Olympic Games

About a thousand residents of the Municipality of Casey in Melbourne disagree with the erection of the statue in the suburb of Berwick of Spyros Louis, the Greek who won the inaugural marathon at the 1896 Olympic Games in...

A decision by the International Olympic Committee - which is located in Switzerland and not Greece, home of the Olympics - to strike one of he most ancient and revered original sports - wrestling - from the games as...

The countdown to the grant opening of the Archeological Museum of Pyrgos has started and the museum is expected to be ready by mid July. On May 2, the Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports,...

On May 22, the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Electoral Congress in Moscow, Russia, was completed and the Federation’s Officers for 2013-2016 were elected. Greece’s delegation consisted of Yiannis Sgouros, the Federation’s lifelong secretary, and the Olympic medalists Pyrros Dimas...

The greatest exhibition on Ancient Olympia to be internationally presented, is being transferred to Qatar, after its presentation in Berlin. The exhibition will be launched on March 27 by the Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and...

London has received a bronze statue of the Greek goddess of victory Nike from Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The statue (pictured above) is located in Woolwich, just off Dial Square within the Royal Arsenal, and was...

Olympia was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, which were celebrated every four years by the Greeks. Olympia is situated in a valley in Elis, in western Peloponnisos, through which runs the Alpheus River. It was not a...

  LONDON - Former Olympic Gold medalist Sebastian Coe, who is directing the 2012 Olympics Games, said in an interview with the Ethnos tis Kyriakis Greek newspaper, that preparing for the world's biggest event was a challenge for the British...

 LONDON - Greek yachtsman Byron Kokkalanis hoped to win a medal in the RSX competition at the London 2012 Olympics Games, but finished out of the running among the 10 entries on Aug. 7. He had been standing 5th...

CANBERRA - Australian National Radio ABC is giving listeners a chance to hear about the ancient Greek Olympics as well as the London 2012 Games, with a daily show detailing the exploits of both. The word "Greece" is the...