Costas Simitis, who has died aged 88, was the prime minister who bolstered Greece’s self-esteem by taking it into the ...

Behind closed doors, seven candidates hoping to lead the International Olympic Committee made key pitches on Thursday to ...

The seven hopefuls vying to succeed outgoing International Committee President (IOC) Thomas Bach presented their key pitches to over 100 exclusive ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis ...

The seven candidates for the world's most powerful job in global sport -- the presidency of the International Olympic ...

A taste of the suffering to come had already been evident in 2005, when the European Commission put Greece under fiscal monitoring after the state had spent more than €9 billion on the Olympics ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was ...

On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, is shown alongside Zeus ... includes the original ...

Only a few people around the world know the name Thomas Bach and even fewer can rattle off those of the seven candidates out ...

Townsville man Paddy McHugh is helping to bring camel racing to the Olympics and is set to stage part of a World Series Camel ...