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.

If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall ...

Professor of Sport Studies Amy Bass joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the history of the Olympics. When were the first olympics contested? How do the olympic games of ...

Hundreds of volunteers, dancers and performers are rehearsing long hours as preparations intensify for the Feb. 6 opening ...

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

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, a holy site dedicated to Zeus. These early ...

One of the most explicit pieces of evidence for the empire that Argos once ruled comes from the writings of Herodotus, a fifth-century BCE Greek historian. In The Histories 1.82, he wrote the ...

Today on CNN10: We'll get a look at the latest cutting-edge technology on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Then, we'll learn what's driving a surge in flu cases across ...

She surfs at dawn, lifts heavy weights, and lectures on quantum computing — sometimes all before lunchtime. Alexandra Kolla is redefining what’s possible, both in sport and in life. The 43-year-old ...

A handful of former Iowa college wrestlers will compete as part of the next Real American Freestyle card. This 12-match event is the fifth by the new organization, which calls itself "the first ...