Tattoos depicting warriors, superheroes, lions and the Olympic rings were among the motivational motifs inked onto some of ...

Volunteer applications exceeded 160.000. • The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay is the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave birth to the Games. • Τhe Olympic flame has traveled ...

After those Games, she retired from the sport with an impressive haul of two Olympic golds, one silver, and multiple world, European, and Commonwealth titles. Yet, despite her success and the ...

It’s a summer of Olympic swimming in Barcelona in 1992 and in Harare, Zimbabwe, the girl watches and turns to her parents. “I’m going to go to the Olympic Games and I’m going to win ...

(AP) — The biggest life-changer for snowboard champion Ayumu Hirano since he won an Olympic gold medal ... triple cork to stay at the top of his sport. Hirano landed it during both his runs ...

2012 and 2016 Olympic taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones has confirmed she is pursuing a career in professional boxing; 31-year-old says: "Boxing has always fascinated me and I'm excited to test ...

"I am also convinced that President Trump and his administration will fully support the Olympic Games," Bach told The Associated Press in a rare interview at IOC headquarters. "He likes sport ...

More than 1,500 Special Olympics athletes from 102 delegations are set to come together in Turin, Italy for the world’s largest sports and humanitarian event – a demonstration of sport ...

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has quit the sport to pursue a career as a professional boxer. The 31-year-old has made the shock decision following her first-round defeat at Paris ...

LONDON (AP) — Jade Jones, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo ... To be a world champion in two sports would be pretty cool," Jones told the BBC. She will be trained by Stephen ...

Three human rights experts commissioned by the United Nations on Tuesday issued a report saying some security measures for the 2024 Paris Olympics were “unnecessary or disproportionate" while others ...

For almost 40 years, Visa has proudly been the Worldwide Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Since 2002, Visa has sponsored all Paralympic Games with the aim of actively ...