On Friday, August 13, 2004, the Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to open in Athens. After four years of construction, Greece is racing to finish preparations for the games. At a cost of $1.2 billion ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Lambis Nikolaou, a former International Olympic Committee vice president who helped to organize the 2004 Athens Summer Games, has died. He was 89. Nikolaou was an IOC ...

As defrosting students and staff make their way back to campus and back into routine, The Red & Black gathered all things new and special this week at Athens’ food ...

ATHENS, Greece — Police briefly scuffled with a small group of demonstrators when the Beijing Olympics torch relay reached Athens on Saturday. A group of anti-globalization protesters, chanting, "the ...

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was formally handed to Italian organizers on Thursday in the all-marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympics were held nearly ...

Watching the excitement of the Olympics on TV, or in person if you’re lucky enough, it’s easy to get caught up in the spectacle of the event. Not only are there incredible Olympic moments ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In an obscure corner of a park sits a forlorn reminder that, 10 years ago, Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. The crumbling miniature theater is inscribed with the words ...

FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Panathenian stadium in Athens on Dec. 3, ...