It was billed as the most revolutionary opening ceremony ever but Friday night’s party in Paris saved its most astounding ...

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 ...

The logo for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been ... for excellence", while the flame "reflects the unique energy" of the games, they said. The image of Marianne was incorporated as a reminder ...

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 ...

Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. British Paralympians Helene ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the four new uniforms is a dark blue jacket with a red vertical stripe down ... with stylized embroidery of a flame—an Olympic symbol and a mythical image in their country.

Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. British Paralympians Helene ...

Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. The flame will be lit on Saturday ...