Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace ... the Olympic torch was lit and carried to the ancient stadium, where the first recorded Olympic games took place.

Delivering a message of “Values first”, IOC President Thomas Bach opened the 144th IOC Session this afternoon in the ...

The 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held at Ancient Olympia is expected to elect a new President on Thursday ...

Beyond the famed Olympic ruins, which include the stadium where the first Olympic ... one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, crafted by Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC.

Torchbearers will carry the flame across Greece for seven days, ending with a handover ceremony April 27 at the stadium used for the 1896 Olympics. The relay began April 21 in ancient Olympia ...