Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

Kuno Akiko was an interpreter for the Japanese mission to carry the Olympic flame through Asia. The route passed through Southeast Asia, including countries that had seen fierce fighting between ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

(ATR) The Youth Olympic Flame continues its journey to Lillehammer with a festive visit to the picturesque village of Morgedal. (ATR) The inaugural Youth Olympic Games are set to begin with an ...

Associated Press Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. | Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving ...

The new design at once depicts the Olympic flame within a gold medal, and the hair and lips of Marianne - the personification of the French Republic since the 1789 revolution. Organisers say the ...

Watch as the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics comes to an end with the lighting of the Olympic flame and Celine Dion's performance on the Eiffel Tower. Follow the Olympics on BBC Sport.

The flame touches down Friday aboard a white aircraft painted with the inscription “Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay” along its side, and “Hope Lights Our Way” stenciled near the tail section.

Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...

The Olympic flame has arrived in Switzerland, home of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), en route from Athens to Brazil where the 2016 Games will be staged. The torch was greeted by United ...