This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics featured breaking for the first time, as well as other unconventional Olympic events like surfing and skateboarding. But there is a long history of unusual events being ...

And in the Beijing Games in 2022 Norway (with 99 athletes) was tops in medals, yet again beating the USA (with 223 athletes) ...

Snopes claims some of these events weren’t a part of the Olympics, but there’s just as much evidence saying that they did.

Not only will it add some more in 2028, but the nation now has another Olympics lined up for 2034. Let’s take a look at a ...

The medals were designed by a jewelry maker owned by the French luxury conglomerate, which has declined to comment on their ...

The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...

It’s unlikely the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will be moved — and so far none of the marquee arenas, stadiums or ...

In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

Gladwell, the author, journalist and podcaster, explores the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the latest season of his podcast series “Revisionist History.” Gladwell and co-host Ben Naddaff-Hafrey ...