Maria Moscholiou, Olympic high priestess has died.
Maria Moscholiou, the longest serving high priestess of the Olympic flame has died in Athens. Moscholiou lit the Flame for four successive Olympic Games from 1968 and for the Winter games in 1976 and 1980. […]
Bach arrives in Tokyo as flame begins Japanese tour
IOC President Thomas Bach has begun his first visit to Japan since the COVID-19 crisis forced the postponement of the Olympics. Bach arrived by chartered plane after observing “additional isolation […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 34/No. 2 – 2026
The magnificent moments created by fans during the FIFA World Cup will be vividly remembered for a long time. They allowed people to forget the tensions of everyday life and politics. Instead, they focussed on what truly mattered, the sport, its players and supporters. Even though their team did not qualify for the knockout stages, […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 34/No. 1 – 2026
The revival of the Olympic Games at the end of the nineteenth century cannot be understood if it is only viewed in isolation from the broader intellectual and political climate of the time, in which Pierre de Coubertin was acting. The 1880s and 1890s were marked by an intense belief in progress, international cooperation, […]
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