Four weeks from today, with the Pantheon in view, Greece will lead the march into the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Games. More than 10,000 athletes will try to put aside the ...

Shaq had serious respect for Arvydas Sabonis. Following Michael Jordan’s 1998 retirement, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird predicted that Shaquille O’Neal, not Kobe Bryant, would carry the league, ...

The Helliniko Olympic Complex in Athens was supposed to be thriving long after the 2004 Summer Olympics had ended. Built on part of the site of the city’s old airport for the Games, the facility ...

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, ...

The 2004 Athens Olympics cost the city an estimated $15 billion. Some of that went toward single-use venues that were used once and promptly abandoned. This complex is the No. 1 example of a sports ...

The 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles committee is holding an event in Atlanta on Tuesday morning. Los Angeles will be the first U.S. city to host the Summer Olympics since it was Atlanta’s turn 30 ...

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With Pippa Funnell and William Fox-Pitt headlining their team, the British depth is the envy of the rest of the world, writes Kate Green. In addition to outstanding resumes full of four-star wins, ...