The first modern Olympic Games began 125 years ago
on April 6, 1896 in Athens, Greece
The 10-day event was officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad
and included 241 athletes from 14 countries competing in 43 events
An American named James Connolly became the first Olympic champion of the modern Games
winning the triple jump
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, delayed by a year
are set to run from July 23 to August 8
Rhiannan Iffland, a seven-time world champion, shared footage of her experience on TikTok. She decided to ignore a 'no women' sign on a waterslide – then instantly regretted it
The prince allegedly ignored the footballer after agreeing to meet him
A new holiday “black market” has emerged in New York City, and it appears to have taken root in the UK and other parts of Europe.
The Soham murders rocked the nation in 2002 when school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing.
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Maxine Carr is the former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley and was convicted in 2003.
On Everest's sacred slopes, climate change is thinning snow and ice, increasingly exposing the bodies of hundreds of mountaineers who died chasing their dream to summit the world's highest mountain.Sherpa said that bringing one body down from close to Lhotse's 8,516 metre peak -- the world's fourth-highest mountain -- had been among the hardest challenges so far.
A growing contingent of young men on the internet claims to be eschewing all forms of entertainment while flying.
Katy Perry stepped out again during Paris Fashion Week wearing nothing but super low-rise ripped tights and going topless beneath an open faux fur coat.
Countryfile star Helen Skelton showed off her bronzed tan in denim hot pants and gold heels in a sun-soaked photo with her friends.
Lunar Graphene Chinese scientists have made an unusual discovery while analyzing the sample Chang'e-5 collected from the Moon's surface in December 2020. They found naturally occurring "few-layer graphene" for the first time, as state-run news agency Global Times reports, which could have major implications for our plans to make use of local resources once on […]
It is one of the oldest machines known to have been developed by human hand, yet its true purpose has been lost to the mists of time.
When it all starts to go wrong for Keir Starmer, Tony Blair will at least be able to say that he sounded the alarm early. “People are elected on the basis that they are changemakers, because they’ve articulated a general vision for change,” he complained in an interview this week. “But what does that really mean, in specific terms?... If you don’t do that hard work and really dig deep, what you end up with are just ambitions. They remain ambitions.”
Over her years as the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II had a few surprising food habits, one of which was her liking for two unusual items in scrambled eggs.
A benefits cheat was caught after police found £50,000 stuffed down her leggings as she tried to leave the country via the Channel Tunnel.
A body, believed to be of a young Channel 4 star who appeared on 999: On The Front Line has been found in a Staffordshire home with police mounting a murder probe
A pub landlord is being threatened with legal action by his “bully” council for having a giant BULL painted on the side of his 400-year-old inn. Martin Peel, 52, paid a local artist £1,200 to have the 8ft mural emblazoned on the side of The Bull’s Head in Wootton Wawen, Warks.
Disney seems to truly be letting everything fly when it comes to adult content in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Jay Slater's mother has said the family are working with GoFundMe to withdraw some of the £36,000 that has been raised since the teenager disappeared. Ms Duncan, who is on the Spanish island with Mr Slater's father and brother, added that "part of these funds" will also be used to fly out the "loved ones" of the "wonderful people who are by my side" so that "we can support each other during these dark times".
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