Yeats won a silver medal at the 1924 Olympics, when art was still a category. Art competitions formed part of the Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. After that, the category ...

The Olympics are the most prestigious sporting event in the world, and the medals are hard to come by. Over 10,000 athletes will compete for hundreds of medals in Paris this year. Participants can ...

With the Olympics taking place in South Korea — the birthplace of taekwondo — the martial art became a demonstration sport for the first time, with the hope that taekwondo would eventually become an ...