The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

Germany last hosted the Olympics in Munich in 1972. Several bids since then have been unsuccessful, including Munich's attempt for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Hamburg's for the 2024 Summer Games ...

German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser believes that hosting the Olympics and Paralympics is ... The Games in Paris last summer were a good example of how a major event can raise the status ...

With World War II and Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics still in relatively recent memory at the time, Germany wanted to hit reset and present itself to the world as a reformed country. Instead ...

This tiny country has more or less dominated the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in Chamonix, France in 1924. How do they do It? "It's a good question," said Birk Ruud, a member of ...

Supporters say the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics will boost morale and ... finds itself in a comparable situation. Before the 1924 Summer Games, when host Paris was beset by floods and ...

Then comes the 2027 Super Bowl, followed by the 2028 Summer Olympics. With none of the region’s stadiums or arenas damaged so far, event organizers and government leaders have expressed ...

The Games also saw the debut of boxing and freestyle wrestling, sports that have clung to the Summer ... Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. Olympic memorabilia has long fetched a good price. In 2022, ...

By Adam Nagourney For seven years, the promise of the 2028 Summer Olympics has shimmered on the horizon as a source of pride and celebration for Los Angeles. There were concerns: the homelessness ...

“If these good people in the government are working on the Olympics and the Super Bowl ... itself in a comparable situation. Before the 1924 Summer Games, when host Paris was beset by floods ...

After destroying neighborhoods and waterfront mansions, the intensifying infernos now pose a very real threat to the city’s third Summer Olympics ... Ironically, the 1924 Paris games were ...