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 ...

The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776BC ... These problems – known as the "winner's curse" – have a long history. Debts from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were only paid off ...

But there is a long history of unusual events being held at the Olympic Games of the past. Just ask a hot air balloon aficionado. Live pigeon shooting may be the "weirdest and most bizarre Olympic ...