MORE OPENING CEREMONY: How to watch | Inside the route | Who will light the torch? The Summer Games began in Athens, Greece in 1896, but the 2024 Olympics will be the first to have the opening ...

Here are six of the most memorable Olympic opening ceremonies. The very first Olympics of the modern era took place in Athens in 1896. By modern standards, the opening ceremony was a modest affair ...

The Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, in addition to its not being disrupted by terrorists, criminal gangs, or a massive attack of Zika-infested mosquitoes, was even reasonably entertaining.

There was a closing ceremony at the 1896 Summer Olympics ... USA's flag bearers during the Paris opening ceremony. Those ...