TOKYO — Japan's Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his ...

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

1881 -- The royal authorities of Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) designate nine young officials for a mission to examine Japan's modernized social system and technology. The delegation stayed four ...

As the university looks ahead to its next appeal to its accrediting agency, here are photos and some key moments from St. Augustine’s past.

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Japan's Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his "crazy idea ...

Japan's Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his "crazy idea ...

The first Olympic Games in the new millennia were held in Sydney in 2000 ... The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, a renowned French educator and historian. How many ...

THE legend that is Larry Stanley from Caragh – the first Olympian for the fledgling Republic of Ireland – is to live on once ...