Summer Olympics

The "Flame of Hope" was lit on Wednesday and presented to officials and athletes of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 in two separate special events, one at Zappeion Hall and another in the grounds of the German School of Athens.

State asset utilization fund (TAIPED) on Thursday announced Aplekton Holdings Co Limited as the highest bidder in a tender for the long-term lease of part of the former Olympic Equestrian Center at Markopoulo, Attica, where the equestrian events were held during the 2004 Olympics.

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) announced Tuesday it had received one bid for the long-term lease of part of the former Olympic Equestrian Center of Markopoulo in eastern Attica, where the equestrian events during the 2004 Olympic Games were held.

The bid was submitted by APLEKTON Holdings Co. Limited.

Greece's two-time Olympics taekwondo silver medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis died today at age 42, after a two-year battle with cancer.

Nikolaidis won his first silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the second at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Olympic flame for the 2022 Beijing Olympics arrived in China this morning, the country's media reported.

The Tokyo Paralympics opened on Tuesday (Aug 24) in a near empty stadium after a year-long delay, as Japan struggles with its worst Covid-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed medical system.

The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed medical system.

Ljubljana – Slovenian Olympians were welcomed by fans in Ljubljana’s Congress Square on Tuesday evening, earning cheers and applauses after what were the most successful Summer Olympic Games for the nation, as the athletes returned home with three gold medals.

Although not without its problems, most notably the absence of fans from venues in the Japanese capital, coronavirus has been a merciful sideshow to displays of sporting greatness.

Everyone involved will keep their fingers firmly crossed that the Olympics in three years' time will be able to be held in normal circumstances.

The Turkish women's national volleyball team lost to South Korea on Aug. 4 in the Tokyo Olympics women's volleyball quarterfinals.

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South Korea won the nail-biting clash with sets of 17-25, 25-17, 28-26, 18-25, 15-13 as the match at Ariake Arena lasted for two hours and 17 minutes.