The modern Marathon race commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon Greece, to Athens, in 490BC. The soldier was said to be delivering news of a great victory over the Persians and on completing the gruelling run, collapsed and died. In 1896 the Modern [...]
The modern Marathon race commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon Greece, to Athens, in 490BC. The soldier was said to be delivering news of a great victory over the Persians and on completing the gruelling run, collapsed and died. In 1896 the Modern [...]
The sport has featured at The Olympic Games since it was first introduced in 1908. Great Britain won the very first Gold football medal and successfully defended the title four years later in the Stockholm games. London’s 2012 competition will take place at six venues around the U.K., including Cardiff’s Millenium Stadium in Wales and [...]
