The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was formally handed to Italian organizers on Thursday in the all-marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympics were held nearly ...

The Hellenic Olympic Committee's reward for dual status: Olympian and student. HOC The combination of athlete and student has its rewards. This status, reserved for a privileged few, has its ...

The Winter Olympics began with a rare dual-city opening in Italy, with Greece leading tradition at the 25th Winter Games.

Organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the recent event highlighted the legacy of Greek athletes and commemorated 20 years since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Athens 2004 and Paris 2024 ...

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FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Panathenian stadium in Athens on Dec. 3, ...

ATHENS, Greece — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the ...

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