Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

Spirit of fair play The Olympic Charter, established by de Coubertin, states that 'The practice of sport is a human right'.

From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, including several islands, until the handover to Paris ...

Vrasidas Karalis, professor of modern Greek at the University of Sydney, grew up in Olympia, where he used to play with friends among the ancient stadium ruins. "For the ancient Greeks ...

Normally, several thousand people from many countries gather on the earthen banks of Olympia's ancient stadium to watch the ceremony. Stressing their commitment to gender equality, Greek relay ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all the competitors are naked. The sporty naturists wear just a suntan as ...

The Panathenaic Stadium held the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, and it was built on the site of a former stadium used for the Panathenaic games that dates back to 566 B.C. The unique marble ...

The flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics has been lit in ancient Olympia and will be handed to the French organisers in Athens on Friday 26 April after an 11-day torch relay through Greece.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night ... officials next Friday at the renovated ancient marble stadium where the first modern games were held ...

With certain traditional exceptions including Greece – the historical home of the ancient Olympic Games – entering first and the ... For that reason, the country with the honor of directly following ...