(ATR) Rome 2024 bid leader Luca di Montezemolo says the Olympics in Rome would be the biggest sporting festival in the world. "Sport, sport, sport, a big festival of sport. And at the center of ...

For the first time ever the Olympics were televised around the world and it could be argued that the Games truly began its journey to the mega event they are today. Rome owed the Olympics.

The track’s essential structure is done. The ice is being prepared. And next week 60 athletes will come to test the ...

On Dec. 15, the Italy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced Rome would make a bid for the 2024 Olympics. On Dec. 16, the U.S. Olympic Committee said it would bid for the Games, but must finish ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...

The 1960 Games were held in Rome following the Rome Olympic Games. Although the Games were still officially known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, the 1960 Games are considered to be the first of ...

Milan Cortina 2026 will be Italy’s fourth Olympics. Previously the country hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the 1960 Olympics in Rome and the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. The ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...

The first time, in 1956, he entered the season with a time of only 14.4 seconds, but improved by almost a full second, winning the gold medal in a time of 13.5. His second gold medal was less of a ...