Borşa, the lost Olympic ski resort of the Carpathians
1944 was an Olympic year but the Games themselves never took place. The cruel years of the Second World War were perhaps the darkest in world history. The conflict left millions dead and many more seriously. wounded. The lives of many […]
2026 Torch Relay to Be ‘Greatest Journey’
The Olympic Flame for Milan Cortina 2026 is set to cross Italy in a 63-day journey, organisers revealed this week.
“This ‘Greatest Journey’ is the moment when Milano Cortina 2026 will embrace our country, uniting Italy in a celebration of national pride.” claimed […]
ISOH Launches Open Access Program with oldest known volume on the Ancient Olympic Games
We are delighted to launch our ‘open access’ in the most appropriate way possible with the oldest known volume on the history of the ancient Olympics which has […]
2024 ISOH General Assembly
The 2024 ISOH General Assembly is set to begin next Saturday (30th November) at 1400h CET. This year’s meeting will be conducted Online with members of the society welcome to attend. All members should have received an email with details of how to log from ISOH Secretary […]
An Olympic Vote for Moscow 50 Years Ago
This week in Vienna 50 years ago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Moscow to host the 1980 Olympics. Judged in purely sporting terms it was a decision which seemed entirely justified. Yet political and military developments in the […]
Beamed Across the World: Tokyo 64 – The First “TV” Olympics
On a clear afternoon in Tokyo 60 years ago, the Olympic Flame burned to set in motion Games that were symbolic in many ways. For the host nation, it represented a new chapter after the horrors of the second world war and this was even […]
Athens 20 Years After
The 2004 Greek Olympic and Paralympic teams and the side which won the 2004 UEFA European Championship have been reunited at “Athens 20 years after “a celebratory event at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens which also honoured the competitors at Paris 2024. […]
The Race for the IOC Presidency Begins
Two double Olympic gold medallists are among the seven candidates for President confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the election of a successor to Thomas Bach. Bach confirmed during the Paris Olympics that he planned to stand down next […]
Macron Receives Olympic Order After Paris 2024
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach made the presentation at the Élysée Palace in Paris. “The first time we met, it was very quickly clear to me that President Emmanuel Macron was bringing a particular energy and vision to […]
Horses make final bow in Modern Pentathlon
Egypt’s Ahmed ElGendy and Hungarian Michelle Gulyás won modern pentathlon gold at Versailles in competitions which signalled the end of an era for the sport. Since its introduction at Stockholm 1912, it had always included a riding phase, but this will […]
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