The Olympics is a global stage where athletes can make their name, pushing them to their limits as competitors, but what’s left of its ancient spiritual roots?

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

The ancient games were also a religious festival ... The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but a sacrifice. On the third day of the games, 100 oxen were sacrificed and burnt ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...

One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every modern summer Games since 1904, but was at risk of being dropped when the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

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

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organizers of the first international tournament hoping ...

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 ...