The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was formally handed to Italian organizers on Thursday in the all-marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympics were held nearly ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The local Special Olympics is underway in Athens! These athletes are hoping to earn a spot in the state Special Olympics coming up in May. On Friday, the focus was on track and ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WHNT) — Athens City Schools will host its annual Special Olympics track and field event on Friday, March 27, bringing together students, teachers, volunteers, and community members for a ...

The 2026 Olympic opening ceremony was a 3 ½-hour extravaganza that mainly took place at Milan's San Siro Stadium. With a capacity of over 75,000, it's the largest stadium in Italy and one of the ...

A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected price at a Danish auction house on March 1. The silver medal from the 1896 Athens ...

Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. From Athens, the ...

This year, for the first time, America-s presidential election will be scrutinized by an official team of international observers. Congressional Democrats asked for observers from the UN, and the Bush ...