On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

their best performance - at the time - for several decades The Athens Olympics were meant to be a celebration of the Games' history, as the spiritual home of Olympic sport hosted the world in the ...

As uncertainty clouds Paris 2024, Michael Hincks visits Athens 20 years on from the Olympic Games which preceded a global financial crisis and became synonymous with failure after some venues were ...

The voters in the exclusive invited club of IOC members include royal family members ... titles in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2004 Athens Olympics and in Beijing four years later.

ATHENS, Greece --Greece is on schedule to host the 2004 Athens Games, the country's top Olympic official said on Wednesday. Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the Naftemboriki newspaper ...

Winter Olympics - Flame handover ceremony in Athens for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece - October 19, 2021 President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros ...

The games of the 28th summer olympiad returned to the birthplace of the Olympics - Athens, Greece. The games ran from August 13 to 29th 2004.