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 ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WHNT) — Athens City Schools will host its annual Special Olympics track and field event on Friday, March 27, bringing together students, teachers, volunteers, and community members for a ...

ROME (AP) — The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games landed in Rome on Thursday following a handover in Greece. The flame was carried in a small lantern aboard an ITA Airways flight ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The local Special Olympics is underway in Athens! These athletes are hoping to earn a spot in the state Special Olympics coming up in May. On Friday, the focus was on track and ...

Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. From Athens, the ...

A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected price at a Danish auction house on March 1. The silver medal from the 1896 Athens ...