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 ...

Friday marked the official start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be the most spread-out Games in history. (AP Photo) ...

Nordic combined competition remains the last to exclude women – even as Milan Cortina is showcasing the highest level of ...

A visual look at the best of the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies, spread out across Northern Italy in four venues.

Nothing compares to the Olympics when it comes to promoting the best in sports competition and peaceful international relations. The Winter Olympics kicked off this week in the mountains of northern ...

The Olympic Games trace their roots back nearly 3,000 years to ancient Greece. At just over 130 years old, the modern Olympics are consistently one of the largest global sporting events in the world — ...

The unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Milan Cortina Winter Games opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has started. This is the most spread-out Olympics in history ...

Mariah Carey took center stage to help kick off the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony at 100-year-old San Siro Stadium in ...

The Olympic torch relay has become a huge tradition over the past 100 years or so, since the first relay before the 1928 ...

Four locations, one Olympic heartbeat. For the first time in Olympic Games history, Friday’s opening ceremony unfolded across multiple locations, all in northern Italy, the culmination of more than ...

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 ...