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Fragment design & Nike's Zoom Spiridon sneakers emerge in the Hiroshi Fujiwara-led label's signature blue color. Here's everything we know so far.

Contrary to the popular belief that it has its antecedents in the Classical World, the marathon is actually a comparatively modern invention

La Generación "Adorada" A 20 días del inicio de los Juegos Olímpicos, un repaso por los títulos históricos de las selecciones de fútbol y básquet en Atenas 2004. Nuestro homenaje.  AUDIO: Ginóbili y Tévez, dos de las figuras de la gesta. Jorge Parodi El alma debería tener un caja de ahorro en algún banco para depositar en su cuenta momentos que queremos guardar para siempre. Tal vez esa cuenta debería evitar largos y tediosos números, para solo responder a un password denominado: "Emociones Imborrables". Tenía que ser ahí, en Atenas, donde habitan los Dioses del Olimpo, do...

Spiridon Louis and the Breal Cup On 10 April 1896, Spiridon Louis of Greece won the first ever marathon at an Olympic Games, ancient or modern. That that race happened at all 125 years ago owes everything to a Frenchman – and his name, surprisingly, was not De Coubertin. The legend of the messenger Pheidippides’ run in 490BC from Marathon to Athens to carry the news of the Greek victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon is about as epic as they come. “Hail, we won” were said to have been Pheidippides’ words, after which he dropped down dead with exhaustion. Yet that run, a...