Only one Englishman who had a great Olympic career ever stood for the IOC presidency before Sebastian Coe, and Coe will try ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The Spanish tennis player didn't know he was going to be a torch bearer at the Opening Ceremony until about 10 minutes before. Rafael Nadal holds the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony for ...

Coe said the commemorative Olympic torch he was given from London was later gifted to his predecessor. “That sits in the Olympic museum at Burghley House,” he said. “His family I’m very ...