Often dubbed the Lord of the Rings, the IOC presidency is considered the most powerful position in global sport. The race to ...

Never before has there been so much uncertainty in an IOC election, and for the first time in 130 years, seven hopefuls, ...

With the election of Thomas Bach’s successor and the tenth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) scheduled ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaches its climax on Thursday when the 100-plus members vote in the Greek resort of Costa ...

The North American Cup is bringing fencing competition to Cleveland. USA Fencing’s competition, hosted by the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, will bring more than 2,500 fencers ages 8 to 16 from ...

USA topped the medal tally with 126 medals (40 gold ... Who started the modern Olympic Games and in which year? The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, a renowned French ...

From 1912 to 1948, art competitions were held alongside the sport – with Olympic medals awarded to architects ... a typeface designed in 1896, the same year that the modern Games were born.

Zoltán Halmay was the first great swimmer from Continental Europe, winning nine Olympic medals (three gold ... Halmay took up competitive swimming in 1896 and competed until 1910. Besides swimming he ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the ... Despite their small numbers, the Americans, as usual, won more silver medals (then awarded for ...

How many Olympic medals has Adolf Schmal won throughout his career? Adolf Schmal has won 3 Olympic medal in throughout his career. When did Adolf Schmal first compete in the Olympics? He represented ...

Only one Englishman who had a great Olympic career ever stood for the IOC presidency before Sebastian Coe. Coe will try to ...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says that President Donald Trump’s stance on gender in sports “does not intimidate” her and plans ...