The market value of Olympic medals has more than doubled since the 2024 Paris Games because of a surge in precious metal ...

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Athletes on the podium at the Winter Olympics in Italy will be awarded the most expensive medals in the history of the Games ...

An Olympic trailblazer died in poverty after being cruelly stripped of his medals over a technicality. Jim Thorpe was the ...

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From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...

The serious son of Quaker parents, Philip Noel-Baker was first a scholar, then an Olympian, and finally a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He is the only person ever to have won both an Olympic medal and a ...

The medals at this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy’s Milano Cortina will be the most expensive in the history of the Games.

The iconic symbol has been around for more than 100 years, but you might be surprised to learn the real meaning behind the ...

Olympic medals are now worth significantly more than they were two years ago at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

It’s been 106 years since “ice hockey,” so called to differentiate it from the game that’s played on grass, made its Olympic debut, the Winnipeg Falcons winning the historic first gold medal at ...