COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the world converges on Paris for the 33rd Olympiad, it’s a reminder of the ancient heritage of the Olympic movement. It starts with the term “Olympiad.” It was how the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When University of Minnesota history professor Dr. Andrew Gallia watches the Olympics these days, he notices some striking similarities to the ancient version of the games that began in ...

ATHENS, Greece — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the ...

The timing of the games originated with the first Olympics, which were believed to have been held in 776 BC in ancient Greece ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at Ancient ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the Winter Games. The choreographed ceremony inspired by ancient Greece is designed ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine ...

While Team USA gets ready to compete in Athens, kids can get ready to watch the Games on TV with some new books on the modern Olympics and classical Greece. "Today, the Olympic Games are an enormous ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Even the gods need a backup plan. Organizers in Ancient Olympia held an emergency rehearsal Monday to light the flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, seizing on a ...