As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, and crumbling walls, as if ...

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected today as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee, and the first ...

Down the Ionian coast is the International Olympic Committee's own Conclave today - and its most contested presidential ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected on Thursday as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

In ancient Olympia, where the Olympic flame first flickered to life, a Zimbabwean star once again burned brightly - only this time, not in the pool but on the world stage of leadership.Kirsty Coventry ...

The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...

An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...

Coubertin began his 29-year term at age 33 in 1896, the year of the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece. Thursday’s vote was held in Costa Navarino, Greece, about 60 miles south of Olympia, site ...

Electing the new boss of the Olympics first required a grandly titled "sacred pilgrimage" to ancient Olympia - to pay homage to the birthplace of what's become a multibillion-pound behemoth.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, left, and IOC member and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry, right, ...