Basketball. The world's greatest sport ever. But of course, it hasn't been around since the world began. No, somebody had to have invented it....
James Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules of basketball: 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2. The ball may be ba...
The revival of the ancient Olympics attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Bri...
An Olympic Anthem composed by Spyros Samaras (music) and by Kostis Palamas (lyrics) was first played at the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens. Thereaf...
你知道吗，马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目；古代奥运会法规中规定，腐败的裁判或对手要受鞭刑；柏拉图曾是奥运会的冠军The famous marathon race did not exist in the ancient Games. The starting pistol of the first...
Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek mythology, is the island of "...
The tradition of the "Truce" or "Ekecheiria" was established in ancient Greece in the 9th century BC by the signature of a treaty ...
The international Olympic Committee constituted itself on 23rd June 1894. The official languages of the IOC are French and English. The Olympic flame ...
The Olympic Games shall be proclaimed open by the Head of State of the host country.The delegation parade in alphabetical order according to the langu...
The Games organised at Olympia led to the development of the Panhellenic Games, which also included:- The Games at Delphi (Pythian Games)- The Games a...