| Description: | List of Olympic Sports
Olympic Games an international multi sport event that hosts a variety of sports. It is one of the most important and immensely popular international events. Sports fans around the world wait for it. The Games are hosted in a different country every four years and every country awaits a chance to host them. Beijing hosted the event in 2008. In 2012, it's London.
Today's Olympic Games trace their roots to ancient Greek Olympics. In Ancient Greece, sports competitions were held as a means to please God Zeus. Over time, these games took an all new shape. They changed from amateur to professional and invited wide participation from many countries across the globe. Changing times added glamor to the event and brought commercialization to a considerable extent. Olympic Games had started small. Today, they are a big event the world awaits to witness. Olympic sports include the ones contested during Summer Olympics as also those contested during Winter Olympics. |