The Athens Olympics might have been the first modern Games, but it was the 1912 Olympics, held in Stockholm, Sweden, that ...

This summer the Olympic games are returning to their birthplace. This is not, however, the first time since antiquity that they have been hosted there. In 1896, at the urging of a French educator ...

FILE - This is an undated photo showing Spyridon Louis, winner of the race that would come to be known as the marathon in the first modern revival of the ancient Greek sports festival. By April 10, ...

The first modern Olympics opened on this day 120 years ago, an anniversary not lost on Google. The website unveiled four Google Doodle images last night in honor of the Athens 1896 Games. Those Games ...

Celebrating the Olympics' return to Athens, this colorful and detailed volume--created by the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, France, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee and the French ...

A 126-year-old bronze medal from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens is expected to fetch nearly $30,000 at auction after spending decades gathering dust in a drawer. The owner of the medal had ...

From Athens 1896 to Brisbane 2032, we explore every Olympic stadium ever built from glorious beginnings to slightly awkward ...