Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

Athletes' cuisine has long been a concern at the Olympic Games. After a trip to Greece last year, YouTube star Max Miller wanted to recreate a meal fit for an ancient Olympian for his YouTube ...

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.

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro ... Abrico beach in Grumari are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in the nude to honour the gods.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... the city-states of Greece. Meaning all wars or disputes must be paused so that athletes and spectators can ...

At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...

Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...

Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on ... allegory of the French motto of equality and fraternity. The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred ...

Ancient Greeks: A captivating exhibition filled with some of the finest examples of Greek sculpture, armour, jewellery, vases and ancient sporting artefacts. Source: Costas Demetriades Stories ...

Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo is to become the first black athlete to bear the flag for Greece at the Olympics. The two-time NBA MVP will carry the flag alongside race walker ...