Olympic Push For Kho Kho, India's Ancient Tag Sport
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping ...
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Poetry Was an Official Olympic Event for Nearly 40 Years. What Happened?
At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...
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How did the Olympic Games begin?
The ancient games were also a religious festival ... The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but a sacrifice. On the third day of the games, 100 oxen were sacrificed and burnt ...
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KS2 Ancient Greece: 4. The Olympic Games (but not as we know them)
Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...
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Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin (2004)
Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...
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Rio 2016 Olympics: Greco-Roman And Freestyle Wrestling Guide
One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every modern summer Games since 1904, but was at risk of being dropped when the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...