Giorgos Roubanis, Greece’s oldest living Olympic medalist, passed away Tuesday at the age of 95. He won bronze in the pole vault at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, earning Greece’s first post-war Olympic ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

Is running a tale as old as time? Pretty much. Here's Olympian and running coach Steph Davis with a brief history of ...

A taste of the suffering to come had already been evident in 2005, when the European Commission put Greece under fiscal monitoring after the state had spent more than €9 billion on the Olympics ...

Costas Simitis: modernised a heavily statist economy with labour reforms and part-privatisation, particularly in the banking sector - MARIA MAROGIANNI/EPA-EFE ...

China is organising the world’s first foot race between humanoids and humans in April, an event that could boost Beijing’s artificial intelligence goals. The half-marathon, covering a distance ...

The fastest crossing of mainland Greece on foot (male) has been achieved by George Moulos, a 26-year-old Greek Australian entrepreneur and comedian, according to the Guinness World Records.

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics. Kho kho ...

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