The countdown to FIFA World Cup 26™ is underway, and Atlanta is embracing the global spotlight with the unveiling of its ...

ATLANTA — Atlanta's official host city World Cup 2026 poster was released on Saturday, and it's got a ton to dive into. It ...

Versatile in both his athletic and professional lives, Ellery Clark was a double gold medalist at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. At the Olympic revival in Athens, Clark won both the high jump ...

Cycling's history at the modern Olympics dates back to the very first Olympiad in Athens in 1896, which included an 87km road race - won by a Greek, Aristides Konstantinidis - and track races. There ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the founding father of the modern Olympics, the Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired both ...

“At the time (of the 1912 Olympic Games) it was noted that records set 16 years earlier at the 1896 Olympics nearly equalled Japan’s best records in 1912,” wrote the Japanese historian Professor Kei ...

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In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the next day. In 1864, Louisiana ...

Every four years, the world watches on as the next host country of the Olympic Games is announced. The anticipation surrounding that announcement is closely followed by the reveal of the design ...

Often the names of the winners have been lost to time. An 1896 Olympic silver medal — which was awarded to the winner — sold for $80,000 ($96,000 including commission) to its lone bidder.

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