These two ancient Armenian kings became champions in the ancient Olympic Games in wrestling and fist-fighting.

Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sports figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 bouts.

Ancient Greece. A short animation for pupils aged 7 - 11 exploring the original Olympic Games as held in Ancient Greece. BBC ...

Imagine a mix of wrestling and boxing ... This no-holds-barred combat was a highlight of the ancient Olympics, and only the toughest athletes dared to compete. The goal was to knock the flaming ...

Athletes competed naked and, during certain wrestling events ... occur every four years to “respect the ancient origins of the Olympic Games.” A period of four years was called an “Olympiad ...

An East-Bay woman is headed to the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. She'll be the youngest woman ever to represent Team ...

Retherford won 6 of 7 matches in Istanbul, including 4 in 3 hours on Sunday, to qualify the 65kg weight class for the U.S.

(KVOA) - If you follow wrestling in Tucson ... Bravo-Young will represent Mexico in his first Olympic Games. "We had our qualification in Acapulco, Mexico where you had to make top two ...

The first Olympic Games took place in 776BC The very first Olympics were part of an ancient Greek festival, according to the Penn Museum. Some of the events at the ancient Olympic Games — lik ...

Compete naked and covered in oil? Not quite. The modern-day Olympic Games are quite different from the ancient ones. Here's ...