Instead, for many athletes, the Olympics is a time that tests and grows ... telling jokes and laughing,” said the Rev. Anton Gelyasov, a Greek Orthodox priest, to Religion News Service.

"I regret not being on my pin game last Games, so this time I'm really stepping it up with my pin game," women's volleyball star Chiaka Ogbogu tells PEOPLE at Ralph Lauren's Olympics welcome party ...

on Saturday said the performance "was shocking and insulting to Christian people around ... Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine and revelry. Portrayed at the Olympics by French singer ...

Friday night’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony angered people across the world as many ... who organized it said it was actually a nod to Greek mythology. A portion of the ceremony featured ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled ... actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ...

“The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us ... Anne Descamps, a spokesperson for the 2024 Paris Olympics, apologized at a press conference if people took offense to it but emphasized ...

The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch. Instead, a backup ...

Performers take part in the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The flame will be carried through Greece ...

That's *** modern take, paying homage to the origin of the Olympics. The flame will land ... when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch — after ...