Spyros Louis

Greece's Olympics Museum has pledged to ensure a trophy won by Spyros Louis in the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will stay in the country. Louis's grandson, also called Spyros, was putting the 15-centimetre, silver cup up for auction on...

A silver cup awarded to the Greek runner who won the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will be sold at a London auction in April. Spyros Louis was presented with the cup, a silver medal, an antique vase, an...