Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...

The journey to secure international recognition for a separate, independent Ireland was far from smooth, as Mike Cronin and ...

Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...

Swimming has been part of the Olympic Summer Games program since 1896. Alongside athletics, it is one of the sports with the ...

Competition, at any level, provides an excellent opportunity to see how well one does. Since competing in the first modern ...

There are six World Marathon Majors -  the Tokyo Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the London Marathon, the Berlin Marathon, the Chicago Marathon and the NYC Marathon.

On Sunday at the historic Athens Marathon, 88-year-old Ploutarchos Pourliakas became the oldest finisher at this year’s race, ...

McGill's women's hockey history has survived from 1899 through today. The school, including Royal Victoria College, has ...

At the finish line of the 2015 Western States Endurance Run, arguably the most famous and most prestigious American ...

We ourselves’, in effect, became the first historiographical interpretation of the 1916 Rising. Irish historiography, in the ...

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 1896, were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the ...