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On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.
Bringing alive the magic of the Olympics
History and Stars of the World’s Greatest Sporting Event from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024 is a fresh compilation of the Games ...
Times-Standard on MSN5d
2025 Special Olympics | Wyatt Wheetley returns home after being a torch runner
Humboldt County Special Olympian returns home after serving as a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg torchbearer for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Europe.
Cricket Country on MSN8d
Cricket to feature six teams at 2028 olympics, 90 player quota set for the game
Cricket will feature in Los Angeles 2028 Olympics with six teams and a 90 player limit set for its return to the games ...
AFP on MSN8d
Peaty says yes to 2028 Olympics after new swim events added
Adam Peaty announced Wednesday he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the ...
Rough Draft Atlanta on MSN4h
‘The Games in Black & White’ and the partnership at the center of the 1996 Olympics
Atlanta Olympics has been covered extensively by news media and historical documents alike. Whether that be coverage of ...
Cricket to have six teams at 2028 Olympics, 90-player quota given on Games return
In what is huge news for fans, cricket at the 2028 LA Olympics will feature six teams each in the men’s and women’s ...
NBC Sports29d
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee
At 41, she will be the second-youngest IOC president after Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics. Coubertin began his 29-year term at age 33 in 1896, the year of the first modern ...