The gymnasia were the ancient Greek equivalent of a sports ... Favourite sports included wrestling, javelin and discus throwing, and boxing. Gymnasia usually consisted of a large exercise yard ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... No one needs that. The throwing events are discus: athletes hurl a heavy diskos made of bronze ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

The birth of competitive throwing The javelin throw gained prominence in ancient Greece, becoming a key event in the Olympic Games around 708 BC as part of the pentathlon. Athletes competed not ...