who won the 100-meter dash and the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Hayes, like Thorpe, is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tony Adame covers the NFL for Heavy.com ...

Norris Birdwell was the Canton ISD Superintendent and Liston Barber was the CHS Principal in 1964. The team captains were ...

It's been 60 years since Billy Mills won gold. But it sounds like it was just yesterday listening to him recount the most important six-mile run of his life. Mills is the first and only American to ...

Well before the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry became even a thing, the hockey rivalry between the neighbours was not just a ...

In a stark reminder of how Nigeria often neglects its sporting heroes, Nojim Maiyegun, the country’s first Olympic medalist, ...

The legendary Belarusian wrestler, three-time Olympic champion Aleksandr Medved passed away on , BelTA learned from the ...

The acquisition of 45 authentic Olympic torches has boosted Ripley’s collection to 116 and has brought the company to within ...

Warmer weather can act as a drag in less obvious ways, too. Heat stress is known to harm decision-making and motor skills. A growing body of evidence suggests that it may make athletes across many ...

Maiyegun was born on 17 February 1941 in Lagos and achieved a historic feat for Nigeria by winning a bronze medal in the men’s Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan has received wide criticism, including from the descendants of the monument’s architect.

Mourners are paying their last respects to the legendary wrestler, Belarus' best athlete of the 20th century, Aleksandr ...

Will the Eiffel Tower Olympic Rings become permanent? Mayor Anne Hidalgo says yes, but Gustave Eiffel's descendants ...