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 ...

Was wrestling an original Olympic sport? Wrestling was part of the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece, making it one of the oldest competitive sports — if not the oldest sport — in the world. When the ...

Picture yourself standing where the original Olympic Games took place ... and other relics that offer insight into the lives of the ancient Greeks. One of the museum's star attractions is the ...

The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running and wrestling. Aristotle said of it "a body capable of ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient ... boxing and wrestling. The main event at the Olympics was not ...

Wrestling will be fighting to prove its relevance in Rio after battling back from the brink of Olympic extinction. One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every ...

For a more comprehensive list, be sure to read the article on how scoring works in Olympic wrestling. What's the difference between Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling? In each style of Olympic ...