The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

The Olympics have a rich history. Check out more information on their prolific past, promising present, future forecast, and ...

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Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Wrestling's reclamation of a spot in the 2020 Olympic Games represented a victory for Greece, according to the country's federation president Kostas Thanos. Grapplers across the ...

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, a holy site dedicated to Zeus. These early ...

How it became a sport: Not to be confused with the chair-throwing and costume-wearing of professional wrestling, which became famous in 1950s, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling is recognized as one ...