Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sporting figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

ATHENS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Greek water polo player Elena Xenaki will serve as the final torchbearer on Greek soil for the ...

Ancient Greek sanctuaries were places of worship, but they also served as business centers, attracting large numbers of ...

Italy will submit a proposal for a worldwide ceasefire to the United Nations ahead of next year's Milano-Cortina winter ...

Italy will have a pair of flag bearers in both host cities, Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, with a male and female athlete ...

ROME (Reuters) -Italy will submit a proposal for a worldwide ceasefire to the United Nations ahead of next year's Milano-Cortina winter Olympics, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday. As a ...

A global truce for the duration of February’s 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will be sought by hosts Italy.

A German woman returned a 2,400 year-old relic from Ancient Olympia in Greece after taking it from the site in the 1960s. The ...

In a social media post, the Greek culture ministry praised the "sensitivity and courage" of the woman who returned the ...

Individual Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to compete in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday. Those qualified athletes ...

Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete as individual neutral athletes in the Milan Cortina Games. Russia has been banned from competing as a country since the 2016 Rio Olympics due to doping and ...