19th century, several small-scale sports festivals across Europe were named after the Ancient Olympic Games. The 1870 Olympics atthe Panathenaic stadium...
event, the Deaflympic Winter Games, was added in 1949. Thegames began as a small gathering of 148 athletes from nine European nations competing in the International...
SEA Games, officially known as the South East Asian Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast...
Republic of Ireland as an independent state or polity has competed atthe Summer Olympic Games since 1924, and atthe Winter Olympic Games since 1992. The Olympic...
for the 1978 Commonwealth Games, where she finished sixth. The following year, she took gold atthe 1979 EuropeanAthletics Junior Championships. During...
considered a cultural superpower. TheEuropean roots ofthe United States originate with the English and Spanish settlers of colonial North America during...
various athletics. In the first Games, the Polish delegation took first place. The Maccabiah Games were intended to take place at an interval of three years...
and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic...
the world. The market for professional sports in the United States is about $69 billion, roughly 50% larger than that of all ofEurope, the Middle East...
Micronesia Athletic Association is the governing body for the country's sports and athletics. Each ofthe four states has its own culture and traditions...
since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A winter edition ofthegames was subsequently created; the first...
in the 2022 Commonwealth Games and will host the 2026 EuropeanAthletics Championships. The United Kingdom played a key role in the evolution of modern...
The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal...
events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme World championships, the primary competitions where all...
silver medal in the heptathlon atthe 2013 EuropeanAthletics Indoor Championships with a new personal best of 6297 points. Atthe 2013 European Cup Combined...
The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held...
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running...
sprint. She won three gold medals atthe 1988 Olympics. In February 1989, Griffith Joyner abruptly retired from athletics. She remained a pop culture figure...