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 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 ...

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 ...

The torch also bears the markings for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. This is the prototype of the final design and was used by Paines Fireworks to come up with a safe, portable and smokeless fuel ...

A Cambridge art show will focus on the last Olympics ... How do giant pandas feel about the Paris Olympic torch relay? ‘Meh’ The exhibition will highlight how international artists working ...

What's a torch bearer? Torch bearer Kim Magnus holds the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics torch during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games torch relay on November 4, 2017, in Busan ...

PARIS: Jin of K-pop supergroup BTS will be the first torchbearer in the Louvre Museum section of the 2024 Paris Olympics torch relay in Paris this weekend, Yonhap news agency reported, citing ...