The modern Olympic Games were brought back by Pierre de Coubertin. He was a great promoter of physical education in schools. He was also a historian, and very interested in Ancient Greece.

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... Invite them to share some knowledge about the modern-day Olympics and explain that they are going to find ...

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...

The main difference between ancient and modern javelins is the use of a ... becoming a key event in the Olympic Games around 708 BC as part of the pentathlon. Athletes competed not just for ...

It has been 130 years since educator Coubertin proclaimed the founding of the modern Olympics in Paris. He was inspired by the “Ancient Olympics” held in Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula ...

One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every modern summer Games since 1904, but was at risk of being dropped when the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, spent two years lobbying for the new Games to include a modern version of the pentathlon event that was a key ...