will take part Tuesday in the flame-lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics. Details of the 30-minute performance are fine-tuned — and kept secret — right up until a public rehearsal Monday.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA (Greece), September 29 (Itar-Tass) -The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi started in Ancient Olympia in the west of the Greek Peloponnese ...

the Olympic flame was ignited in the traditional ceremony that takes place at the ruins of ancient Olympia. The lighting of the torch has been going on at this historic site since 1936 and 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.

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 ...

Preparations for this year's summer Games, held in Tokyo, Japan, are now under way, and the Olympic flame will be lit on Thursday, 12 March to mark the upcoming competition. The lighting ceremony ...

will take part Tuesday in the flame-lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics. Details of the 30-minute performance are ...

An Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in ancient Olympia on Tuesday ... polished mirror at the Temple of Hera to make sun rays light the Olympic torch. Russian women's futsal team 'didn ...

As rehearsed in case the day would be overcast, organizers made sure to use the flame lit ... venues of Ancient Olympia under the very special light of the stars; a close look at the history of ...

CCTV reporter Mao Xuzhi, now in Athens, brings us exclusive reports on the upcoming Olympic flame lighting ceremony. The Olympic Flame for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be lit in Ancient Olympia at ...

Olympic flame for PyeongChang 2018 shines brightly as Olympic Movement shows its support at Ancient Olympia The Olympic flame-lighting ceremony for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 took ...

A key highlight of the ceremony will be the arrival of the Olympic flame, carried by the final torchbearer. Upon reaching the arena, the torchbearer will complete a lap before lighting the Olympic ...