Where else, it occurred to me, but in the ancient Olympic Stadium? I arrived at the ruins ... bordered by stone gutters. Ancient Greeks believed the track’s 210-yard length had been marked ...

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

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... And this is the stadium where it all happens. Now these guys are just training so they’re allowed ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference ...

Torchbearers will carry the flame across Greece for seven days, ending with a handover ceremony April 27 at the stadium used for the 1896 Olympics. The relay began April 21 in ancient Olympia ...

The Olympic torch relay for the Paris Games began Tuesday at the ancient Olympic site of Olympia, Greece, starting a trek for the Olympic Flame that will last through the July 26 Opening Ceremony.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece : The International Olympic ... Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters ... Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's key vote where ...