Every Olympic Games begins with the Olympic torch relay. The torch is lit in Greece and passed from one torchbearer to the next. In the end it reaches whichever city is hosting the games.

Olympic history goes back nearly 2,800 years, and a big part of that history is the Olympic torch. How bright is your Olympic torch knowledge? Take this quiz to find out What information do we ...

He recently published a book about Japan's first Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, and he hopes to be in Fukushima for the start of the torch relay next March. On October 10, 1964, I was just one year ...

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 ...

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 ...

a piece of local Olympic history is up for auction. A torch from the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics is up for bid at the ...

Just like a fire flickering on an Olympic torch, this sky-high duplex sits on the top floor of this luxe building in N.Y.C. And it’s a fitting image: The penthouse has interiors by Mathieu ...

A man celebrating being given the right to remain in the UK after a 19-year wait now hopes to carry the Olympic torch in Paris next month. Mohammed Zaman arrived in London from Bangladesh in 2005 ...

A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said. He gave few details but praised police for ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach confirmed yesterday that the torch relay for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will include a stop at a refugee camp in Athens. Bach also ...

Greek actor playing the role of the High Priestess Mary Mina (2R) stands in front of the Olympic ... [+] Cauldron with a torch as Priestesses perform a dance during the handover ceremony of the ...