The Panathenaic Stadium held the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, and it was built on the site of a former stadium used for the Panathenaic games that dates back to 566 B.C. The unique marble ...

GAME ON: Let the fashion Olympics begin. Dior will unveil its cruise collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri on June 17 at 9 p.m. CET at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, which hosted the ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. Greek ...

Just over two months away from Milano Cortina 2026, the torch was officially relayed to the host nation in an Athens ceremony ...

Milano-Cortina Winter Games organisers received the Olympic flame on Thursday in a ceremony at Athens' Panathenaic Stadium, as they prepare for a 63-day torch relay designed to spark excitement across ...

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was formally handed to Italian organizers on Thursday in the all-marble ...

ATHENS, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Greece on Thursday held the Olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the historic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

The 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch is mysteriously the only one missing from an historic display at the birthplace of the Modern Olympics in Greece. The “rare” 1956 torch designed by Ralph Lavers — of ...

The venue in the Pagrati region of central Athens first hosted events as early as the 6th century BC - including races and even the Panathenaic Games every four years in honour of the goddess Athena.

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