With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event ... Olympia, Greece, to watch a simple footrace. Thus began the ancient ...

Archery, another Olympic event, has appeared in the mythology ... Whether out of historical necessity or contingency, sports in both ancient China and Greece were closely combined with productive ...

Turn on the TV or radio and you'll be able to find some kind of sport being played at international or national level. One of the most famous figures from the ancient world, Saint Augustine of ...

The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece. Sports contests organised at Olympia took ...

Clear sea, legendary Mediterranean cuisine, hundreds of Blue Flag beaches, the opportunity to improve children's health and ...