The Olympic anthem, first performed at the 1896 Athens Games, was featured at the 2026 Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony. Here’s the history behind the song. (AP photo) ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

A little bit of antiquity plus a sprinkling of advertising dollars makes for a unique history ...

Although most Greeks did not believe the gods physically lived on Olympus they still treated the mountain as sacred. Drawing on archaeological evidence of a summit altar this video shows that Greeks ...

For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But ...

The Olympics opening ceremony features the Parade of Nations in a very specific order, starting with Greece.

The biathlon made its debut in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games and remains the only Winter Olympic event that the United States has not won a medal in. Norway, Germany and France are the countries that ...

With the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy only days away, South Korea on Thursday vowed to make its new winter sports history next month. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) held the launch ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Kanak Jha, the 24-year-old Indian American table tennis player, is making history at the Paris Olympics. Jha, who previously represented the United States in table tennis at both the ...

After more than a decade in snowboarding’s spotlight, the 25-year-old enters her third Olympics with a new perspective on what it means to love her sport—and herself. Chloe Kim has picked out the date ...