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

Where else, it occurred to me, but in the ancient Olympic Stadium? I arrived at ... The lovely sanctuary of Olympia was remote, nestled in Greece’s southwest corner 210 miles from Athens ...

On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of ... torch was lit and carried to the ancient stadium, where the first recorded Olympic games took place. Typically, the ceremony ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee ... Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting ...

Coe and Coventry are two-time Olympic champions — in track and swimming, respectively — and Samaranch is the longest-serving IOC member of the seven. The Spanish financier joined in 2001 when his ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

Watch again as the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony was held in Olympia ahead of Paris ... 2,000 kilometre odyssey around Greece, before reaching the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, the site of ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia ... And inside the stadium the athletes would stand naked before all of Greece and the gods. Here they competed not for money but to ...

A new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium in inner-city parkland and a rowing venue in a crocodile-inhabited river have been unveiled ...

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

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 ...