April 16 (UPI) --A symbolic lighting of the Olympic torch early Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, heralded the coming of the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The ceremony at the site of the stadium ...

The relay "was planned ... Hitler opened the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. In doing so, he inaugurated what is now a famed ritual of a lone runner bearing a torch carried from the site ...

The modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay signals the start of the Olympic Games, with an objective of spreading peace ...

Spectators wave flags and cheer during a performance at the end of the torch relay session at the Shougang Park. REUTERS/Florence Lo The dawn of Wednesday morning saw the Olympic torch at the ...

Additionally, the torch crossed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans as part of the “Oceans Relay,” reaching six overseas French territories: Guyana, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, Martinique, French ...

As the 25th Winter Games approach, a study commissioned by Coca-Cola Italia and conducted by SWG shows that the hosts of ...

The City of Vancouver has released details about the route and schedule for the final days of Olympic torch relay. The torch run will enter the city on February 11 and end on February 12 at the ...

Designed in the shape of a dog’s face, the 1km ‘Joint Effort’ relay race involved a ‘golden leash’ - passed from one good boy ...

Group BPCE announced the two banks as official sponsors of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay. The relay is expected to begin sometime in spring 2024 and will of course end in the ...

Olympics organizers have decided that Fukushima will play host to the start of the Olympic torch relay next March. The torch will be carried for three days through towns across the prefecture.

His Olympic torch relay moment was iconic, proving that even after military service, he remains a powerhouse in the industry. Our moon shining brightest!" added this individual on X. On February ...

Last year, during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Rafael Nadal participated in the Olympic torch relay, receiving ...