There were no women athletes at the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896, because its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, thought women were "not cut out to sustain certain shocks". More than 100 years ...

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

In recent Olympiads, pin trading has become something of an unofficial sport at the Games. The tradition, which dates back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 when athletes wore cardboard badges ...

If shooting is an Olympic sport, and if breaking was, darts should at least be considered. Yet there’s more chance of Raygun ...

In the 19th Century, competitive running and running races were happening in Europe with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Running was only done in order to compete and women’s racing was still ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson's victory in the marathon at the Los Angeles Games helped change the perception of women as athletes and competitors.

It also gives us some of the most controversial moments in Summer Olympics history. The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ...

Not only is the Olympic champion golfer the youngest New Zealander to be made a Knight or Dame - she's believed to be the ...

The RNZ Sport team looks back at some of the sporting highlights of 2024, with the Paris Olympics the centrepiece.

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Coe also led organizing the 2012 London Olympics. Coe upset the IOC establishment ... from its established July-August place in the modern sports calendar. The next IOC president also must ...