One goofball handed the mayor of Sydney, Australia ... That is why not just any flame can be used to reignite an Olympic torch.

But for my generation the Olympic flame represented a strong hope for peace and a determination that we won't ever go to war again." The last runner in the 1964 torch relay was Sakai Yoshinori ...

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 torch is one of the most recognisable symbols ... here’s our guide the Olympic flame. View more [MUSIC PLAYING] Close ...

Exactly one month since the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay’s journey across Russia, a Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch ...

Actor Jackie Chan was so excited to carry the Olympic torch atop the Great Wall that he woke up at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning and braved 12-degree weather. Chan was among the torchbearers who carried ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A man called a Washington Post reporter to say he and others were behind art installations on the National Mall featuring a ...

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 ...

The Spanish tennis legend took the flame ... on the torch, with the final job going to Riner and Perec. So who are they? Who are Teddy Riner and Marie-Jo Perec? Guadeloupe-born Teddy Riner, 35, has ...

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 ...