An international celebration of the origins of the modern Olympic games, International Olympic Day is observed on June 23 ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer ...

Sports have brought communities together since the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece, and that tradition continues today ...

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

In the ancient Olympics, athletes had to stay in Elis , a region of Olympia, the city where the first ancient Olympic Games were held, for a month before the event to prepare.

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: (@sales_belinda / X) ...

The Olympics that we know and love today trace its roots to ancient times, as far back as 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

The diagram depicts the phases of the long jump in ancient Greece. In the first panel, ... (French School of Athens); History of Ancient Olympic Games, Lynn and Gray Poole. 1963; ...

This is a Short History Of….The Ancient Olympics. A Noiser Production, written by Lindsay Galvin. With thanks to Dr Nigel Spivey, a senior lecturer in Classics, at the University of Cambridge.

Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece.