Has sport left our sports? Almost all of use have played a team sport thought out our life, thought many of us were never very successful. We have all looked up to a person and seen them as our hero, these heroes are who we try to become. For many of us that hero was an athlete, they could jump int...

After 108 years the Olympic Games returned to its home for its second time in the Mediterranean for a record breaking Olympiad. More than 10 000 athletes competed for the ultimate in sport acknowledgement. In the ancient Olympic Games, it was a purely celebratory affair to pay homage to the god, Z...

Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also been a hotbed...

Introduction Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also...

There are countless Greek inventors, scientists, and athletes, whose life history of intellectual or athletic excellence prior to becoming wealthy is itself proof of the possibility of gaining such excellence without necessarily being born wealthy. Example is Thales and Benjamin Franklin. Greek...