Fighting the history of abandoned Olympic venues Chan cautioned against the lofty dreams of Olympic venues, especially given their history of abandonment. "We have to be careful about the example ...

their best performance - at the time - for several decades The Athens Olympics were meant to be a celebration of the Games' history, as the spiritual home of Olympic sport hosted the world in the ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics are shrouded in myth and tragedy. The International Olympic Committee granted Germany's capital city the right to host in 1931, just as Adolf Hitler was rising to power.

The 2004 Athens Olympics went nearly $15 billion over its initial $1.6 billion budget, according to economists professor Andrew Zimbalist, who wrote a book on the true cost of hosting large ...

AN ABANDONED 30,000-seater Olympic stadium could become the new home of a European giant after a £332million revamp project was given the green light. Stadio Flaminio is situated in Rome and was ...

But the 10-time Olympic medal winner lost all of his medals in a Pacific Palisades fire. "I abandoned my home, my Olympic medals and everything of sentimental value that I posses," said the 50 ...

However, years of disrepair and decay saw the arena end up completely abandoned. As well as athletics ... There are amazing plans to house an Olympic-sized swimming pool under the stadium ...