millennia-old ...

The Athens Olympics might have been the first modern Games, but it was the 1912 Olympics, held in Stockholm, Sweden, that ...

When it was reported that, after many years of hope deferred, I was at last to visit Greece, the local newspapers had it that the prime object of my trip was to witness the Olympic games at Athens.

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in ...

FILE - This is an undated photo showing Spyridon Louis, winner of the race that would come to be known as the marathon in the first modern revival of the ancient Greek sports festival. By April 10, ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. 14 nations sent athletes to the classic home of the Olympics in order to see who On April 6, 1896, the first modern ...

Celebrating the Olympics' return to Athens, this colorful and detailed volume--created by the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, France, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee and the French ...

A 126-year-old bronze medal from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens is expected to fetch nearly $30,000 at auction after spending decades gathering dust in a drawer. The owner of the medal had ...

The first modern Olympics opened on this day 120 years ago, an anniversary not lost on Google. The website unveiled four Google Doodle images last night in honor of the Athens 1896 Games. Those Games ...

As the Olympics enters its final week, Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, and Michael Phelps have dominated the media coverage of the event. But what was it like to attend the Olympics before YouTube and ESPN?