Pierre de Coubertin was a co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Athens hosted the first ever Olympic Games in 1896. The action-packed fortnight at the Rio Olympics finally ended on ...

A sand sculpture of Pierre de Coubertin, by Maaike Huizinga, in the 'Travemuende Olympic Stadium,' Luebeck (Germany), Tuesday, July 6, 2004. HERIBERT PROEPPER / AP The Chapelle de l'Epiphanie in the 7 ...

Born in the French capital on 1 January 1863, Pierre de Coubertin has gone down in history as the creator of the modern Olympic Games. Born into a noble family - his grandfather was the first Baron de ...

When approximately 2,900 athletes gather for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games inside Italy’s San Siro Stadium on Friday, two representatives, a coach, and a judge will take the ...

Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, always envisioned the Games as much more than the sum of their parts. “Olympism,” as he coined it, was a new type of religion – one shorn of gods, ...

French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin was such a driving force in the revival of the modern Olympics that it is tempting to consider how he would have reacted to the inclusion of the new sports ...

EXCLUSIVE: With just over two months to go before the kick-off of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris this July, South Africa’s Distant Horizon will be touching down in Cannes with two ...

The original Olympic Games manifesto, written in 1892 by French aristocrat, educator and athletics advocate Pierre de Coubertin which outlines his vision for reviving the ancient Olympic Games as a ...

The Olympic Manifesto, an 1892 speech by a French aristocrat that outlined the vision and revival of the games, fetched $8.8 million at auction Wednesday. The handwritten 14-page manuscript by Pierre ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics signal a homecoming for the modern Games, but you’d be forgiven for not realising. Set up in the 1890s, the Olympics have Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin to thank for their ...

(The Conversation) — Pierre de Coubertin hoped to channel the best of the ancient ceremonies into a new tradition that could foster both national pride and international harmony. (The Conversation) — ...