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 ...

The Olympic flame that wowed the world at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony in a floating cauldron is not real but in fact 100 per cent electric, organisers have revealed. The 'fake' flame is ...

TASS/. The famous French three-masted ship, the Belem, carrying the flame of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games has called at the port of Marseilles. The ship arrived at the city’s old port after a ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, April 16. /TASS/. An Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in ancient Olympia on Tuesday for the 2024 summer games in Paris. The ceremony will be attended by Greek President ...

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

Beijing Communist Party Secretary and President of the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee Cai Qi receives a torch with the Olympic flame at the ceremony to welcome the flame for the Beijing 2022 ...