Chariot racing was a sport that only the wealthiest ... The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running ...

Let’s bring it back, not as part of the actual Olympics but as a side event (and sorry harness racing devotees and Ben Hur fans, there will be no chariot racing). Let’s just for a second dream ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...

ATHENS, GREECE — Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both two-horse and four-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners ...

pankration (a primitive martial art), horse riding and chariot racing. The main event of the ancient games was the pentathlon. The Olympic Truce was established in Ancient Greece with the signing ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became ...

“From the first lists of entries received by the race organization, one name has already emerged that is sure to thrill the public: The prodigious Remco Evenepoel, double Olympic champion in ...

She won the four-horse chariot race with her team in two consecutive Olympics. Her victories have inspired women all over Greece to start taking part in the horse events. The other events are a ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...

ESTAVAYER-LE-LAC, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is expected to return to competition this month after a serious crash last year, Tour de Romandie organizers said ...