Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake ...

ATHENS – It has welcomed marathon runners, rock stars and the first modern Olympic athletes. Now it’s time for a monumental scrub. Athens’ U-shaped Panathenaic Stadium — made entirely of white marble ...

The flame for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games was lit in Athens on Thursday, marking another step towards the first Olympic event to be held on the African continent.

The Athens 2004 Olympics have lost any chances for a medal on environmental performance, according to the first comprehensive assessment of the costs and benefits of the upcoming games by WWF. Gland, ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The flame for the Dakar Youth Olympics was lit in Athens on Thursday for the first Olympic competition ever staged in Africa. International Olympic Committee President Kirsty ...

On Friday, August 13, 2004, the Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to open in Athens. After four years of construction, Greece is racing to finish preparations for the games. At a cost of $1.2 billion ...