A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent some of humanity’s most dearly held ideals: meritocracy ...

3x3 basketball is back at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the list of stars suiting up include ... participating teams, and when ...

But there is a long history of unusual events being held at the Olympic Games of the past. Just ask a hot air balloon aficionado. Live pigeon shooting may be the "weirdest and most bizarre Olympic ...

World and Olympic ... Spangled Banner played. He was hardly the only one. Leave it to the French, who were hosting their third Olympics after previous runs in 1900 (the second Games ever) and ...