The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

A silver medal from the 1896 first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, is set to make history in the auction room.

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

While we have this year's Olympic Games to look forward to, when will the next Olympics occur? And where will they be held?

Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, addressed the General Assembly at the latest vote in November.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.

Mariah Carey took center stage to help kick off the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony at 100-year-old San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy.

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is ...

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If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall silent in the Olympic tradition. The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in ...

With the U.S. vice president in attendance, local fans at the Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony made their frustration with ...

A number of previous medal-winners have strongly alluded to widespread outbreaks of rampant sexual activity within the Olympic village occurring each year, including alpine ski racer Laurenne Ross, ...