The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.

Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, addressed the General Assembly at the latest vote in November.

Ancient Greeks of Athens used the courtroom as a democratic arena where ordinary citizens relied on lawsuits to keep elites accountable.

So that question begs for two answers. The very first Olympic games were 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. There was one event, a sprint race to honor Zeus. and it wasn't until people were crashing out on it ...

Ancient Greek athletes used a variety of training methods to prepare for the Olympic Games and other such contests.

How far would you go in the name of sport?

Like today, people in ancient times understood that investing money could help them consolidate and grow their wealth. In ...

There is nothing quite as sacred in the world of combat sports as the “0.” That pristine, undefeated record is a marketing golden ticket. It screams invincibility. It tells the world that nobody has ...

A series of groundbreaking genetic studies, highlighted in recent analyses, confirm that modern Greeks retain strong DNA continuity with their Bronze Age ancestors — the Minoans and Mycenaeans — ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People attend the Epiphany ceremony as a Greek ...

When I was 8 or 9 years old, my uncle and aunt gave me a copy of D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, a standard-bearer for children’s folklore that was originally published in 1962. I was immediately ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After facing off against each other back in Feb. 2023, Mexican ...