In his book “Kanuka of Kauai,” “Teller of Hawaiian Tales” Eric Knudsen (1872-1957) wrote about Umi, a legendary Hawaiian ...

Ancient Olympians were renowned for their strength and agility, but were any of these athletes women? And were there other sporting opportunities in which women in ancient Greece could compete? The ...

The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436–338 BC) once commented: "Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic contests to be worthy of greater rewards than those who, by painstaking thought ...

It's almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport. Walk around any city or town and you will almost always catch a glimpse of people playing sports in teams or participating ...

Long before stadiums sold hot dogs, our ancestors turned basic needs into public shows. Imagine Sumerian stone carvings showing wrestling so intense, it’d make John Cena think twice. Or Egyptian tomb ...

Mallakhamb was an unofficial demonstration sport during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and the sport has seen a sharp rise in recent times. However, administrative problems are threatening to pull it ...