The use of a 'fake flame' in the cauldron comes after the torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony. Months before each games, the flame is lit at ...

The idea of the torch rally harks back to the ancient Olympics when a sacred flame burned throughout the Games. The Paris Olympics will run from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics ...

Overflowing with national pride, the Greek media, seconded by the country’s grandiloquent authorities, don’t miss the opportunity to present this veritable re-enactment of a Nazi ceremony, namely the ...

The 101-day domestic torch relay begins on November 1 when the Olympic Flame - lit in Greece on October 24 - arrives in Incheon, Korea. (ATR) The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday ...

Before the Olympic torch makes its way to Los Angeles in four years, it made a stop in Kern County for a special group of ...

A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux ... they added. The Olympic flame arrived in Marseille earlier this month, ahead of the Paris ...

The Olympic torch has begun its mega journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of a high priestess, lit the flame in a dramatic ceremony in ancient Olympia ...

Kellie Peterson with Special Olympics Southern California, says proceeds from this event help pay for athletes’ clothing, ...