The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a Hellenophile French educator and historian with a strong belief in the power of sport to form character and to promote peace ...

The horse issues have plagued the event in the last two Olympics, which caused the governing body (UIPM) of the sport, after pressure from the IOC, to replace the discipline after the Paris Games. In ...

Last night, a documentary about the modern Olympic Games taught me something new. The modern Olympic Games used to award medals for art. Alongside the curling, hurdling and general running around ...

In the 50m freestyle, for example, some competitors don't breathe at any point during the race. Freestyle swimming has been included in every modern Olympics. Currently, freestyle is contested in more ...

A leisure centre at risk of closing to the public has been "left to deteriorate", according to a local councillor. The ...

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, spent two years lobbying for the new Games to include a modern version of the pentathlon event that was a key ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

The future of an athletics event which inspired the birth of the modern Olympics is in doubt, because of the state of the running track. Baron Pierre de Coubertin to set up the International ...

It had nothing to do with any of the breakdancer’s performances. The modern Olympic Games have always been about trying new events. Some stay, but many do not last. In 1932 in Lake Placid New ...

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. What began as a small event with only 240 male athletes from 14 countries has ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...