When was running invented? Runing is an instinctive movement that evolved as a survival skill for early humans. Read on to ...

When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896 in Athens, the first marathon race was held, celebrating Pheidippides’s legendary (and fatal) run from Marathon to Athens. A few months later, the ...

Athens is a wonderful city to wander in. But when time feels short yet there’s thousands of years of history to see, it pays ...

Frenchman Michael Bréal suggested a revival of the legendary run be held as part of the Olympic Games Athens 1896. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, was receptive to the ...

Cycling's history at the modern Olympics dates back to the very first Olympiad in Athens in 1896, which included an 87km road race - won by a Greek, Aristides Konstantinidis - and track races. There ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the founding father of the modern Olympics, the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired both ...

India sent a contingent of 73 athletes in 14 sports to Athens. The first Olympic Games in the ... Who started the modern Olympic Games and in which year? The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 ...

The daily schedule for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, which is subject to change, based on the latest version of the competition schedule. Medal sessions bolded (all start times Eastern) ...

Those figures are according to financial terms between the schools and the City of Jacksonville as outlined in a memorandum of understanding released by the city to the Athens Banner-Herald on ...

Georgia football's annual rivalry game with Florida has a new home for the two years while the series is displaced from Jacksonville due to major stadium renovations. Actually, it’s two new homes.