New Zealand’s national basketball coach, Pero Cameron, has unveiled the 14-man squad, along with five…
Tag: olympic games
As Paris gears up to host the 2024 Olympic Games amidst mounting threats and uncertainty,…
Australia spends a fortune on our Olympic Team. There is
hot debate about whether this money is well spent. In this
richly illustrated lecture, David M Pritchard goes back to
the ancient Olympics in order to resolve once and for all
this debate.
The three-masted sailing ship Belem, which transfers the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic…
From 776 BCE to 393 CE the Ancient Olympic games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies.
Despite her impending divorce from Prince Nikolaos, Tatiana Blatnik joined her former mother-in-law Anna Maria…
This Friday (26 April), the Olympic flame for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be officially handed over to a delegation from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee during a symbolic ceremony in Athens, Greece.
Below you’ll find everything you need to know about the event and details on the next stage of the flame’s journey.
Greece, often hailed as the cradle of Western civilization, is steeped in rich history and cultural significance. From its ancient origins to its modern achievements, here are some intriguing insights into this captivating Mediterranean nation:
The 29-year-old athlete won the first gold medal in the history of Greece in artistic…
The modern-day Olympic Games have always been a time of contradictory feelings for GCT’s writer…
Spyridon Louis was born in Marousi, north of Athens, on January 12, 1873. His father…
This year is the year of the Olympic Games. Emmanuel Macron is going to Greece…
Antigoni Drisbioti, the Greek race walker, is heading to Melbourne, Victoria to prepare for the…
Eleftherios Petrounias is fantastic! With a total score of 15.066 and a silver medal, he…
An architectural masterpiece, the Athens Olympic Stadium once stood as a testament to Greece’s ability to host the world’s greatest sporting spectacle. However, today this iconic structure is now at the centre of safety concerns, leading the Greek government to consider its indefinite closure.
The Olympic year is approaching, and several Greek athletes have already secured their qualification for…
The first Armenian who participated in the Ancient Olympic Games and won the Olympic Games…
Pyrros Dimas was a member of the Greek ethnic minority in Albania and competed for…
As has become tradition, the ceremony starts with a celebration of the host country, followed…
From 776 BCE to 393 CE the Ancient Olympic games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies.