Geoffrey Mason was barely 30, a control-room functionary working a down day at the 1972 Munich Olympics, when history called ...
Longtime diving coach Jane Figueiredo was honored Monday with the International Olympic Committee Coaches Lifetime ...
New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and ...
The world is set on seeing something special from the California entertainment capital after last summer’s Paris Games raised interest in the Olympics to “historic” levels, according to IOC Vice ...
The 2004 Summer Olympics were held between 13 and 29 August in ... Lasting 187 days, the Games was the longest in modern Olympics history. The Games was originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but ...
The Aquatics Centre, along with Le Bourget Climbing Wall, is the only permanent sports facility to be built for the Paris 2024 Games. In 2024, it will welcome the world’s greatest athletes for the ...
On Nov. 18, 1883, Americans adopted four standardized time zones, replacing a confusing, dangerous hodgepodge of times.
The longest day of the year occurs at the summer solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere it occurs each December between the 20th and 22nd. As the days get longer, the sun heats the Australian land ...