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Nevertheless, racing happened within the 1900 Olympic timeline. The 14 different racing events were also massively diverse: there were five events for touring cars, two events for small cars ...

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

(ATR) Dubai wants to bid for the Olympics by 2022. Ali Omar, director of the Dubai Sports Council, made the announcement in an interview with China’s Xinhua News Agency. "Hosting the Olympics is ...

Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...

Women compete in the Olympics — in golf, tennis, croquet and sailing — for the first time. AAU adds track and field events for women. Four years later, six teams compete in organization’s ...

With the new NASA inspired U.S. Olympic snowboard team uniforms for 2018, here is a brief history of all the U.S. Olympic snowboard team uniforms. And this will be only the fourth Winter Olympic ...

BERLIN - Juan Antonio Samaranch, who is running for president of the International Olympic Committee, would push for a ...