Trainer Peter Snowden is expecting his smart sprinter King Of Sparta to be a worthy challenger in a deep $3 million Russell ...

Trainer Peter Snowden is expecting his smart sprinter King Of Sparta to be a worthy challenger in a deep $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world.

The plot follows the king of Sparta, Leonidas (portrayed by a pitch perfect Gerard Butler), as he leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Critics at the time were ...

Sparta Boxing Academy took a team of boxers to the prestigious King of the Ring tournament in Borås, Sweden last weekend.

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...

Trainer Peter Snowden is expecting his smart sprinter King Of Sparta to be a worthy challenger in a deep $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. “I thought he ...