ROME — When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for ...

(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 ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)-- The subtitle of David Maraniss' new book, "Rome 1960" (Simon & Schuster), is "The Olympics That Changed the World." Maraniss acknowledges that the subtitle -- the ...

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.

Some awkward moments may be ahead this weekend for European Olympic leaders in Rome. The 49 members of ... review and likely changes to the way Olympic Games tickets are handled by NOCs.

McTaggart picked up gold at the Olympic lightweight final in 1956 in Melbourne, and bronze at the Rome Olympics in 1960. In a statement confirming his death, McTaggart's family said he was "a true ...

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